Arizona republican., 1911-01-05
.REDEW|LL EMBARRASSED BY ADMIR|NG FRIENDS DOCTOR WAS LIONIZED IN THE
 OLD PUEBLO Says He Did His Best to Win That Third Rsce But Tire Trouble
 Held Him Back

Scared? What was there for me to he scared about?'
 With these scornful words for the interviewer. who had asked him if he was not frightened when he took | the curves of the Tucson speedway at seventy miles an hour. Dr. Fran cis H. Redewill turned to his desk and began writing a prescription. | Still looking little sheepish as the result of the flattery of d thousand feminine admirers and the adulation of all Tucson. as we'll as the Phoe- nicians who accompanied him to the old Pueblo and saw him drive three sensational races. two of which he won. Dr. Redewill returned yesterday morning. He spent the day in seclu- sion, visiting his patients and avoid ing as much as possible all who would talk of his exploits.
 "Tn admit that l took chances in that third race" he said last night. "Tremaines machine is capable of d speed of 75 miles an hour. which is five miles better than the best my Pope can do. l tried to make up the difference in speed by taking chances that Tremaine did not have to take.
 No. I didn't lose that last race just out of friendship to Tremaine. I did my best to beat him but l couldn't do it. He is great driver. I believe l would have won had ] not lost two tires. At the end of the eighth lap I was only one second be- hind him. On the ninth lap my and I Inst siderable time"
 pr. RedewiIl returned by train. Several cars returned overland yes terday and two or three more will be in today. Joe Green and Art Gage. who drove the Hudson in the road race to Tucson, will roll into the Pope Hartford garage some time this afternoon. Tremaine. however, will remain several days in Tucson
 While he disclaims any ambition to take everything in sight. pr. Rede- will is just a little disappointed that his Pope did not win the road race When the machine got stuck in the mud it was thirty minutes ahead oi the Case. which reached Tucson firsI
 The doctor was lionized Monday evening at a smoker held at the Old Pueblo club and at a ball in the EIks' club. His driving will be talked about for many a long day by those who saw the race.
 Following is the Tucson Stars ac- count of the event;
 "The third and final race, for a distance of 139 miles. was spectacular in many respects. Charlie Miller, m his Mitchell. the only Tucson entry was the favorite of the crowd be- cause better known. However he had about as hard luck as could befall man. On the first round Miller had trouble with his carbureter and it took him nearly Al minutes to get around while his opponents were making it in Is. He had lost too much to catch up and after eXperi- encing more trouble on the second. sixth and seventh laps, he withdrew. The Case car withdrew on the siNlh lap after having fallen considerably behind and also experiencing troupie'
 Prom the first the race had ap- peared to be a duel between well driven Pope Hartfords. pr kedeWli' racing for his first time. was de- termined to outrun Tremaine. who IS a professional. On the first lap Ire maine led by 34 seconds. but on the next round pr. Redewill clipped oit 15 of them. Seeing that he was in for race. Tremaine pushed his car around for the track record. making inc IA mile course in 15:17 2-5. which is close to a mile a minute. on the straight-aways Tremaine made ra.e or "a miles an hour pr. Redewill fol- lowed along at 1851 pace and on the succeeding trips he lowered this. but Tremaine gained few seconds with each lap. The race was anybody s until the ninth lap. when Dr Rede- will had trouble and was delayed ~ minutes. His tenth round was also sIo,,, one Tremaine continued steady mace of less than 16 minutes for each iap. 'and finished the no miles ln 9.37.O2. pr. Redewilrs time was 3:21:2O 2-5."
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