The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-05
Hundred Mile Auto Race at burlington
Won by Galesburg Driver
in 2 Hours and rs
Minutes.
KEoKUK TAKES SECOND
Nearly Six Thousand People See Dusty
Grind Which Furnishes
Couple Of
Thrills.

BURLINGTON, July 5.-Before a
crowd of nearly 5000 people, A. -.
Powell, of Galesburg, ILL.,, took 1lrse
place in the first annual July Fourth
Tri-State 100-mile race at the lri-
State fair grounds in Burlington yes
terday afternoon, in a Chandler spe-
ciai. The century mark was turned
off in 2 hours, % minutes and Ii Ia
seconds The slow time was due to
the heavy track, the racers driving
through a binding cloud OF dust
from the start until the finish OF the
speed tests. But three cars OF eight
starters finished.
C. E. Brown, of Keokuk, in Buick,
took the second place In hours, 81
minutes and SO seconds, while Roy
Rein, of Summitville, Iowa, in
Dodge Bullet, finished third, stopping
at the 1S6th lap, after Roy Humphrey,
of Keokuk, in a Lee Roy special, who
had driven a good race, was forced
to quit on the roth lap while in sec
ond place.
The race was marked by several
accidents and many heartbreaking
disapointments to the racers. Three
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cidents. while others who were con-
tenders for place in the race were
forced to quit with the goal but
few laps away.
A cloud of dust that hung over the
track at all times drifted laslly on
the breeze into the amphitheater,
where 1000 or more were seated, or
over the crowds along the rail, COW
ering the spectators with fine coat
of dust.
Goes Through Fence.
Two thrills marked the event when
&. r Mcdonald, OF Springfield. In a
big Duesenberg car, plowed through
the fence. turned over. but righted
itself and was turned back on the
track by Mcdonald. A moment later
Barney Wetzel. Of Sterling, ILL.,, in
Revere special, crashed into the front
end of the Duesenberg and the car
turned over three times. Wetzel es-
capped without injury, but his mocha
nician. J. Kemper. also OF Sterling.
suffered a broken nose and lacera-
tions about the face and head.
A few minutes before he plunged
into the fence, Mcdowell scraped
along the fence at the beginning OF
the third quarter near the turn on
the northeast section of the track
Two boys standing along the fence
were injured. Both were removed to
the hospital.
Mcdonald holds the worlds record
for 100 miles on dirt track and was
in charge of the most powerful car
on the track He accounts for his
inability to hold control of the big
machine through his lack of knowl-
edge of the peculiarities of the car
II was the first time that the car had
ever been driven in a race, being en-
tered by Roy Martin, of Keokuk.
owner. 1t was badly damaged in the
collision with the Buick.
Roy Humphrey, Of Keokuk, drove
a good race and was trailing behind
Powell in the Chandler for second
place and stood good chance OF
taking first place until the 10th lap,
when he was forced to stop, and ex-
animation showed that there was
water in his gasoline Fred Bonnean,
OF Manteno, ILL.,, in Duesenberg, was
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count of engine trouble. Wetzel, in
the Revere special. had gone but
twenty laps when he crashed into
McDonald's Duesenberg. while Nc
Donald had covered but eighteen laps
when he went through the fence.
Jack Shepherd, OF Des Moines, in
Dodge, went out at 1872 laps when the
steering gear of the machine became
disarranged. Gus Schrader, Of At
kins, Iowa, in Roamer, did not start,
tire trouble developing in tests be-
fore the race.