Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — WILCOX WINS AS THREE RIVALS DIE. [ARTICLE]

WILCOX WINS AS THREE RIVALS DIE.

•'‘Howdy” Wilcox, Indianapolis boy and veteran race pilot, at the wheel of a Peugot, won the eighth annual 1500-mile motor race at Indianapolis Saturday before a crowd..of 120,000 spectators. Wilcox turned the 200 laps at an average of 87.95 miles an hour. Wilcox drove a remarkably consistent race and after assuming the lead at the 275-mile mark never relinquished it. Eddie Hearne trailed the winner by six being followed in order by Jules Goux, Albert Guyot, Tom Alley, Ralph DePalma, Louis Chevrolet, D. Hickey, Gaston Chevrolet and Rene Thomas. Three deaths dampened the ardor of the crowd during the long grind. The first fatality recorded was that of Arthur Thurman, in- a car of his own make. Thurman’s car tunned turtle, killing the pilot instantly and so injuring the mechanician that his death is looked for. Louis Lecocq amd his mechanician, Bandini, suffered a horrible death when their car turned over and they were burned to death before aid could reach them. The wonderful speed shown by the mount of Ralph DePalma was the feature of the entire grind and without doubt his was the fastest car on the track. Delays aggregating forty minutes when he was forced to the pits were all that prevented the Italian winning. As it was he finished sixth.