New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
Ne PALMA ELUDES
HOODOO At LAST
soeeds to Victory in ElgIn
National and -for-AlI
Auto Races.
BERGDOLL THE RUNNER-UP
German Driver Makes Furious
Pace in Early Rounds, but
Tire Blowout Forces
Him to Drop Behind.
fBy relesraph 20 The Tribunc. J

ilgh powered cars III I"dN 80 .
De Palma to-day eluded his 100000
plotting L. ]. schroeder's so-horsepo"er
,ercedes. tho Italian-Amer.can star van
on,shed q field that scintillated with class
N the ElHn free-for-all al SOS miles, IN
c,dentsny picking up the minor honors IN
the Elgin national trophy even; al -
,,ie. fits average speed in the longer
,sce was seventy miles an hour
mach I'm 1910 De Palma's hard luck ne
avn, proyerbial when. with lead oil TWO
.,,r,,es over Bruce-Brown, cylinder OF
-. F3at car cracked in the Grand Irizc
.o.. az Savannah. when ne mad less than
,vsnty-fve miles TO 90 out OF total OF
AZ Again. on Memorial Day Of this year
n. had A lead Of twelve minutes ana only
%, miles 10 go IN the Indianapolis Speed
..ay sv,eepstakes. which paid the winner
,,o,. than 10000 In cash prizes when his
.,slne died. and no was unable even 10
finish. ,..
So to-day, when Ralph had thousands
=, friends roofing for him, there were
fAw who expected that he would De aoie
a. escape the hard luck. Even when MS
ray Mercedes appeared at the heau %
the stretch on It's final laps IN the TWO VIZ
race. of the day the crowd IN inc s'si'uS
op,yered with apprehension lest some
thing happen 10 prevent his reaching inc
rne that meant victory
In both rounds. however, his motor "'''
cumming raerrily as the car hashed P"s'
tina Judges. Tonight the Elgin eh'hus..
sst, are predicting that De rama VIA
"o,.ar IN" the big field OF stars that VIII
,n,o,a him IN the VANDERBILT Cup ana
Grand Prize races at NIWauh'e '"0
weeks hence. ,.. o..
rh,csgo and the other cities adjacent 10
,,s Flain circuit sent al enormous cio"u
an, 10 witness the struggles OF INC speeu
Kings. The throng that saw the opeH'He
events of the carnival on friday was
u,ts,lv scupsed by the outpouring tha'
nrl,zea every means Of transportation u
- ,ha sides of the smooth highway
over which the racers thuhoeleu.
far a slight touch OF fall In the an CON
st,ons were practically perfect ana ~
ga. GENERALLY predicted that e%troh'e'S
b,ah spsed figures would be hung out
Ths two race. we're run simultaneously
the Elcin National being simp!! d" iii'o'
r,sdlste distance IN the larger so"o'"'
,.r-oyer,ed by the frec-for.an. SIX cars
..ar,aa IN tho free-for-an. az ''b mheS'
=, follows: Knox, Milford; Meroeo -
Crarr. Fiat Hearne. Benz, .beTsooh'
Mercer, Hughes, and MeTcedes' DS
-Four OF these, Milford, Clark hueiV9
and Dc Palma, were also cohtehuihS IU'
the intermediate distance honors' me IL
at, National. in which these addluoha1
cor. started.' Mason. Roberts. STUFF AN
0ar.or. stutz. Merz, and Mercer, WIS
hart .,,ro
Tbs only serious accident IN the entire
"a, q, contests was when George Clark OF
Dauas lost control Of his Mercedes auu
=, r,nnge6 through a buffer Of baled nay
piled al the sharp Hornoeck turn. ino
machine also went through fence osiol'
4, p,,sd up. q tangle OF steel IN o coi"'
e.Id Clark and his mechanic Aalohe'
rs,s yemoyed 10 e hospital In a SERIOUS
eo,d,t,on. although II is not eHpee'eo 'ii'i'
either will die. a. Lnl
vron, the start Bergdon set out 10 MI
90 "a oor,antion by setting iremshuou9
maze He tried out the speed OF w ~
:, oovsrpg the second lap at
.sv,nty-fve miles an hour ana ar. .,'. We
,shoueh ne dropped his speed s''shHS 49,. -
-, ~. antire Aeid extended 10 the nm
- within striking distance bsio
:. srn,e De Palma, handling ms car
..a-,v fashion. and Ralph Muiiofu' ~
A.. ,,neel NJ a Knox, were IN ciose o.
,.ssarce. and nearly all the others
- -, gr,miy despite the STRAIN
nv... ,hs FIRST hundred miles coVefeu
Reygdou was LEADING haNHs and
more than seventy-one Mules al ~ ~. "a a,
n. pairoa was close behind MIN 80
:. che seven other ears remai'his :"
,.,o ,aces was only seven minutes
- ,hat nothing could be SAID 10 s'oio Wv
as a probable winner. IL. Y1rghie
Nearing the end OF 80 miles, 'iNe'''5
yughes's little Mercer. OF when 'iluon w.
49, ovnscteA. and which had maze me
,houtpg no TO that time, was iofceu OUT
Al ,ha rsoe when a bearing burned out
A, 40 miles Bergdoil, with an average
Of more than seventy miles WIS e'.
leading. and the free-for-all had teso'''u
itself into q three-cornered race pet"es"
the Phladelphisn, dc Palma, ana Aiu'ioro'
With the last named pair heading inc
Geld OF the Elgin National
When the Elgin fnish was TeacHeu ~
was De Palma who showed the way Null
tord taking second. Merz third hoperus
fourth and Anderson Nth. DE fainni
and Milford whizzed along In pursuit OF
Dergdoll, the others having finished their
days work. Toward the end of the race
Milford suffered from faintness, and was
obliged TO quit his car, leaving II in care
Chandler, his mechanic. This left the
two leading cars to fight out the issue.
Leaving the stand on the next 20 last
lap Bergdoll was enjoying slight lead,
~ or that round a tire blew out. The
FIRST Of the pair TO catch the flag ON the
hnai round OF the course was DE Palma
Knowing that ne had finally achieved the
lead. the Mercedes pilot pushed his racer
10 the limit In the run home. making
nearly the fastest lap of the day. min
utes 40 seconds. for the eight and quar-
ter miles.
AS was me case on Friday the longest
" cohqlton OF the roads leading 10 the
epeuit caused fatality An automobile
VNheo and driven by II. y. Landon yas
uues by an interurban electric car near
,"nse'on' I-andon was killed. and his
sue. ana another relative were probably
fatally injured. Y0''''
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