New-York tribune., 1911-10-10
'BERGDOLL DRIVES AT
MILE A MINUTE TO WIN

No. l5-Fiat ...........................F Fra -,
30 lu-Natlon1l ...-...... .....-... Louis r5eiet
No l7-Mercedes ..-.-........... Spence Wi,s.r
NO Is Mercedes -s.-..-..... Willie 49,
30. I car was withdrawn becausa
Oldfeld. its driver. whose car killed 4laT..
persons ct Syracuse several weeks ~
took 20 heart the criticism aimed a,s,,..
him here for entering another race so ,o.'
after that accident
The sixteen cars entered got ava, 80.
o'clock The first car sent or bv r. ,,.
ton Gantert. the starter. was a Nat,
guided by Len Zengle. who won he .aet
last year IN a Chadwick machine. Twe.
~ seconds after Zengle shot away Rsl,h
Muilord. IN q LOzier went speeding i.
and he was followed IN another ,ws,-,
seconds by Charles Basic iu q Cole ~
the rest followed az twenty-second f,,,.
walls Zengle was the first around =.
( course IN minutes 81 seconds. He w,.
closely followed by Mulford The reoo.s
for the 10 miles IS minutes q s,.-
onds. Bergdoll came around in r,,,r,..
| 81 seconds. which was new record
Not content with breaking the cou,..
! figures In the first lap. the dsrads-g'
| Bergdoll came around on the second H.,
with another new record-7 r-,rY,s,
/ 28 seconds. At the end Of the afth D.,
/ or Oue-ffth OF the race. Bergdou VA.
/ leading HIS time was 3s minutes 10 ..,.
! onds Wishart. IN a Mercedes. was sac.
ond. IN 90 minutes "a seconds. and MI.
| ford. In n Lozier. third. IN 30 minutes q,
! seconds Up % that time there was u,,i.
/ trouble among the cars. except that Frsa
Betz, IN a Fiat, had some difficulty with N,
! spark plug
AS the cars spun around and arogns
| Bergdoll continued 20 he the sensation 4
] the race. He passed car after car and d,
| the seventh lap equailed the new record \.
| made on the second lap. 7.28. His time 70,
&c 10 miles was $3.50. averaging sixty.,v.
miles an hour
The finish of the tenth lap found Be-r.
doh IN his Benz still showing the way Hls
time for eightv-One miles was 7e.F. Fs
was then minutes 2S seconds ahead oi
last years time FOR ten laps. Mulfo-d IN
Lozier. was second ar 7s.s. Wlshart. n
Mercedes. was third time 7e.S7. and Grant.
the two-tirne Vanderbilt cup winner, wa
fourth, in s1.l3
With half Of the race finished BergioI
was leading by a good margin. His aver.
age time FOR the first half OF the race was
GO lilo miles an hour Bergdolrs tine 20,
thirteen laps was 10 minutes g seconds.
Milford. IN a I.ozier. was second. hts tina
being 1O2 minutes fat The first half of tha
race was free from accidents. and few cara
had 10 stop az the pits Only two cars
] s-es T. A
/ mlles-a Benz, guided by Fred Betz. a
amateur driver Of Philadelphia, and Cole.
driven by Charles Basle. Both had engine
trouble.
Ralph Mulford by a great spurt on ths
fourteenth lap shot by Bergdon and few
past the stand first, but he did not get tia
lead from the flying BergdoA who hnishet
his fourteenth lap IN 1913 Mul,ords tine
being 1880. u was q magnificent race Be-
| tween these two speed kings. on the ats
teenth lap Bergdou let out his big car ard
passed Milford, passing the stand Ies
/ seconds ahead OF the Lozier driver.
Both Bergdou and Mulford stopped 100
supplies for the first time close 10 thG
Anisb line OF the seventeenth lap. Mulfori
took on a tire and Bergdol Oh, gaso.ens
and water. There was great exhibitor
OF team work by the men 90 the pits Tie
| Mulford men We're the quickest ard "a
/ Lozier got away again first Wishart' De-
| cause OF this stop. took the lead. The tof
leaders at the end OF the seventeenth la'
were. WYshar-. Mercedes. i4ls. Bersdoi-
Benz. 1s4:4s. Muhord Lozier. D5is, Zengs
| National 1878
/ An unusual feature Of this race was ta'
tire eouinmenu. Every car driven "-.i
noss-olv one exception. was dtted VIZ
NicheIin tires. They won. as -Su@'
! This uniformity OF equipment IS the h"''
/ notable because AIichel!n tires are hs'si
: GIVEN away. loaned or sold AZ special pIl'"
/ cor racing.