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Nuvo|dri Leads
Vanderbilt Gun
Auto Race
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through the early stages, but with
no great damage done to cars and
drivers. Jean Wimille, France, in
fourth place at the time, took a
bad spin on the West loop of the
tenth lap, but fought his way out
and resumed the chase.
Shortly thereafter Santlon, De-
troit, was forced into the pits. as
were Frank Brisco, Chicago, and
Overton Phillips, Los Angeles.
The leaders, it was announced,
were averaging more than 1870
miles per hour on the straight
away past the grandstand.
The crowd was estimated at
$4,000.
VIM Almost Left
A crowd of $4,000 was scattered
over the four-mile, crazy-curvs
course when the parade began,
almost leaving Billy VIM, of Do
troit, behind. His Miller Special
baked and had to be pushed into
the infield before the motor be-
gan to turn over.
In the parade, the British led
the way, followed byt he French.
then the Italians and Fred Mo
Evoy, the lone Australian. The
American hosts brought up the
rear.
Tazio' Nuvolari, Italy, greatest
of Europeans, was the ranking
favorite to take the cup and the
more than $4,000 that went with
it. He led qualifiers in the official
trials and, besides, the European
cars were believed to have a def
mite advantage over American
models for road racing purposes.
Count Brivio, Italy; Billy VIM
and Wilbur Shaw were in the first
starting row as the flag fell.
BrivO Takes Lead
After the first hair-pin turn,
Brivio took the lead, followed by
Nuvolari and Bill Cummings.
Nuvolari, coming with a great rush,
passed Brivo about halfway
through the first lap and roared
into the stretch 20 yards in front
Of Brivo. The former was 80 yards
in front at the close of the first
lap, followed by Brivio, Billy VIM,
Giuseppe Farina, Italy, and
Wimille, France. Cummings was
dropping rapidly back, with Shorty
Canton, Detroit, in sixth place.
The lap was concluded with
Nuvolari so yards in front Of VIM,
with the latter a like distance
ahead of Brivio. Farina was fourth,
Wimille fifth and Canton sixth.
George Raph, France, went into
q spin on the west loop Of the first
lap but righted his car. Ted Cham.
berlain New York. went to the
pits with gas line trouble.
Finishing the fourth lap, Nuvo-
lari was 200 yards ahead Of VIM,
with the latter being menaced BY
Farina in third place.
Order Unchanged
At five laps, the Nuvoladi.Winn'
Brivio order was unchanged. But
on the next turn, Brivio came UP
to pass VIM and take second
place. At this point, Nuvolar1
had Tapped one car in the race.
Brivio was only 100 yards be-
hind Nuvolari at the end Of six
laps, with VIM an equal distance
behind the Italian nobleman.
Milt Marion, of New York, re-
turned from the pits to go into .
spin and was forced off the track
again.
Nuvolari averaged 6S.7o2 miles
per hour for the first five laps.
VOTE AMERICAN
6aIIston Plays Cards
The Ballston A. C. and the Car
dinals clash in a 150-pound di.
vision game of the National City
League Wednesday night under
the arc lights at Ballston Field.
VOTE AMERICAN
Debut on Grid With Tie
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-New
York Giants and Brooklyn Dods.
ers battled to a 1910 tie in their
debut in the National Professional
Football League here today.