El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-21
MANY AUTOMOBILES DISABLED IN
RACES At JUhREZ TRACK SUNDAY
Three Go Through the Fence and Others Hit Posts or
Meet With Minor Accidents Thousands Attend
the Races Motorcycle, Harness and
Novelty Races Between Times

Excitement as great as a battle in
Juarez was afforded by the auto
mobile races at the Juarez track
Sunday afternoon The largest CROWD
that has ever attended any kind Of q
race at the track was in attendance
and stayed through TO the finish Two
hundred automobiles were lined up al
the entrance. Although there We're sew
eral serious accidents, no one was Sc
r5ously injured. Two cars were wrecked
and others damaged
From the spectators standpoint the
raost exciting race was the 10-mile one
ia which four owners drove their own
cars In this race, John Andreas, Just
starting on his eighth lap, crashed into
the fence, and with his mechanlclan,
was thrown out, but neither was IN
jured. The car was only slightly dam
aged
ia a Studebaker with which he maze
the 10 miles in 10 minutes and IS sec
Onds. T. F. Wisen an, driving Dayton
PhillipS'S Ford, was pushing him Tor
the place all through the race The
American car. driven by Andreass made
a fast race. but went through the fence.
Andreas got a bad start, due to gear
shifting. @. p. Saniff came in third IN
his HupmObile- He was running fourth
until the American took the fence
There was some protest against An
d7eas driving the car which had pre-
viOuslv been driven in the 5U-mile race,
but he cOntended that 1t was his and
was finally allowed TO enter It. he was
slow on the start and EtOSeDOrO, who
took the lead when the signal for the
start was given, maintained II to the
erd, going around the track eight
times with Betsy
There were two spills IN the 5O-mlle
race and many minor accidents. N r
Raymond, driving the Apperson Jack
Rabbit. and his mechanician, Charlie
clip on the off front wheel broke. The
car turned completely around and the
men were thrown through the fence at
the six fuTlOng post The car was badly
damage and the fence was broken,
but neither of the men was seriously
Injured Raymond sustained some Sc
we're bruises
Near the same point, a few seconds
later, Charles SWitzer, driving the
Buick go" and Ray Smokes. his
mechanician, were thrown violently out
while going at clip OF % miles an
hour. This accident happened but Is or
% yards from the other one and both
men were thrown violently out and
through the fence. The front axle
broke in two, one wheel was torn of
and the machine turned around fac
ing south The radiator and dash were
also smashed Both men walked across
the grounds to the grand stand and
Eeither was hurt They claimed that
the American car. driven by BOyce
Cromer finally won the race IN one
hour. one minute and 20 seconds. Billy
AdOlph, driving a StudeDaker go, was
second. and E. +. Wiseman in Dayton
PhiIIips's Ford "2O,' was third
There was some discussion on the
track, however, andt II has continued
today, as to whether the Ford was not
second. Several men who kept tab on
the cars, claim that the Ford was a lap
ahead Of the Studebaker- Friends OF
the Studebaker as inSistently claim
that this is a mistake, however
The various drivers protested, claim
ing that they had been fOuled several
times by the American car. However,
the claim was not allowed by the
judges and the American was awarded
first prize
Lew Gasser's Packard, driven by
John Hutchins, led the race most Of the
time, but broke one Of its spark plugs
and had to finish on three cylinders
This machine had been far in the lead
up to the time Of the accident, having
lapped the other cars. It stopped for
attention near the finish Of the race
and one Of the attendants, throwing
water on the radiator, got the water