New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-28
Ralph Milford Wins
the Vanderbilt Cup

/ WOULD 20 NONU III ilSAOiN.
Rapidly the cars slipped into view, and
as rapidly disappeared. De Palma made
/ the fastest first lap, covering the 1714 miles
/ in 1888. a rate OF speed of more than sew
/ enty-seven miles an hour. Patschkes Mar
mon was only eight seconds slower and
/ Wsharts Mercedes eleven seconds behind.
De Palma Leads for a Time.
/ The second Ian found De Palma still in
/ front and the other two holding their 20
/ sitions On the third lap they were the
same. but milford, although seemingly TAX
I ing things easily, was right on the heels Of
/ Wishart a change came in the fourth
\ lap. when Wishart and Milford crept up
/ TO the second and third places respectively,
/ through Patschkes stop 20 make a ure
\ change Then De Palma found a motor adj
/ justment necessary, and when the fifth
/ round was completed Milford was show
/ ing the way TO the German car.
| Meanwhile. Bob Burman, in a Marmon
car. who had finished the first lap In eighth
place. had been steadily improving his po-
\ sition He was sixth in the second lap.
/ fifth in the third. fourth in the fourth and
/ third in the dfth. When Milford completed
/ his sixth round the yellow car was Just
/ few seconds more than minute behind
/ him. wiCh De Palma third. another minute
back.
Burman passed the stands in the sew
euth lap. with a chance Of overtaking Null
| ford before he came back. Then he was
forced to retire. Somewhere out on the
: backstretch a stone was thrown by a
/ rapidly revolving wheel against the pipe
/ leading from the gasolene tank TO the en-
CINE cutting it almost in two It was
/ hopeless to make repairs, so the car was
/ pushed to one side and abandoned
/ From that time on it was all milford.
wishart and De Palma alternated in lead
/ ing the chase Of the white jacketed pilot,
/ but he had speed in reserve, and he was
/ treating his tires as carefully as if they
were made Of putty. While there was
never time that one or the other OF the
drivers on the German cars was not in
/ position TO strike, the opportunity failed to
arrive. on the other hand. the leader
| team mate. Grant. was pushing his rivals
along nearly all the time.
Bruce Brown Breaks Down.
Strangely enough. the Fiat cars. from
which so much had been expected. failed
/ to threaten the leaders Matson barely got
started when his radiator became dislodged
and began 10 leak. He stopped at the pit
for water twice in the first four rounds, and
then went away for the day
I David Bruce Brown. popular idol in Sa-
vannab because of his sensational victory
! in last years Grand Prize race, looked
formidable for FIVE laps. but when he
/ passed the stand on his sixth round II was
seen that the rear axle Of his car had
sagged. The next heard of the New Yorker
was that he had lost a wheel at the Mont
/ gomery cross road. but had escaped turning
over This left the Fiat fortunes In Ed
+ Parker's hands. but while he managed 10
finish he did not threaten the leaders TO
any extent.
/ When the race was twO-thirds over Null
I ford had a lead of about five minutes over
+ De Palma, while Wishart had lost con-
siderable ground, enough to kill his chance
, of victory.
{ All interest centred in the possibility Of
/ the runners-up being able 10 make up the
/ difference. In the fourteenth lap it was
/ four minutes. and in the fifteenth two and
a half. From that time on De Palma could
! only gain seconds on the rounds. When
milford got the checkered flag, indicating
] that he had finished, De Palma had a min
/ ute IN which to reach the line, as he had |
| started that much behind. When the min
ute passed he was still out on the course.
He was pushing his to the limit at the
end. but failed by minutes and 80 seconds
/ to land the coveted prize.
! The winners average was far ahead OF
the record for the Vanderbilt Cup set UP
by Grant in the previous running. heating
1t by about nine miles an hour
Mercer Car Wins Savannah Cup.
In the Savannah challenge trophy race
Louis Disbrow made a brilliant start with
one Of the Case cars. Considering the mo-
tor limitations of the eligible cars, the
pace from the start was tremendous. Dis
brow led for four laps, and the crowd was
ready to believe that he could hold his adj
vantage when he broke a cam shaft and
retired.
Thereafter Hughie Hughes, in his Mercer
car, was the pacemaker, and he easily held
his rivals TO the end Of the 222s2-mile jour
ney, winning by six minutes without being
pressed. Heineman, in a Marmon, took
second honors ahead Of a second Marmon
driven by Nikrent. Hughes Immediately
Jumped from the winning car into the six
cylinder Mercer for the Vanderbilt Cup
race. but made only three slow laps, being
compelled to retire because OF faulty car
buretion
The little car race for the Tiedeman
trophy resulted IN a remarkable victory
for the three Z. VI. F. cars, which took all
the places Not one OF the trio found It
necessary TO stop for any reason at any
stage Of the race. Roberts, in an Abbott
Detroit. showed the way for six laps. going
out on account OF a broken rocker arm, and
the other car Hartman driving, cracked
pair OF cylinders IN the second lap.
Tires Stand the Test.
The circuit was so fast that the races
we're largely matter Of tires standing up.
In the Vanderbilt Cup Michelin tires car
RED off the honors. being used by all six
cars TO the finish. The Nichelin company
also equipped the three cars that finished
in the Savannah challenge trophy race,
Hughes using the anti-skd type and going
through without a stop. In the Tedeman
race the three F. NJ. F. cars used Fire
stone tires
II was rumored tonight that the Benz
company is negotiating with Bob Burman
10 drive one Of its cars in the Grand Prize
race on Thursday 4 definite decision is
likely 10 be reached some time tomorrow.
II Burman goes in with Benz. Bergdoll
will be dropped from the team. Failing an
agreement Burman will handle Marmon,
IN Mace Of Joe Dawson. who was injured
in practice a few days ago.