New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
BRUCE BROWN THE VICTOR
Crashes Car to Victory and
Breaks American Record
MARGIN OF THE SLIGHTEST
HemerT Less than Two Seconds
Behind Winner IN Grand Prize
Pace-wagner Badly Hurt.
rRr rsrerra,h to II. TrLbune. ]

TBv Telegraph to The TrIbune.l
Savannah. Nov. 12-Davis Bruce Brown
New Yorker and a gentleman driver. won
-rs Grand Prize automobile race here 70
5av beating out the second man. Hernery'
BY z2-lo0 seconds. The winner liiiie va
: hours S. minutes seconds
Probably 10 automobile race ever driven
,---v-bf-e mas ever won by so narrow Z
margin. and certainly 10 contest CT the
80 - -bfs -aoe eyer furnished so many
,7,rr.-.-- leaders zt various times IN the
race.
sere-v-s tine was hours 3 minutes
-.,,-5e Pofh the first and second men
drove Be1z cars
-be FiaY car which Louis Wagner was
driving overturned on Skidaway road. on
-ss seventeenth lap He and his me
,,sr;rfsr. Louis Ee-r9. were thrown out
md seriously Injured. tre former sustaining
features o. tao ribs Two years ago NaG-
-e- ~von The Grand Prize race here
Fob P,Ir-an. driving q Buick. was third,
co his oe~fornance was one Of the pluck
sse+ drives ever recorded. Although losing
z-aa- -es1 Of time with mechanical and
- --o--7s. he stuck 70 II and pulled his
4--s-4 r-acs 9u- Of tae fire by sheer grit
r-ts -i-~s was hours Il minutes 3 seconds
v.--- -f-,fa-5 and Joe Koran. driving
r1z;e-s finished fourth and fifth and Joe
rra--z7r IN The Marmon IN which haTroun
.-a--e4 the race. goth the sixth place Inc
--,s- cars we're forced 10 quit before hI'lSl--
to -ra race. for various reasons
-7-yre Brown won tie cash pTlze OF S4'o'''
and the euITant O. the winning ca'' -
- automobile Company. vii have the
a. f-r--l 2
"a, sa+aos the trophy successfully. Bruce
- @rs, cot $50 offered by the Bosch
7rsr7aro COMPANY, IS his car vas equipped
-+-5- mar make Of rnagne:0. and the Nlcne-
-s- Tire rouganv VIII also have 10 pay nm
cash prize which they offered.
r.. sinner averaged 7o55 niles an nour
f- -ra entire distance Of Az miles "Iich
ss-.e q mex American record. The fastest
-.- 53 the race was driven ny NazzaTor
,n his Fist. when be covered the Ia lill'7s
80 che course n - minutes = seconds
7--,7--- ryyeu-v thousand persons saw lhe
--oe IN The r-auGstan5 Enclosure, ana J, IS
.7gf4e Impossible q estimate the efo"L
witch Witnessed Il from along the course
The railroads report that they 6rou5AL
sr,4t one hundred and fifty thousand PEI
SINS INFO the city on special excursion
trains The day was similar 70 yesterday
when tie light car races were Tal' olli- 9
.-iae colder
477r-az-. cars faced rlle starter Just before
D o'clock IL N The Sharp car vas %
coarse ON Of IT, as II smashed up Ihursuas
.z7e--o7r. Tn. RoebIinS Planche blew out
as cylinders the night before the contest
one e the Bucks was Withdrawn and IL-e
Si7,uIex. which MaJson was 10 have driven
y,r-ute its crank shaft When the race
z-s--e6 the crowd was not large but II IN
creased during the morning until AT 10
c-clacl the stands were entirely filed.
There was Tot q hitch Of any kind II
ea7ding the rnen away al SECONDS n
-=-vals. Henery, Of the Benz team, al
though he was the sixth man TO start
vas the first man 10 pass the gTancstaho
IN The fTst lap, which he finished II Il
minutes IS seconds. he was closely f0l-
lowed BY Dawson in his Narmon. Grant
.11co). [azzaro Fiat, Basic iPope-F1aFt-
s7-51. Bruce Brown Benz, Wagner 'Flatl'
afulforl Lozier}. HOran Lozler', HaupJ
Benz. Harroun 8Iarmon), Dishrow tPope-
hartford Burman Buick and De Palma
sFtaD,
F-e-e-v continued % lead the field on
-i-ae and actual position in the race Til
-Ee fifth Lap. Then he fell back ena
Claz-aro began To assert himself
For the first three laps the order was
77er7a~y. Chevrolet. Wagner. IN the fourth
rap Wagner moved I'D 10 second Chev-
s1let dropped back to fourth with tire
trouble. and Nazzaro took third place.
Then followed a long period OF 5ockeylng
s1c MOVING about for position. each trying
me Others out and working for position
from which 70 strike for Jhe lead
-.4-a - --ar- .ar- .
hack ard then the ether. For instance al
me ninth iap Hsme-y, who had led for
several laps. dropped suddenly 70 fifth
Place. T1lz gave Wagner VINO had been q
consistent second since the fourth lap, the
r-emier place. and gave Bruce Brown the
vantage ground from which he could strike
Eaupt had osciIated between second and
th5-5 for several lars, and he finally fell
back 10 fourth IN this lap.
vagrer held the lead for two laps. Then
came visit 70 his pit, and he dropped
back 70 rhl-5 place. Haupt then took the
LEAD za-d held IT, I'll in the twelfth lap,
wnea he banged into tree. trying for
Ira speed and vas cut OF the race. Both
he gnd his mechanic. Horace FayL were
hurt bur not seriously They later ap-
peare6 ia The pits.
Hemery and De Palma both moved Up.
the German, with lis Benz taking fourth,
and De Palma. the Italian. driver Of an
italian made car. moved VI % ffth again.
Then came four laps, in which Nazzaro.
also q the Fat team. led His opponents
we're detained al the pit
AL this tine BCrman had been arousing
rhs admiration and interest or the grand
stand by lis very frequent and lightning
t-rs changes L vas through no fault OF
tle tires tnac these changes were neces-
sa-y. out because the car was not correctly
1sIanced. II was said in the stands Bur
mans method q removing his tire was 20
stan i with 2 sharp knife. releasing the