Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1925 — Page 1

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DE PAOLO SETS RECORD PACE AS HE LEADS THE FIELD AT 225 MILES

Shafer Second After Havihg Wrested First Place From Duesenberg Teammate for Twelve Laps—Time Averaging 104 Miles an Hour. Bulletin DsPaolo was leading at 200 miles. Hartz was ceond and Lewis third. DePaolo still leads at 225 miles. Hartz was second and Lewis third. Bulletin Herbert Jones, driving a Jones-Whitaker Special, was slightly hurt when his car hit the wall. Tearing around the track at a terrific pace, Pete DePaolo, little Italian, driving an Indianapolis-made Duesenberg, was leading in the 500-mile International Sweepstakes race, at the 175-mile mark at the Speedway today. After leading for more than 100 miles, DePaolo lost the lead to his team-mate, Puil Shafer, also driving a Duesenberg. Shafer kept the lead for twelve laps and then relinquished it to DePaolo. DePaolo continued to break all records. His time was 1 :40:27.26, an average of 104.18 miles an houif. Last year’s average was 98.36 miles an hour. Hartz was third; Lewis, fourth ; Cooper, fifth; Duray, sixth; Hepburn, seventh; Milton, eighth; Bordine, ninth; Morton, tenth.

De Paolo in Lead Pete De Paolo took the lead from the start in an Indianapolis made Duesenberg. He took the lead despite the fact that he lost nearly a minute on the preliminary lap getting his car started. He tore around the first turn in the lead and proceeded to break the first lap track record. His time for the first lap was 1:26.65. an average of 103.87 miles an hour. At the end of the first lap Duray kvas second, Cooper, third; Hartz, fourth; Lewis, Fifth and De Palma, Axth. . , Last year’s time for the first lap was 1:37.47, an average of 98.35 miles an hour. At the end of the second lap De Paolo still was in the lead. Duray was second, Cooper, third: Hartz, fourth, Lewis, fifth and Ellingboe sixth. At the end of the second lap, W. C. Jones, driving a Skelly Special, went into the pits.' On the fifth lap the positions were unchanged except that Cooper passed Duray, going into second place. Bordino to Pits Bordino went into the pits at the end of the fifth lap. T|ie time for the first ten miles was, 5:45.04, average 1b4.34, anew track record. De Paolo maintained his lead at the end of the first twenty-five miles. He averaged 104.15 miles an hour, anew track record for the distance. Cooper was second, Hartz, third; Duray, fourth, and Lewis, fifth. Bordino got back into the race after stopping three, minutes with supercharger trouble. He lost more than a lap. Jones and his Skelly Special got back into the'grind after losing a few minutes with spark plug trouble. On the Afteenth lap De Palma went to the pits. At that time he was one lap behind De Paolo. | De Palma adjusted his shock' absorbers and immediately re-entered the race. Hill went into the pits in the eighteenth lap. Moss Takes Car In the fifteenth lap A. E. Moss replaced Herb Jones at the wheel of the Jones-Whitaker. At that time the car was five laps behind De Paolo. Hill adjusted his shock absorbers and went back into the race. Shafer, just before the fifty-mile mark, moved up from eighth place to sixth place. He was driving the Duesenberg that won the race last year. Ellingboe, who had been in fifth place, went into the pits in his twenty-fourth lap. Cooper Close Cooper was running De Paolo a close race. At sixty miles DePaolo was leading Cooper by only six seconds. Hill went Into the pits again with shock absorber trouble and lost one minute, forty-five seconds. Ellingboe, driving a Special was the first driver out of the race. He sheered a key in his steering gear and .his car wabbled over the track, but he succeeded in gettinr it successfully Into the pits. On his e eventh lap, while nineteen laps behind the leader, F. J. Harder re> eved W. C. Jones at the wheel of the Skelly Special. At the ei and of seventy-five miles De Paolo w\s leading Cooper by [only four seconds. Fastest in History De Paolo s time was 43:28.77, an average of 103.49 miles an hour, another new record. It was the fastest seventy-five miles in history. On the twenty-ninth lap, Ellingboe. who had previously gone out of the race, took Bennie Hill’s car. Tire Trouble equipped with balloon tires

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were having much trouble with shock absorbers. De Paolo was cleaning up on lap prizes. In the fourteenth lap, Jones replaced Harder in the Skelly Special. In the forty-sixth lap, Shafer, who had been climbing steadily, paused Cooper for second place. At the end of 100 miles, MeDonogh, twelve miles behind the leader, stopped and took on gas, oil/ and water. jj SHAFEJgUTAKES LEAD In the flftjMßth lap, after De Paolo frauffil the way and taken I |6,500 In lap money, Shafer, also driving a Duesenberg, slipped into first place. In the fifty-third lap De Vore. running in eighth place, went into the. pits. Milton, running in ninth place, went into the pits in his fifty-eighth lap. He was four laps behind the, leader. Cooper Drops Following the 160-rnile mark, Cooper had trouble with his car and dropped back to fifth place. Kreis, driving a Duesenberg, crept up to tenth place. Shafer still led. Morton Skids The crowd got the first real thrill of the day when Wade Morton blew a right rear tire on the north turn. His car spun around three times. He drove it into the pits under its own power. Comer lost his ninth place position when he blew a tire in the -sixtythird lap. Hill replaced Ellingboe in his fiftyfourth lap. | After Shafer had led for twelve laps and collected $1,200 in lap prize money, De Paolo again took the lead in the sixty-ninth lap. Ira Vail went out of the race in his sixty-first lap with a broken connecting rod. This left twenty cars in the running. Corum replaced Hill in his fiftyninth lap. SKELLY CAR OCT The Skelly Special with Harder driving, went out of the race in its thirty-first lap with transmission trouble. • Shafer dropped back to fourth place when he stopped to change a tire in the seventy-ninth lap. In his seventy-seventh lap, Bordino, driving a Fiat, was relieved by Mourre. In the eighty-seventh Jap, Hartz took the lead for only one lap. De Paolo passed him on the home stretch. Car Burns Herbert Jones, driving a JonesWhitaker Special, was slightly hurt, when he jumped from hlg car which caught fire on the home stretch. The car was nut of the race. He suffered sligWr burn* and was taken to the hospital. Promptly at 10 a. it. the final starting bomb went i'.srtitnfV high in air. As it burst, the !oag liae of barking motors sprang Into action and the twenty-two cars moved down the track In rows of three behind Eddie Rickenbacker, official pacemaker for the first lap. The greatest crowd in the history of the Speedway, a crowd which packed the stands and jammed the infield burst Into applause as the line swept by at a steadily Increasing rate of speed. 140,000 in Crowd At 9:30 a. m. James A. Allison, president of the Speedway Company, estimated the crowd at 140,000. This breaks all previous records. In the first row rode Leon Duray on the pole in his Miller, by virtue of turning in the fastest four lapg ir* the qualifying trials Tuesday, 113.796 miles an hour.

As the Big Race Looked From Air

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The Times presents here the only airplane views of the start of a Speedway race ever printed on the day of the big event. Above, as the cars lined up, and below, Pacemaker Eddie Rickenbacker leading the getaway. The pictures were taken by a Times photographer from a Marine Corps plane.

Progress of Race by Laps

25 Miles De Paolo, first; Cooper, second; Hartz, third. Duray, fourth; Lewis, fifth; Hepburn, sixth Ellingboe, seventh; Shafer, eighth; Milton, ninth; Morton, tenth. Time 14.24.09. Average. 104.15 miles an hour. A new record. Last year's average, 99.15 miles rip hour. 50 Miles De Paolo, first; Cooper, second; Hartz, third; Lewis, fourth; Duray, fifth; Shafer, sixth; Hepburn;seventh; Ellingboe, eighth; Milton, ninth; Morton, tertth. Time, 2*1:48.57. Average, 104.13 rnfces an houi. New’ record. Last year's time, 98.81 miles an hour. , 75 Mll.es De Paolo, first; Cooper, second Hartz, third; Lewis, fourth; Duray, fifth: Hepburn, s.xth: Morton, seventh; De Yore, eight; Milton, ninth. Time, 43:28.77. Average. 103 19 miles an hour. Last year’s average, 98.58 miles an hour. 1(H) Mites De Paolo, first: Cos? per, second; Hartz. third; Shafer, fourth; Lewis, fifth; Duray. S'xth; Hepburn, seventh; De Yore, eighth; MortonJ ninth; Milton, tenth. Time: Average, 103.89 miles an hou|-. New record. year’s average, 98.35, 125 Miles f De Paolo, first; Sha'fer, second; Cooper, third; Hartz fcyirth: Lewis, fifth; Duray, sixth. Hepburn, seventh; De Yore, eighth: Morton, ninth; Milton. tenth. Timfi, 1:12:12.8. Average. 103.87 miles an hour. Last year's average, 98.43 miles an hour. 150 .Miles' Shafer, first: De Ijaolr, second; Cooper, third; Hartz. fourth; Lewis, fifth; Dun y, sixth; Hepburn, seventh;' Milton, eighth; Comer, ninth; ivreis. tenth. Time, 1:26:22. Average, 104.2 miles an hour. Last year’s average 95.36 m les an hour. 175 Miles D 4 * Paolo, first; Shatter, second; L'foip-fh: Cooper,

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fifth: Duray, sixth Hepburn, seventh; Hilton, oifckth; Bordino, ninth: Mort -n, tenth. Time, 1:40:27.26. Average, 1 4.18 miles an hour. Last year's average, 98.36 miles an hour. 200 Miles De Paolo, first; Hartz, second; Lewis, third; Duray, fourth; Hepfifth; Shafer, sixth: Cooper, seventh; Milton, eighth; Kreis. ninth; Morton, tenth. Time. 1:55:36.89. Average. 103.79 miies an hour. Last year’s average. 93.38 miles an hour. ‘SCALPING’ IS CHARGED Police Allege Man Was Selling Tickets at Hotel. Julius Cohen. 23, of 1022 S. Senate Ave., was slated by police today as an alleged Speedway ticket scalper. Officers charged he was selling $1 grand stand tickets for $4 at a downtown hotel.

How the Field Started FIRST ROW DURAY— No. 28 DE PAOLO—No. It HARTZ—No. 8 (Miller) (Duesenberg) (Miller) SECOND ROW COOPER—No. 2 LEWIS—No. 1 HEPBURN—No. 17 (Junior 8 Special) (Junior 8 Special (Miller) THIRD ROW ELLINGBOE—No. 10 BOLDINE—No. 22 KREIS—No. 38 (Miller) (Fiat) (Duesenberg) * FOURTH ROW ELLIOTT—No. 27 MILTON—No. 4 1 COMER—No. 15 (Miller) (Miller) (Miller) \ FIFTH ROW HILL—No. 3 SHATTUC—No. 15 DE VORE—No. 24 (Miller) (Miller) (Miller) SIXTH ROW MORTON—No. 23 HERR JONES—No. 29 DE PALMA —No. 8 (Duesenberg) (Jones-W’hitaker) (Miller) SEVENTH ROW ) VAIL—No. 19 M'DONOf -No. 14 M. C. JONES—No. 7 (R. J. Special) (Duesenberg) (Skelly Special) EIGHTH ROW SHAFER—No. 9 N (Duesenberg)

MECHANICIAN IS HURT Woman Also Breaks Arm In Speedway Accident. Fred Davis. mechanician for Bennie Hill, severaly cut the forefinger of his right hand while tightening a rear shock absorber at the Speedway, Miss Sarah Pedlow, 22. of 428 W. Thirtieth suffered a broken left arm when she fell from an automobile on which she had climbed. SHRINERS IN ARIZONA WINSLOW, Ariz., May 30. Murat Sbrine special train, with a party of 450 Indianr.polis persons is expected to reach Los Angeles. Shrine convention city, Sunday morning. Impromptu entertainment on the train, and at all stations where stops have been made, has marked the trip. Attendance of 100,000-'is expected at the convention.

How Cars Dropped Out of Race Miller Special, Jules Ellingboe, driver. Out in twenty fourth lap with broken steering gear. Had been running with leaders. , R. J. Special, Ira Vail, driver, hroken connecting rod. Went out in the sixty-first lap. Skelly Special, Har:er driving, out in its thirty-first lap. Transmission trouble. Jones Whitaker Special. Herbert Jones, driver. Caught fire. Speedway Cash Prizes First prize. $20,000; second, $10,000; third. $5,000; fourth, $3,500; fifth, $3,000; sixth $2,200; seventh. $1,800; eighth, $1,600; ninth $1,500, tenth, $1,400. Lap prizes for the first 150 lap? (SIOO per lap) also are offered, this money being contributed by Indianapolis business men and others. Many awards are offered by auto accessory companies.

Time* Do Change for Rickenbacker Seven years ago today, Eddie Rickenbacker, champion American ace, was busy trying to shoot down German airplanes I,ate FTiday afternoon, he took Anthony Fokker, manufacturer of the famous German war plane, around the Speedway for several laps. Said Eddie today: “If anybody seven years ago would have told me that 1 would be riding around with a German airplane manufacturer today, I would have thought them crazy.”

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INDIANAPOLIS PAYS HOMAGE TO DEAD WITH CEREMONIES Services at Monument in Morning and Parade in Afternoon Outstanding Events of Memorial Day in City—Rites Held at Cemeteries. Memories of the days of ’6l were brought again lo Indianapolis today as a thin blue line, survivors of the battle for thp Union, inarched down the streets in the annual Memorial Day parade in honor of the city's war dead. 'Thousands of citizens joined with organizations in honoring the departed heroes of America’s conflicts, the Civil l\ar, the Spanish-American and World Wars. Services were held in cemeteries.

Lead by Capt. A. J. Ball, marshal, members of the Grand Army of the Republic moved promptly at 2 p. in. from N. Meridian and Vermont Sts., south on Meridian St., to the Monument, over E. Market St., to Pennsylvania St., and South to E. Georgia St. Here Civil War Veterans took automobiles to Crowm Hill. In the second division of the parade marched members of the American Veterans of Foreign Wars and Spank,h-American War Veterans. At Crown Hill The Civil War veterans reassembled at the entrance to Crown Hill Cemetery. Ceremonies were opened at 3 p. m. with firing of a salute of twenty-one guns. A bugler gave the “assembly call.’’ The Rev. Enoch H. Wood, Civil War veteran, opened the ritualistic services with prayer. State Senator Thomas A. Daily was principal speaker. The willingness of the youths of ’6l to sacrifice their all for their country was lauded b.v Senator Dally. “Whether it was a call to battle for personal freedom, an undivided country, the freedom of an oppressed nation, or freedom of the world, the American soldier has stepped forward, forgetful of self and ready to sacrifice even unto death,” Daily said. Lincoln's Gettysburg address was given by Everett Schmidt. F'ollowing firing of three rounds by soldiers, taps were sounded. Judge Wilmoth Speaks “Human liberty is one of the grandest blessings that can be possessed by any people,” said Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth at services this afternoon at Holy Cross cemetery under direction of the Knights of Columbus. An airplane piloted by Capt. George W. Vawter and Thomas A. Flaherty flew over the cemetery and dropped flowers on graves. F'irst public service opened at 9:30 a) m. on the Monument steps. Following ringing of Christ Church chimes at 8:45 a. m. and a program by the newsboys' bund, the Rev. C. Dickey, rector Christ Church, gave the invocation. The Cadle Tabernacle choir sang. After Abraham Lincoln's Gettyburg address was given by Lawrence Bowers, the Rev. Edward Haines Kistler, pastor F'alrview Presbyterian Church, spoke. Rev. Kistler Speaks “It is a worthy ideal you men of our wars hold annually before the American nation, in halting our busy, bustling days for a quiet bivouac with your dead that should climax in a campfire comradeship for the living,” said the Rev. Kistler. “This is the National Memorial day. Memories! God's etched pictures, acid-burned into the canvas of the brain! We pause to recall the days of the past that gripped men’s hearts, from the rousing ride of Revere to the hope of the world where poppies grow. “Your memorial can mean but one thing—a nation of righteousness, unafraid, and great-hearted, that will not count its work finished until all nations shall find it unprofitable to pay the piper for their fits of temper, and greed,” concluded the Rev. Kistler. Mrs. Martha .T. Stubbs of the American War Mothers also spoke. While all persons stood uncovered the Hoosier Post 624, Veterans of F'oregin Wars, gave a salute 1o the dead followed by a dirge by the newsboys’ band. Taps ended the service. At Each Segment Brief Ceremonies were held at each segment of the Monument. Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution, and Daughters of Veterans united in services at the Gen. George Rogers Clark segment. At Governor James Whitcomb segment American War Mothers and auxiliaries to American Legion,' Service Star Legion and United States Army and Marines held rites. At the base of the statue of Governor Oliver P. Morton ceremonies were directed by Women's Relief Corps and I-adies of the Grand Army of Republic. Auxiliary to the United Spanish-Ameriean War Veterans and Auxiliary to the Veterans of Fovel-p ,Wars held services at the

Forecast FAIR tonight and Sunday except somewhat unsettled by Sunday night; rising temperature.

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Bordino Starts Without Sleep Pietro Bordino, Italian, driving a Fiat, entered the race without having slept a minute for more than twenty-four hours. Late Friday the frame of his car was broken while he was driving around the track. He worked all night repairing it and was ready for the starting bomb.

General William Henry Harrison segment. F'rank M. Jeffrey, attorney, was the chief speaker at services this morning at Floral Park Cemetery. "In this trying hour, the need of lhe nation is giants,” asserted Jeffrey. "Not beasts of mere physical strength, but broad minded thinkers and actors; not tire careless and iitdtfferent. but ‘those Riert to their opportunity." Mount JHckson Services Services at Mount Jackson cemetery this morning were under auspices of Alvin P. Hovby Women's Relief Corps and Boy Scouts. An American Flag was presented Scou* Troop 74 by Mrs. Bessie Russell. A filing squad from the Harold MeGrew Camp, Spanish War Veterans, i fired a saite. F'rank C. Riley, attorney, spoke. The Rev. Flnoch H. Wood, retired Methodist minister and member of George H. Thomas Post No. 17, G. A. R.. spoke at 10 a. m. at Anderson cemetery. The Rev. J. W. Collins gave the invocation. “Memorial day is no ordinary day, but one of peculiar interest and solemnity,” said the Rev. Wood. “The custom of decorating graves of those who lost their lives in defense of the American Union has nut declined, but, thank God, increased in interest throughout our land." George *t\ Davis of 353d Infantry, 89th Division, spoke this morning at New Crown cemetery. "Assembly call” was sounded by Boy Scouts (ollowed by the Invocation by the Rev. C. P. Greenfield, pastor Southern Avenue Baptist Church. The church quartet sang. The G. A. R. and Otis E. Brown Post, World War Veterans, presided. Irvington Post 38, American Legion, conducted rites at 9:30 a. m. at Memorial Cemetery. F'eature of the service was decoration of a cross to the Unknown Soldier by post members. George Cornelius Jr. commander, presided. Boy Scouts assisted in decorating graves. Soldiers from FT. Harrison fired a salute to the dead. The Irvington Masonic Lodge quartet sang. HOPE HELD FOR SHAW VERDICT Jury Declines to Be Discharged. By John L. NiMack Timm Stall Corretvondfnt MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. May SO.— After two nights and a day of deliberation the jury in the case of John Thomas Shaw. 23. colored, Indianapolis, had failed to reach a verdict at noon today. Shaw was tried on charge of murdering Mrs. f Helen Hager Whelchel, 22. Indianapolis, whose body was found Nov. 28, 1923. on the railroad tracks west of Indianapolis. The case went to the jury at S:4l Thursday afternoon. Hope for a verdict was raised when Judge Joseph W. Williams sent for the Jury at 8 a. m. 1o discharge It. The Jurors sent word back they did not wish to be discharged. It was rumored that the jury stood 6 to 6 for acquittal. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m 67 9 a. m...,,, 7$ 7 a. m...... 62 10 a. 74 8 a. m 67 11 a. m .... 77 12 (noon) .... 71