Word: racing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...change in the line ups for the first two crews was made, and it seems likely that Coach Brown will keep the present seating for the race. Among those who visited the Harvard quarters was F. G. Sullivan '27, coach of the third University eight...
Another Harvard freshman star, J. W. Fobes '32, was a victor in the trials. Running against J. O. Wildes '29 in a mile race, he won in 4 minutes 31 3-5 seconds. According to Coach E. L. Farrell, however, this does not mean that Wildes is excluded from a place on the team, since it is possible that he and Leslie Flaksman '29 will run a special two-mile race to determine the final place among the American distance runners...
...grandstands were hot. The 2½-mile brick speedway was baking. The audience of 160,000 sweltered. But around and around the track droned 33 little automobiles, each driven by a man cool of nerve and body, competitor in the annual 500-mile Memorial Day motor race at Indianapolis-longest, most racking of U. S. motor contests...
Louis Meyer of Los Angeles, victor in 1928, was second. His fellow townsman, Bill Spence, described a tragic arc out of his Duesenberg when it slithered into a wall. His was the first Indianapolis fatality since the 1919 race...
...plugs, tires, gasoline, ignition. The prize total is high, there is frantic competition. In 1912 Ralph De Palma led for 499 miles, broke down, pushed his car the last mile, finished among the leaders, was disqualified. In 1925 Harry Hartz finished fourth, having driven the last half of the race with his car's frame sprung out of line, the front axle bent, the steering post torn loose from its bracket, a film of oil squirting in his face...