Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-06
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Los ANGELES. The Vanderbilt
cup. the highestpFized trophy Of
American met0rdona, remains In the
De Palma family.
The great Italian pilot. seated Sc
renely in his Mercedes, proved his
right TO retain this piece Of falunbie
junk when ne sent the white. turpedo-
like car home winner at Santa Mon
lea February %. alter having reeled
off 294.035 miles al an average Of s5.5
miles and hour for a new record IN
the Vanderbilt event.
This Is his second victory IN this
classic in as many years, and equals
the achievement OF Harry 0rant IN
winning two straight.
Barney oIdEield, fighting with his
Mercer down to the last goo yards OF
the race. after having been goadell
into driving the tires almost off his
machine. sped past the tape good
second Just one minute and 20 seconds
behind the fleeing Mercedes.
BY the nineteenth lap the race had
developed into Strengthening speed
duel between these two. and from
then on they battled round and round
the course. always In sight Of each
other except when one disappeared
momentarily around turn.
Delays in Pit Lose Race.
Two things beat OldfieId One was
the superb generalship Of De Palma
The other was costly delays in the
pit. Three times Oldfield WAS forced
to stop for tires, gas and oil.
Never did the Mercedes falter II
swung ever the entire distance as
steadily as though harnessed 70 the
solar system AS the great machine
reeled off lap after lamp. even the me-
ehanics III the Mercedes pit leaned
ever the rail and gazed wonderingIy
at the performances
or fuel and oil De Palma had
enough. His tires did not fail him.
and his machine clicked off the miles
with cIUck-like regularity from the
instant that 1t bounded forward IN
response to the starters signai> until
IL had conquered IN the great classic.
Sometimes trailing oldfLeld. the
Italian pursued fefentiessiy 1ofeIns
barney to the llmir At other times
in the lead. he would time his pace
in manner to draw OIdfleld into dcss
sperate bursts Of speed.
II was tantalizing, nerye-rhcking,
and told on Oldfleld, Barney seemed
to be battling against something sub
tie. intangible. He was fighting
against the "bIack hand Of the rac-
ing game, and acknowledged hts IN.
ability TO cope with this strange, slip
perry, evanescent foe with a doleful
shake or the head when his support
ers beseached him to cut down the
Italians lead In the last lap.
lntern1ediate Argument
While leaders were jOckeying and
fighting, there was a warm intermcdl-
ate argument on between Carlson IN
the Mason and Earl Cooper IN the
Stutz Carlson was in the third posi-
ton at the eighteenth lap with Coop
en- fourth. and they finished IN this
order lap and a half behind the
leaders.
OF the other Is entries. 10 failed to
finish, Joerimann, in the old monde
script Touraine. coming in fifth and
thereby gaining some mighty respect
for his ability as q driver Of old junk.
His work, especially IN the old Tou-
rains, was one of the features Of the
race
Eddie Pullen furnished the only
thrill of the day. when in the thir-
teenth lap he tried to take the Neya-
ia-ayenue turn at 80 mites an hour,
when no one else dared to make II
at more than 30, and crashed into the
iron railing
His machine was wrecked but nel--
Their Pullen nor his mechanic was
scratched. Engine trouble put most
Of the cars out, while Harry Grant
suffered another broken piston rod IN
his Isotta before he had finished the
first lap.
The tnfnstfIe showed mere than
$4,000 paid admissions while fully
this many more had free standing
room on toe outside of tie course
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