Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-07-12
SMASH CAR
IN RACING
Edward (Scotty) Gray Is Serious
ly Injured When His Machine
Skids and Hits Fence
DRIVER is PINNED
BENEATH HIS AUTO
Other Cars During the Day Meet
With Mishaps--Injuries Are Few,
However

During the automobile racing at
the fairgrounds on July 4, Edward
(Scotty) Gray of Sauk City was seri-
ousiy injured. In the last lap of the
five-mile race with r. w. Prothero,
his car went into the fence at the
northeast turn and the driver had
narrow escape from death. Prothero
was leading in the race, and it is
thought Gray intended to go around
on the outside of the track. 1t was
his last chance, as the race was prac-
tically over. The car skidded slight
ly the hub of one wheel struck post
and in the next instant the machine
went over. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Schellenberger were among the near
est to the driver, and with many 9TH
ers rushed to his assistance. The
machine was lifted from Mr.. Gray and
pital, where he is now patient. He
appeared to be thrown clear of the
Car, which then rolled over on him.
The driver was badly shaken up
and there was deep cash in his
shoulder, probably made by the wire
in the fence. He is resting well to-
day and will no doubt recover. He
was unconscious when first picked up
and remained so for some time.
The accident gave thrill and cast
gloom over the great crowd pres
ent In the course of time the pro-
gram was continued.
The auto looked like a mass Of
wreckage, but with new wheel and
some repairs to the mechanism, will
be put in running order. The car is
an Oakland The posts of the fence
are set in cement, and two of these
cement pillars were split. The car
landed on the outside of the fence aft
er smashing through two wooden
posts and the iron supports.
Before entering the race Gray
shook hands with Prothero and said in
effect that he was going to win or
die. They have INDUCED in races ip
the past and Gray was very anxious
to win, He has never been able to
get under the wire first when Mr..
Prothero was tearing around the
track. Just before the accident hap
pened Prothero shut off the engine
of his car, realizing the autos were
going too fast to make the turn. Gray
continued on at about so miles an
hour. Il
Injured Two Years Ago
At GAINESVILLE two years ago Gray
was injured while racing. At that
time he received two severe cuts and
was badly shaken up.
The time of the race was minutes
and seconds.
Motorcycle Race
In the motorcycle race, Rollo
Steinke was first, John Lenz was Sec
ond and rider from Madison third.
The Ball Game
The ball game between Ableman
and Baraboo resulted in score Of
to for Ableman at the close of the
fifth inning. The game was then dis
continued to make room for other
features on the program.
Race Against Time
r. w. Prothero drove one mile
against time to lower the track rec
ord, but finished one and half sec
onds behind the record of lis ne set
two years ago by the same car.
Woman's Race
Miss Orriel Philbrick and Miss
Frank Terbilcox ran the woman's au-
tomobile race. Both of the young
persons were logged out fit to kill and
the merriment went echoing around
the grounds. One drove the Baby
Buick and the other Hudson, the
Hudson, driven by Philbrick, winning.
Stock Car Race
Herman Mueller of the Mueller ga
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