The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-09-04
$4,000 People See Race on New
Motor Speedway in the
Twin Cities.
REsTA DROPS OUT OF
RACE IN 1o2nd NILE
s. . s. T. ..-... ..--1
Anderson Leads at the End Of
First Hundred Miles and
Cooper Second.
MUCH TIRE TROUBLE ON
ACCOUNT OF ROUGH TRACK

st. Paul, Minn., Sept. 4.-Wtth
Resta, De Palma, Oldfleld, Wilcox.
Cooper, Porporato, Anderson and
Bergdahl entered for the $4,000
purse, the Twin Cities first speedway
5OO-mile race started this noon. The
track is two miles, and $4,000 will
be given as first prize, with appor-
tionment of other prizes.
Probably the greatest crowd of peo-
pie ever seen in st. Paul began to ar
rive at 10 o'clock this morning. With
the Minnesota state fair opening Mon
day and offering besides it's usual
attractions, an extensive automobile
show, interest in things run by xaso-
line was increased.
Wagner is Starter.
Fred J. Wagner, New York, started
the elimination tests shortly before
noon. The big race started during
the noon hour. One hundred clerks
and ten judges assisted Starter Wae
ner -
Although he was unable to make
the required seventy-five miles an
hour at the elimination contests, W.
H. Brown, with his Duchesneau car:
was permitted to enter the race on
account of attachments. Besides
building his own car he has won
seventeen first places in automobile
races.
Six Bands at Meet.
Six bands started a musical limo
walton. Two started playing God
Save the King" at the same time two
other bands in unison started Mar
Then a third pair Of bands
struck up Der Wacht An Rhein.,'
and the discord OF their three nation
al hire was disquiting, until the six
bands simultaneously and in unison,
started ''The Star Spangled Banner"
amid frenzied cheering of the thou.
sands assembled. -
Experts Examine Cars.
Experts this morning went over
each racing car very carefully, with
he idea of preventing accidents.
With their positions determined in
;rials, the racers opened up their
;hrottles during the noon hour, as
electric starters snapped accurately
ust the time they started, and the
ace was on.
$4,000 Attend.
The race began at noon with over
twenty-five thousand people in at
enhance. . At the end of the first
hundred miles Anderson was leading
~ six miles. The average speed was
ninety and ninety-onehundreths
niles.
Cooper Takes Lead.
In the 1O4th mile Anderson stoD-
led on account of tire trouble and
Cooper took the lead. Cooper stopped.
n the 10th mile to permit Johnny
Aitken to take the wheel and Ander-
son went into first place. Anderson
stopped on his 18Oth mile on account
IF tire trouble but made the change
and held the lead.
Resta Goes Out.
Resta went out of the race at the
end of the 102nd mile on account of
broken oil pump.
Milford was ordered off the track
IN the Hath mile on account of his
racer being cracked because of ter.
rific vibration. ....-.--..
Tire trouble was more than normal
On account of rough track.
De Palma dropped out of the race
at 3 o'clock because of over-oiling
In his magnetic.
At 23O miles Anderson was first.
Cooper second and O'Donnel third.
Race Not Close.
Nine cars remained in the race ct
the end of $50 miles. Anderson was.
leading at this time although the race
element was lacking. The two Stutz
cars and the O'Donnell cars were the
only ones which were really in the
running. All other cars were from
rs to rs miles behind.
At the end of 290 miles Cooper and
Anderson battled for first place, with
the latter leading, both driving Stutz
cars. Eddie O'Donnel in Duesan-
berg was third. When Cooper had
covered 290 other drivers had COW
cred from 148 to $50 miles.
One thousand men worked day and
night to put $50 acres Of ground In
order for today's race. Just $780,
900 cubic yards Of earth were re-
moved in grading. In order to pave
the course, 10000 barrels OF cement
were used, and 5000. 900 feet Of lum-
Der were used to provide seating Ia
cilities for 128.000. Forty feet
,afety zones have been established.