Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-16

dict of every speed enthusiast who
has followed the racing game To
show how terrific the pace was it
need only be mentioned that eleven
of the seventeen cars which started
fell out during the race because of
mechanical troubles. This is an I'M
usual percentage and is the direct re-
suit of the savage fight for position.
The l50-mile championship classic
was a race between Dario Resta and
Ralph milford from start to finish.
milford had the pole at the start and
Resta was in the first line with him.
How They Get Away.
The first start was a false one and
Starter Fred Wagner called the par
Elephants back and made them do it
over again. At 2:4l he gave them the
flag and Resta Immediately swept into
the lead, with Milford right behind
him. Wilbur D'Alene was third and
Eddie Rickenbacher was fourth.
Ralph De Palma, playing the waiting
game, dropped back into the bunch,
content to let Dario and Ralph set the
pace.
Resta and Milford continued to
race in the first positions for num-
Der of laps. At twenty laps Milford
began to speed up. He put the pedal
down hard and successfully passed
Resta. He held this position through
the fiftieth lap. AT this position Rick
enbacher was third Tommy Milton
fourth and Ralp De Palma fifth. The
intense heat was playing havoc with
tires and many changes were made,
with resulting changes in position.
Mulford Has Tire Trouble.
Shortly before the 100-mile mark
was attained Milford began to rumble
into the pits to change tires. He was
forced to make several changes. This
gave Resta his opportunity and he
swung into the lead and was never
headed. At 100 miles, with Resta lead
ing, the time was l0l miles an hour.
After this point, however, Resta
gained a good lead and he slowed up,
so that his total average was ninety
eight miles an hour.
Resta did not make a tire change
through the entire race. His Silver
towns held like steel and Dario went
from flag to flag without stop. This
fortune is what earned him the vic
tory. milford had to make four stops
at the pits
Rick Victim of Fate.
Eddie Rickenbacher waas the real
victim of fate, though. Eddie rode in
third position almost from the start
to the seventy-sixth lap in good style.
He was right behind Resta and Null
ford and by. wonderful driving he
was more than holding his slower car
in pace with the faster French ma
chimes. The wise ones gave him an
even chance to beat both Dario and
Ralph out of first money.
But, as luck would have it, some
one-sheet hand bills for advertising
purposes were distributed among the
grandstand crowd, which negligently
permitted the bills to float out before
the breeze onto the track. One of the
bills caught on Kicks radiator and
stopped the air circulation with the
result that Eddie quickly burned up
and was forced out of the race.
Dave Lewis First Out.
Dave Lewis was the first unfort-
innate pilot to drop out. On the fifth
lap DAVE broke valve and had to
pull up. From then on the cars be-
gan to drop out frequently.
Franchi was the next man out,
when he suffered the accident on the
seventeenth lap. Hughie Hughes,
Franchi's teammate, in a Delage,
went out four laps later and Billy
Chandler, captain of the Crawford
team, broke a valve on the twenty
second lap.
Wilbur D'Alene, one Of the favor
ties, was the next man out. A brok-
en- valve ended D'Alene's chances on
the thirtieth lap.
The third of the Crawford cars,
Art Johnson's steed, was forced out
on the sixty-third lap, and Jack Gable
went out on the SEVENTEEN when he
turned over.
These Went Long Way.
Eddie Rickenbacher burned up on
the seventy-sixth lap and Ira Vail
gave up on the seventy-eighth. Ira
had bunch of trouble before he f.
nally drew up. He made seven stops
at the pits to change tires and one
time his machine caught on fire.
Ralph De Palma fell by the wayside
on the eighty-eighth lap and Art
Klein blew up just before the finish
of the race.
Ralph De Palma had easy sailing in
the ffty-mile race. Only eight cars
were able to take part in this event.
The eight who started were De Pal
ma, Eddie Rickenbacher, Baby Pete
Henderson, Tommy Milton, Mel
Stringer, Ed Rawlings and Ralph
milford, Milford driving a Hudson
instead of the Peugeot.
Winning the Fifty-Mile.
De Palma grabbed the lead at the
start of the short classic and never
was headed. Eddie Rickenbacher
fell into second position at the start
and he also continued home in this
place. Baby Pete Henderson cap
tured third place after a desperate
battle for honors with Dave Lewis.
Rickenbacher and Lewis succeed
ed in getting into the short race after
working nyer an hour On fhe;r ,,o