The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-16
1882 Winner
Re-EnterS as
Trials Begin
Tony GVIotta and Mechanic
Resting Easily After
Crackup Here.
BY HARRISON MILLER


circle the brick oval at the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway this morn
ing when qualification trials started
at 10 o'clock, and the mechanical
stats in Tony Gulotta's and Mauri
Roses garages fastened to prepare
their wrecked mounts for later tests.
simultaneously Fred Frame, win
ner of the 1882 Speedway 500-mile
race, re-entered the field after an
an announced intention to retire.
He will pilot one of the Burd Piston
Ring Specials entered by Lou Moore,
who arrived in the city from the
West coast yesterday.
Rose and Gulotta survived crashes
yesterday with minor injuries. The
two mishaps occurred almost stimuli
taneously during practice spins, and
both accidents were attributed to
mechanical defects in the front
right wheels.
Gulotta and his mechanic were
reported resting easily" today in
local hospitals, suffering more from
shock than injury. Rose and his rid
ing aid, Earl Frost of Chicago, were
shaken by their mishap, but were
not injured.
Gulotta went into a spin on the
northwest curve where Doc Mac
Kenzie averted serious consequences
last Sunday. Il is the spot where
the most dangerous hump on the
track was removed this spring. Al
though the car body was Dashed and
scraped in turning over after strik-
ing the retaining wall, the motor
was not believed damaged and
should be repaired in time for the
later trials.
Receive Minor Injuries
The driver and his mechanic,
Carl Riscigno of Detroit, received
superficial decorations and abrasions.
Gulotta and Rex Mays, the latter
in his Gilmore Special, were cruis-
ing and had passed Rose, who threw
a wheel and coasted into the out
side wall.
Mays, following Gulotta, avoided
collision by riding low on the dirt
apron. None of the drivers was
travelling in excess of 80 miles an
hour, it was learned authoritatively.
The return of Fred Frame to the
roaring road which led to fame and
victory in 1882 came as surprise
at Gasoline Alley. The gallant,
bronzed veteran who started racing
here in 1916 had not been men
toned as a contender in the 1896
marathon until Lou Moore arrived
yesterday. Frame joins two other
former winners, Bill Cummings and
Lou Never, in quest for fame and
glory this year.
Official qualifications were sched-
uled to start at 10 today and at /
p. n. tomorrow. One day may be
set aside next week. and the final
period of trials will be started next
Saturday and continue until the
Thursday preceding the gasoline
sweepstakes on Memorial Day.
Fowler, Winnai Named
The accidents placed damper on
late afternoon tests. Many cars
were out for test spins, but again
delayed making fuel tests. Twenty
one pilots were on the track yester-
day with few of them bearing down
on the throttle. Consequently, few
er than the Is expected to vie fer
the FROM ranks probably will be
ready for action.
Chef Gardner. Shorty Canton.
Lou Meyers, Billy VIM and Ted
Horn were the most active. Ken
Fowler has been named to hold
the wheel on J. S. Carew's entry.
and turned several laps before leav-
ing for Langhorne, Pa, for Sun
days race.
Freddie Winnai, jovial Philadel-
phla speedster, who has finished in
the money several times, will guide
George Lyons car with which jim
mic Snyder Numbered to victory in
1881. 1t has been rebuilt and a new
Offenhauser motor added. He COM
pleted negotiations yesterday and
Immediately crawled behind the
wheel for practice run.
The DeBaets Special arrived YES
terday and Emil Andres of Chicago
warmed it up for qualifications.
Wilbur Shaw rolled on to the track
slightly before dusk with his new
Gilmole with the vacuum sweep
er" radiator, but closing time pre-
vented an indicative test.
Others on the oval yesterday were
Chef Miller and Cummings in the
front-drive Boyle Specials, FLOYD
Roberts in his Burd Special, George
Barringer in Phil Skaters entry.
Doc Mackenzie in Kelly Petillo's
1888 championship mount, and Cliff
Bergere in Leon Duray's Bowes Seal
Fast Special.
Genial A. B. Deacon" Litz ap-
peared again in his own entry. AL
Putnam was back for more expert
ence in the Ivan Mikan Special,
Ray Pixley introduced the Clarence
Felkner entry and George Connors
tested the ceryico 0f tho N6orl~