THE OREGON SUNDAY: JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SUNDAY -MORNING, MAY 30, 1820.
GALAXY OF STARS
ENTERED FOR BIG
AUTOMOBILE RACE
Purses of Substantial Weight
Offered for Classic to Be' Run
v
at Indianapolis Monday.
GALAXY OF STARS WHICH WILL BE IN ASCENDENCY MONDAY
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With a road of - exhausts, with
sparks of fire rebounding from the
brick facing of the great track, and
amid the shouts of one of the largest
attendance tolls ever recorded at an
American race, 30 speed demons of
the old and new worlds will plunge
away for the finish line 500 miles
- off, and will make the Indianapolis
International Sweepstakes scheduled
for . tomorrow, one of the fastest
and most gruelling speed stunts held
In the history of American racing.
Some of the oldest hands in the rac
ing game will be at the wheels of thetr
cars when the start is made. One or
two, like Barney Oldfleld. Dario Resta
and Kddle Pullen, will not get away
with the gun, but there will be enough
famous names on the roster to make
practically every entry a possible win-
ner. .
GREAT RECOBDS LAST TEAS
Oreat time was made last year, when
Howdy Wilcox, piloting a Peugeot,
raced past the checkered flag and set
himself forward some thousand pesos.
Three drivers and mechanics were killed
In the races last year, the largest cas
ualty liHt noteU since the trark was
faced with brick. Two were injured,
and four cars came out total wrecks.
The classic for tomorrow is the eighth
- race held In the clay saucer, all of them
being for purses of substantial weight.
This year the time will be unusually
fast, owing to the lap prizes placed, by
the buineFtv men of Indianapolis. The
track is 2V miles In circumference,
making a total of 200 laps for the 600
miles. For each man who leads the
f'eld one lap there is a full century of
iron men. For a driver to lead the field
most of the race and even then lose
the prise, the lap dough would make the
race worth while as far as he is con
cerned. This lap money will cause
about half the entries to fight tern the
lead on every lap. although the old
hands will undoubtedly lay back for the
bipger roll. The teams have a better
chai.ee to cop the1 coin than the indi
vidual entries,' for one or two can fight
for the lap money and the others driv
ing the same make of car may hold
their machines in reserve for the fight
, at the finish.
Speed stars of four- nations will take
part in the melee France, England,
Italy and the United States the big four
among the allies of the late world war.
now meeting in strenuous rivalry for
world's premier racing honora
Three four-car teams, Peugeot, Mon
roe and Duesenberg; two, three-car
teams Ballot and Frontenac and two
two-car teams Gregoire and ReVero
will endeavor to outgame and outgeneral
each other, in addition to staving off
the assault of the individual entrants,
of which there are six.
France is represented by three teams
aggregating nine members, . Peugeot,
Ballot and Oregoire ; and though numer
ically inferior to the United States, is
an even bet for first honors. Including
on her roster, of pilots four former win
nera : Jules fioui. 1913 : Rene Thomas.
1914: Ralph De Palma, 1915, and How
ard wiicox, a is.
Among the American contingent, Mon
" roe, Duesenberg and Frontenac are
names commanding vast respect, the
Monroe Delegation including Louis
Chevrolet, Arthur Chevrolet and Roscoe
Sarles; the Duesenberg team. Tommy
Milton, Eddie Hearne, Eddie O'Donnel
and Jimmy Murphy ; - and the Frontenac
outfit. Joe Boyer, Gaston Chevrolet and
Art Klein.
MAT HATE A CHASCB
Individual entrants who are thought
to have a chance, though operating at
a disadvantage against team competi
tion, are Cliff Durant. Chevrolet; Ralph
Mulford, ' Mulford Special: Ira Vail,
Philbrin, and Waldo Stein, Oldfield Spe
cial. Fully 20 of the drivers entered have
'taken honors at one or more races in
this country and abroad in the last
few years. Automobile racing is prac
tically the newest of the great sports,
and the faces that were well known- at
Its Inception may still be seen in the
hall of fame at the present time, and
their names will conjure up memories
Of mighty deeds on the track where
craftiness and speed are combined to
stave off death for the contents of a
purse. The friendly rivalry existing
among the four quondam allies in the
great war will give all . the test to the
contest. From France comes Jean Chas
sagne, Andre Boilkt and Jules Goux.
Italy sends J eon Porporato. England's
colors are worn by Jack Scales. From
America have been chosen the Chevrolet
brothers. Cliff Durant, Tommy Milton,
Jimmy Murphy and Waldo Stein as fa
vorites. sAs a galaxy of stars, the In
dianapolis roster rivals the heavons on
a summer night in brilliancy, and with
all the money up the brick soup-dish
will be filled with shooting stars from
tart to finish of the great race.
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"SMILING RALPH"
READY FOR RAGE
Famous Driver Enters Mulford
Special in Sweepstakes; His
Important Victories Reviewed.
DO YOU
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galaxy of Htars whose work at the International Speedway : flasslc to be staged at Indianapolis tomorrow will be closely watehed by the
sporting world. They are from left to right! Upper Cliff Durant, millionaire speed king, who will drive a Chevrolet;. Ralph Defauna and
IjouIs Chevrolet, one of the best known drivers the track has known. Lower Smiling Ralph. Mulford, who. will compete with IiL Mid
ford special; Eddie Hearne and Tommy Milton in bis 16-ey Under Duesenberg, the record holder at the present time. The car attains a
speed of 158 miles an hour. :.',. : ' - - i' I
"Smiling Ralph" Mulford. ona of
the select few drivers who has faced
the starter In every 500 mile race at
the Indianapolis motor speedway,
has entered a Mulford Special in the
eighth international sweepstakes to
be held at the speedway May 11.
Mulford is the "Topsy" of the racing
nmjb 7 T ina natiirflltr Vnw what t
was wrong' with a gasoline engine when '
it did not behave, and to his ability as
a boy to tinker marine engines into run-
ning order he owes his prowess as ai
racing driver. Lozier built boats before J
cars, ana woen axuizora nursea a par-1
ticularly balky engine into good health
in his home town, the factory hired him.
The first race in which he got a
chance, he won, although he was forced
to share with Harry Michner, for whom
he was driving relief. This was back
in 1907, in a 24 hour race on the Point
Breeze track in Philadelphia. Twice
around the clock" events became,, his
favorites, and he still holds the non
stock and stock reoords made at Brigh
ton Beach nine and 10 years ago, re
spectively. For manyyears he was
star of the Lozier team, winning the
first Elgin road race in 1910, when it
was stTHVa stock car contest.
"Smiling Ralph" is a real veteran of
the Indianapolis track. In the first
race in 1911, he was second in a Lozier ;
the following year he was tenth in a
Knox : in 1912 he drove a Mercedes to
seventh place, while the next race found
him in eleventh place with the same
make car.: The 1915 race was the first
he did not finish. He was driving a
Duesenberg but was forced out. His
best position was third In a Peugeot
in 1916. Last year driving a Frontenac
he dropped out in the thirty-seventh lap
with a broken driveshaft.
That Oklahoma has 27 S plants for the
recovery of gasoline?
That Norway has more than 18,400
motorists, of whom 40S are women?
That there are eight different tire fac
tories in the New England states?
That Japan Is spending , more than
112.000,000 yearly on good roads?
That the average' price of an auto
mobile now is $2500? ,
That the first rubber factory was
founded, at --krrn. Ohio, in 1870?
That practically 28,000 carloads of
automobiles were shipped by rail during
March, and more than 46,000 motor ve
hicles driven overland from factories?
That' ' Boston had ' but 22 private
wheeled vehicles In 1768?
That the first and only autom. '
ever shipped to Bermuda was thrc .
Into the sea by the natives becau.se i
scared the, horses?
That Nebraska is building a 22-tv
brick highway at a cost of J55.650 i c
mile?
' That Henri Pornler, a Frenchma i.
brought the first bicycle motor to th
country In 1899?"
That the Royal Canadian Mount I
Police are adopting motorcycles?
That the weather is turning warmer?
..' Wire Sizes
Contrary to the seeming ideas of mar r
car owners, there Is considerable differ
ence in the properties of electric liuht
wires. For- Instance, the resistance t
No. 10 gauge copper wire 12 feet lorift !
10 ohms, x That of the same length
No. 16 wire Is four times as grt-at. Ti
electric lights on the motor car call fif
ths number 10 gauge wire; be nure U
no heavier gauge Is used.
PERFORMANCE COUNTl
Speed Demons
,at
Indianapoli
The complete list of entrants In tomorrow's races is as follows :
Driver
Cliff lurant ......
Ralph De Palma...
Joan Chassagno...
Rene Thomas
Louis Chevrolet . . .
Gaston Chevrolet.-.
Roscoe Sarles
Not named
Joe Boyer .........
Arthur Chevrolet ..
Art Klein
Ray Howard
Jules Goux
Andre Boillot
Howard Wilcox ...
Jean Porporato . . .
Jack BcaJes .......
Jimmy Murphy ...
Tommy Milton ....
Eddie O'Donnel ...
Eddie Hearne . ....
Waldo Stein......
Tom Rooney ......
Not named ........
Ira Vail
Ralph Mulford
Kurt Hitke ...
John Boling
Willie Haupt
Frank Elliott .
.Residence
Oakland. Cat
New Tork
Paris Paris
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Lafayette, Ind.
Detroit"
Indianapolis
Detroit
New TTork
Paris
Paris
Indianapolis
Italy
Paris
Tririn
Loft Ancttlpat
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Chicago
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
.Los Angeles
Nationality
American
American
French
French
American
American
.American
American!
American
American
French
French
American
'-Italian
English
American
American
American '
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
American
Car
Chevrolet
Ballot
Ballot
Ballot
Monroe
Monroe
; Monroe
; Monroe
f Frontenac
Frontenac
i Frontenac
t Peugeot
? Peugeot
I Peugeot
J Peugeot
; Gregoire
i Gregoire
: ' Duesenberg U. S.
!; Duesenberg U. S.
Duesenberg U.S.
j Duesenberg U. S.
! VJinneia
: ReVere
ReVere
i Philbrin
i Mulford
Ken worthy
i Richards ?
, Meteor
T. N. T.
Repre-
senting
U. S.
France
France
France
U.S.
U. S.
U. S.
U. S.
U. S.
U. S.
U. S.
France
France
France
France
France
France
IT. S.
u. s.
U. 8.
U. S.
U.S.
u. s.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
Catch time by tepai
BilB second eolnna. -.
as apecd per houc.
1 mil tint oolumn, 2
iMst column shows rer-
RACERS STRIPPED
1 :
OF EXCESS WEIGHT
Reduction of Poundage of Cars
and Occupants to Fea
ture Dash.
With smaller motors entered in the
500-mile dash for $70,000, to be held at
the Indianapolis Motor speedway, Mon
day, May 81, lightness has" become an
( asset of Increasing importance. Many
of the cars built for this year's race
have been lightened of every superflu
ous ounce, down to the drilling of holes,
scientifically spaced, in the frame, cross
members and many of the working
parts. .-. . .-
Light drivers and mechanicians will
have a noteworthy advantage, especially
in the elimination trials. A very fww
pounds will make a difference of a sec
ond in driving the 2-jnile ovaL This
was demonstrated in the case of Louis
Chevrolet's Cornelian, entered in the
500-mile race in 1915. Louis weighed
190 pounds and when it came time to
qualify the Cornelian, the best he could
do was a couple of seconds short of the
required speed for the lap. though he
had the throttle against the. toe board
all the way.
So Louis called on Joe Boyer, who is
about on third the size of Chevrolet,
and he put the car well inside on his
first trial.
The fuel consumption should be de
cidedly less on the smaller jobs.
l : :
Timing Apparatus
j At Indianapolis to
I Run by Electricity
Among the many interesting inven
tions and devices that have come into
use as a result of automobile racing is
an electric "timing" apparatus, which
is used this year at the Indianapolis
speedway. Owing to the terrific speed
of racing cars it is an exceedingly diffi
cult matter to 'catch" them with the
stop watch. By means of the new "tim
ing device each car registers its own
time automatically and there is no pos
sibility of making an error of even the
smallest fraction of a second.
At the starting and finishing point a
small wire is laid across the track. As
each car passes over this wire it causes
a ("break" in an electrical current, thus
registering Its official time upon a chro
nometer provided for the judges and
timers. , ,
There are but two of these timing de
vices in use, the one at the Indianapolis
speedway and another which is owned
by Fred Wagner, the veteran starter,
who has. been using It in timing the races
In California, Florida and at Elgin.
The apparatus is known as the Stewart-Warner
electric horograph, and the
cost of it is over $5000, which may be
one of the reasons why it has not become
adopted generally as a pocketpiece.
f ' ' I ' " '.
For once Talkley, the politician, was
Flie was out of gas.
New Grandstand at
TaQoma Speedway Is
Nearing Completion
The new grandstand ; at the Tacoma
Speedway is rapidly nearing completion.
In fact, it is expected to be ready by
June 10, when thousands of Shriners will
be in Tacoraa en route to the Shrine con
vention and' the mammoth stand and
motor car racing plana will be one of
the attractions for the visitors, for they
will see the Tacoma Speedway on their
tour of Tacoma and the Puyallnp valley
country. 1 ' ' ;. " '
The stand will seat 15,000 people, and
has a total length of 1760 feet, with a
covered center section- of 960 feet and
bleachers at either end 400 feet in length.
More than 500.000 feet of lumber - wan
used in building the" stand. The . old
grandstand at the Speedway,," with a
much smaller seating capacity was re
cently destroyed by fire. i
W. C. Baldwin, president of the Ta
coma: association, is In Indianapolis t'j
witness the races-tomorrow, when the
500 mile race will be a big feature. Pres
ident Baldwin will secure drivers at In
dianapolis for the July 5 evests at Ta
coma, when not less than 10 of- the
world's most noted drivers will contest
for a purse of 125,000 in a 225 mile event.
The Song
of V :
the Checkered Flag
By F. A. C
Out on the trackr where the engines roar.
Where Speed is the God of the way :
And a purse of gold is the par amour
I crackle and whip with the breeze's
play :
For I am the checkered flag.
A bit of cloth and a piece of wood
In a pattern of white and black.
I wait to flash near the heated hood
Of a monster skimming the burning
track, .
Bound for the checkered flag.
Ample of eye and steady of hand
The drivers match brain with brain;
They race for the i fickle applauding
stand i
For the purse's ' glittering horde of
gain i!
And a wave of the checkered flag.
On 'tangent and turn where a fatal slip
Might end in disaster or death,
The steering wheel in a tightening grip
I- see them race with abated breath
Down toward the checkered flag.
A symbol of gain and success am I
As I crackle in gladdened eyes;
I bow to the demon that rages by -Accord
him gladly the highest prise
The purse and the checkered flag.
But is It for gain that the drivers race?
Is it gold in a paltry purse? '
Tis a craving . tor glory that sets the
pace,
A cheer, not a coin, Is the driver's
curse,' '
: He drives for the checkered. Gag,
MECHANICIAN IS
HONORLESS IN RACE
Daring Aide to Driver Risks Life
but Boss Gets AI! Glory
Accorded.
The mechanician who rides 500
furiously paced miles in his ilttle
seat at the side of a race driver, gets
little or no recognition and will
scarcely be mentioned by the thou
sands of persons who will see the
fastest field of drivers, featuring the
stars of two continents. In the 500
mile dash for (50,000, to be held at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Monday. Yet he plajrs a very im
portant role.
It is his duty to keep a close watch on
the tires, check each layer as it suc
cumbs to the friction caused by rapidly
moving wheels -on rough brick pavement,
and to signal the pitts when he is about
to make a change so that everything
will be ready when they roll in for a
sojourn of seconds.
: He must keep a close watch on other
cars in the race, particularly those in
the rear, signaling1 his driver if one of
the cars is about to pass. It Is an un
written law of drivers that all passing
be negotiated on the right side. In case
of a mechanical breakdown he is the
only one who is permitted to assist the
driver In making repairs.
i Throughout the race or at least while
the car is in motion -a. spoken word
never passes between driver and his aid.
The sign language is brought into play,
and each team has it's peculiar signals.
: He sits in the ear without any pro
tection he might be bounced out any
number of times. His only chance is to
brace his feet on the flopr. There is no
steering wheel to help hold him in the
car. Most any time during the race he
can be seen furiously pumping oil with
a small hand pump.
u The thrills of the driver are his
What's What
at
Indianapolis
Race starts 10 a. m.
Distance 200 laps of 2 miles each.
Number of entrants 30. ...
Nations represented France, England, Italy and United States.
Total prize money $85,000.
Prizes to winners $100 per mile, $30,000. divided among first 10 to finish, as
.follows: $20,000, $10,000. $5000, $3500. $3000. $2200, $1800, $1600 and $1500.
Lap prizes $100 per lap, $20,000. awarded by Indianapolis business men and
manufacturers t leaders during race.
Accessory prizes $15,000, awarded by manufacturers of automobile accessories
. to winners using their product. r
Former winners Ray Harroun. Marmon, 1911: Joe Dawson. National. 1912;
Jules Goux. Peugeot. 1913 ; Rene Thomas, lielago. 1914 ; Ralph De Palma,
Mercedes, 1915 ; Dario Resta. Peugeot, 1916 ; Howard Wilcox. Peugeot,
1919. '
Present record Established by Ralph De Palma In 1916. Time: 5:33:65;
average, 89.84 miles per hour.
Arena of speedway 328 acres. '
Seating capacity 60,000 spectators.
Capacity of parking space 10.000 ears. '
Total estimated capacity 200,000 spectators.
Greatest previous attendance 110,000 spectators in 1914.
Capital invested $1,500,000.
thrills but the world never knows. It
is the driver who gets all the honor and
glory In victory.
He has one consolation 20 per cent of
the net winnings usually find a way into
his pockets.
Loaded Furniture
Van oh Long Trip
One of the many advantages of good
roads was clearly demonstrated Mon
day, when a huge Portland moving. van
loaded to the roof with household goods
made the trip from this city: to The
Dalles from 4 a. m. to 2 p, m., unloaded
and : started back immediately. The
driver reports no trouble en route with
his load.
.Sends Big Delegation
The Commercial club of Umatilla was
not to be outdone in its effort to impress
the county court with the facts regard
ing the proposed market road from
Umatilla to the Interior via the Colum
bia district, and sent a big delegation to
meet with the commercial organisation
at Humiston.
Who's Who
Indianapolis?
1 Owsers and Management
Carl G. Fisher, president, Indian
apolis. James A. Allison,, vice president
and treasurer, Indianapolis.
A. C. Newby, vice president, IndUn
apolts. T. E. Myers, secretary and general
manager, Indianapolis. - .
Referee
Hon. Clifford Ireland, United States
congressman, Peoria IIL
Starter
' William Esterly, Indianapolis.
E. C. Patterson, Chicago.
Chief Timer
Cheater Ricker, Indianapolla .
BepreientlBg A. A. TJ.
W. D. Edlnbum. Detroit, Mlch.v
W. C Barnes. Peoria, IIL
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