Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-05
De PALMA IS WINNER
JOE DAWSON COMES IN SECOND
AND CHANDLER THIRD AT
ELGIN AUTO RACE.
WcToR's TIME is 4::a1:56
italian Covers 800 Miles Without serI-
Gus Accident-Endicott Forced to
Leave Track When Car Bursts
Into Flame.

EIgfn. III, Sept. With one of the
contesting cars on fire on one side of
the track and the militia unable to
keep the throng of spectators from
swarming over the course. Ralph de
Palma finished first In the contest for
the Chicago Automobile club trophy
here Friday.
Joe Dawson, eyer a favorite O.
automobile race fans, took second
place in his Deltal, while Chandler in
a Mason was awarded third place after
a contest in which was exhibited some
of the best racing generalship ever
Witnessed in the west.
There we're no accidents to mar the
sport. with the possible exception of
slight injuries sustained by Harry En-
dicott in his Nyberg car, which burst
into flames on the back stretch.
The driver, accompanied by his
nechanician, was taken to the hos
pita1, where it was said his burns were
trivial and that exhaustion from the
long grind was the principal thing for
which the physicians were treating
him.
After the last signal bomb had left
its wreath of smoke In the cloudless
sky. the rapid explosions OF the racers
as they drew up to the starting line
sent the first thrill through the crowd.
Then, when Dawson in his Deltal, cut
hole through the blue smoke of the
track about him and sped down the
course, the audience which lined the
eight miles OF roadway settled back to
put its blessings upon the favorites.
Dawson was first away, and at inter
walls of thirty seconds Starter Wagner
tapped De Palma, in the Mercer:
Rickenbacker, in the Mason; Wishart.
in Il Mercer; Chandler, in a Mason;
Harry Endicott, in his Nyberg: Null
ford, IL Mason, and Luttreli, ia a
Mercer, and they were off.
The contest settled down to series
of wild spurts, the intervals between
the passing of the cars being marked
by the floating of unfounded rumors OF
wrecks and disaster on other parts of
the track.
milford, Fthe driver with the
SMILE who is always favorite on the
race tracks of the country, dropped
out In the tenth lap when crank
shaft in his Mason broke.
De PaFma's elapsed time for the
whole distance was 171.56 minutes.
which was at an average speed of
66.S miles per hour. Dawson's time
was 1882 minutes, while Chandler
finished third.
The details of the race show that
the contest was one of the finest ex-
hibitions of skillful driving and gen.
eraIship ever seen In the west.
From the tenth lap on it was appar-
emit TO spectators that De Palma and
Dawson were masters Of the field.
Both were driving like wild men and
each seemingly was determined that
the honors of the day should be his.
De Pafna's Mercer and Dawson's Del
tai were fit as fiddle throughout the
long grind and each stopped at the
pits only three times.
The Italians time, 66.8 miles an
hour. while not extraordinary, COM
pares favorably with the 66.1 for the
Illinois trophy race of last season, in
which were entered larger cars and
for a distance of only 200 miles.
Hard luck was encountered by En-
1icOtt and milford The former had
every prospect of winning third money
when his Nyberg, rechristened the
Endicott Special, took fire on the back
stretch and went out The trouble
was caused by leaky feed pipe
Endicott drove race calculated to
win the admiration of the throngs as
sembIed about the course.
Mulford was forced out of the race
In the eleventh lap when his Mason
car developed a broken crank shaft.
Up TO the eleventh lap he had led the
field. The Vanderbilt cup winner
made his first distinct gain in the
race when he passed Edicott in the
first lap.
Milford, after abandoning the race,
displayed a cash over his right eye,
which was dressed in the hospital
tent The driver later reported to F.
f. Edwards. clerk of the course, that
his injury had been caused by a stone
thrown by a small boy from corn
field near the back stretch.
De Palma did not return to the
grand stand to acknowledge plaudits
OF the crowd after the victory flag had
beeen flashed before him