The Indianapolis times., 1928-05-30

At fifty miles three of the
twenty-nine starting cars had
been forced out by mechanical
troubles.
OF those left, Babe Stapp was
third in another Miller front drive
Louis Schneider Of Indianapolis
driving Miller rear drive, was
fourth; Jimmy Gleason, in a Due
senberg Special, fifth; Pete Kreis
in a Marmon Special, sixth; Johnny
Seymour, in a Marmon Special, sew
enth; Lou Moore, in Miller Spe-
cial, eighth; Louis Meyer, in Mil
Ter Special, rear drive, ninth, ano
Earl De Wore, in a Miller rear drive
tenth.
Record Crowd Foreseen
The early morning showers made
the crowd late in arriving, but
Speedway officials we're predicting
a record.
At 1880 &C. S. T) Eddie Rick
enbacker, Speedway president, and
principal owner, announced that
$4,000 persons had gone through
the gates.
Thousands continued to pour in
long after this. The indianapolis
race annually draws the greatest
sporting event crowd in the world.
Waved off by Lieut.. Lester Matt
land, trans Pacific flying hero, who
was official starter, the twenty-nine
drivers roared away at 10 a. m. &C. S
IT,, sobered a little by the knowledge
that two of their pals who had ex-
pected to win glory today had
smashed their cars on the danger
GUS turns in early morning spins.
Ready for Rain
Officials we're ready for rain. In
case the track is wet the officials
can stop the race and wait for the
track to dry. If the rain persists
the officials car delay completion OF
the race until the next day, or If
it has progressed long way declare
it officially completed.
Hits 113-Mile Clip
The cars got away to punched
start, but Duray held the lead at
the end of the first lap, making an
average of 1882 miles an hour in
his front-drive Miller Special
Bennett Shoaf in a Duesenberg
Special and Russell Snowberger in
a Marmon Special went into the
pits on the first lap to change spark
plugs. They returned to the race
Immediately.
Duray kept up his terrific clip for
the first ten miles, averaging III
miles an hour.
Cliff Woodbury., in his Boyle Valve
Special, was right on Durays heels
at this point.
Duray Burns Up Track
Duray's average for the first
twenty-five miles was 10S.151 miles
an hour, five miles an hour faster
than the leading car at twenty-five
miles in last years race
Snowberger. driving No. 81, a
front-drive Marmon Special, went
out of the race on his third lap with
a broken supercharger.
Cliff Bergere, running third on
the first few laps, went out on his
sixth lap with broken distributor
shaft. Bergere was driving a 'front.'
drive Miller Special
Flagged by Mistake
Johnny Seymour, in his Marmon
SPECIAL, lest 8 seconds when he was
tagged into the pits by mistake.
Leon Duray still was leading at
the end of fifty miles.
Shorty Canton took the wheel
for Henry Kohlert in his Elgin Pts
ton Pin Special on its seventh lap.
Dave Evans, driving a Boyle Valve
Special, was forced out on his
fifteenth lap with a broken foot
throttle.
The first accident of the race oc-
CURED shortly after II a. m. (C.S.T)
when Bennie Shoaf in a Duesenberg
Special crashed into the retaining
wall on the southwest turn as he
swung out of the home stretch.
The car spun around three times
and faced back ward. Shoaf was able
to walk to the hospital and doctors
said he was not hurt.
The i,50o-piece massed band, one
of the annual spectacles of the race,
staged its ususl parade down the