Evening star., 1932-05-30
10000 EXPECTED
TOSEE GREAT RACE
Schneider and Arnold Favor
ties in Field of 40 at
Indianapolis.
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3O.-Fortv
daring young drivers, with
i nerves OF steel, awaited the
start Of the twentieth 500
mile international automobile race
at the Indianapolis Motor Speed
way today, with the prospect more
than 10000 spectators would wit
ness the death-defying battle for
prizes of 100000.
Inc race promised TO be the fastest
ana most dangerous in the history of
the classic. Two men were killed as
the result OF accidents in the QUALIFY
ing tests and their survivors feared for
their lives in bouncing their cars over
the pertlous 212-mile brick course. With
a moderate degree of luck and favorable
Weather conditions, the winner Of to-
Gays race inquired to break the track
record OF l0l13 miles per hour. estab-
llshed by Peter de Paolo in 1925.
Lou Moore, Hollywood, Calf, who
finished second in 1923. starts from
the coveted No. l position as the re-
suit OF sending his eight-cylinder car
through the qualifying test at the rate
OF 1888 miles an hour. All of the
40 drivers qualified at speeds ranging
from 104 miles an hour to the average
made by Moore.
7 OUIS SCHNEIDER, former Indian
II apolis policeman. winner of the
1881 race, qualified his car at
1l0.68l miles an hour. Schneider and
Billy Arnold, the 27-year-old Chica-
goan. who won the 1890 race, remained
the favorites with the crowd to tri-
umph today. All the drivers are
Guadino from Buenos Aires. Argentina,
who, however, is driving an American
built car.
Crossing the finishing line first, the
fastest and all in one piece Is the OBJ
ject of the daring drivers to win first
prize Of SIS ,000 The fastest car is
far from assurance CT victory. A year
ago Arnold led the race for 405 miles,
and then had the misfortune to break
an axle, which sent his car crashing
into a retaining wall. He spent six
months in a hospital, but is back today
in his same old car determined TO re-
peat his triumph of 1880.
Greater speed with increasing hazards
is in prospect for today's race. AL OF
the cars are American built. They
range from front drive and four-wheel
drive to conventional rear wheel drive
and from eight cylinders to the con-
ventional four-cylinder make. There is
speed throughout the starting lineup,
with each driver capable and expert
enced, and the victor must survive the
terrific test of man and motor.
THE advance guard of the largest
J. sporting crowd in America descend
ed on Indianapolis last night. with
indications that around 10000 would
be within the inclosure when the start
ing bomb bursts at 10 am. Central
standard time). Last year the attend
ance was I52, 600 The record Is 10000,
established In 1880. T. E. Myers. gen
eral manager Of the speedway, said the
advance sale was off about 20 per cent,
but he expects the attendance TO hlt
the 10000 mark.
Arnold. the youthful Chicagoan, was
determined to triumph today.
"Today's race is worth more to me
than to any driver entered" Arnold
said. That broken axle year ago
and the spill over the wall cost me
$3.50 900 at one crack, besides a 500
600 hospital bill. I am broke and l
lust got married. so am out to snatch
that first prize, make no mistake ABOUT
that. I'll drive to win"
As the sun broke over the speedway
today several hundred persons, led by
a couple of Texas youths, were IN front
of the speedway gates. ready to make
sudden dash for favorite parking
spaces in the infield when the gates
were opened at O'Clock. Automobiles
bearing license tags from nearly every
State in the Union began pouring
through the gates, with thousands OF
others on foot following.