Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 May 1929 — Page 26

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Ray Keech, New King of Speed , Is Acclaimed by World of Motordom

Philadelphian Clambers to Throne After Victory in Indianapolis Classic

BV NORMAN r. ISAACR K; K f< 1 a riiunk;-. pink-faced young man of '.*• year?-, 01. i. . !*iidadolphia a.- his home city today clambered up t- tl - flk* kingdom of Speed He smiled cheerfully, for the er< " ti '’■•■med to fit quite snuglyT'.vri ;• r;n*i he wa> an “unknown" dirt track driver * rot! id i’i iad< Iphia. Then, in Aprl. he virtually wars catapult' ! into by driving tin- 1 riplcs special over the

sands <f Daytona Beach for a world s straightaway speed m" r k <*f 207.53 miles per hour. Thursday Keech hunched himself hr: ind the •.■heel of a Miller-mo-tored Simplex Pi-ton Pin Special ard drove his mount to triumph in riotordom’s greatest competitive speed classic—the Indianapolis 500mtlr race. His former worlds straightaway mark ga’e Kerch quite a bit of prrstige. and he always laughed v hen the boy called him "America - fastest driver." Today he didn t just, what to do. He had prned the honor and he grinned f.kr a hanp" schoolboy. Prj;rA K^pp Keerh drove a masterful race in %h* Decoration day speed event and made only one pit stop during the five-century grind. Rav stayed out ir.' front of the park when he did annex the lead at 302' miles, and his performance was truly remarkable, though his average gai* of 9- 585 did not not set any records. The ten money winners were: *v r>H,. r *nd Car WP", 5 l.ou> Mr>f iMillm • • J; : —llmmt t.tnwn * nuern-fr*>.. •j ■ 4_( jrt Mar'ho.- .M.llfr 1 ' "! ! Bill Gariln-r 1 f brnmrttit* - . .. f— frert \4 in n; i ( Pufsrn b<-r c I ,i 1 I.ni Chiron l Or I j:o S i..,l 1 *—Bill* Arnold <Bnrlr 'alyl • Uosm’ a—Cliff Borcorr (Armawti . 10— Frrd r-aw Koon-n Fmmo flarerC on 192nd lap a"" f °"- ffflfd poai^inn. A crowd officially estimated at 163.000 cheered Keech as he roasted into the pits after making three additional laps around the brick oval j to make certain of his victory. Louis Meyer, the 1028 victor, drove ' a cool, well-judged race and piloted his car to second honors in the annual Memorial day classic. Jimmy Gleason also did a nice job in pushing his Duesenberg into third place. Ideal Race Day It was an ideal day for the race and early in the morning a light j breeze pushed white, fleecy clouds across a blue sky. Shortly after the race started a hot sun burned down on the speedway for the remainder of the da>. Leon Duray flashed off into the lead at the end of the flying start, but relinquished his advantage or. the eighth lap to Deacon Litz. who was driving the car in which Louis Meyer had won in <928. Litz was just a few second ahead Os Lou Moore in a Majestic Miller and Louis Meyer in his Miller. On the fifty-sixth lap. Litz lost control of his car on the north turn and Moore shot, into the lead with Meyer right on his heels. At that, point Keech had dropped back so tenth place, but moved into seventh position shortly after. At the 200-mile mark Louis Meyer passed up Moore's car. which had made a pit stop and Barney Kloepfer. Moore's relief driver, took the wheel. starts His Challenge At 200 mite.- Kerch had driven his Simplex to fifth place and was starting to challenge the leaders. At 250 miles Fred Frame had pilce - ed his Cooper to first. Louis Move' was second and Ray Keech had moved into third. Fifteen of the original thirty-three starters had been eliminated by the time the halfway mark was reached. At 300 miles. Frame had dropped back to fourth place and Louis Meyer in car No. l. was first; Keerh in car No. 2 was running second and Kloepfer. in Moore’s No. 3. was third. \t this time eighteen cars were out ot the race. The position of the leaders was unchanged at 350 miles and the cars were running almost neck-and-neck. Mayer was barely a lap ahead of both Keech and Kloepfer, both of whom were in the same lap. At 302’ miles. Meyer coasted into the pits for gas. oil and water and w hen attempting to s'art away irom his pit. his motor refused to "fire" and it was six and a half minutes before Louis had got back into the race. "Nrck-and-Neck" Kerch had taken the lead at this time, closely pursued by Kloepfer and Meyer was riding in third place. Those positions were unchanged at 400 miles and it appeared to be “anybody's" race. At 450 miles, only 56 seconds separated Keech and Kloepfer. who were waging a desperate duel for victory. Only twelve ears were left in the race and interest centered on the f.rst-place battle. At 475 miles, Keech had increased his advantage over Kloepfer and was holding a lead of 1 minute and 21 seconds ever Kloepfer. As Keech was given the green flag, signaling him th3t he was starting his last lap. Kloepfer went into the pi's. Lou Moore went back into the car. and as he reached the back stretch his gasoline pump

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broke and his car caught fire. Moore jumped out and the blaze was # extinguished immediately, but the car I was definitely out of the race. Meyer went on to win second pl u rr ant: Gleason, with some magnificent driving, took third money. Carl Marchese. the young Milwaukee dirt-tracker, who smacked into the wall in pro-rare practice, did a nice job of driving to land his car in fourth position Bill Spence Loses life One fatalitv marred the days speed program. Bill Spence losing his liio on the southeast turn on his eighth lap. Spence was driving a Duesenberg, ear No. 10. and skirlded as he came out of the shoit straightaway on the south turn. The car rammed into the wall, throwing Spence to the bricks, where he landed head first. The car turned over and then righted itself, damaged badly. Spenre was rushed to the Speedway hospital, where he died on the operating table. He had suffered a fractured skull. The car in which Keech won the coveted laurels was one of those formerly owqed by the late‘Frank Lockhart. always a spectacular figure in the speed world. Tn last year's Indianapolis race, his first appearance here. Keech finished fourth. Os the twenty-one cars forced out of the race, only four were because oi accidents. The first occurred on the fourth lap when Cliff Woodbury hit the retaining wall on the northwest lap. damaging his mount seriously. Woodbury was unhurt and later drove relief for Billy Arnold. Moriceau Hits Wall The second accident was the one m which Spence was killed. The third happened on the twenty-first; lap when Jules Moriceau crashed ! into the wall on the northwest turn ! when a steering knuckle broke. Moriceau escaped with a skinned elbow after sticking with his car until it came to a stop. The fourth accident came on the fifty-sixth lap. when Litz lost control of his mount on the north turn. He was uninjured. Those cars which were forced out, because of mechanical difficulties were Ralph Hepburn's Packard Cable on the fifteenth lap. De Pnola's Boyle Valve on the twenty-sixth lap. Stapp's Spindler-Miller on the forty-fourth j lap. Snowberger's Cooper on the | forty-fifth lap. Triplett's Duesenberg on the forty-ninth lap. Karnatz's Miller on the fiftieth lap. Decker's Miller on the sixty-first lap. Seymour's Cooper on tire sixtyfifth lap. Duray's Packard on the sixty-fifth lap. Linden’s Miller on the seventy-first lap. McDonogh's Miller on the seventy-fourth lap. Schurch's Miller on the seventyfourth lap, Gulotta's Packard Cable on the ninety-first lap. Kreis’ Detroit on the ninety-first lap, Crawford’s Miller on the one hundred and fifty-first, lap. Farmer’s Miller on the one hundred and fifty-third lap and Moore's Miller on the one hundred and ninetyninth lap. After nine cars had been awarded the checkered flag three still were running and Fred Frame was flagged down and conceded tenth place. The other two ears, still running. were No. 28. driven by Frank Brisko. and No. 17. driven by Phi) Shafer. Drivers' Dinner Tonight Tt was the last race in which the tun- 91.5 cubic inch piston displacement mounts. Next year the cars will he of 366 inch displacement, and will be designed for a riding mechanic. The annual drivers' oanquet will be held tonight at the Chamber of Commerce and prize money and lap prizes will be awarded. The value of first place to Keech unofficially was estimated today at $35,000. Meyer's second place victory was estimated, also unofficially, at $20,000. It was understood today that some sort of respect will be paid Bill Spence. The Californian was married and was 24 years old. He was one of the best young drivers of the local track. The lap prize money will be shared between six drivers. Louis Meyer took the lion's portion of the prize, winning sixty-four laps for a

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Victor Surrounded by Ardent Admirers

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As soon as Ray Keech, the race victor, pulled into the pits, he was surrounded by a horde of ardent admirers. The above reproduction, snapped as Keech reached for a sandwich and a cool drink, shows him saying a few* words into one of the track microphones used by the radio announcers. Keech made only one pit stop during the race.

total of $6,400. Keech won fifty-one laps, a total of $5,100. Deacon Litz's pace-setting activities for forty-nine laps was good for $4,900. Lou Moore will collect $2,300 for leading twenty-three laps. Duray took S7OO for leading the first seven laps, and Frame won S6OO for setting the gait in six laps. The total prize list reached slOl.700, the largest amount ever pul up at stake in an automobile race. PURVIS WINS OPENER Kokomo Fighter Outpoints Bamhaugh in Ripple Feature. Scoring a knockdown in the first round, and leading the fight most of the way. Jackie Purvis, Kokomo scrapper, outpointed Tommy Bambaugh, Springfield. 111., in the tenround windup of the first open-air show at Broad Ripple park Thursday night. Both weighed 142. Carl Schmadel. Brightwood. was shaded by Max Smith in the eightround semi-windup, and Roy Wood handily won his four-round bout with Chris Landrigan. Hub Newkirk had a comfortable lead on Chuck Turner in the other preliminary

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then for gas. oil. water, two new front tires and a right rear tire. Makeup grease, used by the motion picture actors, was coated on Keech's face to protect it. but the wind and sun burned through the preparation and his first words were to the effect that though Iris face was sore, he was very tired and happy to win.

Stanford Toy ted to Annex Third Title in L C.-4A Cinder Carnival Wesi Coast School Has Well-Balanced Squad: Records Threatened in Philadelphia Collegiate Meet.

Bn Pit it at Pm** PHILADELPHIA. May 31.—Nearly 400 athletes, representing thirty-two American colleges and universities, were here today for the start of the fifty-third annual I. C. A. A. A. A. track and field championships -at Franklin field. Pre-meet dope decidedly favors Leland Stanford univrsity. The Cardinals, champions of 1927 and 1928, were a unanimous choice of critics to repeat. Stanford scored forty-three points in winning the 1928 (town, and Coach Dick Templeton has available men who scored twenty-nine of those points, in addition to other potential scorers. Eric Krenz. shotput and (Jiscus champion of 1928. and his teammate. Harlow Rothert, are expected to score eighteen points in these two events with first and seconds. Ross

Nichols. 120-yard high hurdles champion, is expected to repeat. The Cardinals have a balanced squad expected to cut heavily into the lesser points during competition. Phil Edwards, running for New York U., is favored to repeat his success of 1928 in the half-mile, while Charles Borah, the southern California star, who won the 100 and 220 in 1927, is touted as the 1929 furlong champion. George Offenhauser, Penn State miler, stands head and shoulders above the field in the early dope on

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Indians and Colonels in Third Battle Rivals Break Even in Thursday Twin Bill; Schupp Shines, Indians and Colonels wore to battle in the third tilt of their series at Washington park this afternoon after splitting even in Thursday's double header. The Tribe captured the first struggle. 1 to 0. when Ford Schupp adged out Ben Tincup in a ten-inning mound duel. 1 to 0. ft was a thriller and the fans got plenty lor their money. The second game also was close. Louisville t aking it. 5 to 4. when two miscues hurt the Betzclites. Schupp allowed only four hits in the extrainning opener. Tincup also was in brilliant form and was stingy with his safeties. In the tenth Gorman's single. Schupp's sacrifice and infield hits by Matthews and Metz put across the needed run for the horrife pastimers. Teachout held the Colonels to six hits in eight innings of the second struggle, but in the ninth the Tribe defense cyacked. an error in the outfield and a bad throw on the infield giving the visitors an opening and they took full advantage of it. The Colonels are here through I Sunday.

English Jockey May Get Mount on Reigh Count Bn l niter! Pres* LONDON. May 31.—Reigh Count, 1928 Kentucky Derby winner, may have anew jockey when he starts in the Gold Cup June 20 in place of Chick Lang, an American jockey who has been riding Mrs. John D. Hertz's colt. J. Child's, crack English jockey, had the leg on the Hertz colt in Thursday’s workout.

that event. He was clocked at 4:16 2-5 only a week ago. Chief among the eastern teams that harbor an outside hope of besting Stanford, are New York U„ 1029 indoor champions; Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania. Each of these schools appears on a basis of past records to have a well balanced squad capable of springing a surprise. either way. Today's program, which starts at 1. includes preliminary trials in eleven of the fifteen events.

Thursday’s Games

(Firt samf; ten innins*> LOUISVILLE AB R It O ' F Simons, rs * o <* •' n Stolons 2b -t S n 6 2 o Smith rl . 5 a 1 ' n 0 Branom, lb .1 0 o p I 0 Oevean, 3b 3 " n ' r ‘ Ganzet. if ......... tt 0 t Ol • ares, sa 1 n 0 0 2 \ Thompson, r .... . 3 n n 7 1 5 Tincup. n * 0 ? 0 3 n Totals vt 0 *7B 12 1 J “One out when winning run scored. INDIAN A POl IS AB R H O A F Matthews, cf S 0 7 n P : Met? ss . . 5 P t 1 t P Barn liar;, rs 2 P P i 1 P ! Connolly. 2b 3 n t ’ 7 J] Sprinr. c 3 P t J ** J Monahan, lb 3 e Gorman. 3h 3 t ' n P Schupp. n 3 0 0 P I 0 ! Totals 30 1 7 30 7 0 ' Louisville OOP 000 POO 0 0 ! Indianapolis 000 QOO 001 0 1 Two-base Hits Monahan. .ConnoUv. Stolen base—Layne. Sacrifices—Monahan. Connolly. Schupp. Double plays Ocean to Brannom; Olivarc:' to Sickinp to Bra::nom: Barnhan to Monahan. left on ■bases—lndianapolis 9: Louisville. 9. Bases on baits-Oft Schupp. 6: ofl Tincup. ♦. Struck out Bv Schupp. 3: hy lineup. Hit. bv pitcher—Bv Tincup •Spr;nz>. 'i.rt pitches—Schupp. Umpires—Getr and McCaffertv. Time—l:sl. (Second Game) LOUISVILLE AB R H O A F. Simons, cr . 5 t ' Sicking. 2b ‘ 0 0. 2 5 P Smith, rs 3 P 0 2 ' " Branom lb ........ * P 2 10 0 Gevgan. 3h A 0 0 1 <- 0 Ganzel. If ■ ' 2 * ? ? Olivares, ss 4 1 1 l 3 t Thompson, c 4 1 2 3 l t> 1 welzer p 2 P P P P Shannon* 3 j> > ? " " Williams, p 1 n P n n P Totals 35 5 0 27 11 1 Shannon batted for Welzer in seventh. INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Matthews, cf • ft 1 5 9 9 Metz ss •.. 4 6 0 Lay no. If 3 1 1 3 n 1 Barnhart, rs 3 1 2 2 0 0 Connolly, b 4 I Riddle, c 4 1 1 33 1 Monahan, lb ....... 3 0 2 1! 00 Gorman. 3b.........3 o 0 4 2 n Teachout. p 3 0 0 0 1 0 ! Sprinz “ 1 P P P 0 P Warstler .*••*.*.** i p p p p P Totals 33 4 3 27 14 3 Sprinz batted for Monahan in ninth. Warstler batted for Gorman in ninth. Louisville POO HO 012—5 Indianapolis 020 002 000—4 Three-ba.se hits—Connolly. Barnhart. Home runs—Simons. Thompson. Stolen bases—Monahan (2i. Riddle. Sacrifices — Barnhart. Smith. Double plays—Smith to Thompson; Metz to Connolly to Monahan: Geygan to Sicking to Brannom. Left on bases-rlndianapolis. 4; Louisville, 6. Bases on 'balls—Off Teachout. 2. Struck out—Bv Teachout. 3: by Welzer. 2. Hits —Off Welzer. 7 in 7 innings; off Williams, 1 in 2 innings. Hit bv pitcher—By Welzer fkavnei. Wild pitch—Welzer. Umpires— McCaffertv and Goetz. Time—l:so. DELAY RING MARATHON Prnnsy Fark Fistic Event Postponed Until Next Week. The boxing “marathon" tourney, carded to start at Pcnnsy park Wednesday and postponed, again was postponed Thursday nigh', and the promoters say they will line up more pugilists and start the event next Wednesday.

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Robins Minus Mainstays as Trip Starts Vance and Bissonette Left al Home Owing to Illness. 1 6-/ r nH.ri hr, NEW YORK May 81 The Brooklyn Robins will be without two of their stars when they open their i western tour at St. Louis Saturday | Dazzy Vance and Del Bissonette I were left at home becaii.se of illness. Vance has inflammation of the | bladder and Bissonette sinus trouble. Harvey Hendrick will play first base. Vance and Bissonette may join the team later. Pitcher Alex j Ferguson, recently obtained by the ; Robins from the Phillies on waiters, | was sold outright to the Buffalo Inj tcrnational League.

Yankee Cup Stars Win One More Victory Needed Over Cubans. Bn f hUrtf f'i > ps DETROIT. May 31.—Needing only one more victory to advance to the inter-zone final for the Davis tennis cup competition, the United States doubles team of Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn met the Cuban combination of R.icard Morales and Herman Upmann today. The United States got off to a, flying start Thursday by annexing both singles matches, John Hennessey defeating Morales 6-0, 6-9, 6-4, and Van Ryn beating Gustave Vollber. 6-0, 6-1. 6-1. 5.000 AT COLLEGE TILT Pil I nital Per.lOWA CITY, la.. May 31.—Iowa defeated Minnesota H to 5 in a Big Ten conference baseball game here Thursday before a crowd of 5,000. David, after allowing seven hits in the first three innings, tightened and struck out nine Minnesota men while his successor, Brown, whiffed four in two innings. BAUMAN IS VICTOR /: WINCHESTER. Ind.. May 31Sending his Frontv-Ford around the local half-mile track at near record speed. Dutch Bauman, Indianapolis, won the two principal Memorial day automobile races here. During the second race five machines crashed at a turn. No one was injured.