The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 2

-THI RSDAY, MAY 31, 1853 PAGE 2 What. Give tp? INo Sir! THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR Bryan Spins Out-But Won't Stay Away 'hat's MZ SHOP THURSDAY 9:30 A.M. 'f. k'k i i niin, 3 ry 1 mm Victor To Go Hospital Reads A. To Church To God' tjpr' 11 "I'lliliiilMIP "II1 1 I UIC UUp Fast To Mishaps hour and there just wasn't tune to stop.

Everybody slowed up too quick and all I coujd do vsas head under Ihe bridge. of your life "I'm siiiiii; to gn church nntl lluink nd i'ul I'Ih-ImmIv uiil aftt-r hit rolled UtU li'tnr ull? fit tr-nlay. Tbi new "floo" i lianiiilon far from In-ill); Ihe only ilrUrr iihn put alnnir With Ihdr RtteaMllMi uri anil pltim-n mIh-m II OMM nil-tint; mil crrillt fur sifely ami smirks. I In ri lililii- Sachs. Ilii iiltrrimlt- entry, who aaiil a ptUTM at tlir ruip'fc ope-nlim.

"1 Misn l. 11 i ii fur hii.v of Hip fellows In mlas this race. I was praying In oil 1 tin all the ilrh ere, would MAM through without Injury," Sachs said. Regularly SiO to SIM COATSoSUITS 47 25 Tans Battle onolu44 i raw rage i and woollest race in a long time" if up for debate- estimates, all highly unofficial- Hv koi It was only 11 a m. The carnival of speed was barely under Wgj when Paul Russo's car rammed the wall and (lipped Into the infield.

And at the Speedway Hospital, the tension already was over. The staff braced for a buy day. Chaos followed as specdirg CHrs piled Into one another and strips of searing hot rubber went spewing into the grandstand. A MUM. HEEL, traveling like a rocket, fractured Ihe right leg of Paul Ryan, a member of Johnny Tolan's pit crew.

It was 11:30 a.m. at two more ambulances screeched to a stop. Miss Barbara Bassitt, 20-year-old Indiana University coed from Kokomo, lay daed a ml bleeding from lacerations received when the was struck by the flying debris. Another spectator, Mrs. Evelyn Stack, 36, IS4I3 East 18th Street, vsas lifted unconscious a bed.

She, too. had been struck by the riCCoCftettftg tire particles and was suffering from ihock, SKI ()M)s and there was still three hours to go big Troy Rultman, his winning dreams shattered, came in for a check. Seconds before he had bent running fifth, just 18 seconds behind the leader, when Ihe Russo (lip caused momentary panic. "I was going 1fi0 miles an Jimmy Bryan spins into the infield at the south end of the track and kills the engine in his Dean Van Lines Special midway In yesterday's 500-Mile Race. (1) Bryan's car hurtles sideways down the track at the start of the spin; (2) the car continues its skid backwards; (3) still hurtling backwards, the cai heads into the infield; (4) on unidentified official race toward Bryan as his car comes to a stop in soft mud, and (5) the grimy Bryan with his helmet in his hand walks back toward the pits.

He immediately returned, started the cor and continued In the race after being penaliied one lap. (Star Photos by Dale Boyd) Jio Ckaxgt fox ctlteiatloni Toppers and Summer Suits S19 Boy, i On Way Home Huvl Gravely By (nr Winter Coats naV owi $50 S68 1 Fur-Trimmed Coats SHB to Mi.Vt "I just spun like a top into flint iniield. 'iosh. it broke my lienrt," the big guy said. It was 12:10 p.m.

and the sirens were silent. But the work at the hospital went on. two TUHrAGEBf, leek ing slight ly disheveled after a fist (lght. came in for repairs. Each had bitten the other'i hand.

There were heat prostrations and blistered heels to be eased. The yellow caution light flushed galn at 12:30 p.m. Al Merman had hit the wall on the front straightaway. Me came out grinning, but his wife, June, nearly fainted from shock after Al gave her a reassuring kiss on the cheek. "My rear end locked out and I think I hit the wall twice," Herman lamented.

He was in a hurry to get back for some relief driving. Hi HIS PARENTS. Mr. and Mrs Homer Herman, seeing their son race for the first time, only shook their heads. "I don't understand why that boy wants to be In this business," the cider Herman sighed.

Ills mother, who had seen the near tragedy, mumbled: "It was awful. All I could do vi as scream when he hit." The drunks wandered in. They didn't give a hoot about the race. All they wanted was lie down In the shade and the doctors obliged them. It wag 1:55 p.m.

Word came that Jimmy Dayvvalt had hit the wall. hash HELMET, the right side of its wooden liner splintered like matchstick, had saved his life. Jimmy wasn't too concerned about friction burns on his neck and arm. But Mr. C.

B. Bohner and his staff were. Scraping bare flesh asraiiist cement wall at 140 miles an hour is no picnic, even on a holiday. Then, at 2:15 p.m the veteran Tony Bettenhausen spun Into the infield after ramming the wall on his 160th lap. III.

SUFFEBED a broken left collarbone, but the pain wasn't nearly so acute as the moments of hell his wile and three children endured until they knew about dad. Outside the hospital, on a plot of grass, little lU-year-old Susan Bettenhausen sat down and cried. Sobbing, she said: "I've seen daddy race before, but nothing like this has ever happened. I feel awful sick at mv tummy." 100 Bernhard Altmann Cashmere Coats S75 Couturier Coats, Suits f- S125 Virginia ran home and notified her parents; a sister, Carol, 6, and another brother, Jerry, 15, of the accident. The mother was heated for shock by a General Hospital ambulance physician.

The boy Is in the second grade at St Ptter'i Lutheran School. ranaa irom imout lao.uw about The sparsenrss ol the usual throngs In the Infield was laid In both a substantially smaller crowd than last year, Hnd to the- success of pleas by Speedway and public officials that public transportation be used uhencer possible. A POT CHECK of business conditions anions; concessionaires In the soggy infield indicated that, by Speedway standards, it was a "light." and light--peiuling crowd. Candid expressions of business from Ihe concessionaires, many of whom iound their stalls virtually cut Ofl from the streams of pedestii-an traffic by muddy ditches, ranged from "poof," and "just fair," downward. l.leht as It was.

though. Individual members of the crowd contributed their share of ex-dtement to the action-packed race. Two pros Boa Lawrence The Indian apolla ino ami Dean Tim-iiKTnum el rtie ImllenapeBt News. Iiolh narrow BfOaped MrkMH Injnrv when MhMf Thiinison's Silimlill Special whirled mil of eontret ra u-'Md lap anil aioaejad into ttic Infield at the snutliwrst turn. Roth men.

busy photographing Paul Russo's wrecked Nou SpcciaJ, whirled to find Thomson bearing down on them. Tim-merman leaped safely aside. An instant later, brushed by the OUtofCOntro car. Lawrence was hurtled to the ground. The impact destroyed the Itrobo sropic unit on the photogra An 8- f-Mi-iiiri boy'i mitt Ion to the drugstore to trmt hll family to ice crenm cones ended IrHKicMllv last niht.

Tliomns A Urn Robertson, Mm of Mr. ami Mis Letter Robert son, 26ir Eul lith Street, was. taken to Methodlil Hospital with critical held Injuries and possible fracture! of Ixith legs after heitiK struck by an auto TIM'. BOY. With.

Ins cork, spaniel, "fllackie," at his hock was home-bound with six conrs In a paper box when he was ttnick by a car In the 1000 block of North Rural Street. Police said he ambled away from a sister. Virginia. 17, and crossed the street in the middle nf the block. Miss Patricia Mae Clark, 19 2918 Lawrence Avenue, the drier, was not held.

WITN1 BIES rOl the boy was carried about 10 feet on the left front fender before he rolled under the car. "Rlackic" crawled under the car and lay by his injured master. Police reported difficulty separating Ihe pet from the boy. laims Streel BeIong To Her Birmtnham, Ala. (UP1 Mrs.

Lizzie Blocker, a Negro, has city officials digging through their faded and dusty property files. She contends that Kappa Avenue, which runs behind her home, legally belongs to her and that the city has boon just "borrowing'' it for many years. She has erected steel posts in the street to make it imputable. Mrs Blocker said she plans to make a children's playground out of the space. Flaherty oneliidrd I nun Pace I In which Bob Sweikort won the race.

This year's Zink Special Watson built himself, starting work in December. Watson was one of the first arrivals when the track opened and Flaherty drove the car more than 500 miles in practice. Watson said neither of Flah-erty's two pit stops were planned and that they made both in order to take advantage of the yellow flag hen the cars were running slower. The crew got Flthert) out ol the pits in seconds the lirst time and i'2 the second. BOTH LAW RT1 I Watson remarked that the car ran very well.

It did Indeed, 'rst Pat qualified it on the pole position at I record speed of 145.596 MPH. Then he went out and led 128 laps of the tare picking up a big, fat $111,200 in lap prizes and an over-nil booty that could hit $78 ooo. You could hardly- get cars or drivers to run anv better. y2 Price SALE! pher's camera and tore the strap from his leather gadget bag. "IT BEING hit thai scared me." Lawrence said, "it was the look on the driver's face as he ighl I he heel and bore dow on me." At 2:30 p.m.

the spectators were again the source of exede-menl wlien fire broke out in the press Ikx on the observation dock across from the pagoda, l-eaping up alarmincly and lickinK around one of the roof supports, the fire threatened a potentially disastrous panic before being brought under control. 1027 PAIRS at j97 J2" and s3" I skirts I I Special Purchase 2-s6 1 77 I Snprrh Ranch Mink One Day Only 8. and 4.SUbl Setl I I SAVE (0 I fabulous collection In EMBA muutlons. ON CLEANING AND a a Vuar Coat, yi OO loud or $1" 1, Borxana 1 tllWII) the furriers' way. GuaronHtd NOT High Mid High Wedge Flats Casuals Sport Shoes ii 1 iii'i dermassage the medicated skin and body LOTION with OVER Iftl USES rV It was anything but a dull race that wound up the Speedway's one-day, season.

And, even as the bombs signalled the end of Pat Flaherty big day. the crowd that made it all possible was sluggishly flowing its way out of the huge oval. The traffic that officials feared bog down in the mushy infield moved out relatively smoothly with only an occasional car experiencing difficulty, gad both bus and rail facilities were efficient. DRESS I III IMII HI.IM STAR SIUEVIS iKofed backa a jdtarl, chopped akin, tirad feat. a SIlAXif to 0,1 rooiclei, tenia Iroiiled nerval foiai rnuiilta, indviei raitful itaea.

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