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Show : CHEVROLET WINS I IN AUTO RACE ; Louis Comes in First With His Brother, Gaston, Seven Seconds Sec-onds Behind Winner Averages 102.39 Miles an Hour. MOTOR SPEEDWAY, CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 30. Louis Chevrolet, driving driv-ing the greatest race of his long career at the wheel of a speed motor, this afternoon af-ternoon won the Memorial day classic of 250 miles. HIb time was 2:26:47, an average of 102.1 miles an hour. Gaston Chevrolet, brother of the winner, finished second. Ira Vail was third. Gaston Chevrolet crossed the line just seven seconds behind his brother. Both were piloting Frontenac cars. Louis Chevrolet's end of the 29,000 prize money was $12,500. His brother, Gaston, will receive $6,000, and Vail gets $3,000. Louis Chevrolet, piloting a Frontenac Fronte-nac racing car, showed the way for a field of twenty-eight speed demons for tho first 100 miles of the Memorial day auto classic this afternoon. Ralph de Raima, in a Packard, was pressing the Frenchman hard at this distance and Gaston Chevrolet, brother of Louis, was in third place, driving like a demon in a mad effort to overhaul the steady Italian. At Terrific opeed. Louis Chevrolet's time for the first century was 59:27, an average of 101.92 miles an hour. Barney Oldfield, who was doubtful about entering on account of damage to his engine, was in the race, but he was unable to pick a place for himself among the leaders. When tho leaders had done 100 fire in the back stretch from an overheated over-heated motor and Haines was out of the running. Ostweg's Stutz was out of the race with engine trouble before he had done 100 miles. De Palma snatched the lead away from Chevrolet at the end of 120 miles and was driving a remarkable race, having made this distance in 1:11:17. Louis Chevrolet was second and his brother Gaston third. Lead Switches Again. eD Palma continued in front at the end of 140 miles, but lost the lead to Louis Chevrolet before 150 miles had been reeled off. Chevrolet's time for 150 miles was 1:29:12. Gaston Chevrolet had edged into second place and was attempting to take the lead away from his brother at the end of 160 miles. De Palma was in third position, a few seconds behind be-hind the younger Chevrolet. De Palma Pal-ma was losing ground at this stage of the race and was compelled to pull up to the pits. A leaking radiator had slowed him up and threatened to put him out of the race. Goes Still Faster. When 200 miles had been accomplished accom-plished the Chevrolet brothers, Louis and -Gaston, were in first and second places, with Louis Chevrolet's time of 1:57 1-2 showing a greatly increased rate of speed. His average at this period was 102:39 miles an hour. Heme, in a Duesenberg, had pushed up into third place, and Vail, in a Hudson, Hud-son, was running fourth. With only twenty-five miles to go, Louis Chevrolet remained in front, with his brother Gaston trailing him in second place. Vail had taken third and Hearne was in fourth place. Twenty-eight Enter. Following were the entries: Earl Cooper, Stutz; George Buzane, Detroit Special; Maurice Britt, Crawford; Craw-ford; Billy Taylor, Newman Special; Louisville Fontaine, Mercedes; Walter Jiames, Mercer; C. M. Ewan, Crawford; Craw-ford; Omar Toft, Omar; Ralph De Palma, Packard; Andy Burt, Erbes Special; Pete Henderson, Mercer; Joe Thomas. Mercer; Eddie Hearne, Duesenberg; Dues-enberg; Louis Chevrolet, Frontenac; Dave Lewis, Hoskins Special; Ira Vail, Hudson; A. H. Patterson, Hudson; Hud-son; Jules de Kigne, Delage; Jack Le-cain, Le-cain, -elage; Barney Oldfield, Oldfield Special; Charles Fitzpatrick, Frontenac; Fronte-nac; Ralph Mulford, Hudson; Gaston Chevrolet, Frontenac; Mel Stringer, M. E. L. Special; Wilmer Monahan, Johnson Special; Otto nenning, Og-ren; Og-ren; Tom Milton, Duesenberg; S. Ost-weg, Ost-weg, Ostweg Special. rtn |