Omaha daily bee., 1912-10-06
OMAHA SUNDAY
DEPALMA SERIOUSLY INJURED
Car 0verturns in Desperate Finish of
Grand Prix Auto Race.
CALEB BRAGG FINISHES IN LEAD
Wealthy Young Cincinnati Driver
Wins International Heavy Car
Cotest Afer Sensational
Last Lap Brush,

MILWAUKEE. Oct. 5.-Caleb Bragg, 9
wealthy young Cincinnati driver, today
won the fourth International Grand Priz
automobile road race with Fiat ca,
after sensational last lap brush, in
which Ralp DePalma's Mercedes car was
overturned and DePalma and his mechani.
clan, Tom Alley, were seriously injured
Bragg captured the race from field
OF twelve starters, which included the
country's most widely known drivers OF
heavy cars Only six Of the twelve
starters finished.
Bragg's speed average for the race was
6I.S miles an hour, as against the late
David Bruce-Browns average of "A. "a
miles an hour in last years Grand Prix
even at Savannah, Ga. He covered the
distance of 400 miles, 4,61S feet in five
hours, fffty-nine minutes and twenty-five
! seconds.
| With the elimination of Tetzlaff by q
minor accident to his Fiat car at the 2A-
mile post, the race settled to q driving
duel between Bragg and DePalma- The
latter led Bragg for only four laps How
ever. when DePalma jumped into second
place with Tetzlafrs withdrawal, he was
eight minutes back Of Bragg. He trailed
at about that distance for more than
eighty miles. Then In the last fifty miles
DePaima started at terrific sprint
which resulted in his car being over
turned in the last five-mile stretch of the
race.
The winner drove heady, consistent
race. never being further back than third
place at any stage OF the long grind.
He was in the lead through thirty laps
OF the fifty-two-lap contest. For the
first eighty miles Teddy Tetzlaff led the
Held, but Bragg and De Palma were
almost on top of Tetzlaff all the time.
After hurried examination at one of
the hospital tents ON the course, sur
geons said DePalma and Alley had suf-
fered broken legs and severe bruises.
but that neither seemed to be in a fatal
condition. The injured men then were
taken to Trinity hospital.
At Trinity hospital, where De Palma
and Alley were rushed for medical aid,
it was said that De Palma, in addition
to suffering from broken limbs, suffered
puncture of the abdomen and is In a
serious condition. Alley is said to have
suffered a broken shoulder.
Bragg. as his part of the 10000 purse,
received 5000. Erwin Bergdoll of Phila-
delphia, who drove Benz car into sec
ond place after a pretty fight with GIL
Anderson for the last sixty miles Of the
race, received $500 Bergdoils average
speed for the race was 6561 miles per
hour Gil Anderson, who finished third
with a Stutz car, the only American
made car to remain through the race, got
$3.50 as his end. His average speed was
65.55 miles per hour.
Barney Oldfield, who finished fourth
with Fiat car at an average speed of
s4.75 miles per hour, took $3.50 as fourth
money.
George Clark, who was still driving his
Mercedes with one more lap to go when
Oldfield finished, was tagged by Starter
Wagner and awarded $500 as fifth money.
Bob Burman who had taken Joe Hor-
ans place at the wheel of Benz car
In the last fifty miles of the race, was
tagged with three laps still to go.