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Show SACRIFICED TO SPEED MANIA One Man Killed and five Injured In Automobile Race Which la Wit-netted Wit-netted by Many Thoutanda. Indianapolis. Ind One life waa sacrificed and several men wna In Jured Tuesday In the first COO mile lace on a speedway, won by Kay Hur-renin, Hur-renin, driving a Marmon rar, In 6 tours, 41 minute and 8 seconds. Closely pressing llurroun for victory were ltalph Mulford, with a Inier, who finished second, and David llruce-Mrown llruce-Mrown In a Flat, a Rood third. Seventy seven thousand persons nhouted encouragement to tho forty pilot w ho started tho rare at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, und with tinting ttiK enthusiasm cheered the lenders In the lust laps and watched the field pound uround tho course in division of the lesser honors. In tho tnoHt serious accident of the lay, 8. P. Dickson of Chicago, mechanician me-chanician for Arthur C.relner, driving an Amplcx. hint his life In an upset in the hack stretch. Tho race had been on hut a few minutes and the Amplcx wan In Its thirtieth mile, when tho rim of one of tho front wheel Hew off. Five other were Injured Juring tho race. |