Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 9, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1911 — Page 6

THINKS DANGER IS FUN FRANK FOX, OF INDIANAPOLIS TAKES CHANCES IN SPORT. Auto Driver Handicapped by Artificial Limb Enters 500-Mile Race on Motor Speedway Against Most Famous Pilots In the World. Indianapolis, Ind. An automobile race driver, who is in a class by hitnself from the unique standpoint of that hazardous sport, is Frank P. Fox, of Indianapolis, who has just entered a 1911 model Pope-Hartford in the $25,000 500-mlle International Sweepstakes Race over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway j on Decoration Day, May 30 next Fox is the only motor pilot in the game who has an artificial limb, his left leg having been amputated above the knee several years ago. The strange part of his willingness to accept this handicap against other famous drivers is the fact that he is independently wealthy and owns two or three thriving business institutions which yield him a large annual income, so that the element of personal gain does not enter into his participation in automobile racing. Foxjs known as one of the hardest, most fearless drivers who sit behind the wheel today, and despite his physical handicap he has been the winner of many races during the past three or four years. Most of his driving has been done in the East, although he has been a contestant hard for the others to reckon with in several of the events at the Indianapolis track. During the May race meeting at Indianapolis last yea.* the big PopeHartford which Fox was driving blew a front tire and swerved off the track into the fence. Although the car was badly broken up. Fox and his mechanician escaped injury. When asked if he was hurt, the dirt-begrimed driver replied: "Guess I've broken my left leg. It’s not painful, but I can't get another leg until 1 get home.” MAYDRIVE FORSEVEN HOURS Contest Board of Auto Association Will Allow Pilots to Go Through 500-Mile Event at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind. Physical training of an automobile race driver is as essential to success behind the wheel as is the training of an athlete to his success in any sport, according to the statements of some of the oldest motor pilots in that hazardous sport. The stories of hardships in endurance driving are told frequently by the dare-devil wheelman, but they are treated lightly and are as little considered by them as the element of danger which is ever present in the game. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway management has obtained advance permission to notify drivers entered in the $25,000, 500-mile International Sweepstakes race over that course, May 30, that they will be permitted to take their cars ail the way through the long grind if they are in satisfactory ph> steal condition and pass the examination of the representatives of the American Automobile Association contest board. The drivers have accepted this advice with considerable satisfaction, as many of them feared they would be governed by the threehour limit track and Speedway rule

in force in 1910. F. H. Wheeler, of the Wheeler & i Schebler Co., manufacturers of the' Schebler carburetor, and one of the directors of the Speedway, says: •‘I believe the decision of the contest board to let one driver take a car straight through will make the | race much better from the standpoint, of the drivers themselves, the car | manufacturers and the spectators. It has been the experience of the Speedway in long races that the spectators enjoyed the gameness of the pilots as much as the performance of the cars.” GOLD LURES CHAMPION BACK Purse of $25,000 at Indianapolis Speedway in May Proves Siren Song for Louis Chevrolet. Indianapolis, Ind. The lure of gold and glory is proving too strong for another of the great champions who had dropped from the limelight in the world of sport and announced his voluntary retirement from the hazardous motor racing game. The last of these past masters who will try >o "come back” is Louis Chevrolet, the famous Franco-Swiss pilot of racing automobiles, who has.' until recently, held the road race record of America, and who sprang into sudden fame by winning the Cobe Trophy over the Crown Point Course in Indiana in the 1909 season. Chevrolet, according to persistent rumor, will don racing togs again this year for one event, that being the 50b mile International Sweepstakes Race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Memorial Day. May 30. The offer ol $25,000 in gold, with a capital priw of SIO,OOO to the winner of the classic has proven too much for the daring Chevrolet, and despite hie thrilling ex perience in the Vanderbilt Cup Raw last October, when his car left th< course and dashed through the fence killing his mechanic, it is given ou on good authority that Chevrolet wll be seen on the Indianapolis brick traal IB Miy

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Joe Dawson, nominated to drive a r Mannon special in the 500-mile Ins ternational Sweepstakes race at the '• IndtanaiKilis Motor Speedway Memo--1 rial Day, May 30. Dawson was one 1 of the greatest winning auto racing pilots of 1910, winning the Cobe • Trophy, the Vanderbilt Donor’s 1 Trophy, the Savannah Challenge Cup, ' the City of Atlanta Trophy and the r Remy Trophy, as well as many smalr ler events. i » fKEWBE 550.000 •I ■ AUTO RACERS TO CONTEST FOR r| FORTUNE IN GOLD COIN ; . ; Accessory Makers Boost Big Prize Offer for 50(kMile Race at Indianapolis Decoration Day. Although the $25,000 offered by the , Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a. ' prize for the 500-mile International Sweepstakes race, next Memorial Day, I is the largest purse ever awarded in ’ ■ an automobile contest, the winners of; 1 this long grind will receive many ad-' | dltional prizes. The latest side offer ' to be made in connection with this ' | race is the Mor.cram Oil Stake of j SI,OOO. to be divided among the winners of the first four places as fol-, I lows: SSOO first. $250 second, $l5O third and SIOO fourth. This offer is , made by the Columbia Lubricants Co.. . of New York, makers of Monogram ; oils. The offer was made through Fred •I J. Wagner, official starter of the i' American Automobile Association. i The Remy Electric Co., of Anderson, > , Indiana, has offered SI,OOO additional , to the winner of the big classic event. » 1 providing the winning car is equipped II with Remy ignition. It is expected ! j ‘ that at least SIO,OOO more will be of- 1 ■ sered by various accessory makers, and ? . the total prize money to be woe on • die brick track in this one event will a be nearly $50,000. The winner's share „ of this will probably be about $20,000 i and the drivers of every car which finj ishes in the ten first positions will re j ceive from SI,OOO on up to the capital i-' prize, which probably will be about ’.' $20,000. f Thirty entries have been made thus i • far for the event and the Speedway < ■. ■ management expects that the field e! which starts will contain at lea.-’, for--1I ty cars, if not a full half-hundred. , u I Officials of the American Automobile d Association who have been working in

the interests of the grand circuit for the 1911 season are inclined to believe ' that this long race, as the opening of the season, will bring greater activity 1 in motor racing affairs throughout the i entire year and spell greater ; for the sport than heretofore has been known. It is almost certain now that at least a half-dozen of the foreign drivers will be in the field to start.l and It ts probable that the famous ; Lancia, who won the 190* Vanderbilt, will return to this country to drive for the first time since he annexed that famous road classic. Reports from the Speedway indicate that the crowd which will witness this great motoring spectacle will number more than 150.000 persons. Indications of this are taken from the fact that more reservations for seats have been made three months in advance of the event than for any other contest ever held in America. Advice has been received from many of the larger cities, including New York. Philadelphia and | Boston, that the automobile clubs will tour to Indianapolis to attend, and block reservations for seats to accommodate them have been made in many instances. ADAMS DRIVES McFARLAN “6." The last motor race pilot to be nominated for the 500-mlle International Sweepstakes race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is Bert Adams, who will drive" a big McFarlan Six. Adams drove McFarlan cars in thq 1910 season and was successful on the southern track, including the At i lanta Speedway meeting. He is now , building a special race car at the sacs tory at Connersville, and will have it , at Indianapolis ready for a tryout early in May. I MILLIONS OF BRICKS USED. » B Two miles and a half of solid brick paving at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ranging in width from tarty * to sixty feet contains nearly 4.000,090 1 bricks. These are of the vitrified va--1 riety used tn city pavements and severed with a cement filler.

"Happy Johnny” Aitken, driver of the National "40" Speedway Roadster, 1911 model, entered in the 500-mile International Sweepstakes Race over the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Memor- ! ial Day, May 30. Aitken is one of the | oldest team drivers in the sport and ; has won many notable victories for the National. U. S. HAS EYE ON SPEEDWAY Government Experts Test Brick Paving at Famous Indianapolis Race Course and Call It Perfect. Indianapolis, Ind. The United f States government has taken official notice of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the result that two engineer ' physicists from the Bureau of Stand- i ards at Washington, D. C., have taken ' up headquarters at the famous brick course to make tests and observations . which will show the effect of atmospheric changes on the vitrified paving ' surface. T. .> Speedway was chosen as the most perfect sample of brick pav-, ing in the country and the peculiar . slopes and curves at the turns of the race course give the only opportunity : to test irregular paving and road construction. Major James E. Howard, head of the experimental work for the government, is authority for the statement that the Speedway stands alone in the vitrified ( t ick paving field as an example of ■ :rmost perfection, and the results ob- I tained from the test there will be of ; lasting benefit to the cities throughout j the land. The report of the experts will be sent to the Washington head- ! quarters, and there will be distributed | to all of the municipalities which use . brick as a paving material. RACES LOST BY DISSIPATION — Auto Champion Tells Why Hazardous Sport of Motor Racing Requires Careful Attention. Indianapolis, Ind. "Many of the biggest automobile races in the history 1 of the sport have been lost the night j before." This is the statement of Ralph De Palma, champion mile-track motor race driver of 1910. De Palma recentlyvisited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway here and announced that he would pilot a car in the 500-mile International Sweepstakes Race. May 30. He is un-1 decided just what his mount will be.! but he asserts that he would be a I starter even if he had “to drive a wheelbarrow." Discussing the long grind of seven hours which the $25,000 classic will mean, the fearless Italian pilot said: "A prize of SIO,OOO for winning one race is not to be picked up every day,and I mean to be in at the finish of ■ the Speedway race next May. This i means that I must be even more care- < ful of myself now than ever. I always j ( have kept in good shape through con-i sistent training, but this long drive will require the very pink of condition In every man who starts. "Many of the biggest races in the history of the sport have been lost the night before. By that I mean that inexperienced drivers have given way to temptation and have indulged In Intoxioants to an extent that rendered them incompetent to sit a a wheel. Any auto race driver should be careful of his physical condition, as it not only I endangers his own life, but that of the otheradrivers in the race if he is not in good shape.” DISBROW ENTERS LONG RACE. Indianapolis, Ind. Louis Disbrow, one of the most prominent of American race drivers, who drove a Pope-Hartford in the Vanderbilt Cup Race last October, and in the Grand Prize race at Savannah, Georgia, last November, has beeh entered in the 500-mile International Sweepstakes Race, to be held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Memorial Day. Disbrow will pilot a specially built Pope racing car. The other entries in the race thus far are Lewis Strang. Louis Larsonneur and Joe Jagersburger, in Case cars; C. B. Baldwin, in an Inter-State "50,” built at Muncie, Indiana; Johnny Aitken, in a Naitonal "40” SpeedwayRoadster, 1911 model; Frank Fox, in a ‘ Pope-Hartford; Harry Knight, tn a r Westcott. and a Simplex, the driver U for which has not been named. Ralph k . DePalma, champion mile track driver r- ot 1910. may pilot thia iaat »nu; through the long grind.

MITO MAKERS HELPED MOTOR RACES SHOW FAULTS IN CONSTRUCTION OF CARS. Many Special Racing Machines for Season of 1911 to Be Entered at Indianapolis Speedway for 500-Mile Race In May. Indianapolis, Ind. The automobile season of 1911 bids fair to be one in which the special racing car will predominate as never before in the history of the sport. Manufacturers have found that the building of special racing cars has broadened their scope of mechanical knowledge, so that they are making better stock cars because of the lessons they have learned in the manufacture of the freaks. As an example of what will be done with special racing cars this y*>ar, the 500-mile International Sweepstakes Race for $25,000 in gold at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Memorial Day, May 30, may be cited. Out of the thirty cars which will start in this event, it is probable that less than one-third of them will be absolute stock cars. Among those who are building special cars this year for this race are Nordyke & Marmon. of Indianapolis, who are building a large motor which will come just under the 600 cubic inch limit; the Simplex Motor Car Co* of Mishawaka, Indiana, who are building two special Amplex racing cars, which will have a piston displacement of 595 cubic inches; the Clarke-Carter Automobile Company, of Jackson, Michigan. who are constructing a monster Cutting motor; the Pope-Hartford Company, of New York, who are building a special speed creation for Louis Disbrow, and several others. Those which are entered in the 500mile race are Lewis Strang, in a Case; Louis Larsonneur. in a Case; Joe Jagersburger. in a Case; Johnny Aitken, in a National "40”; C. B. Baldwin, in an Inter-State "50”; Louis Disbrow and Frank Fox. in Pope-Hartfords; Harry Knight, in a Westcott, and a Simplex, for which the driver has not been named. AUTOS CHANGING BUT LITTLE Expert Views Motor Car Business from Light of Public Seen at Automobile Shows. Indianapolis, Ind. "There has been an evolution in motor car and accessory shows which was very apparent at the New York, Chicago and smaller shows throughout the country this year,” says Geo. M. Dickson, General Manager of the National Motor Vehicle Company. Johnny Aitken, a racing driver for the same company, is entered in the $25,000 500-mile International Sweepstakes race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Memorial Day. May 30. “In the early days the shows,” says Mr. Dickson, "were promoted to convince the public that the automobile would prove a practical means of trans-, portation. People attended, but were i mostly skeptical and viewed with | doubt the contraptions which today ■ would seem like strange prehistoricl animals. "Today the automobile is accepted everywhere without question. The present year finds but very few vital changes in design and construction. The improvements are mostly refinements of detail* which add to the beauty and comfort and luxury without appreciable increase in cost. “The cars are mostly standardized and the differences in the various makes which appeal to different people are not freakish features but certain recognized meritorious features ot design and construction which are manufactured for varying uses and desires. The accessory makers have kept pace with the car manufacturers, and their Improvements have added much to the Oomfort of town and country driving.” LONG AUTO RACE TO BE RUN Motor* Will Travel 500 Miles at Indianapolis Speedway Memorial Day for $25.0C0. Indianapolis, Ind. Marking a new epoch in the history of the hazardous sport of motor racing. Decoration Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway brings with it the greatest automobile contest ever staged. More than thirty of the master speed creations of America and Europe will grind off 500 miles over the two and a half mile brick course starting at ten o’clock in the morning | and ending probably at about five o’clock in the afternoon. This is the longest race ever planned and tie fortune in gold which is offered to the successful contestants, $25,000, is | the largest ever offered for any one i event since the beginning of the conflict of men and metal. Seven hours ' of continuous driving is what the ‘ fearless pilots will go through to win ' the fortunes in precious metal which await the winners. The first prize is SIO,OOO, while nine others range from $5,000 down to SSOO. In addition the side offers which are being made will bring the entire purse up to about ■ $40,000. This means that the winner will be richer by about $15,000 after the race is over. GREATEST PURSE EVER OFFERED. ! — A purse ’otalling about $40,000 is I to be given by the Indianapolis Motor Spec-way for one race on Memorial Day This is to be given to the win-i ners of die 500-mile International Sweepstakes event, and is ths great tst cash purse evsr posted.

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