El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-07
TETZLlFF WINS RACE At PHOENIX
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60-horse power, front drive Christie
ear
New Motorcycle Record.
The motorcycle record for. the world
for ten miles was also broken at the
fair yesterday by Curly Thomas. on
an Excelsior He made it in gil SIS.
simplex Wins First Money.
All events Of the day were motor
cycle and automobile events. The first
event for automobiles was for the cars
that ran in the FL PasO and Phoenix
races The two ''firsts" were both en-
tered-the Simplex from FL Paso and.
the LOcomObile from Los Angeles.
Neither took first place, however. in
the race. First was won by a Simplex
from Los Angeles driven by ". H Carl
son, who made the Is miles-fifteen
times around the track in 1854 2-5.
Second in the race was the MarmOn,
which finished second at Phoenix in
the Los Angeles race It was driven by
G. Ball and negotiated the Is turns
around the track in 1906 1-2. A Buick,
driven by Henly Ellis. also from Los
Angeles, was third Time; 1918. The
FL PasO Simplex did not come within
the money and finished fourth. its time
being 1874 for the IS miles. Jed New
kirk, who pilOted IT in the race from FL
PasO to Phoenix, was at the wheel la
the track event
Entered for this race originally were
c. P. Henry's Cadillac, W J. Rand's
Chalmers 40" but Rand's car was
overturned on the road and the Henry
car had broken spring and could not
be put into shape for the race.
Minister Races in Car.
The Ford, which c. D. Evans, Of
Phoenix, drove in the EI Paso to PhOe-
nix race, was entered for another 10
mile race, but it came in fourth and its
time was not given The car winning
this event was a Mercer, driven by Ben
Buxton, and the time was 1850 for the
Is miles The Ford that finished in
the Los Angeles to Phoenix race, also
4 Ia
ing a time Of 1906 2-5. Tony Work
mans Chalmers &C. Abe Aguilar's
HupmObile and Teel and SWitzer' Buick
go" from FL PasO, were entered for
this race, but none Of them arrived in
Phoenix, all having met with accidents
on the road. The Ford which finished
third IN this race was owned ana en-
tered by Rev. E. P Schnack, a minister
Of Los Angeles, and he drove it.
Big Race a Classy Evenr.
In the big 50 mile event StOckard
and Church had entered their Buick t.
Mic Depeder had entered his Mercer and
w. J. Rand had entered his Chalmers
40, but they all broke down on the
road This big race was the cassiest
event of the day and 20 many hundreds
OF minds, the claSslest thing Of the
fair, for with five world renowned
speed kings, much was expected The
track was very dirty and it was often
hard to see the cars for the dust Even /
under SUCH handicap however, the 50 /
miles were covered in so minutes, SIS
and As seconds
Tedy TetzIaff, the Winner.
Teddy Ietzlaff won the race, in /
Cyclone" Fiat He took the lead at /
the start and held Il to the finish. Felix |
MagOne, in a Stutz, got off second and 4
kept the position throughout the fifty /
mile grind Louis Nikrent In a Mercer !
held third place throughout the race. /
Barney Oldfield got off behind and 1
stayed there Frank Werbeck in a Fiat /
20, got off fourth, but only covered a 4
few laps, when he pulled out All the I
drivers realized that Tetzlaff had the /
best car.
OldffeId's Hard Luck.
Oldfield admitted this before he went /
on the track and said that he only ex-
pected to get within the money His /
Renault has just been rebuilt and is
MorkLng stiff IN the Joints EnwaEar l