New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
MINIMUM ENTRY LIKELY
FOR BIG ROAD RACES
e,vaonah Wants at Least
'' twelve Cars in Vanderbilt
Cup and Grand Prize.
EXPECTS TO GET THEM
fan Probably Draw Fifteen
from Field That Recently
Competed in Speedway
Race at indianapolis.

=. ice practically been decided by tho
,.r.nnah Automobile club to place min
sntrv list Of twelve entries on the
h nv. and Grand Prize automobile
''I ,or which dates late in November
az, ,.sn selected. That number of first
,ocbines. In the opinion of the rae
y, .,a'r committee Of the organization, VIII be
no ,.ssary TO make an artistic success of
~. contests over the famous Chatham
c...,tv circuit. and the expectation is
~, esIds of that size can be secured
-l,hout the slightest trouble.
uorvev Granger, president Of the club,
MAYOR George W. Tiedemann, who
- always been an active supporter Of
S,;rs that help to advertise the old
S.',,hern city. visited New York during
-. week. and both expressed the belief
~, the races Of 1918 will compare in
80 and interest with those OF 1908, 1910
"a lqll. The Grand Prize. as in the past,
IN he g free-for-all. while the classic
v.,5srbnt Cup will he open 10 cars Of $50
,,,bes piston displacement, the limita-
~, placed in the recent Speedway race
:. Indianapolis. The Savannah Automo-
nile Club members would prefer, in fact,
:, restrict the Grand Prize TO 450-inch
..-s hut they Will be unable 10 do so.
Although no concerted effort to obtain
entries for the two road contests will be
made until the running Of the Elgin races,
u.ssrs. Tiedemann and Granger did some
Missionary work while they were in the
,i-v and have assurance Of number Of
.otriss. The European representative OF
he club is also at wor- abroad. and it is
soped that the foreigners will see the ad-
yantages 10 be gained from making a
GOOD showing in Americas greatest road
RACES
From the field Of cars Of $50 inches and
urder which recently competed in the 5o)-
mile Speedway race, the Savannah people
teieve that the Vanderbilt Cup will draw
the three MERGERS, three Stutzs, three
Masons. the winning Peugeot, which is
low reported 10 be owned by Ralph Null
ford. as well as the one that was raced
BY Zuccareln; the Mercedes knight,
which finished NTH, the Mercedes driven
BY milford, the Keeton, the Henderson
and at least one Of the trio Of Case ma
ealnes. That would make a field Of fif-
teen, easily enough TO make a spectacular
race over a course only ll.A miles in
length.
Mr. Granger also had a talk while in
this city with the local management Of
the Isotta Company relative TO the entry
Of the three cars which, through lack Of
practice, made such a disappointing
showing at indianapolis. Mr.. Thurber, the
manager. has written 10 the factory ask
ing for permission 10 put the cars in con-
dition for the Savannah races, and he
hopes for a favorable reply The entire
natter, he says. is up to the parent con-
geIn
The cars and drivers are entitled 10 an
opportunity 70 show 10 better advantage,
Mr. Thurber said a day or two ago. If
We had had an opportunity 70 drive any
one Of them even 80 miles in practice We
could not have failed 20 discover that the
building Of the gasolene tanks integral
With the body was a mistake. The wnole
trouble lay in that, and II the home com
iany will authorize the entry Of the cars
al Savannah we will build new bodies
and 90 after the honors."
While the Grand Prize race will be
open to cars UP to COO inches. Mr.. Gran
ger expects II 70 attract the entries Of
nearly all the cars that Will try for the
Vanderbilt Cup. The only cars Of large
size that are In shape for racing are the
three Flats which raced. one of them
winning. In the last Grand Prize. These
cars are now on the Pacific Coast. He
does not know anything about the condi-
ton Of the Benz machines that were en-
tered at that time Mr.. Granger points
out however, that Ralph Mulford's Lo-
Ter, winner OF the Vanderbilt Cup in 1910,
cane back three days later and forced
the big Flats to their limit until he
cropped out close TO the end Of the race.
The Ro-inch cars. he thinks, are quite
capable Of attaining as much speed as
anything else that will be entered for in
leEnatonal hopors.
The couFse Is in such condition. Mr..
granger said, that we would be perfectly
wiling 70 stage the race next week II
need be. The drivers will find the short
shed circuit as nearly perfect as the
courses previously used. Unfortunately,
me big new hotel will not be ready by
NE end Of November. but Savannah Will
Do as ready and willing as ever 10 look