Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — Quartet of World’s Speed Kings In Battle Today. [ARTICLE]

Quartet of World’s Speed Kings In Battle Today.

(Promptly at 3 o’clock this afternoon Fred J. Wagner gave Barney Oldfield, Dario Resta, Earl Cooper and Bob Burman, the starters in the hundred mile challenge race for the title of champion of America at this jiistance, the flag. The race should be finished a few minutes before 4 o’clock, as the drivers expect to make 105 miles to lead the rest of the field across the wire. Dario Resta rules favorite among the bettors, with Earl Cooper second choice. Burman is given third place among the bookies and Barney Oldfield is regarded as the most improbable winner among the quartet. - This race, while it is not expected to draw the crowds that the annual 500 mile derbys do, will nevertheless draw thousands of fang to the Maywood Speedway today. Resta made the fastest ten miles of his career Friday when he traveled at the speed of 105 miles for the five laps. The speed fans of America are wondering if the cream of the American race drivers will be able to lower the dazzling record of the famous little Italian private and bring back some of the lost laurels to America. If Resta is successful in crossing the tape first in this race it is probable that a match between he and DePalma will be arranged to settle the supremacy of the world’s speed kings.