Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-09

All records for the 100-mile run on
a mile dirt track were broken yester-
day when Eddie Hearne driving a
Chevrolet won the free-for- all auto
mobile race that marked the last and
greatest afternoon of the Arizona
state fair. Hearnes time for the 100
miles was 80 minutes and 9 seconds,
Roscoe Sarles in a Frontenac finish
ing second with time of "a minutes,
after leading the field for half the
race. Cliff Durant in a Chevrolet was
an easy third.
Yesterday afternoon the grand
finale of the record state fair in Ari-
iona. was taken up with three auto
mobile races, the only other feature
being the spectacular performance of
the renowned Ormer Locklear, aerial
acrobat. The dag drew the biggest
crowd of the week to the fair grounds.
the total attendance being well above
10000 The infield was crowded, the
grandstands and bleachers full and
the track well lined as the cars rate,,
around the mile stretch in the final
program of fair week.
Greatest Day of Fair
Saturday proved a fitting day for
the ending of the biggest state fair
yet The grounds were crowded all
day long. and the remarkably COM
prehensive exhibits drew thousands of
persons TO see what strides the baby
state has made in agriculture, stock
raising mining, and every other in
dustrial field In the afternoon every
out of town visitor and thousands vI
Phoenix folk turned out to see the
concluding sport program of auto rae
| ing where a record fair was fittingly
ended with a record race.
While the 100-mile free -for-all was
| the main event of the Afternoon, the
I 10-mile novelty race, won by Jimmy
| Thomas in an Overland, and the 25-
/ mile race for Arizona, New Mexico
| and Texas cars, taken by r. B. Arm
! strongs Dodge, were both interesting
| and popular The 100-mile race car
| ried a purse of $1,000, while the rs
mile event was for $1,000, and the 10
mile feature for $500
| The big free-f or-all was as Tast a
race as the southwest has ever seen,
although there have been many more
holly contested. The fight for first
/ place was at all times between the
two Chevrolets and Sarles Frontenac
with Durant never above third. Mich
! olson's Hudson, which finished
| fourth: Thomas Overland, fifth, and
| Waldo STEMS Oldfield Special. which
came in last. were never serious cun-
tenders for first honors, apparently
content to let the leaders set the pace
apd await developments
i OF the eleven cars scheduled tC
make the start, four were scratched
and the fifth, Charles Millers Fiat
seemed to be running poorly and
dropped out before the twentieth mile
The cars scratched were the two
Frontenacs of Goodsen and Joe Boy.
er, both of them playing in hard lucI
at the last moment and deyelopine
engine trouble; r. B. Armstrong,
Dodge, which afterward won the 25.
mile race, and Omar lofts Special.
One of the features of the race was
the fact that three cars made the 100
miles without a stop. One of the
three was Hearnes Chevrolet. which
ran perfectly throughout, and both tn,
Hudson driven by Nicholson and Jim.
my Thomas Overland were able Il
follow suit Both Durant and Sarle.
made one stop at the pits. each losins
two laps. The Oldfield Submarin,
Special piloted by Stein also mad,
but one stop.
The mile track was in perfect con.
dltlon throughout and at the very out
set Eddie Hearne, the second starter
led off with fast pace. Sarles in hi,
frontenac, followed from his elevenrr
position and gave the Chevrolet drive
a hard contest. Cliff Durant was :
good third, while the other three car,
held almost the same position through
OUT, the leaders Tapping" them at in.
tervals. ~ Al
On the eighth mile Sarles wreste,