Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-11
MULFORD HITS THE
OYALAT FAST PACE
Smiling Ralph Loops the East
Omaha Saucer Consistently
at 100 to 107 Miles Hour.
RALPH DE PALMA ARRIVES
BY FERD S. HUNTER,

Smiling Ralph Milford made him.
self favorite with the railbirds in the
practice at the speedway yesterday
afternoon by shooting his powerful
Peugeot around the mile and quarter
saucer consistently at AZ, 43 and a.
seconds.
No more had Milford looped the
track half dozen times before the
wise ones began to predict competi-
ton for Resta, Rickenbacher and De-
Palma next Saturday when the big
classic will be staged.
Mulford's mount is owned by
Lutcher Brown, young millionaire,
who is still student at Princeton.
Speed enthusiasts who have followed
the game closely believe it is the fast
est car racing today, faster even than
Resta's and De Palma's cars.
Rides with Rick.
Smiling Ralph found the track
little tough, his first few trips around,
but that didn't stop him from turning
a lap in forty-two seconds, which is
about l07 miles an hour. After he
came into the pits following the first
spin Eddie Rickenbacher piled into
Baby Pete Henderson's Maxwell and
took Milford around half a dozen
times. Rick knows the groove in the
saucer and he knows just how to go
in and come out of the sharp and
highly pitched turns.
Kicks expert tutilage was apparent
the next time Milford went out as
he didn't side-slip and swing when he
hit the curves this trip. After a little
more practice Milford will know the
track so thoroughly he won't have to
shut-off on the turns and that means
he will be able to give Resta a stiff
battle for the pole position.
Ralph De Palma arrived in Omaha
yesterday from Grand Rapids and
hopes to go on the track today. His
big, cream-colored Mercedes is now
in the garage and Ralph had to do
little work on it yesterday.
Baby Pete Shows Speed.
Baby Pete Henderson, Art Klein
and Wilbur D'Alene were out on the
track for a few spins yesterday.
D'Alene suffered mechanical mishap
after couple of trips and had to hike
for the garage, but Klein and Baby
Pete turned some fast laps before
they called it a day. Baby Pete
scampered around at l02 and 1903
miles an hour for several laps. Then
Rickenbacher, who tore his motor
down yesterday, took the car out for
while, giving Milford a ride once
and making Baby Pete handle the oil
pump the other time.
Most of the drivers, however, spent
the day working on their motors. All
of them are determined to be in per-
feet shape for Saturday. In fact, they
will have to be to hold their own with |
the classy field entered here, and they
are working overtime
Practice will be held again this
afternoon from 3 o'clock until S.
Officials Named.
Officials who will have charge of
the big meet Saturday have been an
nounced as follows:
Representatives of contest board of the
Hosford. o. A. c.; w. C. Barnes Peoria
ILL., Referee: T. F. Kennedy. O. A. c. |
Starter: Fred J. Wagner A. A. A. Director
Of timing: R. A. Leavell, professor of engi- /
neering, University Of Iowa. Board Of
judges: Randall X. Brown o. A. C.; Gould |
Dietz, o. A. c.. Samuel Orloff, Des Moines |
Motor speedway, and David R, Reid. presi-
dent Speedway Park association, Chicago |
Head umpire: Bert Murphy, o. A. c, Clerk |
of course: NJ, G. Colpetzer. o. A. C. Chief
surgeon: F. ]. Schleier, NJ. D.. Surgical |
staff: Stuart B. McDairmid, NJ. D.; T. B. |
Boiler NJ D.; Lee B. Van Camp, NJ D.; |
j. Tamisea, NJ. D. Technical committee: |
Robert Cornell, chairman; John Harmon.
F. A. Claiborne. Des Moines; Darwin s. |
Hatch, Chicago, and Guy L. Smith, o. A. c., |
assistants. Staff Of umpires: F. McCaffrey
and Charles Garvey. Press board: Sandy |
Griswold, World Herald; F. S. Hunter, Bee;
p, F. Railey, News J. A. J. Isaacson.
the Sportsman, and Ben Serkowitch. Score
board manager Joe Brown. Paddock man
ager; Morris Miller. Superintendent Of
concessions: Mogy Bernstein. Manager of
program sales: J. E. Miller.