The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
Greatest Racing Carnival in the History of the
 Course
THE FAMOUS DRIVERS
 ARE ALL ENTERED
Entrants Include Ralph Dc Palma, Louis Disbrow, David Bruce Brown, Bob Burman and
 Ralph Mulford


 Savannah, November 25.--( (Speeial}-- The laundering of high power engines propelIing thousands of pounds of steel and their human masters over Georgia roads today boomed forth the proela- nation that Savannah is on the eve of the greatest automobile. racing car nival in history. Grant Mulford, Wis hart, Tetzlaff. De Palma. Dawson. Bruce Brown. Wagner cobe. Hearn. Hemery, Burman---names for motor racers to conjure with--tore at break neck speed in their tuning up spins over the 17 mile course where the no- tor classics of the year will be run the Vanderbilt cup, Savannah chal- lege and Tiedeman trophy races on Monday and the grand prize on Thurs day, Thanksgiving day.
 Everything In Savannah shut down at noon today, excepting the street car system, which enjoyed the greatest pop- ularity in its history, conveying crowoS of natives and visitors to points of vantage along the course. whence they could view the worlds greatest drivers going through their last workouts. Ina question was asked--if such q crowd just to watch practice, what can we Iexpect on Monday and Thursday when the races actually take place?
 God of Speed Reigns The entire city Is turned over to the god of speed. Every hotel is pack ed and damned to the limit and many later arrivals will come to grief over the hotel problem unless they can ar- range for accommodations in private residences Automobiles full of excite- ment seeking enthusiasts from all parts of the country have swarmed to- ward Savannah as though drawn by huge electric magnets. They are sprink- led over the fields and pastures in farms roundabout and every plot of vacant land in the city also has been l lconverted into temporary out of door Il garage. It Is safe bet that when the expected heavy influx of additioaai l invaders on Sunday is over. me-. seat. torists will be confronted with the nc- cessity of sleeping in their cars until daybreak Monday morning. when the 1 first race is on-
 1 The Tiedeman Trophy race, which
 starts the ball a-roling at sun up Mon
 day, is the least important of the four | big contests. but nevertheless promises a | thrilling race. The prize for the winner 1 is the Mayor Tiedeman cup and Slooe
 and the distance 10 laps, or approximately | TO miles. Among the entrants are H. l..
 Hartman, Abbott Detroit: Mort Roberts. 1 Abbott Detroit Robert Evans. E-M-F:
 Frank Witt EMF; Jack and three fast l Ford cars.
 The Savannah Challenge trophy carried | with it also a cash prize of S100o. and s IS laps. or approximately 221 miles. This race, which will start immediately after
 tr faaf fav1f Ia ! the following: J. D. Mckay, Case; w. Y. Barnett, Jr, Mercer Nikrent. Marmon. ! and Cyrus Patschke, Marmon. 1 Immediately after these two races hays 1 been finished and the tracks cleared, the
 cars will be sent away from their mark l in the Vanderbilt cup race, for the first l time that Vanderbilt race been held | elsewhere than over the historic Long | Island course The imposing list of com- | petitors in this celebrated annual event 1 makes it appear more than likely that
 worlds record time will be hung up. The
 present best mark for the Vanderbilt fs | that of Harry Grant. made last year. | when he spun over the course at an
 average rate of 65.34S miles an hour
 Vanderbilt Entrants | The Vanderbilt entry list shows many | of the worlds most famous pilots ana | some wonderful cars: l.. A. Mitchell Ab-
 bott-Detroit; Cal A. Limberg. Abbott-De- l troit; Harry H. Cobe. Jackson; E. H. | Parker, Fiat; D. Bruce Brown, Fiat, Ted dy Tetzlaff Fiat; Harry Grant; Lozier: | Ralph Mulford, I4ozier; Spencer E. Wish art. Mercedes Highie Hughes, Mercer; | Joe Dawson. Marmon; Bergdall, Marmon, | De Palma Cercedes. 1 Experience has proved that. in a road | race of any considerable length, there Is always the possibility that some ,in-
 known or comparatively unknown driver
 will come through with glory and win
 an unlocked for victory, but the con
 census of opinion among motor authori- ties gathered here is that the race will | resolve itself into three or four cor
 nered tussle of the veterans before half l the distance has been covered
 The cash that goes along with the Van l 0erbilt cup is, according to official fig
 ures, only 5000. but special prizes for I fastest lap, most consistent performance | etc., bring the total for the fortunate ! drivers we'll up toward ten times that | einount.
 The distance of the Vanderbilt this time | is 2s9 miles. or 1T laps of the course. This | Is longer than any previous holding of the race, excepting that in 1906 when tho l cars went 297 miles.
 It is believed likely that the grand prize
 vii. develop greater speed than. the Van
 derbilt despite the fact that several more l powerful cars are entered in the cumi- hating event of Thursday. This opinion is based on the contention that faster l average should be made over the shorter l course. The grand prize is more than half again as long as the Vanderbilt. it's distance being approximately 4S0 miles, I or 24 laps of the course. Bruce-Brown lholds the grand prize record at 7o.55 miles an hour.
 The winner of the grand prize will bs awarded the gold challenge cup of the Automobile Club of America, valued at $50o0. in addition to a cash prize of 5000.
 Thrills Plenty
 Thrills plenty have always been pro- {! vided by the grand prize. and in addi- Ition. records. In event that the record 1 average for the race is not smashed. 1t l is at least considered much more than q
 possibility that the record average for a | single lap in road race will be shat
 tered to smthereens. because of the tre- mendous native speed of the ears and the 1 | CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) r. Birmingham and New. York
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