Show D DURANT HOPES TO SHAKE SHA AUTO A UTO JINX 7 ODA Veteran Driver OutI OutTo Out I To Win Fea Feature tu re Race Millionaire Sportsman Hopes to Lead Field at Indian Indian- Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis apolis Undergoes Physical Test in Order to Stay I in Mile seO-Mile Classic Last Lad Stand Today Results of Mile SOD Race for 1925 An rage aper Pos Car c r and nd Driver pcr P hr 1 Peter De Paolo Special 2 Dave v Lewis Junior Special lal 3 Phil Shafer Special SIe 4 Ban Harts Harti Miller ei SI ecial 0 S Ii Tommy T Milton Miller Special 6 I on Duray Miller Special 7 h Do De Palma Raima Miller Special l 8 Pete Krels Kreis SI Special i 9 11 Dr Vm E Shattuc Miller l Special S 10 Bordino Tilt Special 1 It t Comer Corner Miller Special 93 67 12 Elliott Miller Special INDIANAPOLIS Ind May M y 31 I Cliff Durant n multi has hag spent about 1000 00 a nine 1 n 11 In an attempt to 10 lowin win th the lion share of the thc r prIze money offered at the In- In In motor each t ch year sew car This year car Jie h Is ml maUng hi his last stand he eay ys and It he does not noL win the mile mlle race ho he will the speed sport forever fore confident dent that the th big bi jinx will never leave him Cliff Durant son eon of the motor magnate l 1 la 1 making a effort to annex premier honors honor In Inthe th the Sot mil OO-mUe OO drive and nd has entered two cars care Junior unIor Eights In Ia the Irand classic MANY lIlA Durant Is one of ot America most men having been an ac- ac actor actor tor ac-tor tor a n racing yachtsman an in avis avis- aviator tor avia-tor tor and a racing driver er as well ils ilsan tt Baan an excellent business man He en- en enjoys en enjoys joys placing ba baseball l ba bic Wr and andIs Is 15 a good rood musician HI His favorite ta Is 18 a violin which formerly was tile the property of Fritz Kreisler The millionaire sportsman has bae ha hawon won every every- trophy and honor upon which he h has set et 1 I determined mind exCePt r- r except tho the indianapolis race In 1919 1219 he was forced out of the lap Jap race on the two and one half mile brick bride track on the forty sixth lap but saw his Durant Special In the Iho hands ot of Eddie Eddlo Hearne learnt 1 EO o 0 into second closel ely following the late Howard Wilcox In a 8 I French rench Peugeot The following year tar ear Durant entered but did not start Ho He maintained a more mora or less lef 3 passive interest In the big Ms race rac un- un until Until un until til 1923 Wl when he sent the fhe Durant the tb tin finest Inest est cars mone could build Into the event manned by an amazing crew of ot stars stara That year It appeared as h Durants Durant's big bip desire would be b gratl- gratl fled fled a as u he himself was leading the therace therace race In the th waning laps Motor trouble overtook o him for or a mo- mo moment moment mo moment ment but by the time lime adjustments were made mad he lie was tar far back In Inthe the tho list SEES VICTORY All five ot ol his entries finished with Harry Hartz his teammate In second cc nd place only n 89 t miles per hour behind Tommy lo my Milton Millon the Durant DurantS Durant'S jive cars clus car fin fin- finIshed finished fin finished second third fourth sixth elath and seventh but seventh but he couldn't put o over er a II winner last year he h sent ent nt Day Dave Lewis a veteran of ot many years year Into the runnIng with a II front wheel drive car the only one ono entered red In the therace therace therace race Durant had high hl h hopes for fol forIt forIt It though others scoffed at ilia hi advanced ad Idea of ot mechanics Twenty laps from the th finish Lewis driving Durants Durant's car was leading by a comfortable margin and It appeared as aa though Dur Dur- Durant Dur- Dur Durant Durant ant who was WM In Alaska u Alaska as far faraway faraway away as be could get to beat beal bill hi would jinx would come home winner Lewis ls became exhausted by his hili long hard drive overran his hili pit while making a 8 stop top for tor a relief driver necessary another turn of the th track at slow Blow speed wasting just enough time for tor Pete Do De Paolo Pa lo to run Into the lead and bold old It to the finish Dur- Dur Durant's anis Dur-ani's ants ant's entry ran second Because most drivers driver have to ac- ac accept accept ac accept relief for at least leut a time dur- dur durIng during dur Ing the long lone race at the furious clip they travel these theBe da days Dur Dur- Durant Dur- Dur Durant Durant ant has ha just comple completed d a two t-o months physical training on the high seas Beall In hopes of beIng able to stay In the entire race |