The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-08
DE PALMA WINS WITH
EASE IN 100 MILES
Takes Feature Race Of Meet on
Brighton Track and
Clips Record.
BARELY OVER 100 MINUTES
Requires Is Seconds More-ITot
Battle for Second Between
BergdOll and JcSsup.
ia RELY OVER 100 MINUTES

II was another ne Palma day yeste rClay
at Brighton Beach. when the second sec
ton OF automobile racing. under the con-
troll OF the Motor Dealers Contest Asso-
ciation was run before a great holiday
crowd. The Italian racing driver, pilot
ing his German Mercedes. won two events
And was second in a third. out of nine
races In the two days he hal five hrsts.
Yesterday the ltdliar-Gcrm1n alliance
was OF opposed nv the French Pcugeot. as
. In Saturdays racing. but IL probably
; would have made little difference because
! Dc Palma was in ont of his best
racing moods and Il would have taken
world OF speed TO beat him.
The big race De Palma won-and In
; fact the big race OF the day--was the 100
mile event, in which eight starters went
! TO the post. In This race De Palma led
from the moment Starter Wagners gun
went on until the same Wag showed him
the checkered flag The italian set a
/ marvellously steady pace, one that was
! fast enough to WIN for him by SIX miles
over Grover Bergdolrs smooth running
Erwin Special. Up TO eighty miles De
Palma ran mile after mile At fraction
: better than sixty seconds. From then on.
having things we'll in hand and not wish
/; ing to be held UP by tire change. he
! slowed down the merest triffe Therefore
: his time for the 100 miles was 100 min
utes Is seconds. This breaks the track
record OF lO2 minutes I seconds.
or the eight starters small Mercer
, driven by phelan went out after running
ten laps rather poorly. The motor was
not firing. Another Mercer. special
handled by Morton, which ran fast for
a time. overloaded. and when the water
cap was taken off In the paddock a perfect
geyser OF steam spouted up. This car ran
20 miles OF the journey Chevrolet No.
broken rear axle. the mishap occurring In
the homestretch The car was running a
fine third at that time. A Marquette. with
Frank Calvin driving. did 80 miles In
good shape, and then went OFF for a long
stay when 1t was third The car came
back TO the track and did Ave more miles
before retiring for good and all.
De Palma tapped Bergdoll in the thirty
second mile and thereafter the race never
was in doubt as far AS he was concerned.
There was touch of interest about second
place Along about the sixty-second mile
rear shoe went fiat on Bergdoll. and
the slow lap which followed. coupled with
a slow tire charge put Jessup. In Chevrolet
No. :, right on top OF Bergdoll instead OF
being two laps behind They fought hard
right through to the eightleth lap. Jessup
passed Bergdoll In the eighty-sixth mile
and Bergdol passed Jessup two miles
further on
In the nincty-second mile Bergdoll had
tire trouble again. and while ne was of
lost a lap. II locked all over then. but
something went wrong with the Chevrolet
motor right after and Fergdoll got the
lost laps back and more besides, So that
he was Tagged IN second place. Dckin-
sons StutL took fourth money, covering
about ninety miles.
In the handicap lie Gains Chevrolet had
too much start so- ne Palma. He drove
me race and was close second. All
three placed cars were close together In
the stretch at the end The summaries
Event No Class {, non stock cars isI
30 500 cubic inches piston displacement; dis
lance. 10 mile---Won 10y Mercedes. Ralph ~
Palma: Mercer Morton. second Erwin Spe
cial. Bergdoli, third Time 10 minutes Al
second
Event No. GLASS c, non-stock cars, so
to coo cubic inches piston displacement. dis
lance. 10 miles-Won by Stutz, Dickinson
Buick Bug Calvin, second I.ozier. Giblin
third. Time, IL minutes as seconds.
cap distance 10 niles-won by Chevrolet
lie Cain 40 seconds. Mercedes, De Palma
scratch. second Mercer. Morton, 20 seconds
third Winners actual time, 10 minutes
seconds; De Palma's time. minutes ii
Event No. t--Labor Day sweepstakes, C1as
d. free for all; distance. 100 milss-Won b!
Mercedes. De Palma; Erwin Special BeAg
doll, second; Chevrolet Jessup. third: Stutz
Dickinson. fourth. Time, 100 minutes 1
seconds.