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Courage and Skill Carry Veteran to Throne AgainRose Capitalizes on ‘Breaks' and Rides to Race VictoryConnor Is Second Ted Horn Is Third Before Crowd of 40,000 at State FairDriving with a spirit ill at couldn't be denie'l, Mauri Rose rif ludianapolis, fnri.. rode his roaring, reel Bun! ear into I be ereat White spotlight of fume yesicrilny afternoon before 40.000 spedaiori to a thrilling triumph in die lOO-rode national automobile racirig i championship at die New Tcork 1 State Fair Grouiic.In a exhibition ti drlv-In- ikiii anti blessed with racln; luck, tea Veteran Eos* displayed his supremacy over a star-studded field n. 13 Amt.-leer, area In returning to tie throne lit held !n 393« When he won bis first Syracuse victory. Ks was lt;r r.Tir. so minutes and sir .vr.CGr*uS.| Ai he »,!-!«! hi* ?I!m. crimson-| colored ins.:iir.s over the finish line, I R-osc wan given a ihimdezoua c.atioii 1 hy the large crowd that turned out i lo w::ece: the race classic feaiu-.ng the Mew York State rair.His triumph was nil the more amazing because o' the (act that he was a dark horse” In the Held, r_ot-witiisleiidlr.g the fact that he had captured tbs championship here three years previously and knew every turn cn tbs dusty, seemingly endless ribbon of brown that was the one-milsGeorge Connor of Indianapolis ■was ' second and Ted Horn of Hollywood.I (.'aiir.. third.i In 'uUlCh p: £ -S? bfrhiTld xlozti CTA£| Floyd Davis. Springfield, ill.; Gcorse I liarrlnaur. Indiana poll.-, Ind.: 3anc j Btapp ’Hollywood. Calif-, winner of■ 103-miie 5: Milwaukee, last wcsz;' I'rarik Brlf-kO, Milwaukee, WIs.;■ LnuU Du;aril. Fasadera. Calif., and■ a- r'iitnsin. Terre Hauie. Ind.. la thrcOnly ore rrck-u 3 marred the race./ ?-C:t Mays of Van Nut's. Cel!!., theI favorite. crashed rule a concrete wall cr- | on the north turn of his 29tb ie.p.! wliile leading the rtcc and damaged ;ii! his oar to such art extent-that he was ’ onalilu lo continue.- He was thrown V* | from the machine after It hit the ■ ‘a 1 wall, and was rushed to an emergency 1 hospital on the fair Ground, hut ire - was discharged after being treated -art ’ ler back, burns and cuta on ills nose, on, i Duke Nilon of Chicago moved into :on ; the !«i after that. But he. too, was lies j 1 creed out of the race at the 53 ih set [ lap, and v/a 1 unable to continue, tlcse A lu? ; *Mv advantage of these breaks and ; fra. \ ntvrt In front of the field at this '■ point, retaining command to the end. tr_ j While Ecse's tune in winning theme. . o; Billy iVinu, who drove the 100 miles la 1 hour and a minutes in )S37. Is was comparatively fast time la view, of the fact that 12 laps were driven by the Held at a slow pace while thetruck was being cleared After the .. ! Mays' mishap.IK: By his victory. ?.-e;s succeededI. ; Jimmy Snyder of Van Suya, Calif., j 1233 victor cf the rece. who met ; death ir. a racing tcrlden; a few test j months ago,anz j The happiest man after the race t3! ni Lou Moore, the former California If a I driver, who owned the first and ' see end-place cars. Moon Is a former -net.! winner of the Syracuse classic. :3?.rd . The Isslcs: time la the one-lap , .003: eualltylos trials was turned in hy a if i Mays, who hue? up a mark of 40.04 ” seconds. Deaton Lit7. cf Dubois Pa* -driving the only foreign entry, an Kalian Misenill. failed to qualify. .-..I The field got away to a grand ^ start alter it had taken the drive;! „ two japs to arrive ic their proper» starting position order. The roaring motors let out a thunder as they * passed ifce grandstand and took the*id2. j.the I sterier'z flag, amid 2 mighty ovation lt;Eos-K. E.:C Dtthe crowd. Mays grabbed an'_ early lead, and when he crossed j the first mile aiiri bad a 100-yird i lead or. Duke Xalon, the rest of the * pilots being' closely hunched. ' ■%’, dockers at the Judges' stand it j ibis point announced that May's1 first * lap. negotiated la 40.63 was a tradii1 record for n turn cf the mile made lor actual competition. (Mays lapped the tall end driver. Emil Andres.'on a curve at the'endol the sixth lap, raising a terrific cloud of , (Concluded on Page IS, Column S)
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Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Sep 03, 1939
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