New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-14
Ira Vail Surprises All by
Finishing in Third
Place.
JULES DE VIGNE GETS
THE SECOND PLACE
Metropolitan Trophy Won by
Maxwell Car. with 1928
Miles as Average.
By JEROME T. SHAW.

pionship events yesterday afternoon,
when he brought his American made
Maxwell car home first in the Metropol-
itan Trophy, the feature event OF the
Sheepshead Bay Speedway card. The
Maxwell driver covered the 100 miles
in l:33:31.42, an average Of 1928 miles
an hour. and finished more than two and
one quarter miles ahead Of Jules De
Vsne in Delage. who negotiated the
seyonty-fve laps OF the two-mlle course
in l:35:l1:1O. averaging 9456 miles an
hour
Ira Vail. a Brooklyn lad, behind the
wheel of a Hudson stock chassis. fur.
nished the surprising performance OF
the day when he romped into third place
in l:38:4468. Vail averaged GIL miles
an hour, and covered the distance with
out stop. George Adams, in the
Adams special, got fourth money IN
i:52:34.62. and was the last driver 10
finish the entire distance. Bert Wat
son. driving the J. J. Z. Special. who was
still on the track. but a number o.
miles from the finish. was tagged on
and awarded fifth prize.
As had been anticipated, the race our
ing the carly stages developed INTO
fight between the fastest OF the foreign
cars, with Joseph Christians: the Bel
gian driver, eliminated as factor be
cause his machine was damaged in the
first race OF the day. Gradually the
mace. though several miles an hour
slower than in previous contests az the
track. commenced to show or the Tor
eigr mounts, and one by one they were
compclled to pull up at the pits with
mechanical trouble which meant their
withdrawal. OF the five cars that were
forced out Of the running four were OF
foreign brand.
Rickenbacher was UP with the lead
ers throughout the $50 miles. from the
.hirtieth mile on never being back oil
third Mace. During the first twenty
miles. when the fight between Llmbcrg'
Delage and the Peugeots driven oy
milford and Resta brought these three
machines TO the front, Rickenbachel
was running in fifth place. immediatell
back Of De Nigne's Delage. When Mul
ford withdrew his Peugeot on the lott
mile, while in first place. kesta sd
yanced 20 first place and Rlckenbachel
also moved up a place INTO tourtn posi
ton. A broken piston was the cause Of
milford assuming the role of specta
tor. Resta only held the lead for one
Ian and on the twentieth mile was
passed By Limberg. who Gas sending
his Delage along at a great clip. tax
ing the steeply banked turns well uF
the track. At twenty miles Limbere
was leading Rests by less than second
and vas averaging 1918 miles an
hour.
?. For eight miles Limberg ard Rests
sped around the course with less than
a cars length separating them. the
yellow Delage always displaying sum
! Gent speed TO show in front Of the blue
( Peugeot driven by Resta. II was while
! in the heat OF this duel that Limberg
car crashed into the upper rail on the
west turn and was wrecked. with
Limberg out. Rests assumed the lead
while Rickenbacher passed De Nigne
and went into second place These
positions remained unchanged during
the next twenty eight miles. Resta
. Rickenbacher and De Nigne set the
pace for the rest Of the held. which
+ had been further reduced BY the with
draVal of the Pesun. driven by trancht
on the twenty ninth lap because OF en-
CINE trouble.
On the sixtieth mile Devlin's Deu-
senberg replaced De Vigne's Delsge in
third place. At seyenty-five miles
/ Richebacher was in first place, 8
stop by Resta on the SEVENTEEN mile
to change his right rear tire giving the
Maxwell driver the opportunity 10
forge to the front. The stop only cost
Resta trihe over a minute, but It
was sufficiently long 10 permit RicHen.
bacher to gain a lead which he held
until the ninety-second mile. Seventy
five miles we're covered in 4i:43.S0 and
eighty miles in 47:42.S6. the latter
being AT an average speed of l00.o9.
/ Pickenbacher drew up 20 the pits at
the end Of the ninetieth mile and lost
one minute and thirty-three seconds
/ changing his spark plugs and re
plenishing his gasoisne and oil tanks.
This stop resulted In Rests again
going 10 the front. The PeUgeot dri1e
then set the pace until the one nun
ored and fourteenth mile. when q
broken valve and water jacket rem
dered him hors de combat when ne
hrst stopped il was thought hat his
trouble only affected the valve. but
wh.,. he attempted to start from the
MIS- a stream Of water in the wake o.
his car disclosed the broken water
Jacket, which meant that there was no
chance Of his continuing. Eesta Gov
cred 100 miles in I hour 5s.7i seconds,
averaging $3.50 miles an hour. and
uhicn s,as more than two minutes
back Of tho record he established IN
the Hardness Trophy race last TALL
De Yigne Keeps Going.
L,a yoo- co. 4 l.
ing ME Dclage along at consistent
pace. and when the score Tor TO niles
was posted his was ~ first place, five
seconds ahead OF Rckcnbacher lie
maintained this advantage over Rex
enbacner ~ the l30-mile mark, but
the average for the race had dropped
20 $3.50 miles an hour. Two laps
rrf,hcr on De Nigle vas forced 10
top at he pits TO change a right front
.irc. While making the change ms
motor caught Ere and the time lost n
,xtinguishiug the flames was enough
TO enable Rickenbschor 10 Jump in the
lead with more th.n a lap advantage
2 The last ten miles were easy going
+ FOR TIRE Maxwell driver and he flashed
over the timing tape winner oy more
than 2 lap and q quarter
During the excitement OF the speed
battle between Resta. Rickenbaeher anc
De Vigne little attention was paid &c
/ Ira Vail and his Hudson. Vail had
; beer driving at a comparatively slow
/ but nevertheless consistent, pace, which
! brought it's reward as the race drew tC
ciose. without making a stop. the
O. Hudson finished in third place. slightly
/ more than three minutes after DE-
} Vigne had received the checkered flag
/ The $4,000 in prize money offered
| for the Metropolitan Trophy race wa
intended 20 be split seven ways, bu'
only four other cars remained on tbs
course after Rickenbacher had finished