Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
OLOF|ELO IS
SECOND IN
AUTO RACE
10000 at Santa Monica Course
See GrueIIing Contest Be-
tween Speed Demons.

SANTA MONICA RACE COURSE,
CAL, Feb. 26.-Ralph De Palma,
driving a Mercedes car. this after
noon won the Vanderbilt cup classic
in the most exciting automobile race
ever staged on the Pacific Coast.
The intrepid Italian who has been
the hero of many racing events won
to-day after the hardest speed battle
of his career De Palma's time was
3 hours, 81 minutes and Al seconds,
an average Of 74.5 miles an hour.
Barney Oldfield, who was second at
the finish, made one of the ganlest
attempts to wrest a speed prize from
an opponent ever seen on any race
track.
0idfield Was Favorite.
A favorite with the crowd, carrying
most of the money that was wagered
on the outcome of the race, the vet
eran battled De Palma for every inch
of the distance that separated them
during the last thirteen laps. Seconds
and at the end he was one minute
and twenty seconds behind.
The Entries.
Car. Isotta: Harry Grant. driver
Emilio Jandelli, rnechanician.
Car, Mercer; Spencer Wishart, driver;
Jack Jenter, mechanician.
Car, Stutz; Gil Anderson, driver; Tom
Rooney, mechanician.
Car, Mercer; Ed Pullen. driver; A.
Volimap, meehanician.
Car, Mason; B. Richenbacher. driver
Eddie Arnett. mechanician.
Car, Mercer; Barney Oldfeld. driver;
George Hill. mechanician.
Car, Stutz; Earl Cooper, driver; Both
Aulert. mechanician.
Car, Fiat; Frank Verbeck, driver;
Henry Moller, mechanician.
Car, Mason; Dave Lewis, driver;
Eddie Aulert, mechanician.
Car, Apperson; Frank Good, driver;
George Storck mechanician.
Car, Mercedes; Ralph DePalrla, drl-
yer; Tom Alley, mechanician.
Car. Sunbeam; j. B. Marquis, driver;
Harry Haugh. mechanician.
Car, Marmon; Guy Ball. driver; Harry
Sohner, mechanician
Car, Tourane; George Joerimann,
driver.
Car, Alec; Tony Janette. driver; Bert
Hooper. mechanician.
At the end of the first lap Spencer
Wishart, the young millionaire Mer-
Ger driver, was leading, having nego-
tiated the eight and four-tenths miles
in six minutes and twenty seconds
Gil Anderson in a Stutz took second
la tel1
Pullen in a Mercer was third. and
Barney Oldfed fourth
First Accident
The first accident of the race, oc-
CURED when Edwin Pullen, Mercer
driver, who was leading the field with
a good margin, crashed into the iron
fence and wrecked his machine. Mel
ther Pullen nor his mechanician, A.
Vollman, was hurt, but the leader was
declared out of the race unless he en-
tered the curve. Pullen was making
the IS miles an hour After the ac-
cident the police moved the crowd at
tie curve back 800 feet. Dave Lewis,
driving a Mason, and Frank Nerbeck,
in Fiat, were pulled out of the race
on account Of engine trouble, and
Harry Grant, twice winner of the
Vanderbilt cup, was forced out for
the same reason. The accident to
Pullen's car put Gil Anderson's Stutz
car in the lead and gave Barny Old
field second place.
After nning eleven laps Frank
Good, in an Apperson car was de-
clsred out. A broken oil line forced
him to withdraw. Good was running
IN tenth place
DePalna in Lead.
At the end of so miles Anderson WAS
only few seconds ahead Of Oldheio,
and both were pushing hsrd on tee
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