Show KNIPPER WINS TIEDMAN CUP CUPAT CUPAT AT SAVANNAH MaKes Malies Miles in Three Hours flours and Fifteen Minutes SAVANNAH Ga Ca Nov 11 TakIng p Taking the lead In the first lap Jap and maintaining It to the end BIlt Billy Knipper r. r driving a Lancia Lancia Lancia Lan n cia car won the TIedman trophy troph toda today His time for the eleven laps 1903 mites miles wa was 2 3 hours 15 minutes and 2 2267 61 sec sec- The Savannah challenge trophy troph 2768 miles was won by Joe Joo Dawson in hi a Mannon Marmon In 4 hours 23 minutes 23 minutes seconds sec sec- 1 lc 1 Mercer running a close cose second collided with somo some obstruction on the track and was stopped temporarily ily fly within five miles of the finish In addition to the trophy took down one prize 0 of 1000 1000 and other series Over well wen o oiled lcd roads the two I light car ear races' races were were- run one a 2768 miles for the Savannah challenge e e trophy and 1000 and the other at 1903 3 miles for the TIedman cup and The winding winding- course of ot miles Is said b by country the f- f drivers to be the tile fastest in thi this s t s 1 t I Soon Soon- after atter daybreak the stands began to fill with spectators not only from Sa Sa- vannah but from nearly all an portions of o f the south and the east particularly New York TonIc Long l lefore etore the races state mill mill- closed the course There were NV ne ps O ot of negro convicts k 1 At frequent intervals Red Cross CroES stations the the- cours cour course 51 Six Racers Racer r Arc Aro Off The Say c chahl challenge iaU trophy z r race c ce was started ted at t 10 o'clock with six cars carat which were off ort at h lC minute intervals tI led ech b by Hughes in fn a They j i I started in the following order Hughie Hughes r Lou Heinmann Mannon Marmon AVe Washington n Roebling Mercer Frank Joe Dawson Dawon Marmon W w. H. H Pierce F I Th The TIedman trophy cars were started I at half minute intervals beginning at 1005 1006 Following were the starters in tn their order f Harry Cohen CohenE E. E M. M F F. Ellery Wright Maxwell Harry Knight Inight Cole Billy Hilly Knipper Lancia F. F A. A Witt E E. M. M F F. Martin Doorley Maxwell I Bill BIn Endicott Cole Thomas Maxwell 1 The Savannah trophy cars had sixteen laps to make and the Tiedman trophy cars eleven laps In the Tiedman trophy troph at 10 miles with tho the tho race more than half over Knippers Knipper's Lancia was leading the field b by about three minutes with with-i Witt Wit the only contender contender con con- tender in striking distance Pace T TH Is Hot I At Al miles lap six tho the Savannah trophy developed into a rousing struggle between Dawson Gelnaw and Robeling Dawson wa was running a Co few yards ards behind who t was leading on elapsed time timo by nearly t two ro minutes while Gelnaw Gelnaw Gel Gel- naw had two seconds elapsed time advantage ad ad- ad vantage vantage- over Dawsons Dawson's time was as 1 I hour 13 minutes and 40 seconds Pierce continued to take tho the turns tums at perilous speed until at miles an nn axle broke putting his car out of or the race raco Neither he ho nor his Ills mechanic was hurt Knights Knights' Coe Cole aft after r b being bIng lost in Ina ina a remote wooded turn for over o an hour was reached by messenger and reported out with a a. cracked cylinder I |