The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-18
CHALMERS-OETR0|T
GAR WINS INDIANA
AUTO TROPHY
Driver Matson Pilots His Gasoline
Chariot Home Ahead of
Field in Thrilling
Finish.
Event Was Over Crown Point Course
and Was Seen BY 100000 Per-
sons Along Roadside.

CROWN POINT, Ind, June 10.
-(BuIletin.) --Matson in a Chalm-
ers-Detroit car, won the race for
the Indiana trophy here today, COW
ering the 23s miles In 4 hours, 81
minutes, Fl seconds.
Robertson was second; time,
4:3e:o3.
Monson was third; time,
4:42:o3.
CROWN POINT, Ind, June 10.
-(6ulletin.)-Desplte the appar-
ent eagerness of Robertson TO
overtake the two leaders, he was
unable 10 do so, and Matson con-
tlnued in the lead with Monsen
second and Robertson third at the
end Of the seventh Lap. Despite
the fact that the three leaders were
neck-and-neck at this stage, Mat
sens elapsed time was only
sos SO to 3:13:15 for Monsoon,
and 3:t7:21 for Robertson.
The three cars continued tnelr
ncck-and-neck race all the way
around the course on the eighth
lap. At the finish Of II Matson
made his first stop for oil. Rob-
ertson was bearing down on him
like a whirlwind and as the Chalm-
ers-Oetroit car stopped he shot
ahead, though still considerably
behind on lapsed time.
When Matson stopped for the
oil he merely paused. The huge
oil can was dumped onto the
mouth Of his reservoir and he
was off again, can and all.
Monson leading and Matson and
Robertson following closely the
three leaders, brought the stand
TO it's feet with yell as they snot
by and began the final lap Of the
race. The speed attained by these
cars earlier in the race seemed
slow when compared to the way
they whirIed by and into the last
lap. The cars OF Robertson and
Matson were so close together as
they passed the stand that
blanket would almost have cover
cd the two drivers. There was a
cry OF scar coming.n blur past
the stand and a-vsSirI Of dust In
the distance and the three cars
were gone.
CROWN POINT. Ind. June 1S.-
In a Corbin car. started
he Indiana trophy race at . O'Clock.
The last car got away at eXacti!
ZIG and Ii minutes later the mrs
Try OF car coming" was heard. Al
most Immediately Burman in th'
Buick No. flashed by. having GOV
cred the first round in % Al. Bur
nan passed jacksonville In the Cor
bin car No. on the straightaway out
side OF Lowell a few seconds late
swept by. All the lead
,rs were hitting up terrific clip.
Strane in the Buick No. IA ant
pearce In the FalCar hit the stretch
o the grandstand neck and neck ant
.aced all the way to the first turn.
In the stretch at the finish OF thu
second lap, Knipper in the Chalmers
Detroit No. followed by Cherolet II
5uick No. s, came up with a rusi
md both passed Burman in the Bulci
No. 2, who had been leading up Il
hat time. Burman dropped into thirt
,lace. These three cars began th'
Lird lap within 100 yards OF eact
,ther, each driver kicking the levo
nut" TO the limit as they shot ava!
rom the grandstand. Stutz In tn
Marion No. 3 swept by a minute late
closely followed by Robertson, in 10
,omobile No. 10, Wells in the MooA
No. IL, Florida in Locomobile No.
Chalmers-Detroit No. II; Steward
DAYTON No. l6 and Chalmers Detroi
No. 10, in the order named.
Detrolter Holds Lead.
Robertson began TO loom up as
'.ct~r In the race during the fourth
ap when he passed both Burman ant
Chevrolet and took third place. Knip
per still led at the end OF this lal
and the Marion car No. 6, Monsoi
irving leaped- into second place
Chalmers-Detroit No. II went from
eighth to fourth place. Wells moves
I'D from sixth TO fifth place and Chal
ners- Detroit 10 from tenth to sixth
Floridas Locomobile was seventh an(
stutz's Marion No. eighth.
Burman and Chevrolet got into trou
Die on the Lowell straigntaway AM
lid not finish the lap with the others
The fifth lap brought another gen
eral shakeup in the relative positions
~ the racers when Matson, drivin,
car No. 10 shot int
he lead at the finish. The finish o
this lap was the half way point in til,
race. 116 IA miles. Matson's tota
elapsed time for the distance wa
2:12:19. showing he has maintained
an average speed of about sc miles
an hour.
Marion car No was close sec
ond, having taken the place frcu
Robertson who paused for oil. Roll
ertson was third and Poole in Chal
mers- Detroit No. IL fourth.
During the running of the sixth la
the judges announced that Burman
driving Buick No. had been disquaI
fled and ordered from the course,
Burman and Chevrolet ran into een
siderable trouble during the fourtl
and fifth laps and during the sixth
Burman borrowed valve from m
other driver and continued. AS sool
as the judges heard of IT they disqual
fled the car.
The Marion blew of its cylinde
when it was In the ditch and is GU
Of the race. No one was injured.
There was an exciting burst at tn
apfob ~ tho afvth lon hofxraap Mofonv