Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-08
2 MECHANIC|ANS
BADLY INJURED IN
PH|LA. AUTO RACE
Spectators of Quaker City
Event Protected from Cars
by 5000 Policemen.

PARAMOUNT COURSE, PHlLA-
DELPHIA. Oct. S.-Two cars totally
wrecked and two mechanicians serious
ly, if not fatally, injured is the record
of the first two hours of the 2O0-mile
road race of the Quaker City Motor
Club, in progress here this afternoon.
Car No =, a Simplex, driven by
Ralph Beardsley, ran into railroad
bridge on Sweetbriar drive, and the
driver and his mechanician were
thrown out. The latter Glen Elthridge,
is reported to have been badly hurt.
The car was wrecked
AL Mitchell's Chadwick, No. 25, ran
into an embankment on the fifth lap
and turned 81 somersault. Scott Malott,
the mechanician, was taken to a hos
pital badly hurt.
Thirty-two cars, lined up in three
rows, started promptly at noon on their
twenty-five laps. The course is pro-
tected by over 5000 policemen, whose
duty it is to see that no spectators
stray onto the track and in front of
the speeding cars. Five of the Wander
bilt cup contestants are entered in the
race.
The first car, No. l, an Apperson, with
Hanshue. who drove in the Vanderbilt,
at the wheel. started off on the stroke
of 12 and the others followed at ten
second intervals.
The first car around was No. 4, Lo-
zier. Mulford driving. His time was
9:31. No. was closely followed by No.
g. National, John Aitken driving. The
third was No. 5, Benz, driven by e..
r. Bergdoll. Then came No. l, the first
car to start.
First Car to Stop.
The first car tc stop at the pits was
No II, Marmon. Harroun driving.
He resumed after a brief minutes de-
lay. AL Mitchell, in a Chadwick made
the best time on the first lap, $40.
j. Fred Betz, the Philadelphia ANA
teur, driving Simplex broke his crank
shaft on the first lap and was out of
the race. He was looked upon as a pos
sible winner
An indication of the closeness of the
leaders was shown when ii was an
nounced that Bergdoll, in his Benz had
made five laps in Al 39 and Mulford in
| his Lozier, 41:5S Len Zengle, in a
| Chadwick, was third on the fifth lap.
The gentleman driver maintained his
lead on the sixth lap and was passing
the stand when Mulford hove in sight
Bergdol had slightly increased his lead
| With the exception of these two the
other cars were strung out Bergdol
was given a rousing cheer as he shot
past the grand stand. Len Iengle was
! third on the sixth lap and Aitken who
| finished within the money in the Van
| derblt was fourth.
! With eighty-one miles completed az
laps) Bergdoll in Benz car was still
| leading. His time was 1929 RALPH
Milford in a Lozier, was second, anC
Len Zengle in a Chadwick was third
On the eleventh lap Mulford gained {
trifie on Bergdoll, but the latter still
| had safe lead.
With the race half over, Bergdoll, in
a Benz, was leading by comfortable
margin.
Timothy O'Leary, superintendent OF
police, who has charge of the policing
of the course, after a circuit of the
park, declared that more than half 8
million people are viewing the race.
With the race half over. it was an
nounced the best time for a lap was
1888, made by Ray Harroun in Mar
7:41. made by Dengle last year Or
the fourteenth lap Bergdoll still led.
j At the hospital Elthridge, the me-
chanic of the wrecked Simplex. is in {
critical condition. He has a compound
fracture of an arm, broken leg, in
ternal injuries and is bruised from
head to foot.
Al Mitchell was slightly hurt by his
accident His mechanic, however, is II
a serious condition in a hospital.
The time of the leaders for fourteen
laps was
Bergdoll, III. 15m. IFS; Mulford, In
16m. 9s.
Thirty-two Cars Entered.
Thirty-two cars are entered, and th'
prizes amount to $4,000. The cars ar
divided into five classes, according t
piston displacement, but they viii
start in numerical order, number
being sent away first. The fastest ca
in each class will receive $1,000 II