Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01


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at better than seventy miles an hour,
jumped the road near Hicksville, over
turning the car, and was thrown under the
| ton of twisted and battered metal His
| injuries are probably fatal.
Mason. his mechanician. was picked up
unconscious, with several ribs broken and
internal injuries that caused his hurried
| removal to the Nassau Hospital In a
critical condition.
! stone is also at Mineola Hospital. Both
| his legs are broken. he has suffered in
ternal injuries and his recovery is doubt
full.
| The accident to the Columbia, it was
| learned later, was due to the bursting Of
| the left rear tire as the car was crossing
| the Meadowbrook bridge, a cement arch.
! The car pitched over the side of the
bridge and turned over twice in midair
before striking the ground.
Just before Stones mishap, Car. No A..
q Mercer, In the Wheatley Hills, collided
with a telegraph pole and Mechanician
| c. H. Kittrell was injured. His condition
| Is critical
Dawson and 1ozler Speed.
All unconscious Of the fatal accident to
Stone, the crowd in the grandstand cheer
ed and excitedly clapped 'gloved hands, as
Milford, in the LoZier, and Dawson, in
the Marmon, fought out duel for lead,
Burman having abandoned the race when
victory seemed almost sure.
On the twelfth lap Dawson succeeded in
dislodging Milford. A great cry went up
from the grandstand.
His advantage was to be short-lived,
however. On the thirteenth lap Milford
| was again ahead and sufficiently conf
dent Of maintaining it to stop at his re-
line and water.
Chevrolet. who had limped around the
circuit on the eleventh lap. made light
| ming change Of driving chains on his next
Gus.
The third serious accident of the race
occurred at Westbury, where sharp and
dangerous turn was crowded with spec
tators.
Spectator Badly Hurt.
Henry Hagedon. a spectator, rushed
| car dropped a tire shoe. AS he stopped
to pick up the shoe q car slid out Of a
cloud Of dust and hit him squarely.
Hagedon was thrown half way across the
course, with a fractured skull, a broken
| leg and internal injuries. The car. which
had hit him was uninjured and swept on
down the course without stopping:
Spectators picked up Hagedon. He was
rushed to the hospital at Mineola for
amputation of his leg.
While the big cars were Keeling off the
| miles at better than seventy miles an
| hour. the smaller fry in the Wheatley
Hills and Massapequa classes were pass
| Ing by almost unnoticed. making laps in
thirteen and fourteen minutes, q speed
averaging between ffty-four and fifty
five miles an hour.
In the Wheatley Hills class, No. Al,
driven by Pearce, led by a safe margin
over lehman. in the No Is Marmon. In
the MassapeQua class. No. 81, LAncia led
| with No. 81, Cole. second.
Grant in First Place.
The race continued thrilling in it's rap
idly changing aspects, one car gaining the
lead one lap only to lose it again on the
| next Harry Grant, in the No. 10, Alec.
winner Of last years Vanderbilt, who had
run steady and consistent race from the
| first, maintained an unchanged pace of
sixty-fve to sixty-six miles an hour, and
avoiding all sensational and spectacular
bursts slowly crept into first place, dis
| lodging Chevrolet. whom persistent hard
| luck seemed to follow.
For nine laps Chevrolet averaged 1871
| miles an hour but repeated stops to
change tires and adjust ba1ky car
buretor again and again set him back.
The thirty-one initial starters in the
| to nineteen, the eight in the Wheatley
| Hills had dwindled to four and the five
| In the Massapequa to three.
| AT the completion OF the fifteenth lap in
the Vanderbilt cup race the positions OF
the leaders were: No. Is, Alec, Grant;
No 10. National, Aitken: No. 6, Sim
pick, Beardsley: No. 2. Lozier, milford
No. II, Pope-Hartford, Fleming: No. IL,
Benz, Hearne, and No. 20 Marquette-
Buick. Chevrolet.
| Chevrolet's Mechanician Killed..
The No. 90, Marquette-Buick, driven by
Louis Chevrolet. left the course two
miles west of Hicksville, and smashed
into touring car parked along the road
way.
Chevrolet's mechanician. Charles Miller
| was instantly killed. Chevrolet and the
occupants Of the touring car escaped with
| minor injuries.
On the completion Of the twentieth lap
| the positions of the leaders in tine Van
| derbllt cup race were as follows: No. IL,
| Alec, Grant: No. 10, National. Aitken;
| No. Simplex. Mitchell; No. II, Pope
| Hartford, Fleming.
| Accidents to cars and drivers continued
| frequent.
In the accident to the Lancia. Mas
| sapequa race contestant. driven by Knip-
per, which left the road and turned turtle,
Knipper was held under the overturned
| car and dragged some distance. sustain
| ing broken leg. His mechanician escap-
| ed with a few bruises.
The Lancia was leading at the time. 1t
looked like a sure winner.
Bystander Is Hurt.
When Knipper in the Lancia came to
grief. his car crashed into two automo-
| biles and a crowd of spectators. Knipper
| saw that the car was getting away from
him and damned on the brakes. His sud
| den stop saved all but one spectator, 8.
| Morris Levinson Of Manhattan, who had
| his leg broken and was thought to be
internally injured.
Next to come to grief was Beardsley's
| No. 6. Simplex, which broke its steering
gear while making the nineteenth round
| in third position.
Almost at the same moment the No. 8.
| Benz. driven by F. Helms caught FIRE
| near the Hicksville turn and was forced
| out of the race.
The police arrangements to guard the