Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-28
SPEEDWAY KINGS
DRIVE MADLY
FOR PRIZE
Positions Switched Many Times.
Tire Troubles Cause
Numerous Delays.
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but on his second time around was
forced to stop al the pits for a new
right rear tire. This gave the lead
ership to Spencer Wishart. the mil
lionaire sportsman, who entered the
race in Mercer BY dangerous
piece OF driving. Tetziah sent his
Fiat around the curves at full spea1
and let out on the straightaway until
he was in second place
At the end Of the fifth lap the lead
ers were Wishart. Tetzlaff. Pullen. in
q Mercer, and Anderson, In Stutz.
fourth. Wishart's time for the first
five times around the s.4milc course
was 80 minutes and is seconds, \
average speed of $40 miles an hour.
Tetzlan vas one minute and tweniy
seconds behind him.
A few minutes after the race start
ed. Glenn Martin sailed his aeropiane
out over the course and went around
above the racers.
Dave Lewis driving a Fiat. made
his first stop for a 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.
Oidfeld Forges to Front.
To- days race was picnic for the
p.tmen. The rules under which The
international grand prize is run for
bid any one touching a car which
is in the race, except the driver and
his mechanician who must make all
tire changes, ill 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
III E..I. B., a.
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 a second tire change.
At the end OF ten laps Wishart was
still IN front having made the S4
miles i'm SO minutes and 30 seconds
Nerbeck WAS declared out of the
race on account OF a broken valve
that crippled his Fiat early in the
race
George Hin. Oldneld's mechanician.
established a record for the course
when he made tire change IN %
seconds.
wishart was still first. Pulen in his
Mercer had pulled into second place.
snd Teddy Tetzlan had wrested third
from Gil Anderson at the end Of
twelve laps.
Oldhelds tire trouble put him back
or the leaders "a few seconds.
TetzlaH 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
fun power while he was on the course
and passed the other contestants
with the exception Of the leaders
xsttfh 1ftfln off Tho
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 Oldneld
was NTH and the others we're run
ming in the following order: DePalma.
In Mercedes; Marquis In sun
beam. Guy Ball in a Marmon. Cor
don, in Mercer: Goode, in an Apper-
son; Muth. in a Marmon; Taylor in
an Alec; Janette, in an Alec. Eddie
Rlchenbacher. In a Mason and Dave
Lewis, in a Fiat
Earl Cooper was out OF the race
on account of engine trouble. He
made 6 1-2 laps.
1875 Miles in 90 Minutes.
With fifteen laps reeled away un-
der the wheels OF the racers, Wishart
was first, having gone 1876 miles in
hour 30 minutes and IS seconds.
an average speed of St4 miles an
hour.
While the race was ON the police
found the body of an unidentified
man near the race course. The man
evidently had been dead for two
weeks.
At the end of rs laps the leaders
We're running In the following order.
Wishart, Pullen and Anderson. Tet-
zlaff. who has been driving a furious
pace ever since the race began was
IL.
Of this lap with a broken connecting
rod
Muth Withdrew his Marmon after
he finished Is trips around the course
on account OF a broken valve spring
Wishart was holding his lead at
the end of twenty laps. having COY
cred the distance in 90: o.. Pulleu
was delayed at the pits to take on
oil and gasoline and IL cost him sec
ond place. Oldheld pushed into the
position which Pullen lost and An
derson vas third
In the next lap Oldneld was com
PEELED To stop at the pits for new
tire and new supply OF gasoline aud
Anderson went into second place with
Pullen third. oldheld resumed the
race in fourth place
Dave Lewis Out.
After he had run p times around
the course. Dave Lewis In Fiat
VAS declared out OF the race because
OF engine trouble
At the end ot the twenty nth lap
when EOS Of the t0S24S miles had
been covered. pePalma. who was
leading. had covered the distance in
2:SS:3T; ! r.. Marquis, IN a Sunbeam
car, had been boosted to second place
by the elimination of the early lead
ers, and was only minute and 80
sec nds behind DePalma. with An
derson. in a Stutz, third and only Isl
seconds behind the Sunbeam.
Tony Janette, Alco pilot. lasted %
laps, when a broken cylinder put his
car out Of the race
After his nesr-accident on the Sol
oters' Home turn. Barney Oldheld
went back into the race. and began
passing the trailing contestants TO re-
cover his lost position.
When DePalma was on his thirtieth
lap and Oldneid was only few min
utes behind him. both drivers were
forced TO make two stops DcPalms
made a tire change Just after ne had