New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Auto Race at
Bay ToBe Run
In i've Heats
Winner of $4,000 Sweep
stakes To Be Decided by
Point System

Tho 900 International Sweep
stakes at Sheepshead Bay Speedway
next Saturday afternoon will be run in
five heats at five different distances, as
originally planned by the management.
The champion drivers who will com
pete have agreed to this after almost
endless squabbling. The distances
agreed upon at meeting yesterday
are two miles, ten miles. twenty miles,
thirty miles and fifty miles.
Flying starts will be made in each
heat. The winner of each heat will
score FIVE points, the second man four
points and third man three points, etc.
The driver scoring the greatest number
of points will be the winner.
These conditions enhance the win
ming chances of Arthur Duray, worlds
speed king, with a record of lat miles
an hour: Louis Chevrolet, speedway
champion of 1917 and winner of the re-
cent Chicago Derby, and Dario Resta'
champion of 1915-'l6. They held out
for the shorter heats, while Ralph De
Palma and Ralph Milford wanted
either two heats at fifty miles each or
one heat of 100 miles. De Palma has
won two "century" races this season.
Car of Great Speed
Resta's car has shown phenomenal
need in short races this year, but has
not stood up under the strain OF the
long grinds. The same can be SAID LOT
Duray. The latter will be making ms
first appearance on an Eastern speed
way. and he is anxious to make an I'M
pressive showing on his debut.
Records at every one OF the hve
distances are sure to be shattered, as
every car that will go to the starting
line must have known speed of ITO
miles an hour. De Palma recently broke
all worlds competition records from
ten to thirty miles.
The management yesterday posted
it's sl5,O00 Of the $4,000 purse with
Harry S. Hardness, millionaire sports,
man and owner of the Sheepsnead
Speedway. De Palma also posted his
81 900 and each of the other drivers
have agreed to do the same. The
$4,000 purse will be divided into i've
prizes, the lowest OF which must De
not more than $500
With the selection of Hardness as
stakeholder and the agreement on the
heats and distances, all trat remains
to be decided is the division OF the
purse and the selection of the referee,
starter and other officials. These de-
tails are certain to cause more squap-
bling by the drivers.
Drivers Due Here Monday.
All five of the speed pilots who will
compete in the biggest open race OF
years will be here tomorrow to start
their final preparation for the $4,000
classic. De Palma and Chevrolet will
compete in a match race at Columbus,
Ohio. to-day and ship their cars here
immediately after the race.
Those who will compete in the first
running of the international Sweep.
stakes are Ralph De Palma, holder of
a dozen world records for speed and
winner of the Sheepshead Bay and
Cincinnati 1O0-mile handicap races, as
we'll as the Chicago Sweepstakes this
season; Louis Chevrolet, speedway
champion of 1917 and winner of the
Chicago Derby; Arthur Duray, hero Of
the battles of Verdun and the Marine
and holder of the worlds speed record
of TAT miles an hour: Ralph milford,
twenty-four hour champion and run
ner-up in two 100-mile races this year,
and Dario Resta, champion driver of
1915-1916.
The Sweepstakes is to be a popular
priced show, with free parking space
FOR thousands of cars.