Show i Jy y rf El a at t t. t As Y 1 s 4 aJ 5 lr e i i ls' ls I y AY I Apperson Jack making first turn Frank Seifert ert is at tho wheel SHARMAN REPLY RPY TO CHARGES CHARGES' R AGAINST DRIVING RN Of IN I BIG BIC EVENT Replying to the charges charses that the Appers Apper Apper- Apper s 8 n was pulled In tho free free-f all r-all event to allow the Stoddard model H H. H to win the trophy Sam Sharman of oC the tho Sharman Sharman Sharman Shar Shar- man Auto company which shish entered the tho car and Frank who drove o It made mado statements this afternoon to THE TilE TELEGRAM Mr Sharman said Id In In the third event drove the Stoddard H II In 1455 5 2 5 in the seventh event he ho drove the same samo car In hi l S 3 35 If IC he hart had driven it as a'S fast In tho the third as he did in the tho seventh tho the car would have ha won the cup There Thero was was' a difference difference differ differ- ence of oC 16 45 5 seconds In the tho driving of ot the same car in two races races which is likely likely like like- ly 1 to happen at any time There was a difference of ot only 7 7 5 5 2 seconds in the driving of oC the Apperson In the two races races mentioned b by Mr Newhouse We Wo had this arrangement with Mr Cheesman owner of the tho Apperson when we wo borrowed his car If H we won the I sixth event with the Apperson ho he was 18 I Ito to have tho the cup We won tho the event and will wUl give him the trophy troph If we wo win the Newhouse trophy In the free all with the Apperson we wo were to keep the trophy troph If we were going to throw him down we c certainly wo would ld have dono done Itin ItIn It ItIn In the the tho other event event Mr said toda today When hen I finished the tho free for all tor and camo back back to the tho start fir Mr Ir Cheesman Cheo was there and ho wanted to know what was waK the tho mattes with his car and I told laid him something had gone wrong with the engine and he Immediately raised the hood before I 1 got out o of tho the seat Beat and found the lover lever that works the auxiliary air had dropped out of ot the valve and md consequently I had no control over that air The Jarring of ot tho the road vibration would close and open tho the air valve which at times would give me the tho proper mIxture mixture mixture mix mIx- ture and at other times tho the mixture would be bo so o ball bad that the tho car would hardly hardly hardly hard hard- ly run I I have been racing the last ten y years and I had smaller things than that put me mo entirely out of oC a race And In that ten years ears this was the tho first time I 1 have ever been accused of oC doln doing crooked work ork I think that as one of ot the Judges made the tho protest he should have examined ex- ex the car and found out what was was Its Us condition at the tho finish and known whether to put the blame on me or the condition of ot the carI carI carI car I am not connected In any way with tho the Stoddard factory of oC with any of oC Its agents and haven't been beon for over a year I simp simply went Into every ery race aa as a 0 professional professional pro pro- driver and the tho amount paid me was to be bo the same samo win or lose I was to leave leavo this morning for tho ea east t but bu have delayed m my trip one day to explain this matter |