El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
ONLY fastest
CARS TO RACE
ALI the Slow Machines Are
to Be Eliminated From
the Venice Grand PriX.

/ Venice, California. March Pros
| poets this far in advance are for such
! a large entry list FOR the first annual
Venice Grand PriX. March Il, that
I Chairman L. T. Shelter and manager
Paul Derkum are considering the ad-
. visibility of elimination contests Ven
I ice desires for its first race only the
fastest cars Obtainaole- According 10
{ Manager Derkum. Venice would prefer
fifteen Of the very fastest cars TO TWEEN
I ty-five, which would include slower
machines.
star drivers and managers Of racing
| teams have been consulted by Derkum
( and they all tell him they would rath-
| e. see a more restricted entry list and
For the Venice Grand Prix. as Mr..
DeFkum explains it, il would be prefer
able If all cars had 10 establish their
ability 10 make prescribed speed in
this way. If tive cars Of one type
I showed they had the speed necessary
it would be satisfactory, but if one or
I two were too slow, then they would
be eliminated
But one qualification. speed. is being
considered by the racinE committee Of
( the W.. A. A. That is IS miles an
/ hour, the same requirement that IS
eSacted at the Indianapolis speedway
/ Venice is a road race and II its mini
mum were placed as high as that Of
the most famous speedway in the
world. il Immediately would secure
rank as the fastest road course in the
country.
George Adair. the starter. inspected
the Venice parkway and says he be-
heves the old santa Monica record viii
be surpassed. That was 1879 miles an
hour.
The entire parkway is to be sur
rounded by a canvas wall If present
plans are carried out This viii make 10
the. largest inclosure ever created in
, the history Of sport The wall viii be
six feet high and three and a half
miles in length. il will completely en-
circle the course and make 10 impOs-
sible to view the race except from
within the confines. A double patrol
OF guards. one outside and the other
within. viii safeguard the wall and any
attempt 10 cut the canvas viii be re-
garded as malicious destruction Of
property and the miscreants subject
10 arrest
This may serve as a hard blow 70
the fence BIRDS who have been ac-
customed TO see road races without
contributing to the cause. but II is a
step toward the accomplishment Of the
ideal OF the W. A. A. committee. which
is that spectators shall pay 10 see
such high-class sport or stay al home.
The drivers are the ones 10 profit from
the Venice Grand Prix and although
they are guaranteed 5000. it is the
hope OF Chairman Shelter 10 increase
TINS sum from the net profits OF the
race
Postponemeut OF the Vanderbilt race
at san Francisco TO the day before prac-
tice for the Venice Grand Prix. was
scheduled TO start threw a bomb into
the camp OF the Venice management.
but II failed 10 explode. and as the
smoke drifted away forces were found
intact and ready for the command 10
advance.
Feeling keenIv the Disadvantage
placed in their way, but without a
Whimper, the racing committee Of the
W A. A. and Venice RoGd Race asso-
citation are now asserting their race
viii gain in favor with the public as
the outcome.
The appetite OF the race fans has been
whetted by the situation I'm san Fran
cisco. according TO men VINO were there
was made one Of the most promi- I
nent sportsmen in southern California Z
IN automobile circles said upon his re-
turn here, chat the drivers were en-
ragged AT the prospect OF interference
with their practice for the 81. P1tricl1's !
day race at Venice.
He called attention TO the fact that at
least 500 persons went north from this
city to see the Vanderbilt Cup and In Z
terl2tiOnal Grand priE races and then Z
came back when the postpcnement was I
announced
All OF Them Boosting.
Every one OF these 500 will be boost 7
ing for the Venice Grand PriS To the I
utmost" he said III Los Angeles sends I
a delegation Of this size away from 4
home 10 see these racing cars perform. I
you can count on the whole Of southern I
California; having the same desire and I
when the Venice race is run it viii be Z
a big problem TO take care Of the I
crowd.
-Rather than be sore. the Venice
group ought TO be tickled stiff. because ]
the public always comes to the rescue -,
at a time like this"
A new entry is the Hercules. a four
rrrN.-0nnH with n 4 O. f-~ahne
The entrant is IT. j. AnGivini OF san
Jose He has nominated Herold Hall
as driver.
STICKING PIN Is COsTLN.
Tires should not be allowed to stick
to the rims. a certain amount OF slip