Sport: H. C. S. Special

Before a crowd of 150,000—the greatest throng that ever witnessed a sporting event in America—Tommy Milton, of St. Paul, won for the second successive year the 500-mile race over the Indianapolis motor speedway. Milton's H. C. S. special covered the distance in 5 hrs., 28 min., 6 sec., for an average of 91.4 miles an hour. He collected $35,000 for the victory. The mechanical surprise of the afternoon was a specially built flivver which finished fifth.

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