Show i Twenty-Eight Twenty Positions Already Allotted in Big Memorial Day Auto Race INDIANAPOLIS May 28 AP Speed AP-Speed Speed and more speed was the cry cy at the Indianapolis motor speedway today as mechanics and drivers hurried to get remaining cars in condition to qualify for the Memorial day mile classic before today's 4 o'clock deadline Twenty-eight Twenty mounts are definitely definite ly in the race with the addition of Ira Hall of Terre Haute Ind lad who qualified at miles sn hour Emil Andrea Andres of Chicago At t miles an hour Tony William of Milwaukee Wis at miles 1 an hour Louis Tomei of Culver r City Cal at miles an hour and Harry McQuinn of Milwaukee i j jat at miles an hour Hall a former prizefighter and 4 Republican nominee for sheriff of a Vigo county Ind is the oldest driver on the track iii At the finish of his run yeste- yeste day some shouted How old are j 1 you six Forty he answered I and then laughed loudly I Former Fighter j Better known for his nearly victories in dirt track racing Hai was was at one time a prizefighter managed by Stanley Ketchell He Ue fought Packey McFarland one of the better known lightweights of f years gone by As the starting field for May MayO 50 30 shaped up today four former champions champions champions cham cham- will be trying to regain their I 1 laurels This list includes Wilb Wilbur r i Shaw last years year's winner Louis Meyer only time three-time winner of f the event Wild Bill Cummins Cummings and arid Kelly Petillo i Qualifying records have been broken broken broken bro bro- J ken twice this year Floyd Ro Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- J erts arts of Van Nuys Cal who won the pole position with miles j an hour topped it on the first day 1 Ronny householder also of Van Nuys boosted the mark again on J the second day with mil miles 3 an hour as Starter European champion was ready to be official starter providing he did not ar arrange at- at range for a car to drive The official official of of- J referee will be Harvey S. S Firestone Firestone Firestone Fire Fire- stone Jr and Jacqueline Cochrane Cochrane Coch Coch- rane will officiate as honorary ref ref- ref ref- believed toda today that a full field of 33 cars would be ba ready eady for the big race Five more places need to be filled and it is a pos pod possibility possibility that a few slower drivers may be crowded out before race day The 28 drivers sure of positions in the big race are First row Floyd Robe ts of Van Nuys Cal Russell of Wilmington Wilmington- DeL Rex Mays Maya of Glendale Cal Second row Tony Gulotta of Detroit Detroit De Dc- troit Chet Miller of Detroit Ted Horn of Los Angeles a Third row Wilbur row Wilbur Shaw of In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In Babe Stapp of Los Angeles Angeles An An- s An-s geles Mauri Rose of Columbus Ohio Fourth row Ronny Householder of Los Angeles Frank Brisko of Chicago Louis Meyer of Huntington Hunting- Hunting ton Park Cal Fifth row Joe Thorne of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Herb Ardinger of Pittsburgh Jimmy Snyder of Chica Chicago o. o Sixth row row Bill Cummings of II Itt Itt- Frank Wearne of Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena Cal Chet Gardner of Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach Cal Seventh row George Connor of Los Angeles Shorty Cantlon of De Detroit D troit Kelly Petillo of Los Angeles Eighth row Al Miller of Detroit Al AI Putnam of Los Angeles Emil Andres of Chicago Ninth row Ira Hall of Terre Haute Ind Tad Tony Willman of MIP MII waukee Louis Tomei ot of Culver Cit City a 5 Cal Cd Tenth row Harry MacQuinn of Milwaukee S Putnam who is in the eighth row was wa-s born in Salt Lake City He attended Lafayette school and started started started start start- ed at West high when his father A.D. A.D. A.D. A. A D. D Putnam operated a candy store here moved to Los Angeles He is a cousin of Les Los Grames the tb former Ute gridiron star and Bill Birkinshaw I |