Speed sweepstakes yield record mile a minute pace
Herbert Wytle steered an Isotta-Freschini to top time in the Savannah Briarcliff and Lowell stock car races along the Long Island Motor Parkway 24.0 mile circuit. The win set a new American road race record at 64.28 mph average. Lewis Strang in a Renault and Lechsleitmer in an Itala followed. Several accidents occurred but overall few injuries, with Myron Albert hospitalized after a skull fracture from a flying tool, and several other minor wounds.
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Savannah
Briercliff
Motor Parkway
Long Island Meter Parkway
Long Island
Lewis Strang
Renault
Strang
Ischia
la van
Buick
Chalmers-Detroit
Sharp Arrow
Allen-Kingston
Myron Albert
Oyster Bay
Westbury
Mineola Hospital
Albert Mathews
Hempstead
Isotta
Durncq
Hemery
Formal Opening of New Motor Parkway Draws Savannah Fans
Lytle led the big race from the first lap and held on for victory in a field of stock cars on the Savannah course. Strang fought for second with Kilpatrick until a broken axle ended Kilpatrick, leaving Strang in second as the crowd cheered the flying red Itala and the winning Pope-Toledo in earlier Vanderbilt Cup memory. Vanderbilt praised the smooth course, noting minimal tire trouble and predicting a grand cup race two weeks hence.
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Ile
Strang
Renault
Kilpatrick
Hotchkiss
Savannah
Briarcliff
Lowell
Pope-Toledo
Europe
Itala
Chadwick
Simplex
Knox and
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Jefferson de Mont Thompson
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Attis
Jericho
Westbury
Jericho Turnpike
Grandstand
Long Island City
Pike
Stoddard-Dayton
Nassau County
Pinkerton
Guy Vaughan Marries In New Rochelle Home
Guy Vaughan a Wrekoff, Church & Partridge driver for Stearns automobiles, wed Miss Helen Knapp at her parents home in New Rochelle last week. The couple plans a Stearns car honeymoon road trip following their participation in the Brighton Beach twenty four hour race two weeks ago.
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Wrekoff, Church & Partridge
Stearns
Helen Knapp
New Rochelle
Brighton Beach
Belmont Entries Monday Baseball Feature
Baseball today at 2 p m Chicago versus Detroit under the Comp tom System. Metropolitan Roller Rink located on Broadway and 24th Street offers the event.
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Baseball Today
Chicago
Detroit
Comptom
Metropolitan
Vanderbilt Cup Race Promises Star Drivers In Savannah
The Automobile Club of America brings a renowned field to Savannah for the Grand Prize race on Thanksgiving Day. Former Vanderbilt Cup winners Hemery and Wagner will drive Benz and Fiat cars, joined by Salex in a Renault, Strang in a Nazarro Fiat, and Duray in a De Dietrich, among others. The Savannah club has built fifteen miles of road for this big international event.
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Savannah
America
Automobile Club of America
Hemery
Wagner
Benz
Fiat
Salex
Renault
Lewis Strang
Nazarro
Duray
de Dietrich
Fourrier End Cagno
Itala
Fournier
Coney Island Boulevard
Mars
Savannah Automobile Club
Westfall and McMahon win crowns in Kings County tennis
Samuel A. Westfall defeated Henry J. Mohdenhauer 7-5 2-6 6-3 9-7 to reach the final while Joseph T. McMahon beat J. W. Anderson 6-1 6-8 5-7 6-1 6-2 to claim his spot. W. S. Andrews faced K. M. Boorman, and the Brown brothers won the Public Parks doubles title 6-3 6-4 11-9 over Gottesman and Streusand.
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Joseph T. McMahon
Kings County Champio
Kings County Lawn ‘S Club
Brooklyn
Westfall
Henry J. Mohdenhauer
C McMahon
J. W. Anderson
McMahon
Crescent Athletic Club
Anderson
William H. Brown, Jr
Public Parks Lawn Tennis Association
United States
Central Park Courts
Dr A. Gottesman
J. Streusand
Macomb's Dam Park
Siret Sets New Marathon Record in London Race
London October 10 H Siret the French champion long distance runner covered about twenty six miles in 2 hours 37 minutes 2 seconds to break all previous records. John J Hayes of the Irish American Athletic Club New York finished in 2 hours 38 minutes 18 seconds. The course was Windsor to the Stadium with eighty nine starters and Princess Victoria of Schleswig Holstein produced the start. White Irishman took second place as Smallwood failed to finish after leading near Windsor.
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Athens
Hayes
Windsor
Stadium
Percy Smallweod
Victoria
Schleswig-Helstein
White
Horse Show Changes At Madison Square Garden Features New Faddie Classes
Changes in the Madison Square Garden horse show include dividing faddie champion classes into heavy middle and light weight divisions with prizes for horses carrying up to 1 and 20 pounds. Regular classifications adjust heights. total number of classes remains similar. New prizes include a thoroughbred mares or geldings hunter prize. a Vanderbilt pair of horses and wagons prize. a $500 Arrowhead Inn challenge cup for road fears over 15.1 hands. Entries close October 17 at No. 16 East 23d Street.
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Madison Square Garden
F. Ambrose Clark
177Th Street
Fort Washington
East 23d Street
How Cars Finished in Automobile Sweepstakes
Driver Herbert Lytie and Louis Strang led a field through the laps with Gas Lechertner and F. Lescault close behind Willie Haupt and Basle J. Kirkpatrick.
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Herbert Lytie
Louis Strang
Gas Lechertner
F. Lescault
Willie Haupt
Basle
J. Kirkpatrick
Robertson wins 200 mile Philadelphia auto race in record time
George Robertson in a Locomobile captures the cup by finishing the 200 mile course at Fairmount Park in 4 hours 2 minutes 30 seconds. L Patechke place two in an Acme with Mulford third in a Lozier and Maucher fourth in a Peerless as sixteen cars started and only seven or eight finished.
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George Robertson
Fairmount Park
Quaker City Motor Club
L. Patechke
Acme
Ralph Mulford
Lozier
A. C. Maucher
Peerless
Robertson
Jim Florida
George Davis
Apperson
Florida
Davis
Patchke
New York Athletes Sweep Young Men's Meet Honors
New York members of the Young Men's Christian Association dominated the Paterson New Jersey competition. Highlights included Branden of Paterson winning the two mile relay by two yards over J. Solan of Brooklyn Central, and Benjamin King of Brooklyn Central prevailing in the running high jump at 5 feet 8 inches.
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N. J
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Young Men's Christian Association
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Brooklyn Central
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Morris Conway
Mohawk Athletic Club
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Automobile Trade Notes Highlights Advertising and Racing News
E L Pelletier will handle Studebaker and E M F campaigns with F L Estey as assistant manager. General Cutting denies moving the Olds salesroom. new garage opening cited. Buick leases a West Side warehouse to boost 600 to 7 car storage and prompt deliveries. Premier cars win again at Indianapolis and Kansas City with McNamara driving solo in the Kansas City Star trophy event. Maxwell Briscoe warns on radiator freezing with calcium chloride glycerine and wood alcohol as coolants. alcohol solutions endure subzero temps.
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New York
Indianapolis
Kansas City
French Lick
Indiana
Ray McNamara
J. D. Maxwell
Maxwell
Maxwell- Briscoe Motor Company
Play's Best RaOg Earns More Turf at Belmont Park
Fair Play, owned by Faye August Belmont, won the Municipal Handicap at Belmont Park carrying 127 pounds. Ridden by Hastings, he defeated Frank Gill and Master Jay as the mile and three quarters finished in 2 58. The victory brought his season total to about 43,000 dollars. The day featured lively crowds despite grim weather and included steeplechase and Nursery Handicap races.
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Yeterday
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Robert
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Eit
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Gitoe
Gill
Notter
Beeen
Batti
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Leree Hiecrankie
Yorke Seeman
S&s Crowley Cathe
Betting System Change Sought by Louisville Horsemen
A petition signed by a leading horse owner and trainer asks the Kentucky Racing Commission to switch from pari mutuel to bookmaking betting. The document contends the machines are not fair to the betting public, the horsemen, and others.
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Ore
Kentucky Racing Commission
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