Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-10-02
WYOMING CONVICTS LYNCH A
negro AFTER OVERPOWERING
THE PENITENT|ARY GUARDS
RALPH DEPAlMA Wins
The VANDERBILT CUP
WINNER OF THE ELGIN NATIONAL
TROPHY is AGAIN A
VICTOR.

ma, driving Mercedes car, won the
race for the Vanderbilt cup on the
Wauwatosa track today. He covered
the 299 miles, 2,b74 feet, in A hours,
| 20 minutes and IA seconds.
Tih swas an average speed Of SO
miles an hour, or five miles an hour
slower than Ralph Mulfords time in
last years Vanderbilt race at Savan-
nah. Hughie Hughes, Mercer, was
second, AZ As seconds behind De Pal
ma. and Spencer Wishart Mercedes,
third. Hughes averaged 6S As miles
an hour.
Eight drivers, with their mechani-
clans and cars, lined up on the new
Wauwatosa road race course today for
/, the start at II o'clock of the eighth
Vanderbilt cup automobile race. The
drivers were scheduled to race ap-
proximately 299 miles or 3S times
around the 7.SS mile course for fame,
costly trophy and $4,000 in cash
prizes.
The field of drivers included Ralph
Mulford, winner of last years Wander
bilt event at Savannah; Teddy Tetz-
laff, the Californian who set new road
records over the Santa Monica course,
and Ralph De Palma, winner Of this
years EIgin national AMI free-ior-asl
races. Mulford was at the wheel Of
Knox car, Tetzlarf trove Fiat ant
De Palma a Mercedes.
The killing of David Bruce-Brown of
New York during yesterdays tuning
up trials has renewed hostility toward
the course, exhibited ten days ago
when the race program was postpon-
ed. Several Of the drivers insisted
that the track was too narrow, that
the roadbed was not sufficiently ma
tured" and that it held unexpected soft
spots. The advance sale of tickets
indicated a crowd of between $4,000
and 10000 people
Ralph De Palma, with a Mercedes,
was the first driver sent away when
Starter Wagner started the Vanderbilt
race at II O'Clock De Palma was fol
lowed closely by Hughie Hughes Mer-
Ger special. Then Ralph Mulford Har-
ry Nelson, Spencer Wishart, GIL An
derson, George Clark and Teddy Tetz-
laff were sent away at 30 second in
tervals in the order named.
De Palma made the first lap, iso
miles from a standing start in min
utes 81 seconds.
Tetzlaff drove the first lap in 81
minutes .27 seconds and thereupon be-
gan setting a killing pace. Tetzlaff
was in the lead at the end of 55|
miles, driving at an average speed
of rs miles an hour. He was 2 minutes
36 seconds ahead of De Palma. Spen-
Ger Wishart was third.
At the end of 100 miles or little
more than third of the entire dis
tance, Tetzlaff was leading De Palma
BY five minutes, seconds. Tetzlarf
had driven the 100 miles at an aver
age speed Of 75 2-5 miles an hour.
Wiaharf had dropped back to third
place through tire trouble.
Teddy Tetzlaff, after leading for
more than 200 miles in the race for
the Vanderbilt cup, burned out the
engines in his big Fiat car in the
twenty-sixth lap and was forced toI
Withdraw from The race De Palma
then took the lead, closely pressed
by Hughes.
At 23O miles De Palma led Hughie
Hughes by only one minute 80 sec
onds Wishart was in thord place,
two minutes back Of Hughes. De Pal
mas average speed for that distance
was So miles an hour
At $50 miles De Palma led Hughes
by As seconds with 49 miles yet to go
to finish the race.
De Palma continued to lead Hughes
at the end Of 2s5 miles with only 14
miles to go. Hughes was IS seconds
behind De Palma