New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
MORE SAVANNAH ENTRIES
Joe Dawson and Ray Harroun
Will Drive for Grand Prize.
TEAMS STARTING SOUTH
Koran Will Be Mulford's Team
Mate in Great Fixture, and
at Atlanta Also.

nounced two more entries for the second
International Grand Prize road race at
Savannah on November II The two ad-
citions TO the already representative list
Rre two MarTnons. entered by the Nor
dyke & Marrnon Company. of Indianapo-
lis Joe Dawson. who was second in the
Vanderbilt Cup race. viii drive one of the
cars and Ray Harroun is TO pilot the
other.
The Indianapolis company also made
formal entry Of a smaller Marmon for
the international Hight car race that will
he run the day preceding the Grand Prize
contest Mr. Solomon or some other official
Of the Savannah Club will visit Atlanta in
The near future 10 interview the man
ayers OF racing teams that have gone
there for the three-day meet which occurs
during the first week OF November. Ii is
expected that q great many Of the smaller
cars that race at Atlanta viii be entered
for the light car event az Savannah
Secretary Solomon has sent out entry
Hanks for the Grand Prize race The
length Of the course VIII he approximately
-ss miles which viz be covered twenty
two times. rnakin- the total distance of
the race about 40 miles Entries are to
close on November :. 2 week before the
date Of the race Entries may he made
direct with W. B. StillweIl. Savannah. Ga.
or with the Automobile Club of America
New York CITY
The Marquette-Buick racing team driv-
ers Wild Bob BIrman and Arthur Chev-
-olet. are making preparations to take
their big Marquette Buick Model 100 cars
10 Savannah within the next week
or SO. and viii he prepared TO face the
starter on November u The decision 20
take the race TO the Georgia city meets
~
Ruruan. who likes the way in which the
events are handled al Savannah.
The Buick team is now in camp at
Hampstead. Long Island, where they were
preparing for the Grand Prize when it was
supposed that II would be held over the
Vanderbilt course They viii remain there
10 complete the details of rebuilding on
their cars and then the entire crew Of
drivers and mechanicians will accompany
DR. wadsworth Warren. manager Of the
team, 10 Dixie.
Louis Chevrolet. the famous pilot who
has appeared in 81 many sensational con-
tests during the past five years. will not
drive again this season. His injuries re-
oeived in the accident 10 his car in the
Vanderbilt race will not permit him TO
enter active racing again this year. and
he has not definitely decided about his
serious. a sprained shoulder is causing him
considerable Inconvenience and will pre-
clude the possibility of his driving again
IN the season Of 1910
I'm glad the Grand Prize is not 10 he
raced for in Savannah on November H. as
vas At first planned, says wild Bob
thurman The famous pilot explained his
reasons by saying: In 1905 in Savannah
I wound my car around a sycamore tree
cn November 10 end injured my mechani-
clan badly. and again in 1909. on Novem-
her -. at San Antonio. Tex went through
the fence. breaking up car and getting
rather tough jolt myself Tn soing 10
siav IN bed all DAY on November 70 this
wear end see If ] can't beat the hocdoo.
Ralph milford, the crack Lozier driver.
,~bo has achieved wonderful success this
wear with his champion LozieT stock car in
The FIrin. Vanderbilt aud recent Paramount
Park races will Ice seen in all Of the events
tr which his car is eligible at Atlanta on
November g. I and 8.
In view Of the fact that the Grand Prize
rice will be held at Savannah shortly after
the Atlanta meet. 1t is probable that Null
ford VIII also he seen in this premier event
and although mis- 4s-horsepower car viii be
outclassed in size by the big foreign racing
cars the showing which the car has made
ir competition with high-powered racing
machines at Fairmount Park would indl-
cate that this stock car will at least be able
10 mix ii up with the leaders.
Milford in his successes this season. IN
Ike many other prominent drivers, has not
had the assistance Of a team mate, but in
Atlanta and Savannah the Lozier team Will
he represented by two cars. the second be-
ing a 1911 slX-cylinder stock car. AS this
car has a larger motor than Mulford'S and
Is rated at 81 horsepower. il is expected
that the two LoZier cars will not only add
interest TO the races in which they compete,
hut the contest between these two Will be
watched with interest. especially in view OF
the fact that the Lozier six-cylinder model
viii be driven by Joe Koran, Mulford's for
ner mechanician-
He has been with Milford In most of his
rNenty-four-hour races and has driven this
year with him at Elgin and in the Wander
bilt Cup and Paramount Park races. He
also acted as Cobe's mechanic on the Lo-
zier car in the Lowell race last season and
with Seymour in a Iyozier in the 1893 Fair
mount Park race.
Jesse Froehlich managing director Of the
Benz Auto Import Company, said yester-
day that the Benz team for the Grand Prize
race at Savannah would start South on
Tuesday. The three big racing and
three practice cars viii be shipped TO Sa-
hannah on Tuesday by the steamer St
Louis Of the Savannah Line. The force OF
mechanics that VIII look after the cars
during the practice and in the big inter
national contest viii also sail on the St.
Louis.
Mr. Froehlich is confident that Victor
Hemery viii make q good showing in the
s07-mile race on November u. Il will he
recalled that some of the Benz pit attend
ants Al the grandstand Of the 1898 race sig
nailed Hemery that he WAS ahead of Naz-
FARO. who had been the leader in the race
IN consequence Hemery took things rather
easily on his last round of the race. and
Wagner wen from Hemery by the narrow
margin Il IS seconds.
Mr.. Froehlich fears that George Robert
sons injured arm viii not have healed suffi-
GENTLY for him 10 drive one of the Benz
cars in the Grand Prize race Mr.. FrOeh-
Itch says that he has two good drivers en-
gagged. whose names he Is not quite ready
L. make public. AS Mayor Tiedeman and
the Savannah Automobile Club officials
have promised that they viii make ample
provision for practice hours. Mr.. Froehlich
SAYS al the Benz drivers viii be thoroughly
acquainted with their cars.
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