New-York tribune., 1911-10-10
Philadelphia Amateur Breaks All
Records for Falrmount
Park Auto Race.
CROWDS THRONG COURSE
Quarter Of q Million Spectators
See Gruellirg Contest, with
out a Single Serious
Accident.

pbfIadeInhfa Oct 9.-Averaging more
thor sirtv-one miles an hour FOR the en-
tire distance. Erwin BergdoH q young
PHILADELPHIA amateur automobile driver,
risked his Hfe and won fame to-day ~
capturing the fourth annual 42i2-mile road
race over the Fairmount Park course with
a eO-horsepower Benz. The daring Berg
doll not only lowered the record for the
lap. but also reduced By about eleven min
utes the FaIrmount Park record for the
dlstsnce Of the race. His time was hours
ls minutes A.35 seconds. He reduced the
lap record from minutes g seconds 20 Z
minutes e seconds. for the 81 miles.
Wishart. OF Greenwich. Long Island. an
other amateur driver, finished second in
sO-horsepower Mercedes I'm 3:20.lI4Z Ralph
milford. driving a LoZier. was third, In
2.2i.527s Len Zengle, who won the race
last year. was fourth. in National, in
! 5:Z5 49, SO. and Louis Dis9rOw, also driving
q National. finished in NTH place in
| 3.2S S:2232 Harry Grant a two-time Van
derhIlt cup winner. driving Lozier, was
sixth. in 3:2S:5o37; HuEhie Hughes. IN a
Mercedes. seventh. in 3:29:452o; Gil Ander-
son. In a Stutz, eighth. in i0.23O5, and
/ Derald Herr, ninth, in National IN
| 3:40:S3.S7.
At a meeting late tonight the protest
Of Mulford against Wisnart, who drove the
Mercedes car, was sustained. Dunlop. the
referee. decided that Wishart in his Mer-
cedes drove a portion OF the race without
his mechanician and without adequate
cause. The Mercedes was disqualified. This
makes the Lozier car driven by Milford
take second place in the big race and moves
Len Zengle. in the National, 70 third place
BergdoU received $500 for winning the
race and an additional S.Co0 for being the
fastest car in Division &C OF the classified
ton Of cars under the rules OF the Aneri-
can Automobile Association. Wishart re-
ceived 81 go for the fastest time IN Division
| &C.. Disbrow 5000 for the fastest time in
Division &C. and Hughes $1,000 for the fast
est time in Division &c. There We're no
cars entered in divisions &C and &c.
Other cars that started dropped out as
follows. Fred Betz, In a Fiat. on the third
lap: Charles Basic. in Cole. or the
seventh lap; Joseph JagersbergeT. N q
case. on the sixteenth. George Parker, IN
an Ohio, on the twenty-frst; willie Wal
lace, IN a Mercedes; Ralph de Palma in a
Mercer. and II. s Mathews, in an Ohio
on the twenty-third lap. Most OF these
dropped out from various troubles Only
one OF the cars met with an accident. and
that befeI JagersDerger's. which hit a
telegraph pole and was damaged 70 such an
extent that he was later compelled 20 aban-
don the race. At the time he was Ear in
the rear.
The race was the most SUCCESSFUL yet
held by the Quaker City Motor Club. not
a contestant or a spectator being injsred
while the race was or. It was estimated
by the police that a quarter % million
persons witnessed the stirring race. Iney
were lined along both sides Of the eight
mile course. and We're held n check by
more than twenty-five hundred policemen
and park guards.
Ideal autumn weather prevailed. Follow
Ing the wet weather the sun OF yesterday
and this morning thoroughly dried out the
roads.
The following cars and drivers faced the
starter.