The sun., 1908-03-20
AMONG TIE AUTOMODILISTS
ITALIAN CAR ISOTTA-FRASCHINI
WINS BIG RACE At SAVANNAH.
ApperaOn No. Ditched and wrecked, but
No Ono Hurt, Although Spectators
Have Close Call-SO 900 Persons Line
tho COuJe-ReeOrd for One Lap.

SAVANNAH. Ca. March lb.--Thlrty thou
sand persons saw the Italian car isotta-
Frasohini. driven by Louis Strang. win the
5000 trophy OF the Savannah Automobile
Club over the Savannah course to-day.
The twenty laps Of the course, measuring
St2 miles, were made In hours 81 minutes and
20 seconds. The Apperson No. 1 Of Kokomo,
Ind, with Herbert Lytle up, was second In
hours ~ minutes 81 seconds and the Acme
OF the Acme Motor Car Company. NJ New
stetter driver, went the course in hours ~
minutes seconds.
The day was an ideal one for race and an
lsotta-Frasohlni car. with A. Poole steering
made one lap In 10 minutes 10 seconds, making
a course record. The success Of the races
this week may mean that the Wander
bt cup race in October will be held here.
Among the visitors at the course to-day was
Gov. Hoke Smith Of Georgia, who acted for a
time as an honorary referee.
A few minutes before 10 O'Clock the APP
person entry No. pulled up to the tape with
Lytle, the winner Of yesterdays runabout
race at the wheel. He was started exactly
at 10 o'clock amid a great deal Of cheering.
The lsotta -Fraschini No. >, with odds on II as
q favorite, came up next and got away at
iO0lH. The American came next The
Lozer, the car which has been dubbed King
Cotton, made on impression on the spectators
The car Is painted light gray, and both Mich
ner and the mechanic wore white trousers,
white sweaters and long white streameTs
from the tops Of their heads
The engine missed the spark at the start
and caused a delay OF few seconds The
car started with the mechanic on the ground
and the crowd gave him a glad hand when
he made a pretty jump and landed squarely
In his seat. The other cars all got away with
out delay. When the Stearns car, owned by
Ross Guerard Of Savannah. came to the tape
the people cheered. 1t went out Of the race
In the fourteenth lap.
The Acme, driven by Newsletter. which
came In third. attracted a great deal Of at
tention among automobile men, as II was
the only six cylinder car In the race. The
first mishap Of the race occurred when both
tires Of the American car came on at the
Isle OF Hope. Tone, the driver is said to be
largely respcn.!ble for the accident, as he
did not blow up his tires properly, He
changed quickly, however and lost only be-
tween seven and eight minutes.
It was on the third lap that the, first car was
put out OF business, It Vas the Apperson
ing the Isotta-Fraschlni No. very hard near
the Isle OF Hope and attempted to pass II
on a turn there, when his car turned COM
pletely over and landed in the ditch No one
was hurt, which is something remarkable,
as the car was making fast time and II was
badly wrecked, This left seven cars IN the
race.
At the end Of the fifth lap, when one-ouarter
OF the race had been covered, the cars were
running as follows: lsotta- Fraschini No, ?,
Lozler, lsotta- -Fraschin No. 9, Acme, Ap-
person No. and Stearns, with the American
bringing up the rear, in making the sixth
lap the Stearns passed the grand stand with;
out any tire on the light front wheel. Leland
did not carry any extra tires, and he was run
ing TO a station to get new one after losing
one on a turn In the NTH lap.
In the eighth lap the Lozier overlook the
Isotta-Fraschini and passed II. coming donw
the stretch fourteen seconds ahead. AZ the
end Of the eighth lap the other cars were in
the same positions as they were In the NTH.
The American car finished its NTH lap when
the others were making their eighth, and IL
looked as II the driver was having all kinds
Of trouble lie lost three tires up to this time
and the engine was not working well. He
withdrew In the eighteenth lap.
On the ninth lap the lsotta- Fraschini No.
took the lead again, and 1t appeared then as
II the race was settling down TO the two lsot-
tss, the Lozier and the Apperson driven by
Lytle. on the tenth lap the Issota No, 8 had
taken second place. and at the end Of this lap
the race was half over. Taking out the stops
made for necessities the actual running time
was a great deal faster than mile minute
The Apperson lost third place by stopping
ten minutes to replace tires and to get gaso-
lene
When one Of the cars lost tire at the Isle
Of Hope the necessity OF having the military
patrol the course was emphasized A great
many persons ran out on the course, and II
was with the greatest difficulty that Capt
Hutton Of the Guards and his men kept sew
eral Of them from being run down. Some
narrow escapes were recorded. In one in
stance the spectators became so frantic TO
see the car that the soldiers had to throw
them back by main force.
The finish Of the race was very exciting.
cup raced for to-day must be won three times
to be held permanently.
BENJAMIN Briscoe, chairman OF the com
mittee OF management OF the American
Motor Car Manufacturers. Association, yes
terday announced the makeup Of the vari-
Gus committees that have been selected TO
run the association 3 AFFAIRS during the ensu-
ing year The committees are as follows:
Show. Committee-H. o. Smith, Premier
Motor Manufacturing Company, chairman;
S, II. Mora, Mora Motor Car Company, and
r. NJ. Owen, REQ Motor Car Company.
Tours and Races Committee-W {. Mar
mon. Nordyke and Marmon Company, chair
man II. o. Smith, Premier Motor Manufsc-
turing Company. and A. {. Newby, National
Motor Vehicle Company.
Good Roads Committee Charles y. Lewis,
jackson Automobile Company. chairman;
II, h. Krenning, Doris Motor Car Company.
Legislation Committee-R, T. Olds, REQ
Motor Car Company, chairman: Charles q.
Stoddard, Dayton Motor Car Company A. {.
r. A. Palmer. Motorcar Company, and r. 4.
Graham, Acme Motor Car Company.
Membership-W H. Van Dervoort. Moline
Automobile company, chairman Morris
and y. X. Burroughs. Abendroth 4 Root
Manufacturing Company.
Advertising and Publicity Committee-
Barney, =, Everitt, Wayne ,Apotmoblle Com
Car Company: q. B. Louderback, Buckeye
Manufacturing Company; Theodore T. Bailey.
ST. Louis Car Company: Leon Myron Bradley,
New York once, ana Charles E. Duryea. New
Finance Committee--Jamss Couzens, Ford
Motor Company, chairman; W q; Morse,
Atlas Motor Car Company, and j. b. Bartholo-
NEW, the Bartholomew, Company,
Standardization and Technical Committee
u D. Maxwell, Maxwell -Briscoe Motor
Company, chairman: Henry Ford. Ford Motor
Company; X. 3. Crawford, Crawford Auto
mobile Company: Louis MoosIs Moon
Freight and Transportation Committee
Harry Knox, Atlas Motor Car Company, chair
man; H. ". Maek. Mach BTotheLs Motor Car
Auto Motor Company; j. y. WHY'S, Overland
Automobile Company; q, d. Wilcox, Gearless
Transmission Company, aud c. c. Hanch,
N9rdsEs 1Sd M[mGn vspn1S vSSmIaRRg Ryssr. Moh
Motor Car Company, chairman; James Cou-
Eens, Ford Motor Company Frank Briscoe,
Brush RunAbout Company and o, Stevenson,
4 Agency S CommitteegW. II. Van Dervoort.
Moline Automobile Company. chairman: A. r.
Welch. Welch Motor Car Company II, s. Leh-
mann. De Luxe Motor Ger Company; Frank L.