Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-10
ANDERSON WINS AsTOR CUP1
SKATERS ALL RECORDS
FOR 350-MILE EVENT
Norwegian Covers Race mt Shccpshcnd
Hay In Three Hours and Twruty-
-Four Minutes.
by DAMON wuNYON.

SHEEPSH FAD BAi. October O.
Riding the tail Of an American shrap-
mel shell named n Stutz Gil Anderson,
Norwegian. won the 350-nile race for
the Astor cup at the new Sheepshead
Bay speedway this afternoon
He shattered all worlds records for
tho distance. His time was three hours
twenty-four minutes and forty-two
seconds
He was whirlcd along the planked
roadway AT an average speed of iO2 90
miles AN hour-the muddcst widest
flight ever seen on this continent
while nearly 100000 persons watched
him and his competitors. pop-eycd
with ainazemcnt that human beings
could dare that craZcd speed
Behnd Anderson came his team
mate. Tom Rooney. also in a Stutz. and
driving his frs; big race He finished
Just "a" clock ticks away from the
$4,000 that goes To Anderson, his
time 3:25.2c. bat he gets $4,000 for
his reward.
0vcrcume nj End.
~ was a dual American victory and
when Anderson rolled his car back TO
ms hill, with the finish. lifted his
shaking body from his crnrnpcd seat
and looked at his young partner,
ca'o!ning on up the track. band In
The stand struck UP The Star Spamgled
banner while mighty chorus Of
song rose from the great thrung
Anderson WAS so deaf from the ter
r'hc roar of his engine throughout that
insane drive that he could scarcely near
word for some minutes. He stag
scred momcntarily when his feet struck
'he ground. His mechanician. g. W
Scott, was overcome By the gasoline
fumes
Eddie Donnell. In Dnezcnburp was
third Wild Bob Burrnnn one OF tho
greatest OF all American mahouts of
III" planked track. had to quit two
laps-only four milcs-fruln tho finish
something went wrong With his car
lie was never worse than fourth dur
ing the race. and AS ne brought his
car limpins back TO his pi, :, muir
Inur OF sym pathy rose from the crowd
Tie was great favoritc with the spec
tators. and 80 was Barney Oldncld, tho
grim daredevil with the cigar pr!ppcd
between his teeth. but Oldncld had TO
drop out early
Henderson Wins Fourth.
rourth p!ac" went TO y. Henderson
In DuezcnburG hf,h to Tome AlIcy-
In an oEren. and sixth TO Carl Timber
In Delage. the same Kind OF car that
was driven by OldHold
Long after Anderson and Rooney had
finished and long after many OF the
spectators had started FOR home. Lin
h"rg came IN. His time was i:U9:o7 an
- g t'b' W NilEH'!N over tIGh'N-iOur
miles an hour vet the experts shook
their heads and said this was very
very slow
Not many years ago William X Van
dcrbilt drove n Mercedes I'VE miles in
7'ahout seven and half minutes, and
'ipersons thought the limit had about
been reached
Dario Rcsta. tho great Italian driver.
III a Pucgcot held the lead for the first
thirty-nvc minutes OF the race to-day
ana had covered about sixty miles
when he had TO drop out for repairs to
his car II was then that Anderson
the Norwegian, ana his little white
Stuiz showed out' in front; tnr later
Resta again forged in front ONLY to
eventually have to quit the race en-
tircly.
Cd Rickenbacher, Ralph milford and
Ralph Dc palma-all among the ia
nous drivers OF America--were forced
from the contest through car troubles
of one kind and another. There were
no accidents 70 any cf the men in the
race however
Gil Anderson is thirty-fivc years old
IA the Twin City speedway anderson
ana Cooper finished first and second.
with only one-hfth second in elapsed
time.
Anderson has won a, E:lgtn ma took
third money In the great American
automobile classic at indianapolis
while in the Chicago derby he finished
In sixth place. The race to-day smashed
the Chicago record OF 979 miles an
hour.