Evening star., 1936-11-29
GETS 1,02O POINTS
FOR A. A. A. TITLE
Best of U. S. in Vanderbilt
Race-Meyer, Indianapolis
Victor, Rated Second.
Py line Associated Press.

v v IASHlNGION, november 20.
A -Mauri Rose Of Indianap-
wv oils tonight was awarded
' ' the national automobile
racing championship for 1885 by the
Contest Board of the American Auto
mobile Association, governing body Of
the sport.
simultaneously the board made
public its rating of IS drivers, which
it described as the Nations great
est"
Rose, first American to finish in
the inaugural George Vanderbilt
Cup classic at the new Roosevelt
Raceway October IL, led the list with
1920 points.
Tazio Nuvolari, Italian speedster,
won the Long Island event. which
gave him 900 points and fifth place
In the A. A. A. rating.
Lou Meyer of Huntington Park
Calf, winner at Indianapolis this
year, took second place in the ma
tional ratings with 1000 points. He
has held the national championship
three times.
Third place went to Ted Horn Of
Los Angeles, Calf, who finished sec
ond at Indianapolis. He had s25
points.
Race Lengths, Positions Decide.
THE A. A. A. Contest Board ex-
planned that the ratings were de-
termined by "a system Of points
credited according to the length Of
the race and the finishing position
of the driver"
Rose. in addition to taking the first
American place in the Long Island
race, placed fourth In the Indianapo-
lis event, won the New York State
Fair race at Syracuse and was sixth
in the century title try at Goshen,
N Y.
The Indianapolis driver will be
awarded diamond-studded gold
medal by the A. A. A. Contest Board
and similar awards will 60 to Meyer
and Horn.
Kelly Petillo, Indianapolis winner
in 1885, held the title rating last
year, but dropped to seventeenth
place in this years list.
Doc Mackenzie. Eddington, Pa, who
was killed August %, before the Syra-
cuse and Vanderbilt races, rated
fourth with 6l4 points. He received
479 at Indianapolis and 135 at Goshen,
placing third in each.
Gets Posthumous Award.
DAY PIXLEY, Fullerton, Calf, who
was killed August 80, was rated
tenth with 375 points. all Of which he
won by finishing sixth at Indian
apolis.
Other drivers, their ratings and
total points included:
Wilbur Shaw, indianapolis, sixth
53s75: Jean Wimille, Paris, France,
seventh. 4e5: Chet Miller, Detroit,
eighth, $50; Count Brivio, Modena,
italy, ninth. 405.
George Connor, San Bernardino,
Calf, eleventh, $40; Rex Mays, River
side, Calf. twelfth. 335; Raymond
Sommer, Paris. France, thirteenth
$50: George Barringer. indianapolis
fourteenth, ats; Pat Fairfield, Lon
uOll, EuS SlAll0, nWCAsilt 1fV, 6She
Meyers, Philadelphia. sixteenth, 225;
Bill Cummings, Indianapolis. eight
eenth. 100; Jimmy Snyder. Chicago
nineteenth, ITS; Count Trossi. Bella
| Italy, twentieth, $50.
| Other Drivers Placed.
Drank BRISKO. Chicago, twenty
first, 1875; P. Etancelin. Rouen
France, twenty-second, 1885: Freddy
Winnai. Philadelphia. twenty-third
l25; Floyd Roberts, Van Nuys, Calf.
twenty-fourth, 10; Billy Winn, De.
troit, twenty-ffth, 90; Ralph Hep
burn. Los Angeles. twenty-sixth. rs
Charles Tabor. Orange, N. j., twenty
seventh, rs; Bob Sail, Paterson, N. J.
twenty ty-eighth, rs; F. ]. McEvoy, Paris
France, twenty-ninth. IS; Deacon
Litz, Dubois. Pa, thirtieth, 10.
Chet Gardner. Long Beach. Calf.
thirty first, S. Emil Andres. Chicago
thirty-second. As; Babe" Stapp. Lo'
Angeles, thirty-third. IS; william
Canton, Detroit, thirty-fourth, 1928
Russ Snowberger, Detroit, thirty
fifth, IS.