Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-10-03
TETZLAFF FORCED TO Rr
Leads Through First saeNaos
Engine Trouble Stops aim.
WISHART AND ANDERSON NEXT
Remainder of Eight Contestants
Never Have a Chance.
NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR
Time of Winner Averages Sixty-Nine
Miles an Hour, Five Miles an
Hour Slower Than Last
Years Event.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 2-Ralph De
Palma, driving true to the form and luck
which he exhibited at Elgin a month
running Of the classic Vanderbilt cup
automobile race today from a field OF
eight starters over the, new Wauwatosa
road course. His time was 4:20:31.H for
a distance Of 299 miles 2764 feet. This
was at a speed of sixty-nine miles per
hour, or five miles per hour slower than
last years Vanderbilt at Savannah.
De Palma won by forty-two and four
fifths seconds from Hughfe Hughes, driv-
ing a Mercer Special, after Teddy Tetzlaff
had led through the first half Of the race
and then had been forced to withdraw
because Of engine trouble. Spencer Wis
hart, with Mercedes car, was third
Gil Anderson, driving a Stutz, finished
fourth. onl these four cars finished.
Ralph Mulford was eliminated early In
the race by a broken magnetic. Tetslaff
went out after he had acted as pacemaker
for the first $50 miles, because Of the
breaking of the bearings In the driving
shaft of his Fiat car.
Gil Anderson, driving a. Stutz, and
Harry Nelson, with Lozier car, appar-
emily never had chance to win.
Tetxlaff Rides Fast.
Tetzlaff furnished the feature Of the
first portion of the race, frequently aver
aging a speed of seventy-five miles per
hour for repeated laps. He drove the
fastest lap of the day, six minutes six
teen seconds, for the 7.SS-mile course.
A crowd estimated at, more than $4,000
people was ranged around the course.
The race was run without serious acc-
dent although 1t has been said the course
was dangerous.
In addition to the costly Vanderbilt
trophy, DePalma won 5000 in cash from
the promoters of the race meeting, and a
large sum from the manufacturers of ac-
cessories.
Hughes for winning second position In
the race got $1,000 and manufacturers
PRICES - at = -
Wishart took s1,0o0 as his end Of the
purse and GIL Anderson won $780, as
fourth money
De Palma First Away.
Ralph DePalma, with Mercedes
was the first driver sent away when
Starter Wagner started the Vanderbilt
race at II O'Clock. DePalma was followed
closely by Hughie Hughes. Mercer
Special Then Ralph Mulford, Harry Nell
son, Spencer Wlshart Gil Anderson,
George Clark and Teddy Tetzlaff were
sent away at thirty second intervals in
the order named. DePalma drove his
Mercedes around the first lap, 7Ss miles
from standing start, in 6 minutes 81
seconds. Tetzlaff drove the first lap in
c min es 27 seconds, a full half minute
faster than DePalma, and thereupon be-
gan setting killing pace.
Tetzlaff led the field at the end of IS
miles. He had driven that distance at
an average speed of 70 miles an hour.
He was 2 minutes 36 seconds ahead of
his nearest competitor, De Palma, at this
point Spencer Wishart had forged into
third position and was driving hard to
reach De Palma.
Ralph Mulford was put out of the iacc
in the third lap by magnetic trouble in
his Knox special.
Tetzlaff slowed down a trifle in the
sixth and seventh laps, and at the end
Of 70 miles his average speed had been
reduced to IA 7-10 miles an hour. At this
point De Palma lost As seconds changing
tires at the pits and Wishart jumped
into second position.
Tetzlaff Leads First Century.
At the end of 100 miles, or little more
than a third of the entire distance TO DC
raced, Tetzlaff was leading De Palma
by minutes II seconds. Tetzlaff had
driven the 100 miles at an average sreed
of rs 2-5 miles an hour. Wishart hao
dropped back to third place through tire
trouble.
De Palma took second place from
Wishart at the end of 165 miles, and
Hughes also passed Wishart, entering
third position for the first time since the
start.