The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-30
EXTEND TIME FOR
TESTS OF CLIP CARS
Several Racers Unable Is
Reach Sheepshead Bay Speed
way for Official Trials.
PROBABLY 90 STARTERS

Elimination trials for the Astor Cup
race next Saturday at the Sheepshead
Bay motor speedway were not COM
pleted yesterday. although II was the
day set as the limit for such efforts.
The absence OF several cars which will
not get to the track until this after
noon made It impossible to close the
list and William Schimpf. the referee.
and Fred J. Wagner. the starter, said
that the late corners would be permitted
to show their speed, but would have
to go into the back row OF the qualltiers
regardless of what place the perform
ances they made might have entitled
them to.
The Ogren special. with Tom Alley
up, is due to-day and Grover Bergdoll
telegraphcd from Philadelphia that his
Erwin special will not he on hand be-
fore then. 1t appears that any car may
make a speed trial Mt any time w to
the end of Friday afternoon.
1t was on the basis of an early morn
ing tryout that Ralph De Palma got
in yesterday with his Mercedes. Wag-
ner timed him at the rate OF lO2 miles
an hour. Theoretically the qualiiiers
must try out between 3 and . O'Clock IN
the afternoon, but yesterday at that
time De Palma was on his way back
to New York. towing his car. which had
frozen "A piston. lie will undoubtedly
| get it going again all right for the race.
but il came as "A surprise to n mum.
her of persons at the speedway when
they learned that the unofficial trial
of the morning qualified the car.
Several other drivers had hard luck
yesterday and Will "a TO put Ia some
hours getting their cars back into shtpn.
pariD Rcsta had some engine trouble
with his peugeot which has made the
fns;est time trials on the track. Barney
Oldf.ld's peiage also had to De towed
Off 1T the close of the practice, Finlay
II. Porter finally got one of his i L. L.
cars 10 the track. but when P~0rlora'o
| rough IL down to the liac for his time
| trial something 'hlew" and the car sad
to 20 back - the garage. II - likely.
| however. that Oldfcld's and Resta's cars
! will Ice all right for the race
Ii is hardly probable that Harry :.
Hardness, president pf the speedway,
will drive a car IN the race, although lie
has entered a Delage To- be plloted by
himself. II appears that a racing rule
which bars any persons having a IMAM
cial interest in a race meet from COM
netting as drivers will keep him out.
Then he has no drivers license and
there is not time now for him 10 get one.
Paul Il. Bruske. who managed tho
Maxwell racing team in It's successful
early season contests, arrived In the city
Yesterday and went out to the speedway
10 see what his old pets are doing under
the ownership of Jim Allison OF indiana
apolls. He said that Tom Orr would
drive the Maxwell car that had been
entered as n substitute ~r Harry
Grants car which was burned. Grant,
II IL reported at the Conoy Island Hos
It,aL, II in good condition n probably
will be out in another week.
Earl Cooper of the Stutz team made
his third time trial yesterday, record
ing the same az on Monday. when he
did 7l.sO seconds for "A lap. This is AT
the rate of better nan 400 miles an
hour. Eddie R~ickcnhaCker drove a Max
well racer thli;y miles averaging close
to 80 miles an hour.
The usual official meeting OF the drIv-
ers before the race will BE- held at 'hH
Judges stand at II o'clock this morn
ing. AT that time the driver, relief
driver and mcchanician for every car
entered will have 10 he named. and al
who expect to participate will have ~
get the official surgeons certificate f..
general health, heart and blood pressure
tests.
sixteen cars have qualified for tn
race. The fastest time was done hy
Resta, Peugcot, at loo miles N hour
The Others thus far lin are Johuu'
Aitken, Peugeot; Earl Cooper, Stuiz
GU Anderson. Stutz Tom Roon''.
Stutz Bob thurman, Peugeot Howard
Wilcox. pcugcOt T. RickenbaCkcr, MIN-
well Tom Orr. Maxwell T.. O'Duunrl'
Duesenberg Pete Henderson, Ducsc'
berg Willie Haupt, Duesenhcrg Ira
Vail, milford special Ora Haihe. So
bring. and Jack lie Cain, Pugh special
The Ogren, Erwin special, Hanson 81
Peugeot and perhaps one more PeuE,u'
or Mr.. Harkness's Dclage driven by
another driver) will bring the field up
to twenty cars for the start.