Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-26 | Page 3 | Jimmy Murphy Captures First Motor Speed Contest of 1923

JIMMY JIMMY 0 M MURPHY C CAPTURES FIRST FIRST M MOTOR SPEED CO TEST OF 1 1923 Bennett Hill im Forces Fres FresI Wild I to th Trave 1 1 I 4 jt Miles an ai Hour Horto to Finish i Ralph DePalma Is Js Victim of Hard Luck but Manages Manages Manages Man Man- ages to Finish Third Murphy Takes Lead in ij Points in Effort to Repeat Championship l IS III T.- T. EOS os ANGELES Feb 26 A A cars car's length gave Jimmy Murphy L L-J victory in the mile national championship automobile race tho ho first motorcar speed contest of 1923 at 1923 at the Los Angeles speedway yesterday and put Bennett Dennett Hill Hm in second place Hill who referred to himself as a hard luck champion r received d only and points toward the 1923 champlon championship whereas Murphy the brief distance I ahead at the finish took and points MURPHY FORCED TO SET FAST PACE To get the o checked flag ahead of Hill tw tC f dw said Mid Murphy t was forced to o set what was be bo a IL new worlds world's rec record rd for tor the die die- ranee tance tance-an an average speed of miles hour an and both Murphy and ad lull Hill broke 1 the former record e or Of 1146 6 miles an hour hoar s teet t by Murphy on tho the same course December December De De- De- De cember 3 S last Murphy made one lap at t the rate of ot 1165 miles an hour bour Ralph e also was a victim of h S hard f suck luck ek After W d driving more than half of the race in second place he was forced fored Into the pits with two tires By Dy this he e lost two full laps but finally t succeeded 1 In catching II and o l hold hold- old old- ag third place pace winning 3 OO and I points I 1 Eddie Hearne waft waa fourth Frank Elliott fifth Tommy Milton t sixth Darlo Resta 1 Art a eighth hs V. W. V. V D D. Heavy Heavy- foot Morton ninth and Jerry t tenth nth