Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-07
Burman, Knipper,
Chevrolet Win
Great Crowd Sees Small Stock
Chassis Races at Lowell,
Mass.

LOWELL, Mass, Sept. 6-Out from a
general field of twenty-five racing auto
mobiles competing in the three events conf
posing the rational small stock chassis
competition of the opening day Of the
Lowell m carnival there emerged
victorious today Robert Burman at the
wheel of a Buick machine Of thirty-horse
pow err, Louis Chevrolet guiding a car Of
the same make of but eighteen-horse
power and William Knipper in a Chalmers
Detroit OF thirty-horse power, respectively.
Bur mans win was in a race for the Vesper
trophy of 212 miles, which he covered in
3:19:O S. Chevrolet's victory was in the
event for the Yorick club cup Of 1e miles,
the finish of which was 2:56:17, and Knipper
won a 127. 2-mile contest for the Merimac
Valley cup in 2:2s:43., Knipper's win was
protested by the Maxwell managers, but
the matter was decided adversely to them
by the contest board tonlght
To Lee B. Lorimer,, driving a Chalmers
Detroit Blue Bird. fefl the general express
sion Of individual distinction for the days
racing. And this despite the fact that he
did not win. Every road record for cars
Of this class-forty-horset ~power-were
swept before his machine, which hummed
necessarily through Seventeen laps of the
10.6-mile circuit at an average rate of a
mile in 100 ITO. In his eighteenth lap,
leading Burman. who ultimately won by
two laps, he lost control Of his car on the
far end of the back stretch, and It headed
from the road directly toward a piazza
upon which were seated a dozen persons.
All maraged to get clear Of the oncoming
car except Mrs. Fannie w. Eaton Of Brock
ton, whose injuries. however. were slight.
Neither Lorimer nor his m~echaniclan were
hurt.
A crowd estimated at 5000 per-
sons and composed Of people from all
parts of New England, Witnessed the races.
The Knox car ran into a crowd at Dun
bar avenue during the race and Patrick
Bridges, his 7-year-old son and James H.
Tracey were injured about the body and
legs.
A Knox car driven by Shaw ran into a
booth on Dunbar avenue and was wrecked,
Barney Fineberg, mechanician. was taken
to the hospital.
Results:
No. ~, won; Costello, second. Time, 2:2S:46
Glass 8, Chevrolet, Buick, 81, won; Har-
roun, second. Time, 2:5617.
Glass z, Burman, Buick ~ won;
Stoecker. second. Time, 3:49:0S.
The eight entrants in class two were lin
tied to cars having a piston displacement
of between SO1 ana $50 cubic inches, with a
minimum weight of 2.1N pounds. These
cars Travelled PIP miles, or twenty rounds
of the 10. 6-mile course, the winner receiving
the Vesper club trophy and 5000. In class
three, for the Yorick club trophy, five cars
of 21 and including 800 inches piston dis
placement, with a minimum weight Of 1,SOO
pounds, contested. These machines were
allotted fifteen laps, or 1853 miles. The total
mileage for the nine cars in class four, the
specifications for which were 161 to 23O
inches piston displacement and 1900 pounds
minimum weight, covered 127.2 miles, or
twelve laps. The winner was entitled to
the Merrimack club trophy.
The course was in ideal condition for fast
work and the weather was cooI and brac-
ing! Danger spots in the course were In
dictated by the size of the crowds at those
particular places. The hair PIN and the
dip" in Tyngsboro and the right angle
curve at the Lowell terminal, Dunbar ave-
nue., were all DIVIDED.
The contesting machines were sent away
at thirty-second intervals in the following
order: