New-York tribune., 1910-11-25
THRILLS IN AUTO RACES
Close Finishes Mark Sport at Old
Guttenburg Track.
DE PALMA IN HARD LUCK
Rouse Loses Wheel, but Escapes
Injury, and Is cheered for
Plucky Driving.

The four thousand persons who gtsitef
the old Gutteuburg racetrack yesterday 20
see the first race meet Of the ACtomoots
Club of Hudson County found plenty 20
thrill them. especially in the third race On
the card in which the front vheei snapped
OFF the Pullman driven by W. Rouse Both
driver and mechanician escaped without
injury and after the car had been "a
paired started in another race.
There were only two contestants in this
race. Rouse nit Up a pace that soon gave
him a mile lead on bis opponent. After
going around the first turn In the ninth
mile the car seemed TO shoot into the al
and then was enveIoDed in a cloud OF dust
It stopped after sktddine about fifty feet
however. and both driver and mscHaui-isn
were found clingfng to their seats. uutn-
jured but badly shaken up.
Ralph De Palma. in his Fiat. had an easy
time winning the ten-niIe free-for-au. Efs
shot into the lead at the crack Of the
pistol and never was in danger. finishing
mile in front Of D. Tettfe-s. in d
National
a stroke of bad luck prevented De Palma
from also capturing the twenty-rniIe free
for-alI. Jumping into the lead A few sec
onds after George BiakeSIee had fred the
starting pistol he set up a paee that 1afc
the nine other starters far in the rear Just
before turning into the stretch for the
eighth mile. however, his steering knuCkIs
broke and De Palma was out os it
TetJiers. in a National then took the
lead and won by big margin. with
Whelan. in a Mathesou. second. and Cos
tello, in a Maxwell. third Tettfers also
won the fifth contest from Rouse. in his
repaired Pullman. but did not have more
q him %a.a%
the finish line
This was the closest race OF +ha dsv
! Rouse's accident earlier in the dav hal
little effect on his driving and he kept MS
car close behind Tettiers all through tha
ten-nile journey; but he was unable y,
| overtake him In the stretch. in spite Of the
roofing of the spectators who wanted to
! see him win because Of his pluck
close finish also resulted in the frsr
race which was won by Costello in a.
Maxwell There wasn't much room be-
! tween any of the contestants as thew cfrrIsd
the track for the five miles. but Costello
/ mad enough speed in the stretch to sF,oo-
( under the wire winner by A hundred feet
| Bat BurT1an gave a ten-mie exhibition
IN MS Marquette-BUick. the first American
/ car to finish in the Savannah races From
d Stdndlng start he made the first mile IN
I -'''f S'.i'- iAii4SIitO IflS ten miles in
Robert BTUce-Brown. who won the Savsn-
/ nan race. was one of the Interested s-ae
/ tators in the grandstand
Ihe summaries follow.
FIrst race o1vs miles; open stock rf7s<zi-.
/ W w u cars under 251 piston displacement
/ RRoI oy + costello MAXWELL secdrd y
| 2asie S5 tAoDotL-Detroip: - third. T. C. WoIvsrro1
/ 'AaxwelD- Time 5.0T
| second race ftsn uila free-for-aII)-VVo-, h,,
I IsaLDn De PaIrna Fiat. second. n Taftfsr4
| I0ie ISd eiStap. tnlrd. G Beach tBufcH)- Time
/ Ihlrd race Fifteen miles: stock chassis ma,
20 cars 81 TO 500 inches dispIacar1anrI TJ,-, g..
| " lIIeiins tAltchelD. Time. 20 q Il
/ F ourtn race twenty miles. f-ae-for-s IN
| Won Non by y Tettiers tEationaD. second q =
TIalan tSlathesonb third. T Costello fE3uf-J.,
! : lI0a race tive miles; stock chassis: 7pan -
az .soV 70 800 inches displacerneutI -
d Tett1ers (Nationau. second ~ Eo,,sa Trs-,f1
man; third. ". BurkA CPuUrar( Tire %
Len-mHe exhibition BY 3 RIrrnar-F-frst nils
30 second mile. 2-GI. third mile 3:g7- forlr+i
. -l-te. +'o,1. NTH mile sos. sixth mile S.o-
( E7hIn Ilie, 9;Ol- eighth mile 500 ,f---
/ nlile- $50 tenth mile 9-5TIs 49, Nil--'