Show n n 4 O l DM N No I I ti o ClA CLASh I ClAS CLASSIC I I II I Indianapolis Races Bring BringEn Eni Entries Entries En En- i tries From Great Grea t Drivers U eU e By Dean Snyder 1 I Therell There'll be plenty of speed in the international international inter- inter national mile mlle auto races on May 30 at the Indianapolis speedway Tommy Milton Ralph De Palma Dario Darlo Resta nesta and two twenty-two other speed demons demons demons de de- de- de mons will furnish it It is the most expensive speed in the 1 world Each speedboat costs its owner tend and upwards to build and get ready for I ra racing When n the twenty five racing bugs bugs bugs' leave I Ithe the line on Memorial day for the long I grind they'll represent between two and three million dollars' dollars worth of harnessed speed RECORD PURSE The purse this year approximating is the largest ever hung up But it isn't the tinkle of money that thrills the drivers It is the glory of winning the worlds world's premier speed test that counts The men who guide the steering wheels and pull the throttles are speed c crazy The auto racing rading game to them is romance ro ro- ro- ro mance not mance-not not the winning of mone money Yet the faster they fly round the laps the more money they make Many of these powerfully built racing boats are junk after reeling ot off the tho miles DEATH CURVES I And death lurks at every turn for the themen themen men at the wheel I Each year takes Its toll In accidents and fatalities I The winner of last years year's speedway classic Gaston classic Gaston Chevrolet was Chevrolet was killed later in a crash on a California racing saucer Deep lines soon mark themselves In Inthe inthe inthe the faces of these picturesque speed ro ro- ro The gray of worry comes into their hair They ago before their time But each year ear finds practically the same group of drivers back at the wheel Speed fascinates them It becomes necessary necessary necessary essary to them De Palma and Resta will race under the Italian flag Milton will fly the Stars and Stripes DE PALMAS PALMA'S PALMAS PALMA'S TIME De Palma holds the record for the In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In speed derby In 1915 he clipped cUpped off the laps In 5 hours 33 minutes and 55 seconds He made his great record in a Mercedes a German-built German car This year he will drive a Ballot bug Resta Resla will be at the wheel of a Sunbeam Sun Sun- beam He won the classic In 1916 when the therace therace therace race was cut to 00 miles The Italian raced but one season during which he made His return to the game is being watched with interest Milton the worlds world's speed king will drive a Durant Special He made the fastest automobile trip ever negotiated by mortal man when he fanned the sands at Daytona Beach Fla at the astounding speed of miles per hour So fast did he burn his way W through the air r that his boat burst into flames while he was at top speed His cool head saved him He simply drove the flaming car into the ocean A few minor burns were his only injuries In glancing at the entry list of the coming speed carnival one can see a dozen novels written about every name These men are a new type of sports sports- man They are the kind who spend fortunes and give lve their lives for one superb hobby SPEED e |