The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30
AMATEUR AUTO|STS
SHOW SOME SPEED
Minneapolis Automobile Club
Holds Successful Race Meet
on Hamline Track.

class u' was s shown o the 5000 ' or morse morse
spectators who watched the races
pulled off at Hamline track by the
Minneapolis Automobile club yester-
day afternoon. With one exception the
drivers were local men, and the cars
entered were all familiar to the Min
bated their respective merits all sum-
mer and wagered freely upon their
Ideal weather and track which was
in topnotch condition, combined to
make the days sport completely sue
eessful. While the majority Of the
spectators were in the grandstand or
hanging over the rail many automo-
miles were packed in the oval enclosed
the machines were lined up three deep.
George Beckwith performances
with his Packard runabout were among
the most sensational of the day. In
his first race, that with Oscar Berg
stom's Aerocar runabout, he was sec
ond on the start, but closed up in the
first mile; In the second lap Berg
own, taking the sharp turns with a
dash which cut down his opponent g
lead in the straight. In the third mile
Beckwith cut down the lead, and in
the fourth he closed up to a single car
length, only to fall back. The fifth
and final mile began with Bergstrom
leading WELL he held this lead thru
first three-quarters.
Then came the fireworks. Beckwith
at the quarter mark. Down the
but in the final eighth BeekWith
forged ahead and won by about seven
ty-fve yards. The time for the five
miles was 6:5915.
In an extra event, arranged on the
grounds, Beckwith bettered this time,
WI wilcox * in his Royal Tourist in
Finished in Blaze.
Equally sensational was the finish Of
Ernie Simpson in the second heat of
der cars costing $4,000 or less. when
he drove J. B. Burkholder's Jackson
under the wire winner with his car
buretter on fire and flames bursting
out from under the motor castings. The
fire was extinguished with sand and
grass after plucky youth. John
Bugue, crawled under the blazing car
and turned off the gasolene. Despite
this blaze the same car went around
lance of three miles in 1858, the best
three mile time of the day.
OWING to misunderstanding of the
terms Of the contest this event was
the cause of the only contested deci-
sion of the day. Five cars were en-
tered and, under the rules of the club
permitting only three cars on the
track at time, it had to be run in
two heats. George Doerr won the first
heat with his own Ford in 4:15. The
second heat went to the Jackson Doerr
was not on the track for the deciding
heat and the judge, Horace Lowry,
gave the race to the Jackson by de,
OF this decision, that Simpson made
his fast exhibition mile with his
seorched car
The first event to be called was No.
! on the program, the two-mile race
for runabouts. W. E. Wheeler, driv-
ing his own Ford, won handily in 1920,
making the first mile in 1:43.
Spectacular Handicap.
The challenge handicap between the
Franklin and Ford runabouts was spec
the Ford R Was the he tsve of h it
mile start. George Doerr, who drove
the Ford for s. M. Colburn, never lost
this lead and finished safe by a wide
margin in 1852 2-5.
George Murphy, in G. G. Evans
No. II, with the Glide, entered by T.
E. -Fawkes and driven by himself sec.
ond, and Phil Brooks in j. j. Barclay g
Oldsmobile a bad third. No. 2, the sue
ceedlng event, was pretty bantam
weight fight between G. G.. Cotton in
his Autocar runabout and H. B. Allen
in his Maxwell speedster, with Cotton
the winner. Time for two miles, 1888.
In the three-mile challenge race, No.
II, Horace Lowry's Franklin runabout
won from DR.. D. G. Cowles' Mitchell
n {, minutes and ID seconds. W. A.
ker's Franklin, driven by E. H. Moul-
ton, fell by the wayside in the first
lap: FL. B. Allen and F. J. Yerk, each
IN his own Maxwell speedster, pulled
off an exciting three-mile event which
went to Allen in sos A similar event,
.forr, two miles. between Aliens Max
by the latter in 3;13. George Brout,
factory expert, drove the Stanley
steamer over one mile in SO As seconds
from a flying start.
George Murphy again drove C. C.