Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-28
SPEEDWAY KINGS
DRIVE MADLY
FOR PRIZE
Positions Switched Many Times,
Tire Troubles Cause
Numerous Delays.
Continued From Page I.

crowd. with the bearings Of the me :
chine ground TO powder The old
small fraction of a second.
soldiers escape from death was p"
Wishart Loudly Cheered.
Wishsrt was loudly cheered when
he returned TO the stands. the race
hopeIessly lost. He was declared odt
Of the race, and an announcement
was made Of the heroism he dis
played in saving the indiscreet old
soldier who had escaped the eyes OF
those guarding the course.
Before the race started William
Carlson. a Mason driver. notified the
officials hat he was compelled to
withdraw his car. a broken crank
shaft, which could not be repaired,
put him out OF the race. The acci-
dent happened TO his machine as he
was driving it to the track this morn
ing.
Tetzlsff and Barney Oldheld. Of inc
Mercer team, the two faVorites in the
race, were left behird by the leaders
early In the race. Tetziaff was driY-
ing ahead OF the rest on the first lap,
but on his second time around Was
forced to stop at the pits for new
right rear tire. This gave the lead
ership to Spencer Wishart the mil
lionaire sportsman. who entered the
race i'm q Mercer BY dangerous
piece OF driving, Tetzlafi sent hts
Fiat around the curves at full spec
and let out on the straightaway until
he was in second place
At the end Cf the NTH lap he lead
ers were Wishart. Tetzlaff. Pullen, in
Mercer, and Anderson, in Stutn'
fourth. Wishart's time for the first
five times around the S.$-mile course
was 80 minutes and Is seconds, "A
average speed OF $40 miles an hour
Tetzlan 5yas one minute and twenty
seconds b hind him.
few minutes after the race start
cd. Glenn Martin sailed his aeroplane
out over the course and went around
above the racers.
Dave Lewis, driving Fiat. made
his first stop for tire change at
the end of his third lap. Lewis en-
tered the race with a badly bruised
and stiffened arm, He was Injured
several days before the racing events
here this week and on Thursday drove
in the Vanderbilt cup race in spite
Of the advice of his friends.
oldfield Forges to Front
To-days race was picnic for the
ptmen. The rules under which the
international grand prize is run for
Dlu any one IoutililS a car Niitll
81 in the race. except the driver and
his meehanician. who must make all
tire changes, FIJI their oil and gas
tanks and make all necessary repairs.
Barney Oldheld. by a sensational
series OF brushes, in all of
which he came out victor.
nosed his Mercer well up
brushes. in all of which he came out
among the leaders at the end of the
sixth lap. Gil Anderson's Stutz held
Its grip on second place, when Tetz-
ian lost his position by stopping at
the pits for second tire change.
At the end of ten laps Wishart was
stil in front, having made the 81
miles In SO minutes and 80 seconds
Verbeck was declared out of the
race on account of broken valve
that crippled his Fiat early in the
race
George Hill, oldfeld's mechanician.
established record for the course
when he made a tire change in 20
seconds
wishsrt was still arst, Puilen in his
Mercer had pulled into second place,
and Teddy Tetzlaff had wrested third
from Gil Anderson at the end OF
twelve laps.
Oldhelds tire trouble put him back
OF the leaders few seconds,
Tetzlaff Driving Wildly
At this time the most daring race
was being driven by Tetzlaff. who
was cheered every time he passed the
grandstand. Although he had more
tire trouble than any of the other
drivers. he let his machine out to its
full power while he was on the course,
and pa Ssen the other contestants
with the exception of the leaders
with apparently little effort The
track by this time had become COW
cred with a coat of oil and the turns
were extremely dangerous
At this stage of the race Oldheld
was fifth and the others were run
ming in the following order: DePalma
in Mercedes; Marquis In a sun
beam; Guy Ball in a Marmon: Cor
don. in "A Mercer: Goode, In an Apper-
son; Muth. in a Marmon; Taylor, in
an Alec; Janette, in an Alec; Eddie
Richenbacher. In a Mason and Dave
Lewis, in a Fiat.
Earl Cooper was out OF the race
on account OF engine trouble He
made 6 - laps.
1876 Miles in 90 Minutes.
with fifteen laps reeled away un-
der the wheels of the racers, Wishart
was first, having gone 1875 miles in
hour 20 minutes and 45 seconds
an average speed of s44 miles an
hour
found the body of an unidentified
man near the race course The man
evidently had been dead for two
weeks
Al the end of is laps the leaders
were running in the following order:
Wishart, Pullen and Anderson, Tet-
zlan. who has been driving a furious
pace ever since the race began was
compelled to withdraw before the end
of this lap with a broken connecting
rod.
Muth withdrew his Marmon after
he finished IS trips around the course
on account of broken valve spring
Wishart was holding his lead at
the end of twenty laps, having GOV
cred the distance in 2:00:09. Pulleu
was delayed at the pits to take OF
oil and gasoline and IL cost him sec
ond place. oldfield pushed into the
position which Puilen lost and An
derson was third
In the next lap Oidheld was com
PEELED 10 stop at the pits for new
Tire and q new supply OF gasoline and
Anderson want into SaRn,R g.laRn st.ft ID