BARNDOLLAR WINS TWENTY MILE RACE

Des Moines Driver Takes First Money in Main Event at Local Speedway.

HALF DOZEN CARS START

Motorcycles Make Faster Time Than Autos; Large Crowd Attends Speed Trials.

By making an average of 1.2 miles a minute, W.J. Barndollar of Des Moines in a Clergy won the twenty mile classic of the Memorial day races at the speedway near Valley Junction yesterday afternoon by going the distance in 16:38 4-5.

He was easily the winner, finishing more than a lap - one mile - ahead of John A. Thompson, who was second. Thompson drove a Ford. Third place went to Royal Duke in a Clergy Special.

Six cars started in the race, but only the three money winners finished. A Chevrolet Special, driven by Phil Shafer, had trouble several times and was forced to go to the pits. A National, driven by Homer Stanley, was forced out of the race in the eleventh lap when a valve pin broke. This car had been giving Barndollar a close race.

Engines Give Trouble.

A National driver, F.S. Jordan, was given several trials to qualify, but the engine refused to work properly and the car was withdrawn. A Staver, driven by B.F. Antill, dropped out in the second lap on account of engine trouble.

By far the most interesting races of the day's program were the two motorcycle races, one for five and the other for ten miles. First and second honors were won in both races by the Harley-Davidson team - Leo Leslie and Ray Miller. The Excelsior team - Vernon Dygert and Seymour Miller - won third and fourth places in each event. Floyd Wycliffe on a Thor was fifth in each one.

Cycles Faster Than Autos.

The time of the "pop-pop" races was faster than that made by the autos. In the ten mile contest, Leo Leslie won first place in 8:24 3-5, after a nip and tuck race with his partner, Ray Miller. Miller won the five mile race in 4:07 3-5, and Leslie was second. Vernon Dygert was third in each contest on an Excelsior and Seymour Miller was fourth on the same make machine.

The races opened with the five mile motorcylce race. Following it was the ten mile auto race for Des Moines drivers only. This was won by Lewis Clergy in 8:29 3-5. Thompson in his Ford was second, and Royal Duke in a Clergy Special was third. Phil Shafer in a Chevrolet was the other starter in this race, and he dropped out in the fifth mile.

Long Wait Between Races.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 persons saw the races. There was not an accident during the entire the day, and the only drawback was the apparent lack of system and order by the speedway officials. Between each race was a long and tiresome wait, which caused many of the people to leave the grounds.

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