Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02

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track by this time had become COW
cred with a coat Of oil, and the turns
" ere extremely dangerous.
AT this stage Of the race Oldfield
was nth and the others were run
ming in the following order; DePalma,
in a Mercedes. Marquis in q sun
beam: Guy BAH in Marmon, Cor
don. in a Mercer; Goode, in an Apper-
son, Muth. In a Marmon; Taylor, in
an Alec; Janette, in an Alec; Eddie
Rlchenbacher. i'm a Mason and Dave
Lewis. in a Fiat
Earl Cooper was out Of the race
on account OF engine trouble He
made Gle laps.
1876 Miles in 90 Minutes.
with fifteen laps reeed away un-
der the wheels Of the racers Wishart
was first, having gone 1876 miles in
hour % minutes and 40 seconds,
an average speed of S44 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 81 rs laps the leaders
were running In the following order:
| Wishart. Pullen and Anderson. let
zlaff, who has been driving furious
pace ever since the race began was
| compelled to withdraw before the end
of this lap with a broken connecting
rod
Muth withdrew his Marmon after
| he finished 1S trips around the course
on account OF broken valve spring
Wishart was holding his lead at
the end of twenty laps, having COW
| cred the distance In 2:00:O9. Pullen
was delayed at the pits to take on
oil and gasoline and II cost him sec
| ond place. Oldfcld pushed into the
position which Pullen lost and An
derson was third.
In the next lap Oldheld was com
pelled to stop at the pits for a new
| tire and a new supply OF gasoline and
| Anderson went into second place with
| PulIen third Oldfield resumed the
race in fourth place.
Dave Lewis Out.
After he had run II times around
the course, Dave Lewis In a Fiat
was declared out of the race because
of engine trouble.
Al the end Of the twenty tifth lap.
when eos OF the 40324S miles had
becn covered DePalma, who was
leading, had covered the distance In
2:3S:37; J b. Marquis. in a Sunbeam
car. had been boosted to second place
by the elimination of the early lead
ers. and was only ] minute and ~
seconds behind DePalma. with An
derson, in a Stutz, third and only IL
seconds behind the Sunbeam
Tony Janette. Alec pilot lasted 20
laps when a broken cylinder put his
ear out of the race.
After his near accident on the sol
diers' Home turn. Barney OldheId
went back into the race. and began
passing the trailing contestants to re-
cover his lost position
When DePalma was on his THIRTEEN
| Ian and Oldneld was only few min
utes behind him, both drivers were
| forced to make two stops. DePalma
made a tire change Just after he had
passed Death Turn" and Oldheld
about the same time stopped so yards
| farther on The two drivers were OF
at about the same time, and both
| stopped again at the pits, DePalma
for water and Oldfieid for tires.
Marquis Takes Lead.
| DePalma's delay cost him 1rst po-
| sition. and the Sunbeam car piloted
| by !. h. Marquis, STEPPED into the
! lead, having done 252 miles in 3:ll' Oh
Gil Anderson was "a seconds behind
! him. and DePalma was ] minute and
! 4 seconds behind Anderson.
| ED Pullen took the lead after the
| accident to Marquis Sunbeam car,
and at the end of IS laps had covered
! e94 miles at an average speed of 1872
/ miles an hour This beat Teddy Tetz
! lans santa Monica track record OF
! 1915 miles an hour for distance OF
| 500 miles, made two years ago. At
! this time Oldhcld was second and De-
! Palma third
Engine trouble delayed DePalma
| for ten minutes N the pits, and An
/ dersou went into third place
Pulien's time for 50 laps was
! S:4S:lS Oldheld, who was second,
was three minutes and SO seconds be-
! hind him Anderson was % seconds
! behind Gidned
Oldnelu, who had drivena mad race
| against hard luck, was out of the race
| after 81 laps on account OF trouble with
{ MS engine hltntnNdtUtl, hdNVl
1 driver. quit after he had made 20
laps Engine trouble forced him out
/ of the race
DePalma was having considerable
! trouble with the intake valve OF his
Mercedes He stopped at the pits ana
! lost considerable time.
On the seth lap. Pullen was in the
! lead, having done 3476 miles I'm
| 4:ll:33 an average OF 7S.2 miles an
/ hour.
Pulen Increases Lead.
/ With eight laps ~ SO, Pullen had
! increased his lead over Anderson, al
\ though both men were driving at
I slightly reduced speed The Mercer
! driver had sent his car over the $3.50
miles in 20:32 Anderson was one
/ minute and 80 seconds behind him.
/ Ralph DePalma entered on the
/ course again when pollen finished his
fortieth lap. and wns driving madly
20 regain the time he lost at the
! pits
The drst fatal accident chargable
] TO the two days Of automobile racing
4 here occurred to-day when Paul
4 Frederick Seidel aged %. an auto
mobile dealer Of Los Angeles. was
/ killed and two other persons were
seriously hurt Seidel was driving
with party OF friends to the track