Show BRAGG SUR RISE BY DEfEATING OLDfiELD PLA PLAYA PLATA Y A DEL REY KEY Ca Cal April 18 The The surprise of the closing day of the tho first I Los Angeles meet was the defeat of Barney Oldfield and his power horse-power Benz by bv Caleb Bragg the amateur with his Flat Fiat 90 Bragg had hac won the fi first t heat but bui that victory had been attributed to the standing start Yesterday they were sent fent awa away rolling roiling and within half a mile Old Oldfield field who again drew the till outside e. e sent his big car ar carto carto arto to the front The race was for two miles and the first time past the stand the Benz was leading by an open length Turning into the stretch the big blE leader swerved and Oldfield ld immediately slowed to get gel it straightened Bragg Dragg gained a few feet here and continued to creep up on the second mile A A- A half mile from the wire Bragg flashed in front and although Oldfield Oldfield Old Old- field made a desperate effort In the last quarter o of a mile he ho was beaten a few feet The first mile mUe was made In and the v second in The mile mlle race for a a. cash prize of 1000 and a trophy was won by ly Ray Harroun Harroun Har- Har roun in the Marmon In a Buick was second and Oldfield in a Knox was third The time 1 16 2190 21 SO establishes a a. anew anew new speedway record for the distance The Marmon made the miles wIthout without with wIth- without out a stop The Buick threw a tire and I had a narrow escape the car swerving to the top and striking the Iron rail He JOe succeeded in controlling the car and after losing several miles re returned returned re- re turned to the track and took second place Oldfield was forced to stop atop several times on account of accidents to tires Ures Summary Ten mile stock stok to cubic Inches Cole Cole Endicott won Warren Detroit Miller second Firestone-Columbus Firestone third Time 8 Three miles stock class A Ford A-Ford Ford Pratt won Ford Stearns second Ford Olson third Time 4 Ten miles mUes stock SOI 01 to cubic Inches Buick won Marmon H liar Har- r. r noun roun second Marmon Wade third Time 7 26 61 Second heat match race race Flat Flat 90 Bragg won Benz Oldfield second Time One hundred mlle miles stock under cubic Inches Marmon Inches Marmon 0 Harroun won Buick second Knox Oldfield third Time 1 16 2190 |