Arizona republican., 1916-12-01

fair crowd in competition with the football match at the Indian school. The contest was featured by snappy clean driving and beautiful work m the officials stand, where perhaps the most accurate time check was kept in the history of local automobile racing.
 The race developed in the first mile between the Hudson and the Stutz, with the two Mercers and the Spa running even and following the lead- CTS closely. Armstrong was driving
 in his seventh mile when he caught the Overland in the rough stuff on the north turn. At his tremendous pace, no human being could have held the car in the track, and as he saw his control slipping he prepared to leave the car. As the right wheels dropped over the bank, both men were catapulted toward the fence. with the car rolling after them. Armstrong; 5 escape was little short of miraculous As the crowd saw the spurt of dust and then glimpsed the destruction of GO feet Of fence, a gasp that was fairly charged with emotion swept through the stands. The ambulance was driven to the turn, and from the movement of the crowd about the wrecked car. it could be seen that someone Was being placed inside Soon the news was given to the peO- pie that brennan has been badly hurt Frank Eberle umpire on the turn, was instantly on the job. His yellow flag warned the drivers Of the acci- dent, but as soon as he saw the course clear, he gave them the red flag, which is the 4. A A. signal for a clear track. Like a cloud. the news Of the accident spread among the drivers, who were circling the | track at a rapid pace and passing the scene of the accident every few f~eeonds. Automatically, it seemed, the break-neck pace was diminished. and remained comparatively slow for twenty miles, before the lust for spced had conquered the depression. and the pilots began to step on the throt- ties
 1 Delno had set a pace for himself and he adhered to if with remarkable | fidelity. He varied ever SO slightly i from his preconcerted speed. and won his second race four minutes faster than the first. finishing the century hour 3s minutes 29A seconds.
 Lambert's Spa was second in 1 hour 42 minutes and F second.
 1 Meacham's Mercer was third in hour 46 minutes F seconds. These three collected the money prizes. Pete Thomasons Ford finished
 in 1:49: 26 and Gladney's Overland in 1:49:40.
 Seven of the nine cars were run-
 ing at the finish. Beside the Hudson
 only one other car stopped-Isrewer $
 Marmon Five of them complete
 their hundred miles. Glen Thomas driving H6yt Medler's Pope. was flagged off his 94th mile. Boiling Mercer was running in his. seth mile when the race was declared run by
 Starter Bert Clingan. Boiling had had
 several trips to the pits for tires, and once had been called in for crowding
 the Spa on the turns.
 Among those to whom Promoter Joa Prochaska is indebted for splendid
 worK in the officials stand are tho judges, Dr. l.. Boido. Mayor Peter | CorpsteiE and A. G. Dulmage.
 Chief Checker Fred Weber had a fine set of men working with him. including A. J. Kisselburg. H. A. | Deans of Tucson, w. H. Crawford. ] C. Clark. J. Carman. C. E. Sihert. Harry Johnson, Arthur Luhrs and C.. W. Hartman.
 Bm Tremaine and Bob Gordon as-
 sisted Starter Clingan.
 Not Tracks Fault.
 George Purdv Bullard. Arizona rep
 resentative of the contest board of i the A. A. A. stated yesterday after an inspection of the wrecked Hudson. the accident was not due to dusty track. or to any cause except the eX- cessive speed of the car
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