Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1930 — Page 1

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SPEEDWAY CRASH KILLS MECHANIC

PLANES DROP FLOWERS ON * MONUMENT AS CITY BOWS IN HOMAGE TO WAR HEROES

Patriotic Groups and Boy Scouts in Parade to Crown Hill. G. A. R. MARKS GRAVES Attorney-General Odgen in Tribute to Dead in Circle Address. BY ARCH STEINEL Men who served and died under a striped flag, not the checkered emblem of the racetrack, were enshrined today in Indinapolis hearts and with Indianapolis hands as homage was paid to the city’s war dead. Planes bombed the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument with flowers, not explosives. Cemeteries, far from the drone of 90-mile-ap-hour motors, were havens for quiet groups of Grand Army men as they placed a cluster of roses on this grave of a comrade, another on that. A parade of patriotic organizations, Boy Scouts, marched in reverence down streets void of traffic to Crown Hill cemetery Peace was the central theme of the addresses at the Monument pnd the services at Crown Hill. Ogden rays Homage Avowing his sincere homage to the warrior dead, Attorney-General James M. Ogden, in his talk at the Monument services, urged obedience to laws of the nation in time of peace. “To prevent their lives being given in vain it is vital we preserve the function of the ballot and ponder its best uses on this Memorial day,” declared Ogden. “No war has been waged successfully unless it was waged for the observance of law and order. Law is necessary for the vital welfare of our country. We should not be too fickle, too scatterhearted and scatterbrained, to lose sight of our ideals and the essential truths of justice,” he said. Decorated With Flowers Prior to the Monument ceremonies at 9 a. m. the segments of the memorial structure were decorated with flowers by patriotic women organizations of the city. The Newsboys band played. The Harold C. McGrew Camp No. 1 fired a salute. Echo taps was played. Led by Charles A. Fay the parade to Crown Hill cemetery began at 10:30. Members of the American Legion. Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled' Veterans of the World War. the G. A. R. and Indianapolis R. O. T. C. formed divisions of the parade. The G. A. R. veterans were taken to the cemetery in autos.

Salute Is Fired At Crown Hill, after decoration of the graves Henry M. Dowling gave a Memorial day address. Taps by Boy Scout buglers and the firing of a salute closed the cemetery services. Similar services were held in the following cemeteries: Anderson cemetery. 10 a. m.; Concordia, 10 a. m. and Mt. Jackson. 10 a. m. Business firms and public buildings were closed in celebration of Memorial day. A balloon ascension and parachute leap featured the Riverside Amusement park's program while a wild west show was the highlight at Broad Ripple park. Golf courses tennis courts, baseball diamonds, and picnic grounds, drew their quotas of pleasure-seek-ers. Special Decoration day performances were scheduled at city theaters. camFls~opened for SPEEDWAY TOURISTS Taggart - Riverside Site Affords Stopping Place for Race Visitors. Opening of Taggart-Riverside park tourist camp for convenience of Speedway tourists was announced today by Charles Sallee, park superintendent. The camp is located one-fourth mile north of Emrichsville bridge, at Sixteenth street, on the east side of White river. Sallee pointed out that the camp provides police protection. hot and cold water and adequate amusements in the vicinity. SUES FOR SEIZED GOODS Bn I'nitrd Prc* AKRON. 0.. May 30.—Leo lasar, corn sugar king of Akron, has started proceedings to regain possession of 3.500 tin cans. 300.000 pounds of sugar and seven automobiles. This property was seized by federal agents under the supreme court ruling against the sale of materials that might be used in the illicit manufacture of liquor.

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Coffee Jags? Bu United Press CHICAGO, May 30.—1 tis just as reasonable to bar coffee drinking as it is to prohibit liquor, in the opinion of Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, society leader and wife of Chicago’s former mayor. Mrs. Harrison has joined the women’s organization for national prohibition reform.

ZEP CALLS OFF STOPAT CUBA Steers for U. S. as Fuel Supply Is Low. Bu T'nitcd Pres* NEW YORK, May 30.—Facing bad weather an with her fuel supply insufficient to call at Havana, the giant air liner Graf Zeppelin was steering a direct course for Lakehurst, N. J., today, the Mackay radio reported. The message, intercepted from the Zeppelin, raid the dirigible changed its course at 2 a. m. (central standard time). Dr. * xo Eckener having found the Ht .a stop impractical due to bad wearier and lack of fuel. The intercepted message as given out by the Mackay Radio Company said that on account of “unsettled weather conditions and increasing winds along the Cuban coast and guff, the Graf Zeppelin takes a direct course to New York it 2 a. m.” PRISON BREAK FAILS Ringleader of 45 Convicts fn Ohio Is Slain. Bu Vniteit Pres* LONDON, 0., May 30.—A concerted attempt of forty-five convicts to escape from the state prison farm here today was frustrated when guards shot and killed the ringleader, Sam Mazel, 30, of Youngstown. Most of the prisoners recently were transferred to the farm from the state penitentiary at Columbus after rebellion broke out following a cell-block fire in which more than three hundred lost thier lives. The convicts had been causing trouble for two days, W. F. Armine, farm superintendent, said, and he had issued orders to guards to shoot to kill in event of an uprising.

Out of Race

Buckeye-Duesie, No. 18, driven by Chet Gardner, broken wheel on the southw'est turn, first lap. Maserati 16, No. 26, driven by B Borazacchini, spark plug, seventh lap. Miller Front-Drive, No. 19, driven by William Gardner, ruled off course for throwing oil, nineteenth lap. Waverly Oil Special, No. 7, driven by Jimmy Gleason, broken wheel, twenty-second lap. Fronty Special. No. 41, driven by Chest Miller, wrecked on thirtyeighth lap. Duesenberg, No. 5. driven by Peter De Paolo, went into spin piling up, twentieth lap. Trexler Special, No. 45, driven by Marian Trexler, crashed into De Paolo’s car, twentieth lap. Gauss Front Drive, No. 39. driven by Johnny Seymour, crashed into De Paolo's car, twentieth lap. Coleman Front Drive, No. 14, driven by Lou Moore, out in De Paolo's accident, twenty-second lap. Duesenberg Special, No. 12, driven by Deacon Litz, wrecked in De Paolo's spin, twenty-second lap. Duesenberg Special, No. 8, driven by Babe Stapp, wreck 1 in De Paolo collision, eightee i lap. Du Pont, No. 32, drb by Charles Moran, hit wall on twenty-third lap. Duesenberg Special. No. 36. driven by Cy Marshall, wrecked on north turn as car went into spin, fortyfourth lap. Nardi Special. No. 44. driven by William Denver, connecting rod, forty-fourth lap. Gauss Front Drive. No. 34, driven by Joe Huff, broken valve, fortyeighth lap. Betholine Special. No. 33. driven by Frank Farmer, blew a tire and hit a wall on backstretch, seventyfirst lap. Alberti Special, No. 29, driven by Joe Caccia, hit a retaining wall on northwest turn, forty-second lap.

Lap Prizes

135 Miles Billy Arnold. $4,800. Louis Meyer, S2OO. HOME RUNS TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Cochrane. Athletics, 3d of first. Simmons. Athletics. 9th of first. Gehringer. Tigers. 6th of first. . NATIONAL LEAGUE Klein, Phillies, 7th. of Ist.

Meyer in Front at First Lap

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—Photos by N. E * Louis Meyer, driving a Sampson Special, leaped a head of the pack at the start of today’s Spee Vy classic and, in the top photo, is pictured thundering down the stretch in front at the end of the first lap. Bottom photo shows the thirty-eight cars lined up for the start. A moment later the starter's gun sent them :oaring away on their 500-mile grind.

Speedway Scene Colorful as Thousands Crowd Grandstands

OLDEST machine to appear at the track is a 1905 White steamer, which made a 1,000-mile trip under its own power. The car, one of the ancient Glidden tour models, was on display at French Lick during the twenty-fifth anniversary convention this week of the Society of Automobile Engineers. It was driven here by Dennis O’Neill, former Times reporter, for the race and will be returned to the museum of the White Company, Cleveland. Among prominent visitors In the stands were: Dr. Guiseppc Castruccio, Italian consul at Chii cago; E. W. Magnuson, American consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Magnuson; Captain E. V. Rockenbacker; Ralph De Palma, former driver; Gar Wood, noted speedboat racer and builder. Harvey Firestone, millionaire tire manufacturer; Anthony Fokker, airplane manufacturer, and Lord De Clifford, English sportsman. Among distinguished airmen here for the race was W. Kleffel, official of the Luft-Hansa air lines of Germany, who came in on the ErnbryRiddle plane from Chicago this morning and will return to Chicago tonight. He is in this country inspecting American airways. Golf knickers predominated in men’s wear, accompanied by the inevitable green, blue, or orangehued sweaters. Women had ditched spring coats for furs. Baron Philip Rothchild of the famous European family of bankers attended the races today and had chartered a plane to take his party of five to St. Louis immediately after the races. Captain H. Weir Cook, head of Curtiss-Wright Flying Service of Indiana, was to pilot the plane. Thermos bottles and field-glass cases were the accoutrements of the average speedway oval fan. Picnic parties in the infield unloosened their baskets early, while “hotdog” stands warmed to their work as the day wore into noon. A Spitz dog that did stunts on the tops of autos and watched the race from a hind-leg stance amused a group of the infield fans near the northwest turn. Gate-crashers were plentiful, but so was the frustration they suffered at the hands of military police. “I’m the sheriff's brother,” was one dodge atempted to obtain entrance to the track. ’’We’ll call the sheriff,” sent the “crasher” on a run.

Marts Closed New York and Chicago Stock -Exchanges will remain closed Saturday, the Chicago Grain Exchange being the only market open. All others, including Indianapolis. New York and Chicago live stock markets, will observe the twoday holiday, opening again for business Monday.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1930

Two trucks parked near the judge’s pagoda had a stand resembling a tram-line trouble car on top of them. They were jammed with friends and pretended friends. Two couples played bridge on the running board of their car opposite Grandstand B to while away the monotonous minutes prior to the race. Tlie amplifying system in the grandstands and throughout the Speedway were installed by the Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Company. “I’m Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love” vied with “Should I” as pre-race tunes over the amplifiers. The flag of Italy and the Stars and Stripes were the only emblems displayed on the grandstands. A bath of soap-suds Thursday night made the bricks glistening white under a half-clouded sun. In appreciation of his co-opera-tioi in staging the race each year, Speedway officials presented Harvey Firestone, millionaire tire

OFFICIAL LINEUP

Car No. Driver 4 Billy Arnold 1 Louis Meyer 16 Shorty Cantlon 23' Louis Schneider 18 Chet Gardner 17 Ernie Triplett 22 Russell Snowbcrger 15 Phil Shafer 25 Leslie Allen 36 Cy Marshall 33 Frank Farmer 14 Lou Moore 35 J. C. MacDonald 29 Joe Caccia 41 Chet Miller 38 Claude Burton 27 Lora L. Corum 39 Johnny Seymour 32 Charles Moran Jr. 9 Tony Gulotta 5 Peter DePaolo 6 Bill Cummings 10 Mel Kenealy 7 Jimmy Gleason 3 Wilbur Shaw 34 Joe Huff 19 Bill Gardner 26 B. Borzacchini 45 Marion Trexler 42 L. Cuccinotta 12 Deacon Litz 8 Babe Stapp 24 Dave Evans 21 Zeke Meyer ' 48 Rick Decker 44 Williair Denver 28 Roland Free 46 Harry Butcher

manufacturer, with a large medal just before the race. Seated with Governor and Mrs. Leslie, and the Governor’s small sons in the Leslie box, were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shepard, Canton, 111. Mrs. Shepard is a former schoolmate of Mrs. Leslie. CHICAGOCOPSSEEK JEWEL RING’S LOOT Await Court Order to Open Safety Deposit Boxes. Bu United Press CHICAGO. May 30.—Chicago police were awaiting a court order from New York today to open a First National bank deposit box believed to contain perhaps $500,000 in jewels stolen by a nation-wide theft ring. Commissioner John Stege said he had no authority to unlock the deposit box and that he does not know what action is contemplated by New York authorities. The loot, supposedly locked in the bank, was variously estimated from $200,000 to $500,000 in value.

FIRST ROW Car Miller-Hartz Front-Drive Sampson Special Miller-Scofield Special SECOND ROW Seal-Fast Special Buckeye Special Guiberson Special THIRD ROW Russell Eight Coleman Front-Drive Miller-Allen Special FOURTH ROW Duesenberg Special Betholine Special Coleman Front-Drive FIFTH ROW Rom the Special Alberti Special Fronty Special SIXTH ROW V-Eight Stulz Special Causs Front-Drive SEVENTH ROW DuPont Maw Special Duesenoerg Special EIGHTH ROW Duesenberg Special Maw Special Waverly Oil Special NINTH ROW Empire State Special Gruss Front-Drive Miller Front-Drive TENTH ROW Maserati Sixteen Trexler Special Maserati Eight ELEVENTH ROW Duesenberg Special Duesenberg Special Jones and Maley Special TWELFTH ROW Miller Special Koosier Pete Special Kardi Special THIRTEENTH ROW Slade Special Butcher Bros. Special

CRASHES MAR CLASSIC; SIX OUT IN ONE WRECK; VAST THRONG IN STANDS

BULLETIN Death of Paul Marshall, mechanic, brother of Cy Marshall, driver, in the emergency hospital at 12:20 this afternoon, was the first fatality in the Speedway 500-mile race, blighted with more accidents than any race in Speedway history. Marshall died as the result of injuries suffered when the Duesenberg Special 8, driven by his brother, plunged over the retaining wall on the northeast turn. Cy remained in critical condition on another bed in the emergency hospital. Both had suffered skull fracture and broken jaws. Cy rallied after being taken to the emergency hospital and spoke a few words. He was given stimulants. Paul, how ever, remained unconscious until death. Skirting the wreckage of six cars which piled up on the northeast turn with only minor injuries to two drivers and one mechanic, Billy Arnold, held the lead in the 500mile Speedway race at the 100-mile mark, with an avarage speed of 103.353 miles an hour. His time was 58:03.20. Last year’s average at the 100-mile point was 104.974. 3ehind Arnold at the century mark were: Shorty Cant lon, second in a Mil-ler-Scofield Special, and Louis Schneider, third, in his Bowes Seal Fast Special. First serious accident of the race occurred on the dangerous northeast turn before the race was fifty miles old. Cars Pile Up Peter De Paolo's Duesenberg, No. 5, which De Paolo surrendered to Red Roberts early in the race because the big car was too hard to handle, went into a spin on the twentieth lap, and five cars immediately behind it piled up. Marian Trexler’s Trexler Special, No. 45, on its twentieth lap, crashed into De Paolo’s car. Lou Moore, driving a Coleman Front Drive, No. 14, piled in behind Trexler. Johnny Seymour’s Gauss Front Drive, No. 39, also on its twentieth circuit; Deacon Litz’ Duesenberg, No. 12, and Babe Stapp’s Duesenberg No. 8, all were wrecked so badly they were taken out. of the race. Tracfl officials flagged the other drivers to hold their positions while the wreckage was cleared away. Three Are Hurt Deacon Litz was believed to have sustained a wrist fracture. Johnny Seymour’s foot was cut, but he walked unaided to the field hospital for treatment. Ted Everrode, mechanic, suffered a sprained ankle in the six-car crash. Jimmy Gleason’s Waverly Oil Special hit a retaining wall on the same curve on its twenty-first lap, and broke a right rear wheel. Gleason brought the disabled machine to the pits, changed wheels, and continued the race. L. Meyer went to the pits to repair a loose gas throttle on his twenty-third lap. Charles Moran, driving a Du Pont, hit the lower wall on the same curve on his twenty-third lap, and was forced out of the race. Moran was scratched on the forehead. Louis Meyer leaped in front of the pack at the start, and won the first lap, driving 106.408 miles an hour. He held his lead until the third lap, when Billy Arnold took the front position. As the thirty-eight racers lined up for the start, Rick Decker's Hoosier Pete special, built quickly Wednesday from Decker’s auto and a Hoosier Pete entry, balked and went to the pits. After being declai ed officially out of the race. Decker succeeded in starting the motor, and set out after the pack, more than half a lap behind the rear racers. Arnold Holds Lead Position of the first seven cars at twenty-five miles was unchanged and at fifty miles. At both points, Arnold’s Miller-Hartz F. D. Special was in front, followed in turn by L. Meyer. Cantlon, Triplett, Schneider, Snowberger and Shaw. Farmer’s Betholine Special, however, had displaced Moore's Coleman F. D. Special, in eighth place. Arnold’s time at twenty-five miles was 106.888 miles an hour, compared with the pace of 108.569 at that point a year ago. Arnold main t lined his fast pace with but little slackening. His time

Qual. Speed 113.263 111.290 109.810 106.107 105.811 105.618 104.557 102.279 101.919 100.846 100.615 99.867 98.953 97.606 97.360 95.087 94.130 93.376 89.733 100.033 99.956 106.173 103.327 93.70? 103.132 | 101.178 95.585 95.213 92.978 91.584 105.755 104.950 97.342 95.357 92.293 90.650 89.639 87.003

Entered at SecoDd-Claaa Hatter at Poatofflce. Indianapolis

PROGRESS OF RACE

At 225 Miles First, Arnold; second, Cantlon; third, Schneider; fourth. Triplett; fifth, Cummings; sixth, L. Meyer; seventh, Evans; eighth, Shafer; ninth. Allen; tenth, Gulot-a. Time, 2:12:18.31; average. 102.C37. Last year’s average, 101.634. At 200 Miles First, Arnold: second, Cantlon, third, Schneider; fourth, Triplett; fifth. Gulotta: sixth, Cummings; seventh, Evans; eighth, L. Meyer; ninth. Shafer; tenth, Allen. Time—--1:57:28.81. Average, 102.143. Last year’s average, 102.191. At 175 Miles First, Arnold; second, Cantlon; third, Schneider; fourth, Farmer; fifth, Triplett; sixth, Cummings; seventh, Gulotta; eighth, Shafer; ninth, L. Meyer; tenth, Evans. Time: 1.42:26.95; average, 102.490. Last year’s average, 102.809. At 150 Miles First, Arnold; second, Cantlon; third, Schneider; fourth. Triplett; fifth. Farmer; sixth, Cummings; seventh, Gulotta: eighth. Shafer; ninth, Evans; tenth, Allen. Time: 1:25.35.95; average, 102.741. Last year’s average, 103.155. at fi"— miles was 28:10.89, an average -sd of 106.453 miles an hour. Fifteen Out at Noon At noon, with 175 of the 500 miles gone, fifteen cars had been eliminated, eleven of them in accidents, leaving a field of twenty-three remaining at that point. Chet Miller's Frcnty special hit a wall on its thirty-eighth lap a and was forced out of the race. Andy Cantana, mechanic riding with L. Cucinotta, was burned on the foot by hot oil from the motor. Joe Caccia’s Alberti special. No. 29, hit the lower wall on the northwest turn and scraped the wall for more than an eighth of a mile. Neither the driver nor the mechanic was injured, but the car was disabled permanently. It was his forty-second lap. With all the pre-race ceremonies out of the way, the track was cleared and the Cord front-drive pace car, piloted by Wade Morton, former racer, backed into position just in, front of the Miller-Hartz frontdrive special No. 4. At three minutes before 10 the race cars cut loose with a powerful drone, ready for the bomb that started the historic battle of speed over the mammoth two and one-half-mile brick and concrete platter. I Bomb Starts Race At exactly 10, the bomb was the signal for a thunderous cheer from the tremendous throng as the cars started down the front-stretch heading into the southwest turn. Assistant Starter Seth Klein unfurled the green flag, ready for the official flying start, when the machines thundered out of the northwest turn and down the front straightaway. Throngs were lined up outside the Speedway gates for fully a mile, hours before dawn today, and thousands poured through the gates as they were flung open at 6 a. m., every fan seeking a point of vantage in the infield. Forty thousand persons were gathered inside the vast Inclosure at 7:30 and traffic was piling up outside the Speedway gates. A great force of city police and state police deftly directed the mass of autos through the portals. :< Fans familiar with the Speedway from past years, milled around the concession stands, where hot dogs vendors shrilled their wares, nibbling at buns for lack of something better to do. The silver-nosed Goodyear blimp “Defender” glided lazily over the oval. Half a dozen other aircraft, including a huge Fokker cabin plane, circled the speedway. Gates opened at 6 a. m. to admit crowds that jammed all highway approaches to the speedway for more than a mile. At 9 o’clock autos were jammed tight at the gates. Grand Stand A Filled Grand stand A, near the southwest curve, was filled at 9:15 a. m., and grand stands B and C rapidly were absorbing their quota. Paddock boxes, choicest seats directly across the track from the judges’ stand, were filling slowly. The infield at 9:30 a. m. was blackened with autos. Mounted on a truck, a motion picture camera toured the speedway half an hour before the start of the race, photographing the throng. Veteran racing fans said today’s was the coldest race day in tho history of the event. The usual flash of color In the stands was dimmed by the brindle shades of topcoats. Notables from all points of the country mingled with ’esser lights before the race, exchanging opinions about the approaching classic. Two Cars Out Early Louis Meyer’s sixteen-cylinder Sampson Special, and the sixteencylinder Maserati, which B. Borazacchini drives, were the first cars on the track, followed closely by J.

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At 125 Miles First, Arnold; second. Cantlon; third; Schneider; fourth. Shaw; fifth, Triplett; sixth. Cummings; seventh. Farmer: eight, Gulotta; ninth, Allen; tenth. Corum. Time, 1.12:40.22; average, 103.206. Last year's average, 104.22. At 100 Miles First, Arnold; second, Cantlon; third, Schneider; fourth, Shaw; fifth, Triplett; sixth, Cummings; seventh, Farmer; eighth, Gulotta; ninth, Snowberger; tenth, L. Allen. Time: 58:03.20; average, 1C3.353. Last year's average, 104.974. At 75 Miles First, Arnold; second, Cantlon; third, Schneider; fourth, Triplett; fifth, Shaw; sixth, Snowberger; seventh, Cummings; eighth, Gulotta; ninth. Farmer; tenth, L. Meyer. Time, 43:30.07; average, 103.446. Last year’s average, 106.07. At Fifty Miles First, Arnold; second, L. Meyer; third, Cantlon: fourth, Triplett; fifth. Schneider: sixth, Snowberger; seventh. Shaw; eighth, Farmer; ninth, Cummings; tenth, Gulotta, Time, 28.10.89; average, 106.453. Last year’s average, 107.170. At 25 Miles First, Arnold: second, L. Meyer; third, Cantlon; fourth, Triplett; fifth, Schneider; sixth, Snowberger; seventh, Shaw; eighth, Moore; ninth, Allen; tenth, Gulotta. Time, 14.02; average. 108.888. Last year’s average, 108.568. C. MacDonald’s Romthe Special. Massed to form “the world's largest group of musicians” were military bands, and those from Indiana, aiid Butler universities. It stretched in formation more than a city block along Che track. Pitmen arranged their tools and parts with precision of surgeons as the drivers began warming motors for the big grind, Trucks rolled up to the pits and discharged cargoes of oil and gasoline. Extra tires were within easy arm’s reach. Eddie Rickenbacker put in an early appearance. Wade Morton inspected the sleek cream and tan Cord roadster with which he was to set the pace for the eager pack. Meyer and Arnold were expected to vie closely for a goodly share of the $17,500 lap prize money posted for the first 175 laps of the race. Cantlon, Bill Cummings, driving a Duesenberg, and Wilbur Shaw, with his Empire State Special, were seen as contenders for the lap purses. Cantlon’s four-cylinder Miller, with which he recently attained a speed of more than 140 miles an hour in California, was the first to be towed to the starting line. Attired all in white, Cantlon and his mechanic contrasted sharply with the red paint on his mount. The remainder of the pack were lined up rapidly. The front row all were light colored; orange, yellow, green, red, and black dappled the rear rows as the little racers were pulled into position for the start. Stutz Is Largest The largest car in the race was Lora Corum’s Stutz Special. The midgets were two Maw Specials, piloted by Mel Kenealy and Tony Gulotta. The Stutz weighed In at 2,450 pounds and the Maws at 1,750 pounds each. A few minutes before the start of the race, another Goodyear blimp, sister-ship to the Defender, joined the latter in circles above the Speedway. From the Defender, Floyd Gibbons, Chicago journalist, was breadcasting the race. Twenty minutes before the starting flag the drivers lined up beside their mounts for press photographs. All the grandstands were crammed with thousands of spectators half an hour before the race. The first race cars were being wheeled out of their garages in famous “Gasoline Alley” as the 1,000piece band, a fixture at all Indianapolis Speedway races, started its march down the front stretch. At 9:30 the “parade to the post” was started, mechanics and drivers pushing their gasoline chariots into position at the timing tape in front of the press pagoda. Arnold Is Liked Billy Arnold, smiling, carefree Chicago youngster, clambered into the seat of Harry Hartz’s Miller front-drive as it was pushed into the pole position on the front row. Arnold qualified the car at a 113mile gait and was favored by thousands to win the first lap of the race Louie Meyer’s sixteen-cylinder Sampson Special, No. 1, was wheeled into position next to Arnold’s and Shorty Cantlon lined up alongside Meyer. The tb r e* front row cars provided an interesting sight. The creamcolored Hartz job, with the big No. 4 on its ta • is a front-drive straight eight. Meyer’s big white streamlined job if a true-tw n, two vertical eight moters sitting side by side under the hood. Cantlon ? tiny No. 16 is a fourcylindered Miller, capable of almoit as nigh speed as Meyer’s and Halts’, machines.