Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-28
W|SHART LEADS
GRAND PRIZE
AUTO RACE
TetzIaff Wildly Tries to Forge
Ahead-Leader Beats Eighty
Miles Per Hour.

SANTA MONICA RACE COURSE
CAL Feb 2S--Spencer Wishart
driving a Mercer, led in the twelfth
lap OF the Grand Prize race to-day
setting terrific pace Of over 80
miles per hour Pullen, Mercer, was
second, Telztan third. and Anderson
fourth
With slap upon the back Started
George Adair sent Teddy Tetzlaff
away in his big Flat racer, the first
of the entrants in to-day's Interna-
tional Grand Prize race. As each fif-
teen seconds was kicked Off on a stop
watch. Adair slapped another driver
on the back until the last of seven
teen race monsters had swung into
the Santa Monica Course in the
403.24s-mile contest
Before the race started William
Carlson. a Mason driver. notified the
officials ,hat he was compelled 10
withdraw his car A broken crank
shaft, which could not be repaired
put him out of the race. The acri-
dent happened TO machine as he
was driving it to the track this morn
ing
Favorites Left at Start.
Tetzlan and Barney Oldheld. Of Ire
Mercer team, the two faVorties in the
race, were left behind by the leadrs
early In the race Tetzlam was driy-
ing ahead Of the rest on the first lap,
hut on his second time around was
forced To stop at 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, Tetzlan sent his
Fiat around the curves at full speed
and let out on the straightaway until
he was in second place
At the end II the fifth lap The lead
ers were Wishart. Tetzlan. Pullen, in
a Mercer and Anderson, in Stutz,
fourth. Wishart's time for the first
five times around the s4-mile course
was 80 minutes and 16 seconds, A
average speed Of $40 miles an hour
Tetzlaff was one minute and twenty
seconds behind him.
A few minutes after the race start
I'd, Glenn Martin sailed his aeroplane
out over the course and went around
above the racers.
Dave Lewis. driving "A Fiat made
his first stop for tire change at
The end Of his third lap Lewis en-
tered the race with a badly -bruised
and stilfened arm. He was injured
several days before the racing events
here this wee. and on Thursday drove
in the Vanderbilt cup race in spite
Of the advice of his friends
Oidfied FORCES to Front.
To-day's race was a picnic for the
p.tmeL, The rules. under which the
international grand prize Is run for
bid any one touching car which
Is In the race except the driver and
his mechanician. who must make all
tire changes, MI their oil and gas
tanks ana make all necessary repairs.
Barney Oldfield, by a sensational
brushes. in all OF which he came out
victor, nosed his Mercer well up
among the leaders at the end of the
sixth lap Gil Anderson's Stutz held
It's grip on second place. when Tetz
Ian lost his position by stopping at
the pits for second tire change
At the end OF ten laps Wishart was
still in front having made the "a
miles in SO minutes and 80 seconds
Verbeck was declared out OF the
race on account of a broken valve
that crippled his Fiat early In the
race
George Hin. Oldhelds mechanician.
established record for the course
when he made tire change in rs
seconds
Wishart was still hrst Pullen in his
Mercer had pulled into second place,
and Teddy Tetzlaff had wrested third
from GIL Anderson at the end of
twelve laps
TetzlaFf Driving Wildly.
At this time the most daring race
was being driven by Tet2laff. 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 It's
full power while he was on the course.
and passed the other contestants.
with the exception Of the leaders,
with apparently little effort, The
track by this time had become COW
cred with a coat OF oil, and the turns
were extremely dangerous.
The first fatal accident chargable
to the two days of automobile racing
here occurred day when Paul
Frederick Seidel. aged 80. an auto
mobile dealer of Los Angeles. was
killed and two other persons were
seriously hurt Seidel was driviug
with party of friends to the track
when the car went over 25-foot EN-
bankment
The two injured members of the