| Show A DOUBLE PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS CO NT AMERICAN CAR WINS VINS T VANDERBILT CUP AUTO RACE Greatest Contest Speed World Has Ever Known Brought to Close With Stirring Heart-Stirring Hairbreadth Finish by byan an American Racing Machine Driven by an American Boy Boy U Only One Accident RV TW SA SAM WILLIAM l S SMALL ALL JR New ew York Oct ct 24 Tho Tho Vander- Vander r hilt cup raco race today tho greatest t Contest contest con- con test of speed controlled by human I agency the world has ha ever known was brought to a a. clo coo o with a heart heart- stirring and hair-breadth hair finish In whIch an American car cay driven n b by an UI American boy bo won ivon George R Robertson won th the th thrace race rac with Xo No 16 a a. l O-hor O power car doIg designed ed d by A. A L. L Hiker Riker an tn American mechanical engineer and every represented In the registered regis regI 1 rower power O Cl was Ivas a thoroughbred whoso whose speed ped tl passed the bounds o of blood bone and mu muscle cle At one ono l point In lri the race Robertson drove e 70 miles In 6 61 6 minutes I r It was the first victor victory that an Amerlean Amer- Amer mer j iner- iner I scan lean car or an an American driver has haston hasnon I won non In an I International contest and the man many special difficulties that the tho American pad to overcome o n made mado ado It all tho the sweeter sn t When tho the 11 flag was run lun up UI on tho the of ot the errand stand tho the cho cho- rus lUS ot of oC cheers that started with wun tho thousands housand there billowed and swelled until the spectators lined about the tho c course couro u o sang tho the triumphant triumph triumph- ant anthem of at American victory Ictor Climax Anti Comes Hut But at the finish of ot the race ace well the thc antl ell run and well won came canie mux tho the tho treaded sequel to the contests con con- contests tests where life is made an Incident ent of ot speed p cd Tho The crowd of or enthusiasts in Jn celebration of at the victor in a a. voice oice that shook the nerves t with thrill of at nn an electric current crowded I upon tho cou course c directly In front lont of ot h nn m stand millionaire 1 and society i ct leaders s 's from halt half a n. do dozen en big cities were gathered With Ith their families families- But nut two cars ha had finished hell the lace race and two IWO other cars care still contestants contestants' were Wore about tho the to win even een rightful frightful speed COW course jC at the last 1 nick of or honor In a race which was alJ already ad won Even E tho tile soldiers whose duty It a aI t I was waa to le keep tp the course clear it to have hae forgotten otten Motor cars packed Alongside the thc cement parkway where tho the finish line was drawn had been warned not to take the course until officially announced as the race was Two cars following the throngs took toole the course courso and with their horns hOrUS honking fell In behind the solid BoUd ranks lanks of or more than a a. thousand thousand thou thou- who lind linci started a sand nd spectators triumphant march up the course courso whoa won s Cots Approaching fc K- K From seats seals elevated above e tl tins on tho the course the men and und and 1000 1001 stand women ill iiI tho the grand errand iu iii the tue and press stand saw a cloud of dust dus dust t approaching moro than thana of the lire fire a fi mile distant at the speed I wind comin coming The usual warning of Car was ivas shouted to the crowd but no on heed paid IH the slightest tho of ot frenzied yells With IUt the tile thousands of voices of those who perceived per per- and the bedlam of ot cei cd the dan danger er crying and dancing dancing dane dane- shouting laughing and women on tho the concrete ing men floor 1 of ot the tho parkway direct directly in front the fast out from of ot the grandstand n Hying in cloud of dust duat In ill tho the rise of the half a n mile awa away shot the Loco Loco- mobile car No o. o 1 1 driven by y Jimmy 1 Florida lorida The car clr was coming coining for or every ory ounce of power 1001 that t was in It It peculiarly attend attend- fat Jimmy Florida rt i v tn v 1 ir irn n In the tho race was as ig lug ing fOl for or an honor 1 no-l no position with a 0 sob son in his throat and his life Ufe in his nerveless nerve nerve- less hands that gripped the wheel heel All 11 during the race tho the crowds about the U grandstand hall hail broken broleen awa away from tom tho the restraint of ot tho the eol- eol and deputy sheriffs and skittered skittered skittered skit skit- across the parkway h In the path pathor of or the approaching vehicles and to Jimmy's Jimmys dirt begrimed goggles tho the thos s amo crowd was before him ready rendy to open a n yielding path and tho finish mark was half a a. mile roUe ao away Cur Drops 1 Down own Incline His Ills car seemed vo to drop down that steep Incline and with a tt serried trail tran o of If smoke puffs purrs was skimming thu tho 1 cement path at the rate of GO 60 miles mlles an hour when another vision idon flashed I I Iacross across his hiB smoked goggles Directly in his path after the crowd had spread were two automobiles both oth touring cars car and freighted with wih men and women and ancl advancing upon him Im with the feeble e efforts efort of oe pigmies pig plc- mies going coin forth to meet a n giant of or strength and speed imm Jimmy unlucky Jimmy 1 Florida jammed down clown his brake tight light and ancl kept I his car cr straight 1 To go to the tha right nn an inch or 01 to the tile l loft t al i inch or 01 two I meant ment to plow Into the tho of ot sol solidly olIh ol- ol Ih idly packed humanity which had opened a narrow narow path into ft tL n cul- cul culdesac de cul-de- e- e sac ac for or him He lie le took the path direct direct di di- di upon the touring automobiles and when the te crash came threw v both hands up U Uto to cover el his e eyes oyos 8 and fell feU I forward upon tho thio hot hoo hood of or hI his P car heart The Impact threw thren- Florida and L Leonard Leo Leo- o- o nerd nard Travis Tra is his from the I car cr and upon the tho tH parkwaY The racing mc rac ing lug car which had hud Cl caromed from ron I one 01 of at the tho touring cars to t the other rumpled Crumpled and stopped qui nui hika like Uke a wounded beast The two w. tourin touring t cars cn careened and amI settled bellied upon th theli lr C. C wheels heel the whito laced faced facet t l and wo women 0 men holding on With 11 Hut Jimmy Florada rolled r on 01 Il ti tho Iho a ground FUl hiding his Itis eyes with hl hi his 1 hands l el Every one In lii II the tho grandstand 1 and upon the thc course cours and the lie thousands thou thou- sands audi banked 1 behind l' l tho tue wire fences S on n fl either side hJ were transfixed c with wih Li horror There was not a n sound except ex ex- pt It the throbs of or the tite J wrecked ire rt motor r of tr f the racing car Florida HI was till 11 holding C Florida was Wt picked up 6 still 1 holding hol that his eyes oc had boon hurt A doctor doc doc- cac- cac toe tor his hands a awny alvay vay ane and before befort be h- fort fore Florida there In lay tho form Corm 0 of a a man nn white with wUI th the J s-oin- s c- c cm mInx m- m lug Ing pallor of of death Jimmy Florida look d at him but Lut an un t glanc l at nt his wrecked cc cur car and then at nt th the finish line inc only a n few yards away and all staggered ret over to the tho grandstand ho was surrounded and JOlIn Jot JOl JotIn In the tilO crowd bout About the tho wrecked ears and the tho prostrate man ann a a. n spectator has hns been unable nimble to got gru out of or tie tho way a n greater great great- er crowd than bad been upon uron th the course courso before beCore gathered and milled like hike cattle in ill a stampede while tho the milla- milla fou fought ht around the tile e edges gps ut of Hiering the Hie ring to 10 try to break brek them off oft In 11 some somo fome d direction I Again from toe tho grandstand find nd of official orI or- or I tidal stand canio camo the er cry of ot cur car t com corn Jha it i well wel upon deaf def oars The crowd was surging upon the tho non men who wone wor lifting toe tle prostrate form upon i ii 1 stretcher and attending th the hasty husty departure from Crom torn their ears of the tho hp persons in the two automobiles automobile which nod fled nae caused causel the this first mishap Mob Iob Court Coun Dent If C a company campen courted courte i deat this mob that crowded In front of or the grandstand grand grand- stand did so O. O They looked on with I unthinking unthinking gaze ao while with wih a ft strength born horn of or desperation tho thu militiamen mid tho the men en stationed In time tho supply pits pis moved mo the tho wrecked car of ot Florida Floridi and the two disabled touring cars ars from the path of tio racing ear car ar the Mercede Mer- Mer cede No O. O 5 belonging to William K Vanderbilt jr and driven b by Walter Waiter alor r lle like Florida believed cd bele that th the crowd would form a 1 path patti for tor his arAt ar r. r At full tul s H. H v cod eod therefore Iu sPlAt shot through h time the crowd d with wih Ills hIs pow powerful Cr car snaked hl his way b by 1 so RO os lose Hose that tho tilO hot breath of his ImPs pipes singed their faces Caces and ami left lef no one touched pr or Injured Jj lr el In his his wake With fth I n a sigh or relict reler tile the tle crowd accepted tho iou miracle tho they thoy had witnessed and tutored erNI erNIn n a prayer of at when whon tho thio I waving of or flags agI at several points invie in tn view vie announced that the tho racers ad been called back bace to a n limit from their dream drem of oC speed In the of the race the wonderful won won- erful thrill which wIden iHl lasted laste but a moment when Geor George e Robertson drove e hl hla car in a n winner was for forgotten oten by those who ho had witnessed tIme the peril peri of at the crowd on tho parkway but hit aroun around tho course the tIO word ws ws by telephone and telegraph wires wire ana mc of ot tie the spectators knew only ani that Robertson had won and that the tite whole world shou should 11 rejoice Robertson who l was driving his first race In a VanderbIlt cup a a but 23 years eurs old 01 and although like a 1 bl big hearted bo boy In lii action and manners anti and as modest as tho the fat tat boy In Ir 11 school with his hits first rat recitation bears bear among amon tho drivers alid a n ro refutation toton second to none none- for tor norve nerve and ana 1 flaring ring I They say nay tay that no was a wonder for speed front from rom the first time Ms llan hands s over er Jr erased graB s' s ed cd a steering l anti and Iho world never ne knew hl lila hIt equal as fG n a n driver or of racing automobiles s. s Withal ho he In is n a thorough m and anc his its conduct conduct conduct con con- duct of at his 11 race to today pro proved prod d that he not ot only pOI possesses esses skill and one daring but great reat coolness a as well wel It I was C G o'clock this morning g ghen when hen I the course was cleared tho the time first set ae as tile le starting starting- hour but th the heavy clouds brought ht lingering darkness and from tram pilot piot cars that had been beon sent out on the tile course came caine the word orl that the rain ha had made mace the course dangerous and that nonskid tires tres should be used Most ost of ot the tue drivers hail had already alread ft fitted their cars and ancl the thc remainder wore vere re duly dub warned When toe tho start came carno all were ni equipped with the nonskid tires and that meant tire tre trouble anti and less speed that that record breaking speed could not be looked forward to But with the conditions the tho race was to be bo i sur- sur to all al |
