Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-12
Thomas, Ford, Chevrolet
900" Maxwell, Kincaid,
Metz, Simplex Some of
Machines Tetzlaff Passed
on the Road

You have heard the story of the
race and the names of the winners
have been inscribed on the banners
of victory.
You have heard the story of the
winners but have you heard the story
of the losers-the story of the men
who tried so hard and failed.
There was only one way to learn
these stories of the failures, and that
was to follow the men on their siren
uous journey across almost seven
hundred miles of desert and noun
tains. This was the course followed
by the Maxwell press car, which,
plotted by Teddy Tetzlaff, the greatest
Roman of them all, followed the rae
ing cars on their long journey from
Los Angeles.
TetzlaffS car was not a racer That
is, it was not intended for such 1t
was a regular stock touring car, and
carried three passengers all of the
time and an extra couple part of the
time. 1t was used primarily as a
press car. and when not employed in
that capacity was either a Red Cross
wagon rescuing the cars in trouble or
was setting the pace for the smaller
cars.
The first car to drop out was the
Thomas. which hit telephone pole a
few miles out of Los Angeles. The
driver was injured, but the mechan-
ician found a helper and piloted the
car himself into Barstow, although
he had only half a steering gear and
his front axle was badly bent. After
reaching Barstow, however, he decided
that the car would not hold together
much longer, so reluctantly gave up
the race. 1t would be hard to find
finer example of gameness and
craftsmanship than this.
About a hundred miles from Bar
stow. the Ford, which had been run
ming in great shape up to this time,
burned out the universal joint 1t
was impossible to get another part,
so the Maxwell "25" started on its
Red Cross work and carried the crew
into Needless
The next car to go out was the
Maxwell I, which broke a rear axle
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Carlson was making great fight to
get in the lead when he skidded into
a rock on rounding a turn. AS soon
as the Press Car came up Tetzlaff
went to his relief, but it was a hope
less case, so Billy decided to ride into
Seligman, where he had a new axle
turned at the railroad shops. On re-
turning to his machine, however, he
discovered that some one had stolen
his carburetor and magnetic and all
the extra tires from his machine. Had
it not been for this vandalism, Carl
son would have continued in the race
and would in all probability have been
placed, as he was running well ahead
at the time the accident happened.
There was nothing to do, however,
but ship the car into Phoenix, where
it will be fixed up and will be ready
to compete in the races today.
The last car to be rescued was a
stripped Ford, which was covering
the race for the Los Angeles Times.
This car broke in two about 10 miles
out of Needles, and, as usual, the two
occupants were picked up by the Max
well Press Car and carried to the
nearest town.
At the beginning of the race there
were two Chevrolets entered. One is
now lying out in the desert near
blackberry. waiting for a couple of
rear wheels. Just out of Seligman
the Chevrolet No. went into the