The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
AUTOS IN KNIFE EDGE FNER'
BENZ WfNS GRAND PRIZE
M 4 SECOND or 80.



SAVANNAH Nov. IA German car and
an American driver won the second inter
national road race here TO-DAY for the s. ONo
Grand Prize gold cup Of the Automobile
,mb OF America. David I. Bruce Brown.
IN. wealthy young New Yorker who re-
Gently left th- amateur ranks OF his own
vohtion. was the driver and Benz auto
mobile made in Mannheim. Germany. and
\ entered lay Jesse Froehlch OF New York
was the ear
Brre- Brown. whose good natured how
ishnesS has made him a great favorite with
every one m Savannah who met him. I'm
iShad the iisc miles Of 'he race in hours
~ minutes 35-lOO seconds. averaging
SIS miles an hour He stopped only
once IN the race. as his Mirhelln tires gave
practically no trouble. He ch,nGsd only
one tire dnIng the race. His one stop
| was ~ the end Of his fourteenth round.
| when hs and Fritz cr-imer. his mechanic.
replenished IA" GIsnlene and oil tanks
/ of his Rem ia minute - Seconds.
Victory Hrmerv. the famous Frenchm man
who won the second Vanderbilt cup race
IN 1905 with IA Darrsca. and who lost the
Grand Prize race here in laos to Louis Waa
ner and his Fiat nv - seconds. was second
again to-S!ay h. finished the race before
Bruce Brown. who started three minutes
/ after Iienery sent away. hut Bruce
| Brown = total elapsed time was lust and
a?-IOS seconds faster than tina, OF the great
, Hemrry.
| Hrmery stopped twice once NJ the end
Of his ninth round. for minute seconds.
when he foox two tires and some gasolene
! and OIL and again at the end of his thir-
/ tPenth round when he used M n minute
and n half in taking on more gasolene and
oil
| Robert Rrrman driving a Marquette.
+ Buic,, entered nv Dr Wads~orth Warrea
! Of 'hr General Motors Company. was third
! IN hours II minutes - i0-iOo seconds.
avcrac ne 81 ~ mriss an hour for the race
distance. Burman had lot OF hard luck
with his tires one OF the chains Of his car
broke during the race and h" changed
slc' IN tires
! lie stopped nine times ~ his supply pit
at the grand stand Ia change tIre- or to
take on fresh supplies of Easolsne and oil
lie lost % minutes Il - seconds IN thes,
stops and also lost nearly i've minutes
changing iIre- along tn" course away from
J his Supply pit
Ralph Milford. driving IN" same four
4 cylinder I.orier that ~. used IN winning
the stock chassis championship Tor 1919
a, Elgin. MAS fourth in = hours - minutes
I: 5sIcn seconds Jo. Koran ~as nth
i with IN" same sly cylinder io,isr with
which he won tn. $500 fr<' priG- ~ the
, Atlanta Automobile. Speedway this week
/ His tim" was hours IA minutes .--iO0
! seconds Joe Dawson finished sINth in
/ Msrmon No. /. that Raw Harroun drove
/ for the first thirteen rounds % the race
I The Marmon- time hour ID MIN
u'r- - cc-i6 seconds Al the rar- that
| finished had MicheIin tires
lo-dsv'- race. being march longer than
yesterday was started ~ y o'CloCk and
the drivers were requirep 20 have their
"Ir~ n front ~ the Judges stand IN hour
before ~" iir-t machine was sent away.
All the fifteen cars that started were at the
s'tr' and finish sign h-forr O'Clock
, The Roeblins- Planrhe and the Marquette
/ Buick No II. whWh Hugh Hughes was 10
nave driNen did not appe Ir and no oficill
explanation Of their absence WAS made
. though u WIS Teported that a CYLINDER Ot
IN" Ro-bling- Plsn' he had been blown out
Ns o'"lo"k the rarS were lined ip accord
I ing 20 their rl's NUMBER ~ thus time
th-rs were NOR. than ..Ooo persons IN md
almo-' perfect, except for the conf tnnation
! OF The Sind THAT T'y-Vail~a rsr-rdlv.
cal' on each driver 80 he sh' wat ng FOR the
word tn go VI ~ minutes before - o'clock
M" "ng'n-s 81 fifteen cars wers. snoring
waiting Tor The flag Arthur ,heN rolr''s
Marquette BUu"k ~t.rtrd Hr-i lie wis
followed a haf inmate later nv Ralph Mutt
At the end OF n minute HAS. started In
the 20. >. Pole hartford the two time
Vanderbilt cup Winning tlco csr.wi'h Harry
= Narmon H-m.rS IN n. first henz Na1-
larn In the hrs' AT 'horan IoZi-r las
Br E" rrd"n, Ben Wsrn"r. F Fla, i:"rms"
Negotiate b'nc. Hnupt. Hem, aud DE
. Palma. TIa1. we're started ~ half minute
B.for- the AS i've cars xor away IN. an
noun""r Vas giving accounts 81 t'h.vro-
and a. lie l'aI-ln started ~xrertant looks
we're cast Ep the stretch for glimpse Of
the Hr-t car TO ma K" u round ~ much had
Naa.sW
no. 20 TOO fast &" -t'Imp the crowd. which IN
he grand sand al grown To- ab Nu' OsDD
BnG ua- tast reaching Its CaparIty ~ l~Op'
'h-yrol-t took fill advantay. N ms haiti
r"Inut. start and maintained his lead around
the courSe for The first TN" IN 1. min"t-.
| tn. great speed y h'ch y rr~di"t-si for he
! race
H.mery. the ~ivth starter. surprised
every one by coming around in second
place. closely followed by Daw-on'- Mar
mon. the Alec. NazzarO'- Fat and BeasI-'s
Pope tfartfori The absence Of the two
lozisrS caused little anxiety for few
moments. hat they soon hove in s,sht clos"
together Much regret .waS Expressed
on all sides AZ tn. absence Of Washington
.oebiins 81 from rhe race, AS he rad made
Thevrola, early gave he Impression
that he was out for everything IN IN. race
tor he ass,n ?. led IN. processloP on the second
his position IN second place for The second
Koran, displaced his mate milford on the
second round and led him past the stand
by about half q mile Hemery gained the
distinction Of the early best time for a
lap. b.. made his second round in IT min
utes 81 seconds, an average OF Is miles an
hour
Tn. frst real brush IN sight OF tho grand
stand came a. the finch OF the third round.
II was between Harry Grants Alco and
WaRners Fiat Gran, had rounded the
turn into the stretch about Two hundred
feet in the lead. but on the straight Wagner
closed up and passed the Alec just heyNond
the grand stand The crowd saw N plainly
and Che-r-d
The first stop as the pits in front Of the
stand VAS made by Burman's Marquette
Buick u took on an extra tire snd chang-d
one. and the crew did the work IN s.
seconds.
Hemerv vas still keeping up his speed
and passed the stand on hl- fourth lap ia :
- minutes 20 seconds. making the round ia /
~ minutes 81 seconds, th. same time he |
made In his previous lap chevrolet had |
his first tire trouble On iris lap and llmp.d !
down the stretch TO the pii- with d fat tire
he lost nearly three minutes on ohts tn,s- /
hap a. the Jack slipped several times while |
making tho change
Wagner again figured in a brush on the |
fourth lap He and Bruce Brown came J
around the corner above the stand neck I
and neck with Wagner leading -ixhfly