The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

a0O road and track races, and the late David Bruce Browns winning Of two Grand Prix at Savannah.
 Just as these boys are anxious 10 wln on their home territory so tne Wsstera contingent is itching to lift honors ana carry them away from the realm or sheepshead Bay. California mas pro- duced some remarkable drivers who nave never been seen in action on metropohtan soil. Earl Cooper who has long string or big western and mlddle-western Yictories to his credit, has never had mount here. Neither has retzlaff, Earl Devore or Grover Ruckstall all from the coast. Imagine, after the recent tennis cham pionship victory of William Johnston how California looks to her native sons 10 win the laurels in the big speed classic From the middle west come many who have not driven in New York, These include Gilbert Anderson, whose victories lately have been phenomenal; Howard Wilcox, his team-mate; Eddie HfcKen-
 hacker, winner of the two Sioux City speed races: Tom Alley and others. JACK Aitk on, the Indianapolis crack, has made one appearance in the east-the 1910 Van- derbilt cup race, in which he was at great disadvantage because he hated 10 drive on a course where there was no ade- quate protection for spectators NOT did Aitken like 1t when his mechanician was hit in the head and nearly killed by a beer bottle thrown by drunken hood-
 lum Barney Oldfeld. wno drove cars on tracks before any present-day plot except Chevrolet, has driven only in mi- nor track meets at New York and the Briarcliff road race. but that contest was run in the days when Barney was not nearly-so great a driver as he Is to- day. As for the foreigners who are invad- ing the realm-Dario Resta looms up at once as the most formidable contender, by far Resta came to this country last
 winter and won both the grand prix and Vanderbilt cup races at the Panama-Pa- cifc exposition with his Peugot and then followed this by taking first honors In tho 50o-mie derby on the Chicago speed- way and also the 100-mle invitation match race there some weeks later, when he broke worlds records. Resta Is Italian by birth but has lived a good deal of his life in England and is considered Eng
 lands foremost driver.
 | Jean Porporato is unquestionaDly one
 of the greatest Italians who ever raced but since his arrival here last April nc
 has been unlucky, failing to win race
 although always driving brilliantly. Jus' what he will do on his new F. K. r
 racer remains to be seen. Louis Chevro- ! | seen on car of Ralph Muford's ere ation, which Louis has tuned up to a
 high racing pitch. The Great Georges
 Bollot of France or Rene Thomas. win
 ner of the 1914 Indianapolis 500-mile
 sweepstakes, are expected to arrive here
 for the race Advces from abroad state
 that each of them has been released by
 the French army for sufficient fur lough to make their competing for thu l Astor cup possible.
 There will be merry little battle be
 tween the customers coming from Jus
 outside New York, Harry Grant of Bos
 ton, winner of the 1909 and 1910 Wander
 bilt, is the Hubs standby. From Phila
 delpha hail Willie Haupt and Grove
 Bergdoll and the numerous fans iron the Quaker City will be roofing for them
 From Trenton Eddie Pullen, winner o the last Santa Monica grand prix ant | Corona races, will come with his Mer
 cer team to make things warm. Of cours'
 the above mentioned are not nearly al l of the speed daredevils who will fac the starter. but this array certainly pro sages one of the greatest races in al \ motor history on October Eff not th' greatest