Show WINS INS MILE MllE RAGE RACE Hartz Finishes Second See Sec ond nd Spurt purt Gives Gives' Cooper Third SPEEDWAY ALTOONA Pa Pa Sept 7 AP Young AI Young Bob McDonogh McDonogh McDon- McDon this afternoon won the mile autumn classic automobile race on the Altoona sp speedway edway Harry Hartz finished second Earl Cooper by a a. great burst during the thelast thelast last fifty miles took third place Fred Comer Corner was fourth Leon Duray Duray Du- Du S ray fifth Norman Batten sixth Red Shaffer seventh and Vic Spooner eighth finished in the money Free trials marked mared the grilling contest which was staged under aS a blazing sun At the outset the only S car accident occurred Jim Hill ting Ung his racer tuned timed up to take the starting flag from Fred Wagner S lost control for a moment The roaring machines spun around on the grade of ot the bowl bowl- but Jim quickly righted his car and was of off ott t S Sas as the fans cheered Bennett Hill Hm favored to win the contest led for tor twenty-five twenty miles S but wa was wa forced out by engine trou trou- ble McDonogh then flashed into the lead and held it until the end The fans marveled at McDonogh's McDonogh's McDonogh's McDon- McDon ability to nurse his tires andS and maintain his terrific speed A few S more miles s and M- M story would have been different for as McDonogh McDonogh McDon McDon- came cam to the pits acclaimed the I winner the right near tire on hi his machine went flat Jim Hill HIU Hill Dr William E. E Shattuck Earl Devore and Ralph JRalph Hepburn He I were forced to leave the track at al different stages of the grind l by motor trouble By winning McDonogh took the first prize of ot and improved his standing in the national title i competition in which he stood sixth I behind th tho leader Peter de Paolo Hartz's prize was and Coopers Cooper's Coopers Cooper's Coopers Cooper's Coop Coop- ers er's |