The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-11-20
INSIDE STORY
Of BIC RACE
cARELEssNEss or SCORERS
MADE VANDERBILT CUP
RACE A JOKE.

Exactly how u was discovered
that the scorer % the Vanderbilt
Gun race had failed 10 tally the
eleventh lap for Grant. and the
atcpm taken leading 10 the eoFrec-
ton 81 tho error. has not as yet
bern told. although the thousands
IN the stands ~ the flninh llna
ciamnrnd for the information. and
the story IN detail % what hap
pened. as told by Arthur Jeryia
Advertising manager OF the Amer
lean Locomotive Co. who made the
fight for the correction OF the err.
For. IA highly interesting and
throws some light on the conduct
Of the race.
Jervis' Version.
We were keeping our own score
in the DIT, OF course. and At the end
OF each lap were holding UP a
blackboard for Grant To see. on
which was written the number Of
the lap he was then completing and
the time. In minutes. that he vas
behind the leader. In the adjoln-
Ing pit. occupied by the represen-
tativeA Of the American car which
did not start were Willie Haupt
and hts brother. r. W. Haupt
They we're kseptng an entirely In.
dependent score. and timing each
car BY the watch OF r. w, Haupt.
who has done this At all the big
road races OF the season. and IL
expert Al u. Ills time was invarf-
ably within a few seconds OF the
official time. and ! was taking his
figures and using them In giving
the signals 20 Grant The fact
that the official score board did
not have Grants score advanced
a. far az Knipper's and Parker's
dld not raise any immediate HuH-
plcion In my mind. because these
score boards we're notorioualy In
confusion throughout the race.
The first intimation ! had that
Grant had been overlooked on one
round was when I heard Peter
Prunty, the announcer. giving the
time for Knipper's fourteenth lap
and simultaneously Grants time
for the thirteenth lap. | at once
called TO Prunty asking for Grants
time on the fourteenth lap. Prunty
shook his head negatively. indicat.
ing that he could not give Il TO
me. then ashed him on what lap
Grant then waa He replied the
fourteenth lap. We know that he
was on the fifteenth lap. asked
Pr,nty to find out from tbs scorers
on what lap Grant was. He asked
them and told me again the four
teenth. called 10 some OF the
men in the press stand and asked
then on what lap Grant was run
ming. Most Of them replied the
fourteenth. but one man called out
that the official score said he was
on the fourteenth while be was
really on the fifteenth. With this
I. OF course. agreed. I then had
one OF the officials escort me
across the track TO Mr.. Pardington
and told him that the scorers had
missed a lap OF Granite He went
up TO the stand where the scorers
and timers were at work and In
vestigated.
Time Flying.
Meantime the cars we're speed.
ing on toward the finish. They
completed the sixteenth. seven.
teenth. then eighteenth lap. and all
the while we felt that we we're un.
Intentionally robbed Finally. Mr.
Pardington completed his inyesti.
cations and came 10 me and said
that be was sorry lalt all the off.
cial -scbrers had the Ame tally. and
that their figures were checked and
cross-cheeked. and he did not see
what he could do | then appealed
10 Mr. Vanderbilt and told him that
we would file a formal protest and
asked him what formalitiss we're
necessary and the amount Of the
fee required I also mentioned the