The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-03
AMERICAN AUTO WINS EVENT
Winner Averages 77.2 Miles an Hour
For 403 Miles of Race-New
Mark for Speed.


win Pullen today won the fifth inter
national Grand Prize race over As
laps, or 4O3 miles, of the Santa Mon
lea course. A new record of 77.2
miles an nour was established. 1t al
90 was the first time in the history Of
the event that an American car fash
ed first at the finish.
The winner gained his place by a
serious accident, the first in the an
nails of the Santa Monica course
which ieopardized the life Of J. B.
Marquis, when his car turned turtle
on a turn and crushed him. There
after it was no race. Pullen was 40
miles ahead of the second car at the
finish and 80 miles ahead of the third.
Ralp DePalma, who won the Van
derbjlt cup Thursday, was fourth.
Oldfeld, his most persistent opponent
the other day, was eliminated by a bad
motor ten laps from the finish,
Sets New Record.
Pullen covered the 4O3 miles in 5
hours 13 minutes, setting a new mark
of 77.2 miles an hour, against the
record of 74.45 established by Caleb
Bragg at Savannah in 1911. Guy Ball,
second, finished in 5.53:23, making a
speed of 68.4 miles an hour. B. Tay-
lor took third place when Gil Ander-
sens car broke down, and lost sec
ond place six laps from the finish.
His time was 6:08:29. De Palma, who
had held the lead for several laps, was
declared out of the race on the 35th
lap, but got back in time to limp over
the fiaish line and claim fourth money.
Marquis was far in the lead in the
35th lap when he took a turn at too
high speed and the machine skidded
and turned over several times. The
accident occurred at a turn known as
Death Curve" although no driver
ever had been killed there. The ma
chine, big English car, stopped
rolling and rested on the drivers body.
1t was reported at first tlat Marquis
was fatally injured and he remained
unconscious for two hours, but sur
geons tonight declared he would re-
cover.
Car Comes Back Too.
Pullen won with the same car in
which he dashed into an iron barri-
cade Thursday while leading in the
Vanderbilt race. He barely escaped a
similar mishap today when a specta-
tor walked out on the track and forced
him to swerve into a curb, ripping off
two tires. Pullen renewed his wheels
and reentered the race, with the loss
of but a few minutes.
Teddy Tetzlaf, who set the course
record of 1872 miles an hour, which
still stands, was out Of the race early.
He covered several laps today at the
rate of 81 miles an hour. Tire troubles
and the baking of his motor forced
him to quit.
The wholesale elimination OF cars
began in the 20th lap. A pace Of close
to 80 miles an hour apparently was
too much for many Of them. Engine
troubles developed rapidly, and one by
one the cars dropped out.
Pullen began his climb to first
place in the Goth lap. He was fourth
then and going 79 miles an hour. Mar
ouis, who held the lead until his acci-
dent in the 35tn, set the pace, and
Pullen successfully passed Anderson
and DePalma.
Pullen's prize money was $4,000. The
two next prizes went to Los Angeles
boys, Ball and Taylor, who drew 81
900 and $1,000 respectively. De Palma
added $1,000 to the money he won
Thursday. Taylor plugged into third
Mace with a car which he said he had
picked up as junk and bought for
$3.50.
This was Taylor's second race with
the old machine, and his time for the
last ten laps averaged IS miles an
nour.