New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-08
llJx! Of especial Interest to-
Minnesota Readers,
COOPER WINS 50O.M|LE RACE
0ont4ttonal Finish tie, Main Feature
ii automobile Speed Contest
aN, Twin Cltles.


Il the 5Oo-mAs automobile race staged
1t thesnew Twin City speedway. The
finish 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. tohtenders. came roaring into
tho banks III front Of grahdstand B on
their final hap and flew OH into the
stFesch.s The lead car was dropping
back bt inches, The desperate little
machine bshihd was, crawling up by
Inches,
But Tie staunch little bit Of racing
1nashln4fy 10 the rear was not quite
eQuna %, the final task and Stutz ma
chsas No. ! few past the judges stand
q Winner. Earl Cooper, the driver, to
rae'slv4 the 3eO.OO0 first prize money,
the a,ahdfy other prizes which 60 to
HA winner OF such a contest and the
tnestapaable glory which such vic
tory achieves.
10 b perfectly, exact it was Just
WentySne onehMndredths of sec
nd later when the wheels Of Stutz
cAf Ne. with Gil Anderson Winding
Ass helm. passed the finishing line
Driver ndersoa receives $4,000 In
geh D1die -O'Donnell. in a Duesen-
Rstk csr. was third. miles behind.
osDonusB however. drove a race so
reni1s h many particulars as to
W&n6Ai oohaiferabae further COM
11assttl.
Nndeesa pipsppotntments.
suchswas the climax to the first 500
mile automobile race tn the North
west. 10 Tie christening of the new
,1RaedWay, Il came as a brilliant final
ltEht TO, Z day marked by many dis
appointments. disappointments to the
M4nafement Of the new speedway. to
The drivers and owners OF many cars
and the patrons OF the new track.
The disappointment 70 the manage
ment of the new track consisted In
sufpFisihgly small crowd. It is UNDER
stood Tut there were but $4,000 paid
aduiisSions. Many advance estimates
reached the 100000 mark. The disap-
poiptment to the many car owners,
drivers and TO the crowd> consisted Of
'assefies IT serious accidents to some
Of the most popular cars In the race.
'accfdedts which caused the retirement
&c sthese' Cars. most Of them during the.
:Aaaff.iiy .patt 81 the race The average,
q miles per hour also fell consider
lille below the estimates made in ad-
vance and at no time did any one OF
'the drivers equal the time made fire.
s0usntly ia tthe elimination trials. The
average 81 the winning car Is consid-
a1tibN below that made On other
'YpeedWays.
Tue reason for the small attendance
8'tlAAtly :seen both by the public and
~ ths speedway management. The
'sxptkn4tt6n If that lies in the now
s=6eheEaliy admitted excessive price of
admission. The general admission
sptioes v&s % and that permitted the
.sputChasST only the. privilege of finding
himself q seat somewhere on the hill
.1ops; or within the oval inclosure The
'pheapett reserved seats brought $3.50
4anfaddation TO the general admission.
s: BOXES Almost Priceless.
There were bleachers, but even
these were poorly patronized., Park
Ing INSTRUMENTATION for automobiles In
places from which the race could be
Witnessed brought big prices IS. $40
and UP. Boxes In the main grand
StA4lds were almost pricelesss
II WdG'a race with two ends and no
middle. Tie first century was as
Ina ntflcgnt q speed battle Jas man
eould Wish TO witness From, the one
hundred End sh9tieth 10 the four hun
fdre4 Md fiftieth miles the race was
70 sb6re Then the two .stutz cars
s1ttniad asavibus eyes upon each other
their speed jealousies grew until
1heytdeyelebeds into that thrilling fln-
alsA Nhlsh at least gives the new track
'oi2dfts saosf shistbry's closest finish of a
long distance SAuto race
This Ansh almost made up for the
gSief which the grandstands sus.
tanned when one after another wild
= Rl9b~ Bslrman, DaIia Resta, Ralph de
Palma. Otto Henning and Ralph Mul.
ford were forced out of the race by
vhytosla ce1 troubles. All five Of these
drivers were out before the race was
sk8Jl done. Later w. w. Brown with
No. home made car dropped out. Bar
.peX Dad9pld had intermittent trouble
With his car and never was a danger
oass pfatender.
There were fourteen to start.
! 5lDfBtM ! AGENTS MAKE RAID
sblaasly 7oa oat1tss Of Beer Are Found
1ns!Doasdtna House,