New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08
Auxs Of Especial Interest to-
Minnesota Readers,
COOPER WINS 500.M|LE RACE
Sensational Finish the Main Feature
In Automobile Speed Contest
at Twin Giles.

1t the new Twin City speedway. The
nn1sh was pronounced the closest in
long distance, automobile racing his
tory. :.
Twin white racing machines, the
pair q them miles ahead of the next
nearest t0atenders. came roaring into
the banks iii front Of grandstand B on
their final hap and flew ON into the
atFetch.s The lead car was dropping
back bH inches. The desperate little
machine, behind was, crawling up by
Inches.
But the Htaunch little bit OF racing
maehinSEy TO the rear was not quite
eQuRl 70. the final task and Stutz ma
chgne No. ! few past the judges stand
q winner, Earl Cooper, the driver, to
reesav8 the 100000 first prize money,
the aundry other prizes which 60 to
HA winner OF such contest and the
mestan,able glory which such VIC
tory achieves.
TO be perfectly exact it was Just
Wenty0ne onehuhdredths of a sec
nd later when the wheels Of Stutz
CIR Ne. z. with Gil Anderson Winding
tRs, hesm. passed the finishing line.
Driver Anderson receives $4,000 In
goh Dddie O'Donnell. in a Duesen-
hsrx Car. was third. miles behind.
Oeponusst however, drove a race so
remarkable IN many particulars as to
wsfrGke considerable further CON-
1nent.
80.
Nnnrereaa plpsppointments.
sueh<was the climax to the first 500
mile automobile race tn the North
west, 70 the christening Of the new
speedway, It came as brilliant final
light to Z day marked by many dis
appointments. disappointments to the
management Of the new speedway, to
the drivers and owners OF many cars
and TO- the patrons OF the new track
The disappointment TO the manage
ment Of the new track consisted in a
SURPRISINGLY small crowd. It is under
stood sthht there were but %, 900 paid
dmiaSions. Many advance estimates
reached the 100000 mark. The disap-
pointment to the many car owners.
drivers and to the crowd consisted Of
'asseries of serious accidents to some
Of the most popular cars In the race,
accidents which caused the retirement
81 the9e' cars. most Of them during the
early part Of the race. The average
q miles per hour also fell consider
allie below the estimates made In ad-
vance and at no time did any one Of
'the drivers equal the time made fire.
sQuently IA the elimination trials. The
'xyetlse 81 the winning car Is consid-
setIbly below that made On other
sSpeedways.
The: reason for the small attendance
b elAtly seen both by the public and
!6y The speedway management The
'exptan4tton Of that lies in the now
*6eheraity admitted excessive price of
admission. The general admission
aptica. v1s d and that permitted the
:purphaser> only the privilege of finding
himself seat somewhere on the hill
,4ops, or within the oval Enclosure. The
cheapest reserved seats brought $3.50
1nfaddatibn to the general admission.
:: Boxes Almost Priceless.
There were bleachers. but even
There were poorly patronized. Park
Ing 5acconmodati for automobiles in
spfSees from which the race could be
Witnessed brought big prices IS. $40
@andt UP. Boxes in the main grand
St4lids were almost priceless.
II Wds'a race with two ends and no
middle. The first century was as
|ha1nifcent a speed battle AS man
could Wish TO witness. From, the one
ahunared ind ssfiftieth to the four hun.
;sdre4 'Gt1d 'fiftieth miles the race was
ae#bofe. Then the two .stutz cars
Fxe9nAd asavious eyes upon each other
SlAnasthsir> speed jealousies grew until
4hey"deyelebeds into that thrilling fin.
siSh which at least gives the new track
'ei4dft' sfoes shistbry's closest finish of q
long distance auto race.
This ansh almost made up for the
grief which the grandstands sus.
tanned when one after another "Wild
Bob Bairman, Dazia Resta, Ralph de
Palma. Otto Henning and Ralph Null.
ford were forced out of the race by
various car troubles All five of these
drivers were out before the race was
As1f done. Later w. w. Brown with
M home made car dropped out. Bar.
's.peY Dldaeld had intermittent trouble
With his car and never was danger.
oas pfetender.
There we're fourteen to start.
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