Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — OLDFIELD MAKESNEWRECORD [ARTICLE]

OLDFIELD MAKESNEWRECORD

Battling Nelson Goes Swift Half Mile With Great Driver. Erie, Pa., Aug. 31.—Barney Oldfield established a new record for a halfmile track hero by going a mile in 1:12 1-5, thus lowering his own record of 1:14 8-5. Battling Nelson was a passenger in the car with Oldfield when the record was made.