Arizona republican., 1911-01-02
Phoenix To Tucson In Three
 Hours and 45 Minutes THE ELMORE TURNS TURTLE
Norris, the Driver, Is Very Slightly Injured Hud- son Finished Second, With the Pope Hartford Third-Eleven In Run.

Tucson, Ariz.. January l. (Special) Covering the 12O miles between Phoenix and Tucson in the remark able time of three hours and 45 min utes, the Case car, owned by the ! Tempe Auto company and driven by 1 F. W. BrOng. yesterday won the siI- yer trophy cup offered by the Tue son Citizen. The Hudson, owned by the Pope-HartfOrd garage of Phoe- nix, was second while Dr. Francis H. RedewilFs Pope was third. The FL more, driven by Roland Norris, turp- ed turtle four miles out of Tucson and was smashed up so badly that it will not be in the track races today. Norris was slightly hurt while Wal McCann, his mechanician, was unin- jured
 Two cars got stuck in the mud of the Santa Cruz river They were ] pr. Redewilrs Pope and George Pur- dy Bullard's Buick, the latter a car that was not making any effort to win the cup At the time it got stuck the Pope was thirty minutes ahead of the Case. While Stephen son, the driver. and Ellery Tremaine, the mechanician. were hauling the ! car out of the mud. the Hudson, driv- en by Joe Green with Art Gage as l mechanician, passed them and sped into Tucson, taking second place. The Pope would have been last of ! the four principal starters had not the EImore met with an accident. while the Elmore would have been second. Norris was driving at a fast clip when one side of the Fillmore dropped [ a he s-fl road. A rear tire was torn off and the car went over. Norris and Me Cam were both thrown out and the machine was totally wrecked. though not beyond repair. It was hauled in- to Tucson Tn freight wagon early in the evening The Elmore is so possibly go into the speedway races. The Pope and Case, however, will do so.
 Considering the road. BrOng's time is considered most remarkable. He had no trouble whatever. making the run with scarcely a stop. The Hud- son also got through without trouble
 Eleven Phoenix autos and about forty Phoenicians are in Tucson to- night. The machines of w. D. Ire E4- IT.. COG came over the course Saturday while the other eight made the trip yesterday. w. K. James, with George Mintz as his mechanician, Mrs James and their son, Heighton, as passengers. came in about nine D. m-. Phoenix time. Disregarding all speed ordinances. MT James opened his Cadillac up to the first speed and swept into Tucson at the rate of six miles an hour Several cy- clists went out a few miles to locate the James party and returned with the news that the Cadillac was on the way. This information reliev- ed the fears of friends of the James family and of Mechanician Mintz, who feared that James had burned out his bearings.
 The drivers who will pilot the cars entered in tOmOrrOw's track races held a meeting tonight and made their final arrangements The speed fest will begin promptly at nine O. clock tomorrow morning. All the Phoenix drivers are confident that their respective cars will show up We'll in the various events.
 Following is the order in which the cars arrlVed; Phoenix time: Case, 10:35; Cadillac. Unregistered 1:52; Hudson, 2:05: Pope, 2:25.
 Only four of the five special en- tries for the Tucson road race start ed from The Republican office yes terday morning. At the last mo- ment the Stoddard- Dayton. owned by Teeter Bros. of Tempe, was with drawn.
 At o'clock the Case car. which had drawn first place, was given the signal by Charles R. Green. busi- ness manager of The Republican. and sped away to TsISsOs. and victory. The Pope left at 7:15, the Elmore at 7:2O and the Hudson not till $40.
 Numerous rumors reached Phoenix during the day but the first authentic information was received last even ing bV The Republican