Arizona republican., 1920-11-15

Ira NatL king or the dlrC I1cks Wa1 able to win but one of the three events in which he started at the state fair grounds yesterday. the last of two. day race program that developed some of, the prettiest contested racing ever witnessed in the southwest In the other two events he was obliged to surrender to Eddie Hearne.
 | Vail finished first in the 50 mile | free-for- all, the feature event of the afternoon Hearne took first in the 25-mile match race, passing Vail on. the last lap. He also won the Austral- ian pursuit race at 15 miles.
 Jimmy Thomas, Phoenix driver, mounted in a Phoenix car, Chandler 1 Special owned by Cal Messner, out classed the field in the 25 mile Tri- ! State championship for the Barney OIdfield trophy. was always con- tender in the 50 mile free-for- all, fin ishing third, and finished only nine seconds behind the winner in the 25 mile ree-for-all. the fastest race Of the day.
 Fitted against two of the fastest dirt track cars in America, Vail's PhI1brim Dusenberg and Hearne's Stutz, the Chandler Special showed its true metal by always running within hailing dis tance of the winners. Jimmy Thomas also showed rare driving form by the manner in which he piloted the big car around the mile circuit, racing against such famous speed kings as Hearne and Vail.
 Track in Good Shape
 The track was in much better shape : than on the preceding day but was stir far from a condition that is con ducive of worlds records. Notwith : standing the layer of dust which al , times blinded the drivers and made the . going most difficult. several miles , were clipped off at 50 seconds or bet : ter, the best time of the day being in 49 seconds flat by Ira Vail.
 Vail got away to a flying start in , the 5O-mile free for-al the first event and was never headed although Hearne pressed him hard during the last 10 minutes. forcing him to cover the dis tance in 8 minutes. 2S 25 seconds, a little better than an average of 51
 seconds per mile.
 At one time during this race, Vail had a lead over Hearne of nearly 5-e
 of a mile, Hearne staying far to the
 rear to avoid the dust. Jimmy Thomas
 Hearne and for several laps they raced ! neck and neck. Jimmy finally droppins i back a few rods after eating seyera ! pecks of Hearne's dust.
 q OldfieId the Pace maker Barney. Oldfield. the daddy of al ' racers, paced the field of eight starter ' for the first mile. sending them ava! a to a flying start. The first mile wa done ,in 50 seconds flat. according t,
 the timers. At the five mile post, the.
 stood Vail, Hearne and Thomas. witt 2 Crosby in a Hudson Special fourth ' followed by the Chevrolet and Ford 2 Tommy Milton was forced from tn running in the third mile when h s iburned out a bearing.
 From the fifth nxle on, 1t was a three -cornered race between Val
 Hearne and Thomas, with Vail grada
 ually increasing his lead over Hearn :, and Thomas slowly pulling up on tn
 Stutz pilot. They were caught at tn
 10 mile pole in 8 minutes. 38 seconds
 at IS miles, the time was announced a s 12 minutes, 59 3-5 seconds; IT minute.
 22 2-5 seconds was announced as tn ; time for the 20 minutes and at the hal v way post, they were caught at 21 min
 utes Al 4-5 seconds. They went to tn :. 30 mile post in 26 minutes II 25 sec onds, when Hearne started out afte
 the leader. Thomas dropping a little t n the rear to avoid the cloud of dust Tn ie time for the 35 miles was 30 minutes
 36 seconds. Hearne gradually crawle
 up on Vail for the next 10 miles, bJ 'e at the 40 mile post was nearly a quar '- ter of a mile to the bad. He quick 'e ened his pace; so did Vail and ther 70 ensued a great battle. VaiPs advant
 age, however, proved too great han
 dicap, and Hearne finally contente III himself with second money on the 49t er lap. The time. for the 50 miles was {
 minutes, 27 2-5 seconds for Vail; 4