Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 27 | Double Victory Puts Salt Lake Close to Vernon

DOUBLE VICTORY PUTS SALT LAKE CLOSE TO TO VERNON I I b c. c COoper Wins First and Anderson Second in Thrilling Auto u Race t I COOPER LEFT AND ANDERSON TI 4 I 1 w M at 3 G GI I r r ho fA acs x rY ry r v ih Y r I Y Yr r r e. e r TWO WINNERS LEAD LEADFIELD LEADFIELD FIELD BY 30 MILES 1 t 1 I F ORT OHr SNELLING Minn Sept 4 4 In one of the most ar nod d closest finishes ever witnessed at nt the end of a mile milc motor nv ra ce e E Earl rl Cooper of Los Angeles today won on the first motor derby over the wen T Twill City speedway Cooper was less than one second ahead of his Gil Anderson of Indianapolis who finished second The a official time of odthe od the two cars was was' Cooper 5 hours 47 minutes and 29 seconds seconds' j Anderson 5 hours 47 minutes and 30 seconds Coopers Cooper's average speed lor tor or the tho raco raga was miles per hour how Eddie ODonnell O'Donnell who was moro than thirty miles beh behind nd the leaders fin finished shed third 0 O'Donnell's Donnells time was 6 hours 20 minutes 2 23 seconds B By his victory Cooper who drove an American car caron won on and Parson won oon ODonnell O'Donnell and tLc tle remainder of ot of was divided proportionately pro pro- among other drivers t to complete the long grind Tom Alit finished fourth In the race Ills his tin tin- was wait C G hours 21 2 minutes and 44 H second i. i Cooper who drove an exceedingly well judged race was relieved for tor miles by John Aitkin of ot Indianapolis Anderson also no was relieved cd for tor a shorter short short- er or distance by Tom ROone Rooney or of Indian Indian- s ll declared that conditions ot of the Chicano Chicago o and Indianapolis courses were gr-e gr greatly tl superior to that of at tho Snelling course and that tho the rough parts made record impossible Several Se of ot the leading lending entries dropped out during during- the first 00 miles Bob Rob Burman was tho the first ot of those to be eliminated 1 Ho He withdrew after atte holding first position for tot nearly thirty miles One o oe the surprises of at the tho race raco was the withdrawal of or Darlo Dario Resta whose French car shot Into the lead early In tho cont contest st st. A broken oil pump forced his withdrawal at the tho end of at one fifty lap laps Ho He held fourth place at the tho time Ralph Mulford dropped out after thundering around tho the oval for miles A broken spring was as the cause A defective detective al valve e put Henning out After Arter a terrific spurt which placed him In second position engine trouble forced forcell Ralph DC De Palma out of ot the running running run run- ning at the milo point He Re was another strong favorite of ot the day After Arter tho the first miles Anderson and C Cooper oper pushed into tho the lead lend gradually gradually grad grad- widened l the tho distance between their cars ars and of their closest competitors and ami for the next miles mites th the lead sC sawed sef-sawed fa between tho the two Only nine of tho the fourteen cars that started remained In tho the race when one one- half haH of at the entire distance had been covered ered I cars finished