Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-09
RESTA And RICK TO
HIT BOARDS TODAY
Eddie Win Try to Lower
Worlds Record for TWEEN.
ty-Five Miles.
SIOUX CITY CARS ON WAY
BY FRED S.. HUNTER.

~NASAr Ss - ~ Az G13Ns
Eddie Rickenbacher, who yesterday
Topped the oval four times at a clip
OF los miles an hour, and Dario Resta,
the sensational Italian pilot, will be
the stellar attractions at matinee
to be held at the speedway this after
noon at Z:50. !YetA
The big event Of the afternoon win
be an attempt by Eddie Rickenbacher
to lower the worlds record for twet-
ty-five miles. This mark is seventeen
minutes and thirty seconds, hung 10
by Barney Oldfield in 1914 at Indisn.
apolis. 4 II
That Eddie will accomplish tho
trick is the belief Of the railbirds who
watched him in action yesterday az
ternoon. If Kicks motor turns over
today as it did yesterday he'll knock
Oldfield's mark into cooked hat. ~
Resta Keen Over Track. NV
| Resta also intends to do some tail
shooting on the boards. DaYio
! watched Rickenbacher and Baby Pete
Henderson spin yesterday and he be-
came so keen over the track he de.
clared he would have his powerful
blue Peugeot on the track by 10
o'clock this morning, getting set for
this AFTERNOON. Gu.
Just what part In the program
Resta will fulfill this afternoon has
not been definitely decided. Dsrio
may also take crack at the twenty
five-mile record, or he may shoct
at several other marks. But what
ever he does, Dario says he'll do Il
and that any record he goes after 10
sure to fall tits a wonderful track"
said Resta, "anda should hold almost
any kind Of speed"
While they, Of course, will be the
leading attractions, Resta and Ricken-
bacher will not monopolize the matt
nee today. Baby Pete Henderson
will be out to cut few capers with
his Maxwell, which is twin Of Rick
enbacher's. Baby Pete's car refused
to hit yesterday and he had to con-
tent himself with running around the
bottom of the saucer. All of this
made Pete peevish, especially when
he saw Rick hitting the high spots,
so he decided to overhaul his engine
again and do his spinning this alter
noon. 9s
Cars Leave 500 City. M
Fourteen OF the cars which were
entered at Sioux City yesterday are
scheduled to take part in the Omaha
race. next Saturday, and practically
every one of the fourteen left Sioux
City last night. They packed their
machines in express cars and started
on their way. l.t
In this number is Wilbur D'Alene,
the Duesenberg pilot who won the
ten-milc race, and Dave Lewis and
Billy Chandler, who finished second
and third, respectively, in the fifty
mile race, Howdy Wilcox, who caps
tured the twenty and fifty-nile events,
is not entered here, but there 10 Z
good chance that he will do so today
or tomorrow.
II is probable that several Of the
steeds which worked at Sioux City
will be out on the local oval this At
ternoon with Resta, Rickenbacher
and Henderson, at least those drivers
whose cars did not suffer any me-
chanical mishaps yesterday
Ralph De Palma and Ralph Null
ford are expected in tonight. Both
drove yesterday in the l00-mile race
at Grand Rapids, and, according to
word received here, caught trains tcf
Omaha last night. 6
Gamer In Hard Luck.
| A bit Of Disappointing news also
became known yesterday. Earl Coop
err, one of the very best of the drivers
entered, probably will not be abs
to come to Omaha. Earl's car was
all broken up last Sunday at Mime
apolis and he fears he will not be abs
to get it in shape In time to race
here. Earl Is a wonderful driver and
Shis Stutz is a wonderful car. He
would be one of the favorites y he
could take part. There is stu :
chance that Cooper may show, but
it is regarded as slim one. ].
1t is expected all of the drivers Will
be in Omaha by Tuesday and on that
day things will surely begin to hum
at the speedway. Elimination trills
. must necessarily be held because pf
the large entry list and some gopd
racing can be anticipated every day.
Including Cooper, who has not
scratched his name yet, the drivers
entered in Omaha are as follows: !,
1, pario ,Resta, Peuseot, French. u
O. Ralph De Palma. Mercedes, German
g. Ralph milford, Peuseot, French.
l. Eddie Rickenbacher. Maxwell, American
s. Pete Henderson. Maxwell. American.
.. Earl Cooper. stutz, American:
7. Jules Devigne, Delage, French.
8. Alvo Franchi, Pusun. English.
., Bobby Moore, Delage. French.
TO- Hughie Hughes, Duesenberg. American.
IL wilbur D'Alene, puesenberg. Amerieau-
ia Tommy Milton, Duesenberg, American
ls Billy Chandler, Crawford, American.
il, Dave Lewis. Crawford American.
Is. Art johnson, Crawford, American.
is, Ira Vail, Hudson, American
| IL Fred Mccarthy, Hudson, American.
H. Mel stringer, Mercer, American.
TO- Jack Gable, Burman Special, French.
| ~ Toutufh 2naftaI