The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
KNIPPER AND DAWSON WIN
RECORD ron TINE LtNCsA ~
SaltNNtH RACES.
Average sf - IL Miles IN Hear for the
T,etieman Troph, - MArmen Tar TAKES
the Other division Both Autos Go
AZ the May in Fine style And Triumph

SAvAxx,H. Nov Il A new American
ligh, car record vas made to-day by william
knipper with tho "a horsepower LanciA,
when n. won the rie1eman trophy class
of the savannah Automobile clubs inter
national light car road race at an average
speed Of 5s', miles an hour Two years
ago William HiilIard won the IDs mile inter
national light car road race here With
another lanC,a at an average speed OF
, - 81 miles an hour
knlpper to-day completed the M mile
race IN = hours. Is minutes :? s7-iU'
seconds HIS fastest round the eighth
was covered in u minutes ~ seconds
an aVsrag. Of so.< miles for the ~ mile
! circuit knipper led from the start and
/ finished IN" race without u stop Tor any
. reason His last round. Ia - minutes ~
seconds. was his slowe-t
The l-ancia car he drove ~aS entered by
&c n Tangeman of the Hol- Ian Company
Of New York and ~ was fttsd with Michelin
| tires and a Bosch magnetic Mr. Tanxeman
will have the custody Of the Tied"man
| trophy until another race ~ run for II and
knipper gets a cash prize OF 81 .oOo. His
mechanic was James y Maxcrv knipper
was "a member of the Chalmers team last
year and was formerly mechanic for Her
bert Iytle.
Joe Dawson. driving Marmon car
entered by the Nordyke and Narmon Com
panv. captured the "a miles contest for
the savannah trophy ~ an average speed
OF siyty-three miles an hour, finishing the
race IN = hour - minutes 10 DS-ioO seconds.
The company will have the Cis'od OF the
big savannah trophy until another race il
run for II and Dawson gets "A cash prize OF
81 90
Dawson sed from the start to the finish
/, of the race and did not stop for any reason
during the contest. His fastest round was
bis third. which he completed in rs minutes
e. seconds. averaging sixty seven miles an
hour for the IL Z MIKES circuit. Dawson
Marmon was fitted with iCheiin tires and
a Bosch magnetic. His mechanic was Bruce
keene. Dawson won in one OF the class
races run at Elgin the dsy before the ma
tional stock chassis road races. He was
second in the Vanderbilt Gun race This wear
finishing twenty-five seconds behind the
winner
wa. second in the say annah trophy clas.
with Mercer IN hours rs minutes Is
seconds Hugh Hughes in a Fsl;Car was
third in the Savannah trophy class in 4
hours 81 minutes ~ 34.Ioo seconds. Mr..
Roebling got into trouble on his last round
and took ,. mnute- Is -scond. TO cover the
r 4 Witt in a N horse power EMF
was second IN the Tiedeman trophy race
in hours 20 minutes "a ,2-IOo seconds
Thomas Costello IN 30 horSe-power Max
well Wa third IN the riedeman trophy race
IN hours ~ minutes 10 S-itD seconds
Emery Wright in a - horse power Maxwell
was fourth in hours 70 minutes - :I-i"
nte- a5-Ioo seconds
The Mercer and Eal-Car were n'tssi with
Witt EMF had Michelin lures and a Split
dorf magnetic The Maxwells had Ajax
| tires and bosch maxn-tos The savannah
trophy race was for s,Nteen rounds OF the
| i73 miles circuit. total OF ?7ss miles.
and the 'riedeman trophy race Was eleven
T, were timed bv c. II Warner with the II arner
| automati" timing device
Al the candidates in the :ai to 300 cubic
Pullman which, frnsst r Giiiiard va. to
have driven Which fasd 10 rr.'n here Cs
the Marmon- was the frsr driver. TO com
piere Thy first round and was follewed in
R"ebi liner Ma ns Dawson S sM srmop' GEL al
nav Fal-Csr Pierce. Faltar.
The cars, we're sent away at Inervals
~ N seconds, except that a minute elapsed
herwe~n RoehlinR and G~lnaw. owing to
/ IN" absence Of the. Pull man The drivers
Hcinema m re Re-Sins' s-inss bass on
: and Pierce Roebling Was hr"t around a.
the end Of the second round. having pa.@ed
Dawson rrailed along ahour I5o Yards
nor maxi any Nor 10 I pass him. as he was
actually in The lead. having start ed a min
ute and half behind the Iron ton man
The Mercer stopped at the pits for sasolsne
ana oil al the end Of its eighth 70 und and
then DAWSON took the lead in the process
seconds by III. stop for supplies
10 lar as to'al elapsed time vent. Daw-
sons Marmon had the lead AL the way
/ through the 270 = miles OF the race. Daw
sons car carried enough water. sasoien"
ana oil 80 last through the race and Dawson
tim nv rounds vas as follows ,s:". lilo.
| - ~. H. H. IS?1. 1870. 1928. 10 81. issis
$50, ~ 10, "a IS. 10 81 10 Is. 1870 and 10 a
FIRST round. third for the second and third
rounds. and second for all ,h~ rest NJ the
-roYnd-. except in ythe eighth round when
had 10 withdraw from the contest
Hpsh Hughr~. driver II the fsl.,ar that
kept going without a stop until he had com
pleicd fourteen rounds Then he was At
~. r.. ,"g minr'r .cSnaS no ,S sss r on
round and nth. from the second TO the
Eighth round In ihr ninth round after
hughes moved up into third pIace
Fred Hcinsman. driver 81 the Narrron
thai Vas running on rs fifteenth round
the first round Ne MAS the third driver
up tn h. stand at the end Of the second
/ round hut stopped NJ his supply pis. which
there for ! minute - seconds while his
mechanic fixed his ignition system This
. in sixth place in elapsed Ilms when hi~ car
crossed the wire 10 the timing instrument
Hninpman'- second round made in
! 10 minutes II seconds hiS third round took
~ minutes ~ seconds and his fourth -
minutes - seconds. but after thar all his
rounds were made IN less than Z minutes
ami faster than sixty miles an hour He
did NOT stop for any reason after the end
Of the second round Tie was -iNfh from
the second 10 The ninth round when he
. moved into fourth place
J Frank G.Lnaw. Fal-tsr. was IN ird IN the
first round second IN the second and third
rounds. third in th. third. fourth nth,
@iN'h and seventh rounds ana -. second
. in the eighth round, after which hs as out
Of the race owing Ia mechanical trouble
Pierce. Fal-,aT. was nth IN the hrat round
and fourth from the -@gond 10 th-, eighth
-ound after which ha had 10 wit hdraw from
he race b~csII-. Of 10 broken aKl"
The cars az ISi and ~ cubic inches piston
displacement that competed for he Iiede-
man trophy Nsre sent away a. thirty second
intervals Immediately after the Savannah
! trophy candidates. had hs~n dc patched.
| Cohen. EMF. started half n minnie after
Pierce. Fsi-car Cohen was followed by
! the others a. follows Wright. Maxwell
knight cole knipp.r Iancia Witt EMF
DoOriey. Maxwell william kndicott. Cole,
and costello. Maxwell
GOhpn Wa first around and was foil lowed
nv kntpDsr Wit Wright knight tndicuty