Show Race Drivers With Heavy Feet Seldom Endure on Roaring Road Fourth Place Money l Much luch Better Than Crack Up Opines Lou Schneider Who Ought to Know By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK Jan 19 19 To To those who picture a racing driver as a wild eyed madman with nerves of steel and distilled Ice water In his veins Mr Lou Schneider would prove a severe disappointment Mr Schneider has a perfectly sane sane look in his eyes He wears double- double breasted suits spa spots spats tc swings a cane and might easily be mistaken for a musician out of ot one of the better Broadway bands And he really admits ad ad- mits mIss that there have been many times in races that found him scared fourteen fourteen four four- teen ways to the jack Admits Fright I have yet to go into a skid Mr Ir Schneider confided as he perched on my desk today without having goose pimples break out on me infine infine in infine fine profusion The record books show that Mr Schneider Is one Olle of the foremost foremost fore fore- most men of the roaring road Winner of or the Indianapolis mile classic in 1931 and second b by 3 34 seconds in 1928 he be has been one of the he big time drivers for more snore than a decade I recalled t to Mr Schneider that nearly all sports champions even when they are arc at the top of the heap always s 's said there was lots to learn about their particular gam games s. s Was he still learning about automobile racing No he replied I learned leaned oil all I know about race driving the first time I ever drove at Indianapolis I started the thc race as a punk and finished finished fin fin- fini i. i hed an expert If It I hadn't absorbed it all in that one I lesson Id I'd have finished finished fin fino in the field hospital But dont don't think Im I'm brag bragging ing Theres There's not a whole lot to being a good driver I Ican Ican can take any level headed healthy man who has been driving a pleasure 1 automobile for tor six or ot seven years year ou out outto outto I Ito to Indianapolis ind in a week or so I have him going around the track at as es easily as veteran drivers do You sec see common sense and caution are the two main requisites sites for tor a successful driver The heavy beavy footed tooted wild guys gUS who just must keep the throttle down to the floorboard all aU the time dont don't last Ion long Give em cm time and they all aU wind up In a crash To make a name lor lot yourself as aswell aswell well veil as a little mone money youve you've got to content yourself with something something some some- thing hing short shor t of first pl place ce Its It's better betterto to o finish in fourth place and take fourth place mone money than to lead mos most of f the Va way and crack up near the mish finish and get nothing but fractures concussions and burns Wants Lighter Machines Schneider believes the rule limiting limit limit- I ing ng the starting field to 33 will eliminate eliminate nate many of the hazards of ot the nile mite race roce which cost several lives I Ilat lat act year In such a small field the junk cars will be few and there will vill be bc less congestion at the turns He believes the race could be made even ven safer by limiting the weight of the he cars to 2000 pounds thus doing away way with the big awkward machines machines ma ma- mai chines which according to Schneider cant be ridden out once they get I in n a real spin Schneider leaves Saturday for tor South America to compete in dirt track rack races near Buenos Aires |