The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-22
NTIRRIN''
|the DOPE
AT THE SPEEDWAY
By VEDDER GARD

] visit to the speedway as
driver. The car he is sched-
uled to pilot is the product of his
own inventive genius, and it not
telling any secrets to say that the
Schmidt Specials also bear the
Guyot stamp.
Guyot's entry was the last to be
recognized by T. L. Pop Myers
manager OF the Speedway. Inc
car was entered just before the
time limit expired.
The Frenchman has finished
we'll up in every race he has en-
tered. His best was third place IN
1914, driving a French Delage. lie
was fourth in 1918 with an Eng
lish Sunbeam, and fourth again IN
1919 with a French Ballot. His
last appearance here was in 1921,
when he finished sixth in a Dues
enberg.
w. Douglas Hawkes., the Eng
Iish driver to arrive here the 9TH
er day, drove an English Bent
low car i'm the 1922 race and fin
ished thirteenth. The event was
won that year by the late Jimmy
Murphy.
TAT MORAN, smashed up a
h = couple of years ago in a
super.Ford entry before
the big race, was at the Speedway
Friday. He flew over from Bow
man Field, Louisville, in govern
ment plane Moran is member
of the reserve flying corps. He
and Homer Farris came to Schoen
Field here on business and had
some trouble on the way back
and landed at the race course.
Pat insisted that it was not
put-up Job to visit the Speedway
and talk to some Of his old buddies.
He plans to leave today.
There were three ships in the
infield when Lieutenant Peck, reg
ular Army officer in charge OF
Schoen Field, and Lieutenant Win
ings of the reserve paid a visit
via the air route
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Harry Miller says that Coop
er's front.drive, damaged in an
accident on the back stretch,
will be back at the track proDa-
bly, Monday and at the very lat
est. Tuesday.
@ULES ELLINGBOE, who
started life in Minnesota
and now is living in Mem
phis. Tenn, the gentleman whose
idea of a vacation is to drive in the
500-mile race, is keeping pretty
well hidden these days. He was
out late Thursday evening in his
new Miller, after most everyone
had gone home and then again
early Friday morning. The same
procedure was on schedule this
morning.
When Jules actually gets out so
the railbirds can watch him, they
will see a car with a paint job
almost like Bonnie Hills, white,
with the lower half wine color.
: The number is 10"
Chester Kicker, assistant tim
or, aid to ODDS Porter, will be at
the track Monday. Porter will
not put his apparatus in place
until day before the time trials
which start Thursday.
THAT man Gravelle," official
A. A. A. photographer and long
familiar figure around the local
track, was on hand Friday. He
drove through from New York.
Tony Gulatto, with the made
over Miller that did so well for
Harry Hartz, was out on the
track morning and afternoon OH
Friday. The little Italian tOiled
until | o'clock Wednesday and
Thursday nights to get the car
ready. He has been one of the
hardest workers at the track.
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7DIS PORTER, official timer
at the Speedway, says there
will be no more changes in
his timing apparatus this year.
Why should there be? 1t IS con-
sidered the best in the world and
Odis is much in demand. Porter
states the chronometer he uses. in
q recent test, lost y second in
forty.eight hours. Figure out for
,,ourcaIf hour much va,ia tim fhera