Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-04
RElCHENBGCHER REPEATER
Almost Duplicates His Great Work Of
Saturday in Sunday Races.
WAS SLOW ONLY IN CRANKNG
II. E. Fredrickson Protests other Cars
I'm Race where Rules cali for
Cars to De Fully Eauipped
in Every Detail.

In Every 0etail.
Almost duplicating its performance OF
Saturday. the Firestone-Columbus, driven |
by E. Reich enbacher, won four OF the five
events in which it was entered at the
closing matinee, under the auspices of the
Omaha Motor club. on the Omaha motor |
speedway Sunday
The five-mile obstacle race, in which the
drivers were required to kill and start their |
engines after each mile, wes the only con- |
test the Firestone failed to win. This
event was won by the Veile. according to
the judges decision, but protest was filed
by H. E. Fredericton, who drove a Chal-
mers and won second place. according to
the judges. The judges said that the cars
ran an additional mile after the five miles
called for had been covered. The Velie,
driven by j. Stickney, reached the tape
! first in the mile that the judges asserted
was the fifth and should have been the
last. A few seconds later the Chalmers
came up. Engines of both cars were
killed. Frederickson succeeded In crank
ing his car first and got away with lead
that the Velie could not overcome.
Sensational driving thrilled the crowd OF
5000 from time to time and several acct
dents that resulted in no injuries kept up
the excitement.
Hard luck that seemed to pursue H. E
Frederickson and his Chalmers car all the
afternoon probably prevented his winning
the ten-mile event for fully equipped tour
ing cars for the western Automobile Sup
ply company cup. For the first four miles
Frederickson held the lead with the Mid
land, driven by j. A. Ashley, at his heels.
In the third mile the Cadillac took second
| place from the Midland, and In the fifth
water got into the gasoline of the Chal-
| mers car, practically disabling It, The
Cadillac was first with little to spare
| BY stopping repeatedly to tinker with his
| car Frederickson completed the ten miles
| to fortify himself for a protest which he
| subsequently filed. His claim Is that the
rules of the American Automobile asso-
citation, under which the meet was held,
require that the cars be fully equipped for
such events and that neither the Midland
nor the Cadillac was fully equipped. This
event. the first on the card, was the last
to be actually put on the track, some Of
the entries being not ready to race when
time was called. 1t is probable according
to Track Superintendent Otto Nestman, that
the Fredrickson protest will be seriously
considered by the officials, who are anxious
to preserve strict Interpretation of the
association rules.
Keeps ON winning.
The Firestone- Columbus, L. Reichen-
bacher, got away first as usual In the ten
mile race for cars selling at 5000 or less;
the Velie was second, the Cadillac third
and the Hudson last For seven miles the
positions were unchanged; then the velie
drew up on the leader until there was less
than 100 feet between them. The crowd
rose TO its feet and cheered the little Velie
hoping it would win, as the Firestone had
had its share of victories on Saturday. In
the ninth mile the Firestone drew away
and it became evident that the Velie never
had had a real chance. The winning time
was IL :257S; the Vele's time less than two
seconds slower
In the ten-mile race for cars selling at
5000 less it was the same old story.
The Firestone-C Columbus won, the time be-
ing II :079t. The Warren-Detroit was Sec
ond and the Chalmers third. The Fire
stone got away first, with the other cars
in the following order: Chalmers, Fred
erickson; Warren-Detroit Carl Holt;
Cadillac, George F. REIN; Midland, ]. A.
Ashley; Henry Walter Smith. Carbureter
troubles put the Henry out OF the running
in the first round and the car did not reach
the end Of the first mile until the others
had covered seven. The position did not
change until the sixth mile, when the Mid
) land overlook the Cadillac and the War
rem Detroit drew into second place, which
it held TO the end.
The Firestone Columbus did not appear
9 to advantage in the, obstacle race The
3 rules required the cars to stop directly at
9 the end of each mile, kin their engines
4 and then recrank them. In the first three
Q miles the Firestone- Columbus ran 100 or
200 feet beyond the tape and lost time in
: backing. More time WAS lost in crankinE,
the other drivers being, able to handle
this operation with greater speed than
Reiehenbacher. This event was the one
. in which the dispute arose as to whether
, the race ended with the mile In which
the VelIe finished first or with that IN
which the Chalmers finished first Driver
0 Frederjclson said he will protest the Velie's
victory on the ground that not more than
five miles were run, that the Chalmers
finished first and that the Velie on two
occasions failed to completely stop It's en-
CINE. Mr.. Fredericksor Sunday night said
that a majority of the judges and the ref.
b cree favor him in the matter.
> Accidents marred the ten-mile motor.
: cycle race. Before a mile had been GOV.
;, cred j. e. Stiles was thrown into the
? ditch, but not hurt. He had the inside
e track and Ralph Bates, who started next
to him. forged ahead and swung In front
. Of him in such a way that Stiles could
Q not prevent his front wheel striking Bates
q rear stiles was hurled into the infield
/ head over heels
a A collision between Fletcher, riding a
0 Markell and George Gamble, a negro, put
q Fletcher out OF the race. None OF the
: judges saw the mlshsp and the riders told
q different stories.
But TOR his gasoline trouble. Fredricksor
): probably would have won the event as Ia
! held the lead until his trouble began HI
d has protested this event and Insists tn,
judges and the referee will award him tn,
cup
summary OF Results.
Y Ten miles. for fully equipped touring cars
: for Western Automobile supply company
trophy; Cadillac (Reim) first Miolanl
y lAsnley) second. Time: II As. Protested b.,
Chalmers tF'redriekson). Judges withhold
decision
1en miles, for cars selling for 81. 900 or les
for Storz Brewing company cup: Firestone
i, Columbus tReiohenbaener) won Ven,
(Stickney) second, Cadillac (Heim) thru
s. Time: ii ;257s. II :2T,sli $50
Is Ten miles. FOR cars selling for $500 D
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