Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-24 | Page 2 | Picked by Critics as Real Rival of Champion Willard

PICKED BY CRITICS AS REAL RIVAL OF CHAMPION WILLARD I..;" if? If :r; Jim Coffey. No man in tha world today is getting get-ting more publicity because of his Prospects of meeting Jess WiUard or the world's championship than big Jim Coffey, tho Dublin giant. Coffey, a raw, clumsy, powerful fellow fel-low a few months ago. has developed with remarkable rapidity. AMERICAN DRIVERS HAVE GOOD CHANCE Indianapolis, Ind., April 23. Ameri cas chances in the next Indianapolis 500-mile race have taken a distinctly-bullish distinctly-bullish trend as the result of a time trial staged on the Indianapolis motor speedway by the Stutz racing team with one of its new 300-Inch care, Howard Wilcox, runner-up In the recent re-cent VanderbWt and Grand Prix races first took the car and reeled off a lap in 1 36.4, or better than 3 miles an hour, without extending himself Anderson An-derson next took the wheel and did fifty miles in 34:27, or 87.1 miles an hour, with no sign of trouble at the finish- If the Stutz cars can keep going at this rate in thp 300-mile race, the present pres-ent international record for the distance dis-tance of S2 47 miles an hour now held by Rene Thomas in a Delage. seems sure to fall. Their present speed, at this stage, would Indicate they at least had a chance.