The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-27
Drives Same Car He Won Last
Race With on Milwaukee
Course In 1912.
AVERAGES OVER IS MILES
Barney Oldfield Second, Less
Than Two Minutes Behind
Only Five Finish.

drawn together to-day on the Santa
Monica course to battle for highest honors
In the William X. Vanderbilt cup race.
With victory made the sweeter by their
rivalry and the keen contempt each
holds for the other. Barney Oldfeld and
Ralph De Palma, heroes Of many thrill
Ing auto races. urged their cars on their
best. They resorted to every advantage
gained by their vast experience. De
Palma won. with Oidneld second. DE
Palma's time for the thirty-five laps OF
the course was 8 hours SO minutes Al
seconds. Oldnelds time was 3 hours Sc
minutes 1 second.
The average speed OF the winner for
the distance, 294o35 miles. was 75h
miles an hour. DE Palma broke the
Vanderbilt cup race record made by
Milford at Savannah in 1911 when Ia.
scored an average Of 1907 miles an hour
The Santa Monica course record held BY
Teddy Tetzian was not endangered The
mark 10 1871? miles an hour made over
a distance OF 40& miles.
1t was with remarkable consistency
that DE Palma upheld his right to the
Vanderbilt cup. which he captured in
Milwaukee In 1912. His feat OF plotting
his Mercedes. the same car he won with
before, over the course the entire distance
OF the race without a single stop stands
out as the great feature Of the contest
from the viewpoint OF the racing men
One stop would have meant defeat 1t is
a feat accomplished only once before, and
TO DE Palma again goes the credit. Two
years ago he never stopped his Mercer
in a race at Santa Monica.
rite.n cars started ana only i've fin
ished william Carlson, Jr.. driving the
speedy little Mason in which Milford won
the 200 mile record at Columbus. Ohio.
| finished In third place. and Cooper was
fourth in mis- Stutz. George j. Orimann in
a Iouralh.. was the hfth and last TO cross
| the line.
The prize money announced IL to be di-
vided between the nrst four as follows !:
To the winner, $4,000; second, $4,000 +:
third. 1900 fourth, 81 900 These fR-
ures probably will be made larger by the
W. a. A., depending on the gate receipts
| as the W. A. A. rules do not permit OF the
organization making money. Also 81 900
| In cash prizes has been offered nv me
| Bosch Magnetic Company to I'm. winners
using its products
Tn. first car. an Isotta with Harry
Grant, twice winner OF the Vand.r cum
at the wheel, was sent away by starter
Wagner at 10 800. AT the six mile urn a
piston broke, a cylinder cracked. water
poured from the exhausts and Grant was
out OF the race.
Lewis was another who did not get
around the course once. A broken pis,on
put his Mason out OF the race OldnelJ
and Cooper We're the especial favoriies
OF the grand stand Wishart. in a Mercer
No. 2, was the first around the course.
then came Gil Anderson in a Stutz closely
followed by Edwin Pullen.
The frst accident OF the race was in
the sixth lap when Guy Ban tried to
take Nevada avenue curve too fast Pull
len the pacemaker OF the Mercer team.
was averaging 81 lsmiles per hour when
he went out IN the thirteenth lap.
The contest then settled down 10 race
between DE Palma ana oldheld. Little
attention was paid to any one else after
the nineteenth lap when oIdhcId began
s.o",y gaming on ms fNai. arson IN
\ the Mason. Cooper IN the Stutz. IN third