Arizona republican., 1921-10-02
MURPHY-DUSENBURG
 BRING GRAND PRX HONOR TO AM ERICA

;HONOR IO A " E h IC 4 First Time Al-American Combination Has Won Success
 In Great Event-Murphy Averages 78 Miles Per
 Hour With Dusenberg's Latest Eight-Cylinder
 Racing Car
 Automobile racing circles the country have been stirred and thrilled by the details of how Jimmy Murphy pulled down the honors in the Grand Prix recently held at Le Mans France While 1921 has been banner year for sports, particularly American sport no greater triumph has been court, field track than this great victory at Le Mans held under the auspices of the Automobile Club of France
 Heretofore an all American combination has never before won success in the Grand Prix and of leadership felt in automobile and sporting cir cles when the flashed over the cables that Murphy had
 That the contest was no walk-away is clearly n- dcated by the worthy field of twelve starters sentg the leading nations of the world What is more wonderful Murphy went directly to the track from hospital where he had been patched up from injuries he had received previously while practicng the course when his Dusenberg turned result of tool strenuous application of the hydraulic brakes. Band aged up around the chest, Murphy held onto the wheel for the entire 320 miles of and rough roads and his exhibition of the applause and admlra- tion of the huge throngs present
 The victory is a famous achievement for American automobile engineering. The Dusenberg is product of the engineering genius of Frederick Dusenberg and built at the Indianapolis plant of the DuSenberg Automobile Motors Inc. It embodes the principles of design conceived by Dusenberg many years As with all pioneers DuSenbergs ideas sneered at by the knowtalls, but with persistence he held to his views, submitting his to the grinding test of first one race then another He eliminated each weak point appeared following these tests and when the final showdown came-the Grand Prix on French soil he entered his latest product with new confidence Jimmy Murphy was assigned to the wheel and together with Dusenberg divides the splendid honors that have been brought to American soil.
 The winning car has eight cylinders in a lne sin gle casting with detachable head and three valves each cylinder. Having been built especially for the track it was equipped with only three speeds the gear box being unit with the engine Hydraulic brakes on all four wheels was feature of the which had great deal to do with Murphys success, as it permitted him to dye up to at full t slam on hls brakes and pass his opponents on the turn.
 Murphy's time was 78 miles per hour The first French for of this displacement the vlc- tory go to a DeLage, which averaged 549 miles per- hour. In 1912, at Dieppe, Sunbeam brought the ord up to 6539 miles per hour for distance of 957 miles, which has been the record French soil until this last This of course is less than our track records which are S816 miles in 1920 and 89 miles in 1921, both at Indianapolis. But the conditions countered in road far different from those to be met with the track and comparison cannot be made.
 Practically every driver and mechanician was hit by flying stones, one mechanic being knocked uncon- scous by flying stone and being carried for five miles along the in the racing before he came to- He finished the race, however Radiators were rendered into seves by the stones and tires ground off but the intense excitement kept practically all the in the contest.
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