The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-08
Crisp Facts Gathered In the Realm of Sports
Joe HOrdn Tn q Lozier
 Car Wins The 25O-Mile
 Race In Record Time

sued by Bob Burman's Marquette Buick. Church, despite the hoodoo No. 1s carried by his Simplex, was close up. 1 No. E was not to be denied it's pre- regotatives, however and Church stopped at 20 miles with the first tire trouble of the day. Several other cars blew up tires | in quick succession, Burmans machine throwing tire covering 59 feet into the air in front Of the grandstand.
 Harroun in the Lead
 At DO miles Harroun led his nearest rival, his teammate, Dawson. by two and one-haf miles. Burman, who was stopped twice by tire trouble, was four miles be- hind Haroun. The time for 50 miles: S9 minutes. s2.50 seconds Both the Pope Hartfords, with Basic and Disbrow. were out of the race on account of engine trouble
 Thirteen got in it's last deadly work while hidden behind hill on the back stretch. Chnrch's car plunging through the fence and smashing up badly. This was the first accident of the three days racing. Church and his mechanician were unhurt. He was running in IS position on ! his fortieth mile when the car jumped the track.
 Exasperated by repeated stops due 10 tire trouble, Burman started after the Marmon leaders at an so-mile an hour clip.
 At loo miles Ray Harroun was leading Burman, his nearest competitor. by about three miles, with Burman going at an S0-mle gait Harroun's time for the 100 miles was 1 hour 20 minutes and 1O65 seconds.
 w. ]. Stoddard's Fiat steering gear broke on one of the turns and he went through the fence, but was unhurt. Stod- dard is a prominent Atlanta business man.
 Dawson Takes the Lead
 Harroun lost his lead during a tire change and Dawson went into first place. Dawson had been second throughout the race. The announcement that Burman was second at 100 miles being an error. Just after the 150 miles, Bnrman. who had suffered more tire trouble, regained third place from Joe Horan. Time for l5O miles, hours, r minutes, o9 B sec onds
 At 175 miles Burmans wild driving. assisted by engine trouble on both the Marmons, gave him first place, but a tire tore to pieces and put him in second place with Joe HOrans Lozier leading.
 At 200 miles Horan led with Burman three miles behind. Harroun and Daw- son, with engine trouble. were then over 10 miles back. Joe Matsons Simplex was third, four miles behind the leader. Ho- ran's time, 2:45:01.5. Dawson quit the race. owing to engine trouble. Harding's Stoddard-Dayton also dropped out.
 Burman, running fully 95 miles an hour on the straightaways, and averaging 80 including turns, cut Tnoran's lead to less than two miles at the 225-mile mark.
 Where HOran Gained Both Horan and Burman stopped, each to change a tire. and Horan gained three- quarters of mile on the quick ness with which his change was made. giving him over two miles lead in tho 231st mile.
 Ten miles from the finish Horan still led Burman by a little over two miles with the latter gaining constantly. liar roun had dropped out with engine trouble
 Joe Horan won the race. getting ssopo in gold.
 wild Bob' Burman, driving his Mar duette- Buick at dizzy pace, but con stantly burning up tires and losing much time in changing them, was close sec ond, getting s1000. Joe Matson, Simplex. was third, get ting $500; Ralph Beardsley, Simplex, fourth, getting s25o Ralph Mulford. Sim plex, fifth, taking Si50 Burt Adams, Nc Farlan, sixth, taking s100. This race closed the meeting, the re- mainder of today's programme being called off.