The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15
SIMPLEX CAR WINS
IN GRUE[L|NG RACE.
AL Poole and Charles Basic Are
Drivers of Machine
TIME BELOW RECORD
Louis strang Finishes Sixth Away
Behind After u Tragic
Accident

Brighton Beach Motordrome. New
York. May 14-(Special.)-Wi its head
light blazing comet-like down the course
and it's four red tail lights twlnkling
through the dust like a quartet of fire
flies, the Simplex car. driven by AL Poole
and Charles Balse, won the international
24-hour race at Brighton Beach tonight,
covering las miles. or oil miles behind the
1896 miles record made by Lozier car
last year.
The Stearns car, driven by milford and
Patschke, was second, with 1920 miles,
while the Fiat car driven by DePalna
and Parker, finished third, with a record
of 1107 miles, Buick car, driven by
the Chevrolet brothers, finished in fourth
place, with a record Of 1049 miles, but
was disqualified for some infraction of the
rules The Rainier car, driven by Dis
brow and owen, came next, with rec
ord of 1887 miles. .
The other scores were:
Croker, 11o4 miles; Marion, as9; Buick
(Burman), OF; Cole, 756, and selden, us.
The Houpt car stopped at the twentieth
hour with record of 81 miles, while the
Stearns car, driven by Howard, carried
435 miles when 1t withdrew at the end of
the ninth hour.
The winning Simplex car and the
Stearns cars were equipped with Cont
mental tires and according to those in
charge of the Simplex car one tire ran
without changing for Is hours, which is
new record for a race of this trying
character The fast work of the Cont
mental tire crew also proved factor in
the success of the Simplex, as they made
one tire change in Al seconds and Sew
eral other tire changes were, made in
less than a minute.
1t is estimated that 5000 paid admis-
sions to see the race which Is the larg-
est attendance on record.
| There were several accidents, which
does not prove that the Brighton track
| is not safe for the purpose for which ii
was built-racing horses-but 1t is mani
testify unfit for the racing of high power
machines, sometimes taking turns at a 70
| miles-an-hour clip.
Several motorists who are familiar with
motor racing declare that the turns
| should be banked and the reason thai
| they are not is that the racing associa-
| tlon that conducts these races Is unable
| to properly bank them, as the owners
did not want to destroy It's usefulness as
| a track for horses to race on.
| Chronologically the first accident occur
red at 1918 Saturday morning when the
Marion car, driven by Strang and Ander-
son, had tire trouble on the home turn
i cl, ha a s1RS
ditch and rolled over three times. An
ueis~.., tho driver. jumped and wal
| thrown clear, but BradIey, the mecnan
ician, was caught under the heavy ca
and the life was crushed out of him. Al
| hour later. at. LII, the Cole car, driver
| by Endicott crashed through the fenc'
at the lower outer rail, but neither Enid
colt nor his mechanician was hurt.
| The next mishap occurred before al
hour later, at 155, when Dewitt. in thu
Buick car which was leading in the race
crashed through the fence at the club
house and again 1t was the mechaniciar
who suffered, as Jock Tower Dewitt's
companion, was carried to the hospita
with a broken leg.
| At S a. M the Buick car No. 8, driver
| by the Chevrolets, smashed the shaft
but the crew were not injured.
Two hours later Strang driving the un
| lucky Marion car, again shot through the
fence. almost at the place that Bradley
| lost his life, but Strang managed to keeI
the car right side up and swung back or
| the track again.
| The excitement had scarcely subsided
when the Selden car, driven by Mack
| tried It's luck at fence jumping and rolled
over at the home stretch, but fortunately
neither Mack nor his mechanician was
seriously hurt.
Louis Edmonds, who replaced Endicoti
at the wheel of the Cole car, also ran into
the fence at 80 and was thrown out
but not injured, and resumed the race.