The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-26
OLDPELD SAVES WHITE RACE
SPEED MING BEATS JtCk JOHN
son ~ AFRO CONTEST.
BnrIesaue AFFAIR ~ sheepshead nay In
which the Champion PuSiilst u Not
Even Injured barney Takes First
Heat and Negro Fails To Come Back.

Nnlen ine Nhaulplon fuSliNN ~ wv
Even Injured barney Takes FIRST
Heat and Negro Faiis To Come Back.
There were = great many disappointed
persons ~ Sheepshsad Ray racetrack ve--
to-day afternoon. a lot NJ white men feeling
J somehow cheated be'aus" Jack johnson
had No accident and all the negroes down
in the mouth because Rarn~v pldf~ld TOOK
only two heats 20 defeat the champion
pugtlt-t m their ',. mtlr automobile match
race IN" number Of spectators was est
mated an ~" way from -tN 10 ten thousand
aud. contrary 'u expectations. negroes v"r"
not IA the maturity. Vhil" lnfg" numh"r
81 what" mru went To IA" track "a auto.
mobII~-
ou-idarrd ~ an automobile ra"s' tEl
compar" WITH ~" Syni"-t- run a. tho
brighton Beach trn'N Yesterday a0atT
proved 80 bs bIri"sgu" mat wa~ not
even amusing Hefrr" ~" rtC" there va-
some talk that bldfcli had agreed 90 l"i
johnson beat him =" ~" moving pictures
would bring IN more money. hat this report
was q mistaken one Oldhcli got away IN
the lead each time. and the negro pugllist.
who has been arrested for exceeding the
speed limit OF many a city IN this country.
had far less chance Of victory than Jehries
did when he faced johnson At Reno last
July.
Before the pair showed ~ az the line for
. tho beginning OF tntlT VfAN UFAI NItTt
q lot OF talk among oldtime horse racing
enthusiasts in the grand stand about the
famous negro Jockeys who bad performed
on the track There vas a lot Of specula'iy"
discussion a. to Johnsou's chances 20 shine
in the moro strenuous occupation 81
driver Of raung automobiles now that there
seems to be- uo WORTHY opponent Tor him n
the NNld where he l. recognized n worlds
champion This talk sort ~ died down
after tho Hrut heat and whom ~ was an
over thor. vcrn remarks about tho shoe
maker and his las'
There vas a f4ss over couple ~ rival
moving picture crows before the first l"at
~ th. match race Was ran y" ON" seemed
to kuou gust which crew ~ en- lsd tn
take the pictures. bat johnson helped -
smash one ~ the cameras pldNe,d don ~
the report that he had -.lid 49, share of the
MOVING picture tea'IT" fur - .H" ana -HIu
b." expected ." get a lot NOR" ihan ina
amount on ~ them
InGu-pn had r"cu practising MN ~
hor-.. p"S"f thHltn"rS. WITH NhiCh n" ha'
Indsr minute amt rounding ~" fufu-
itk. a Veteran 'ra,A driver When o. Na-
.iN" '''l wv" . ~. -, -. r,,.'.,.
a big long 80 cylinder ml'hiu" inai sac
much harder =" control on ~" 'rfn@ nan ''"
~nur'"r and lighter ,htI'u'r-
pIir-ld had 'h" u"l' o. ~" fire. heat and
literally ran a~aN from ~ Frr2n"ni, "lf
unNer IMAM johnson = car On t.- nca'
Johnson cut q -rrrN hare and "Idr"ld
""n TO- u"'rN ami" ''I'h"In : 'Ini" -
4 minutes - seconds ami me ueETH tam"
H., ern The ~" heats uld7"ld made an
Rem. racer. ~ nm" Tor 10" iu." h"Ihs 90
u"uu'..i ts % -.5 -"uuui- ] d." cord 'or
nu. nr. - blt lrS- fhau 90 seconds AMI be-
held b, Ralph y" Palma WIN .f b....
HrId : record 49, &C '"u'~s' tn'' Oh. - I'd"
- .ui"r -.-t.'usl"u nF 3D." NW"rrHn Au'".
monII" N--n,Ia'i"u 'ur 'i'.us aga'u-' I"Hu.
-pu W o." .- not Registered 49, % racing Gri 80
~" 49,. "ud heat Na- .'"-"r l'"rhHr- for
~. benefit uf '4a u.ur .us f.,'urs- u.d.
reid AGAIN Got aeav % me- had and a..
Ipnaf.sd fs he. taking 'H.uE- Tt-N. t- fn"
negro gained % bpm ~.'"rt' t'tu"- 100 ID"
"eld "l..r"d 100 . zap Hut ~ johnson over
90" Iri" Ni'r 90 '"miur'ar." rr.rt.u -'pH.
h"a' "s- minute - - -''"n0-
Irrf' .t. f"r.. I. '." rl.''u h".r.ur on o."
= isH hat and dinner H"r" "as"r"d. '.f
mostly those "r" rI-N"d "a The cham"
~. negro had " aiming IN" ~ ne heat.
some 81 fhe automobiles present ds"'Rret
I M. AFFAIR had served on" good v.-p"-" 20
that o. bad show 81 be-" good 49, Brighton
Beach meets had boon hur ~" general
,srdi,t va, rhs' The match a." pa- Vet.
-ad aGair regarded - IA automobile ra,"
va -epor"d ,ha, ,,n gr.mo."-. htd
Uar' of he afaIr aud fia' he p''rur~- or
%" thrilling aIl"nl"ni" rs'e 80 " '-'n ne
ra"u fak"n las' Tu-~ttN ~ "Wednesday
T. .- fairly certain fhl' NHfI Iulu-uu tnd
Dldfr.I 80 ere dow o. ~ az" 80, las "'i'.-.
dtg going through ~" iu"'ion- ~ ~ auto.
uiphil" RAJ" behind % touring ar mar rad
q moving p... ~" ma'h.u" mounted 30 IT,
Johnson appears 10 30 really sincere iu
hi- d-~ir" ~ 'un" o. Er"a' automobile
racer and ua- long been known ~ "a 'l-'
pnli"" r"'nrd- Of dozens ~ titles IAN l,ear
men psf1r~ the race YESTERDAY rba' u old
field beat him 80 would - abroad aud uIs
~" ia-'"-' car Do" ''"d 'ni ~ G"rmau'.