The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-01
De PALMA WINS BOTH
ELG|N ROAD RACES
Ralph Mulford, Overcome by
Heat, Faints at Wheel and
Mechanician Runs Car.

ELGIN. H., Aug. 31.-Raiph De Palma,
driving 9Ohorsepowcr Mercedes. swept
the boards In the Elgin races today He
took both the 254-mile Elgin National
trophy race and the sos -mile free-for-
all event. after Erwin Bergdoll and Ralph
Mulford had been put out OF the running
by hard luck
De Palma drove the last lap Of his last
race In 6:i?, the fastest lap OF the day.
His time for the Elsin was 3:4s:2s. and
for the 305-rnile event 4:i5:3e,
Only three cars finished In the free
for~all Bergdoll. who led with his Benz up
to the last lap and who lost the race by
burning up a tire at the last moment.
was second. Ralph Muford's Knox
six was brought home third by VIII
liam Chandler. Multord's mechanIcian.
after Mulford suffered Il heat stroke and
tainted at the wheel.
Mulford had finished second In the Ell
gin National race. in which Charles Nerz
winner OF yesterdays Illinois trophv- wa
third; Mortimer Roberts. Mason special,
Fourth. and Gill Anderson. Stuts NTH
DC Palma averaged "A speed OF sixty
eisht miles In the first race, and In the
last SIX laps Of the second race showed
this average up to seventy miles an hour.
The only serious accident occurred i'm
the third lap OF the Elgin National race.
when George Clark OF Dallas Tex, drove
his Mercedes through a bunker of baled
hay and through p fence at Hornbeeks
turn. Clark and his meclancan. Ma
lone We're Injured. but tonight it was
said that both will recover Clarks car
was completely wrecked
By his double victory De Palma r. the riupsr
OF ZOO prize money and about twice that amount
10 other awards
In the Elgin trophy Ralph Milford, driving
> hno3. "nS second: aorz, IN a Stu,r. wos third,
,oooeFss. 10 IN Mason. vas fourth. aud Anderson
borsdoli driving Benz. was second In In.
ree-for-sli while Nuford's Knox. driven az
'ns hnish by Billy Chandler. was third.
Inc Two raccs gcrc Hmuita ncousiv Tbs
drivers entered for both rsces started In both
at the onmc time. Tho rnr that finished ,ns
25i miles 1rst was the winner o, tho cr-in
tered In tho FREQ -for-aII race az well. th.
driver Kept on going until the Ionsor race should
The AnIsh OF both rnccs was spsetacul,r ard
tire troubles. duo to excessive heat had much
10 do with naming the winners. At the open
Ing OF the Inst lap In each race nobody could
predict tho winner with any ccrtainty In rhs
Elgn trophy auiford'g Knox had passed ne
ralma In the Mercedes and both e1pcrIsuc-
ING Tire trouble De Palmn had the better
luck and finally by less than three min
n'es. Continuing In the frec-for- all. Dc Palms
oyer'ook tho last Tying Bcrgdoll in the Benz
nnd again the question OF tiros settled the cou-
Borsdoli stopped a, the pit With one lap 10
20 and Do PaIun's luck Eustniaed him us
defeated Bcrgdoll b. four minutes aud -rfty-,wo
seconds. Meanwhile Mulford in a Knox. who
had made tho fastest lap Of the dag sud had
captured second place In the EIgIn trophy rnce
experienced sunStrose and was lifted from
me car Multord states that he did not know
that ho had taken any place In The .Hrrt racs
after driving four laps In semi com SC louspes-
HIS mcchanician finally discovered hts condition
and asked the referee To name q substitute
driver. -
Billy Chandler replaced Mutord and took third
place in tho trec-for- all Chandler had a similar
experience In race az Tacoma two months
ago.
While tho high powered foreign cara we're hxht-
Ing for stellar honors and the blk Knox W.,
giving them battle. a trio OF Ame-i.
can carr Was making them track fast. Merr In
A Stutz; Roberts, IN Mason and Anderson
IN a Stutz, all averaged better than sixtv-thres
miios an hour and aadeI much To the excite
mcnt OF o pleasant days racing The wcatLe,
was perfect and larse audience witnessed the
races
De PaIma's equipped wfth MlcheIin
tires all OF the cara which finished
except Bcrgdolls Benz. which was fitted wIt,i
Flick tires. Tho only serious accident Of the
rscc, aside from Mulford'E surstroke was ,hs
dstching OF Clsgk'S Mercedes. Clark and his
mechanic dashed Into n pile os bsled hay
Sustaining cuts in The face and body