The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-09
auto ROAD RACE
WON BY ZBNGLE
Chadwick Car Is First with
80 Miles all Hour.
BETTER THAN LAST SEASON
Winner Made No Stop for Supplies,
but Was Forced to Replace Rear
Tires On Last Lap at Fairmount
Park, PhlIadeiphia-Big Crowd on
It's Feet at the Finishing Point.

Philadelphia, oct S.-Driving al a mile
a-minute gait Leonard Zengle OF this
city. in six-cylinder Chadwick. won the
2OO-mile road race Of the Quaker City
Motor Club. at Paramount Park. this aft
erlsoon. Half a million people were gath
| cred at the course and saw an auto race
that was sPectaeularly perfect. Not a
| single accident marred the day.
| Zengle drove at pace that averaged
/ ffty-nine miles an hour, completing the
! course in hours. - minutes, and 2S
| seconds. His machine was the second
| largest Of the entries. having 7O7 cubic
/ inches piston displacement and ranking
next 10 Erwin Bergdelrs Benz. Zengle's
| record beats that of Robertson, last
years winner by four miles an hour.
| Long before the cars were started on
/ their whirlWind course, thousands Of spec
tators gathered along the route. The
cloudy skies and occasional showers did
not seem 10 bother the auto enthusiasts
q whit and every minute during the race
| they were on the alert. When Zengle was
! announced the winner the crowds at the
| finish gave the ''fayorite son" a big
cheer.
Ralph " Milford Of New York. driv-
| ing the four-cylinder Lozler stock chas-
| sis. with which ne won the 1910 national
stock car championship at Elgin fin
| ished second in hours % minutes anu
/ 1880 seconds. Just 54O2 seconds behind his
bigger opponent
Tobin d. Hymal. OF Texas, driving a
stoddard- Dayton, was third in hours,
81 minutes and 42S5 seconds. John D. Att
kin was fourth in the National, in which
| he finished third in the Vanderbilt cup
race. His time vas hours - minutes
and 20.75 seconds. NJ. Jagersburg, driving
la Mercedes, was fifth in hours e min
utes and 1871 seconds. Harry Cobs driv-
ing a Jackson, was sixth in hours 45
minutes and 1916 seconds. Harry Knight.
/ driving a Westcott. was seventh in
! hours 80 minutes and 4,S7 seconds.
Ernest GeHard, driving Pullman, was
eighth. in three hours dfty-seven min
utes four seconds.
George z. Davis. driving an Apperson,
was ninth, in four hours three minutes
| foTty-twO seconds.
Has Tire Trouble.
! ZengIe did not stop at his supply pit in
| front of the grand stand during the en-
/ tire race OF twenty-five rounds of the
eight-mile circuit, He did stop once dur
! ing his final round OF the course. when
it was necessary for him and Billy Man
| ker, his mechanician, TO replace the two
rear tires on their car. He had been in
| second place when he started the last lap.
as Mulford led at The end Of twenty
| four rounds by nine seconds. and groans
went up from the local drivers friends
in the grand stand as thty feared he
| could never catch up TO Mulford and the
fleet white Lozier when he had tire trou-
bic.
| ZengIe had taken the lead at the end
of the twentieth round, and the battle
between him and Mulford from then on
was perhaps the greatest struggle, as It
was the closest ever seen in an automo-
bile race. Milford had led at the nine
teeuth round one minute twenty seconds
ahead of ZengIe
| In the twentieth round ZengIe took the
lead. being three seconds ahead of Null
ford as they began their twenty-drst lap.
At the end of twenty-one rounds Zengle
was eleven seconds ahead Of Mulford. In
the twenty-second round Mulford gained
four seconds and Zengle had but seven
/ seconds advantage as he started the
! twenty-third round.
A Second 10 the Good.
! Zengle kept the lead during the twenty
third round, and his total time as he
started the last two laps was one second
faster than Mulfords The Chadwick
! driver completed his twenty-fourth round
! in eight minutes and eight seconds, and
was nine seconds behind Milford, who
led as he started the last round. Null
1 ford's time for his twenty-fourth round
| being seven minutes. ffty-nine seconds.
| The spectators in the grand stand stood
up for most Of the time after the pair
started on their last rounds The Phila-
deIphians wondered If Zengle could make
up the nine seconds lead of his oppo-
/ nent The New Workers hoped Mulford
would make another fast round and win
! the race. The local mans adherents
! groaned In dispair when the announcer
/ told them Zengle had stopped for tire
trouble, but scarcely a minute passed be-
1 fore he told them Zengle was on his way
/ again. Soon he dashed past the stand
winner.
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