Evening star., 1926-09-26
=. YOUTH WINS AMATEUR RACE
AT LAUREL; GLEASON TAKES TWO

I wheels and the protecting wall, shot
/ past his rival at 1926 miles per hour
! for the lead.
But the glory, we'll earned. was
| short lived Soon he came into the pit
with tire trouble The loss of time in
such a short contest meant the loss of
| the race, but Winnai went back in.
| anyway, did his best and got third
| place.
Stacked up against Washington's
daring little driver. who looks so mod
est and talks so softly were Jack Des
| mond of Philadelphia in Il Mercedes
4; Slim Everett of Wilmington. Del.
in an +. & j. Special; Jack topnla Of
Philadelphia in Raia Special. and
| Ray keech of Atlantic city. in two
seated Duesenberg g. Capoa illst
about made the first lap. went ont for
repairs and never showed his face
| again Desmond called n halt for q
! long while. and when he got back in
| the odds were too much against him.
| Everett didn't last long. and for
while il looked like Gary and keech
would have to fight 1t out. BY the
! time keech h'Hl to go out Desmond
| was back in again, so Gary always
! had company. The race was not as
thrilling As the one that preceded it,
but there was joy in the ranks of the
| from this city when the canary-co!-
ored Walter Special. numbered 100
got the checkered flag Keech was
| given second and Desmond third.
After Winnai dropped ont of the
1O0-miln championship race, Gleason
had thu day to himself. but he keut
a cautious eve on Snowberger. who
seemed tosbe taking 1t easy hut at
the same time never allowing the Mil
tN, l.,r.
! ahead. Only five cars went in for the
event. Keech and Desmond being the
addition to those mentioned before.
Rain Halts Race.
Eighty-nine laps over the Ia mile
bowl were necessary, hut due to the
rain which began falling about the
eighty.ffth circuit for Gleason the
remaining cars IN the race. Snow
berger and the Mercedes. with several
more laps to go, were tagged in he
cause Of the increased hazards
brought on them by wet track.
Gleasons time for the l0o-mile course
was 81 minutes 2 A. seconds. or An
avera ge speed of l13 miles per hour.
Gleason went To the pits twice for
motor adjustments of III few sec
| ondS duration and SnoWberyer also
went in twice for tire and engine
trouble. keech stopped often to cool
off his mount and the Mercedes driven
by Desmond seemed to he functioning
poorly in it's oling system. Desmond
was relieved about the siNty-fifth lap
by Frank Farmer of Philadelphia who
broke his leg in July i'm an autorn".
bile race in that city. Farmer. sitting
as a spectator with friends in the
stands, hobhled down to tho track and
took over the car. He had tried to
get p place In the first race. hut his
car failed him. He. however. drove
until tagged in by Elmer r. Gerner,
the starter
After Winnai lost his place in the
race he ravorted about the track help
ing colleagues change tires. assisting
in pushing the little racers out for a
TART and wiping off the grimy faces
~ the other drivers. His only com
ment on his close call was. It's all in
the game Gleason won the % and
so mile races at Laurel last June.
His speeds were 112 and 10 miles per
hour respectively.
More than 600 people witnessed
the three contests yesterday, and just
as Gleason WAS tagged for the eighty
ninth lap and the race. the heavens
opened up. Mad dashes We're made
| for automobiles and railroad trains.
and the tedious task of the motorists
| in getting their cars onta the mar
row road connecting with the boule.
ward occupied about an hour.
Vincent Rowland. president OF the
| y. NJ. X. A.. was the chief timer. and
II. c. Barber. Melville sharp and
Thomas r. Hickman were the judges.
Yesterdays events brought to close
the motor racing season for Wash
| ing and Baltimore