The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-01

but both cars we're badly damaged.
Arnold'S car was nearly a total
wreck.
Leads After Crash
Schneider zoomed into the lead
and from then on he was one hard
hombre to over take. Louis could
see that checkered flag being I'M
turled and his machine was click
ing of the miles in rapid order.
In order after Schneider, came
Frame, Hepburn, Stevens, Snow
berger, Jimmy Gleason, Ernie Trip
lett, Stubby Stubblefleld, Cliff Ber-
gere and Chef Miller.
Eleventh place went to George
HOWE in his G. N. H. Special and
twelfth came the sensation of the
race, the Cummings Diesel, with
Dave Evans in the seat. The Diesel
stopped nary once and it is the first
car in racing history never to halt
for the 500 miles.
Evans didn't have the "iuice" In
the oil-burning creation the other
drivers had in their gasoline-en-
gined machines and he didn't make
the mistake of trying to burn up
his tires in an attempt to get into
the money.
Nonstop Run
The Diesel in all probability would
have finished in the money, had
Evans and Cunnmins not been anx-
lous to prove the oil-eater could fin
ish without stopping.
The machine was heavy and the
strain on the tires was great. Dave
feared tire trouble should he at
tempt to press into the first ten and
ne wisely laid back and finished
handily.
The Diesel's average was 86.17o,
and the car takes itself a position
IS far from freak. 1t is an actual
automobile and its fuel cost of SITS
for the race proves it has some
thing.
Schneider's average for the 500
miles was 9617, and if it hadn't
been for the rain new record,
probably near los miles an hour,
certainly would have been set.
The boy killed by the flying
wheel from Arnold's car was VIII
bur Brink, II, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey w. Brink, 1916 Georgetown
road. He was rushed to the Speed
way field emergency hospital and
doctors worked over him for two
hours. He died in city hospital.
Arnold in Hospital
Arnold's hip fracture will keen
him in the hospital at least two
months. Matlock suffered a broken
shoulder bone and was I'D and
around today.
Tony Gulotta suffered cuts and
bruises, and his mechanic, Paul
Rlscigno, also was cut and bruised
when Gulotta's machine, among the
leaders, went over the wall ONLY a
few laps after Arnolds wreck. Gu
lotta'S accident, incidentally. oc-
Cured at exactly the same spot
The first c-aokup Of the race
came early when Harry Butcher. in
the Butcher Brothers Special, de-
lnerately cut through the outside
fence to avoid striking a skidding
car in front OF him.
Butcher was not hurt, but his car
was wrecked. Two posts, part of
the wreckage, were out in the
middle Of the track and one speed
ing racer grazed one of them and
wobbled as it sped. down the front
stretch.
Crowd Coaches Guard
A Speedway guard. his name IN
known, started for the posts
mol MOI" came the roar from the
crowd. '--'
The man, his sight of the turn
ohscured, waited, his face turned to
the crowd in Grandstand H.
NOV! Nowv ame the sudden
roar as three I~rs passed.
The guard doI, for a post and
dragged it of the track. He turned
for the other ana waited as the
crowd obediently coached him with
No! MOI" and "Nowl NowI" He
dove for the second and pulled II
duty. y 81 W