Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-02-28
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
MACHINES MAKE FASTEST SPEED
EVER RECORDED AT SANTA
MONICA
SEVERAL MINOR MISHAPS
ENTRIES DROP OUT RAPIDLY IN
EARLIER STAGES BECAUSE
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Santa Monica, Feb. 2S.-J B. Mar
quis, driving an English car in the
fifth international Grand Prix race,
was fatally injured today on the San
ia Monica road race course He was
leading the racers at the time, going
so miles an hour at turn, when his
car keeled over and pinned him be-
meath it, crushing his body and skull.
His mechanician was only slightly in
iured.
This was the first serious accident
in the history Of the Santa Monica
course.
Carson, who won third money in
the Vanderbilt cup contest Thursday,
broke erankshaft on the way to the
course today and was forced to give
up all thought Of racing. The elimina-
ton Of his car, No. 5, left II starters.
Teddy Tetzlaff, who set the Santa
Monica course record Of 1872 miles
per hour, made the first lap today at
81 miles per hour but in the first
three laps had to stop twice to change
flat tires. Wishart, going "a miles an
hour. led all at the end Of i1t laps.
Verbeck. driving No. Is. was offic-
tally declared out on account Of engine
trouble.
Tire Trouble for Teddy
Positions at the end Of IL laps
were: Wishart, Pullen, Anderson and
Tetzlaff. Incessant tirestrouble seem
ed to have ruined Tetzlaff's chances.
Cooper was having trouble with en-
CINE valves and seemed hopelessly out
of the race.
Wishart in the fifteenth lap, was
going 81 miles an hour. The grand
prize record is 74.45 miles per hour
Tetzlaff broke connecting rod in
the eighteenth lap and was forced out
Of the race. A similar accident put
Goode, No. Ii, out in the seventeenth.
Muth, No. Is, went out of the race in
the thirteenth lap.
Pullen Shows Bravery
Oldfield. who had not slowed down
for II laps, drove into second place
-fi9 the twentieth lap. Pullen, Who was
/ second before that, was forced to stop
at the pits for repairs De Palma
was again running a steady race. An
derson was third. Fullen lost his
place whea ciHal war veteran stepped
upon the track at the Sawtelle sol
diers' home turn and the racer
sweryed into curb to save the old
mans life. The swerve caused Pull
lens machine to skid and throw the
tires.
i In the twenty second lap Oldfield
went back to fourth place. Anderson
took second. Wishart led the field
lby Ii miles and kept up speed d
nearly S4 miles an hour. De Palms
took the lead in the twenty-third lar
on elapsed time
i Wishart, after leading by Il miles
in the twentieth lap, went out Of th'
race in the twenty-third with burn
ed bearing.
Engine trouble eliminated Dav
Lewis, driver Of the car which killed
man last week during practice, II
covered 21 laps. At the end Of 20
miles the leaders stood thus: D
Palma, 2:3S:s7; Marquis, 2;Ss:O9; Al
derson 2:ss:27-
: Huntley u Gordon, NO. 8, and Ton
Janette, NO. 49, were eliminated
the twenty-third lap, both retiring wit
+ broken machinery This left only !
of the original starters in the rae
' Marquis took the lead in the thirtiet
= lap, with Anderson second and Pulle
/ third
J, Standing for thirty laps Marqui
Z s:10-s1; Anderson s:11-Os; DePalmi
/. S:12-O7; PulIen, s:12-SS. Averae
:. speed, 1914 miles per hour