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...down," gasped that grand old daredevil Ray Harroun, as he clambered from his Marmon Wasp after winning the first Indianapolis 500 at an average speed of 74.59 m.p.h. Not finding any place else to sit, Harroun climbed back into his car and nearly fainted dead away...
...Since 1911, when it was won by Ray Harroun in the Marmon Wasp...
Died. Ralph de Palma, 73. Italian-born auto speed king, winner of the 1915 500-mile Indianapolis Memorial Day race (in a Mercedes, averaging 89.84 m.p.h.) and of two AAA national championships (1912, 1914). who drove against such old-time racing greats as Eddie Rickenbacker, Tommy Milton, Ray Harroun, Barney Oldfield; of cancer; in South Pasadena. Calif...
...Harroun, in a streamlined Marmon, startled the auto-racing world by winning the first 500-mile Indianapolis auto race at an average speed of 74 m.p.h. More startling still was the fact that he drove around the two-and-a-half-mile, brick-&-asphalt oval without a mechanic at his side-relying on a mirror to inform him of what his opponents were doing behind his back. Since that day, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been the proving ground for many another automotive innovation: balloon tires, four-wheel brakes, Ethyl gasoline, straight-eight motors. But to auto-racing fans...
Earned runs--Harvard 3, Amherst 3. Two-base hits--George, Stillman, Couch. Three-base hit--Kent. Home run -- Loughlin. Stolen bases -- Loughlin 3, Kendall, Reid 3. Fincke 2, Clark, George 2, Wendell 4, Devens 3, Stillman 2. Bases on balls--by Stillman: Biram; by Harroun: Kendall, Reid, George; by Tinker; Loughlin, Kendall 2, Reid, George. Hit by pitched ball--by Harroun: Kendall, Reid; by Tinker: Kendall, Clark, Struck out--by Stillman: Harris, Field, Kent, Favour; by Tinker; George. Passed balls--Priddy 3. Time 2h. 5m. Umpire--Murray...