The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
EDDIE PULLEN WINS.
GRAND PRIZE RACE
Steady and Consistent Pace at
Santa Monica Results in
New Record.
AVERAGE Is 77.2 MILES
VictOr's Mercer Followed TO Fin
ish by Ball, Taylor
and De Palma.
AVERAGE Is 77.2 MILES
THE FOUR PRIZE WINNERS.

SANTA MONICA. Cal. Feb. 2s.-Pilotins
the first American made car to win the
International Grand Prize. Edward Pulien,
4 Los Angeles boy. won the blue ribbon
or auto road races In Mercer car over
the Santa Monica course this afternoon
HE time was hours - minutes 30 sec
onds. and his average speed for the
fo&2N miles was ne miles an hour
! Guy Ball, IN q Marmon car. was Sec
ond. Balls time was hours So minutes
20 seconds. an average of 6S4 miles an
hour. Ball took second place when 1t
had seemed almost within the grasp OF
Gil Anderson in the Stutz. L,ngine
| trouble left Anderson on the Soldiers
Home curve a. he was finishing his forty
{ fourth lap.
Billy Taylor. IN an Alco finished third.
Just nosing out Ralph de Palma, in the
Mercedes. who made a gallant effort TO
make up lost time after a long stop In
the pit. De Palma was successful in get
ting back In the money. taking fourth
place.
J. d. Marquis in the English Sunbeam,
leading In the thirty third lap Of the race,
tore into Death Curve at Nevada avenue
and Ocean avenue at frghtful speed,
overturning his car and p!nning himself
and his mechanic underneath its body.
Both the driver and his mechanic will
probably recover. Marquis was the more
seriously injured. sustaining possible
fracture OF the skull. He was rushed to
the emergency hospital In Santa Monica.
With all Its reputation as the most
dangerous turn In the course. this Ia the
first serious accident that has occurred
In the six years Santa Monica's racing
history.
Ocean front straightway before the
grand stand makes an abrupt right angie
turn on to Nevada avenue. Iron barri-
cades have been erected at this point for
the protection Of spectators. II was
against this that the Marquis car crashed.
lie was pinned down. the weight Of the
car resting on his stomach and hip His
head struck with such impact that
his skull may have been fractured.
Taylor's time was hours ) minutes
20 seconds and De Paima's 9 hours 3
minutes and S seconds
The FIRST prise money II 90 900. BAN
received $4,000, Taylor $4,000 and De
Palma $1,000.
Pulien started fourth in the race and
at no time fell below his initial position.
lie took the lead In the thir,y-first lap
and did not lose II throughout the bal
ance OF the race. Sixteen cars remained
in the race until tho finish OF the seven
teenth lap. after that the elimination was
rapid.
After leading the race for twenty two
laps at the phenomenal record breaking
time OF eighty three miles an hour
Spencer Wlsharts Mercer No. burned
out bearing and was eliminated. In
the Vanderbilt race his car was put out
for the same reason. At one time he led
by two laps. He was a circuit TO the
good when he started the twenty cond
lap. Then tho score board began to show
Haa ala al A.
the pit hopelessly out Of the race.
With the elimination Of wishart, An
derson took tho lead. with Pullen second
and Oldneld third
broken connecting rod In the eiEh-
teenth Iap>put Tetzian out Of the race TOR
good.
De Palma was leading at the end OF the
twenty-seventh lap. 23 seconds ahead OF
MARQUIS in the Sunbeam with Anderson n
close third. Pullen. VINO was ahead on the
track. showed that he was fast tire
changer. He made change Mt the end
OF the twenty-ninth lap and dashed out In
fourth place.
At the end OF the thir,ieth lap both De
Palma and Oldhed stopped at the pits
De Palma was after Easolene and water.
Oldfeid changed a tire. The crowd was
wild with excitement as the two drivers
ana their mechanicians fought frantically
to get under way. De Palma was away
hrst. Oidheld WAS close behind II WAS the
first stop DE Palma had made.
Al the end Of the thirtieth lap, elapsed
dime. MarQuis, IN his Sunbeam led 32
seconds ahead Of Anderson. In the Stutz
De Palma's stop for gasoiene and water
put him third. nearly a minute behind
Anderson. Pullen. In his Mercer, was
fourth. AZ 80, = few minutes after
Marquis had raced past the stand on his
thirty-third lap. leading the field. the
Nevada avenue turn that the Sunbeam
had rolled over at the turn. The Incl
dent seemed to be quickly forgotten by
the grand stand and the spectators quickly
began TO watch for Pullen. who took the
lead with an average of 1872 miles an
hour for thirty-ive laps. oldheld went
out of the race In the thirty-seventh lap
when q bearing was burned out These
little bits OF steel had put Wishart and
Oldhcld away.
After the forty-second lap the stands
quieted down. Only seven cars were then
In the race Pullen In Mercer No. 4 lead
ing. with Anderson In Stutx No. 8. second.
competitor.
Guy Ball. In Marmon No. II, and
Taylor. In Alec No. s, were close to-
gether In third and fourth places Then
came De Palma, two laps behind Taylor.
Gordon. In a Mercer No, 0, and Muth. In
Marmon No lb. were plugging along
hopefully. sixteen and nineteen laps re-
Spectively behind the leaders,
Pullen was far In the lead when the
green Gag signalled that he was in his
last lap, the forty-eighth. Anderson was
stalled In the fourth mile OF the forty fifth
lap and Ball was coming fast trying to
make up three laps to pass Anderson and
take second place. Then OF a sudden
Pullen swung into the straightaway the
winner and flashed past the checkered
nag Of victory.
The only fatality OF the day occurred
whom Paul 8. Spsgel OF Los Angeles. en-
route to the race. was killed when his
automobile overturned.
Pullen's victory marks the nrst time
an American car has won the Grand
Prise The race has been run four times
before. In 1908. 1910 and 1871 AZ Sa-
vannah and In 1912 at Milwaukee. Louis
Wagner won the hrst event In Flat,
averaging 65.0s miles per hour for <02
miies. Bruce Brown and a Benz proved
thA naIt winning combination His aver-