Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — DE PALMA VICTOR IN RACE [ARTICLE]

DE PALMA VICTOR IN RACE

Finishes First in 100-Mile Contest in Cincinnati. Speedway, .Cincinnati, 0., July 5. — Ralph De Palma won the. 100 miles Liberty handicap automobiue race at the Sharonville speedway by finishing almost a full lap of the two-mlle course ahead of Tom Milton. The latter had only a small margin ov£r Ralph Mulford, while Barney Oldfield was half a mile behind, but landed in fourth place. De Palma’s time was 58:11.4. De Palma assumed the lead at the thirty-fifth mile and thereafter was never headed. . i -