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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1911.
OF LIVE SPORTING NEWS
gman, Hennery and Hearne
Drive Benz Cars at Savannah
.h G1, Oct. 21.—with nomlna-
Hemery, Boh Burman and
as driver*, the official en-
■, H ,K rar. “mpoalng the Bent
( o7*rrgnd prlte race to be run In
ti?.J b 5n*Thanke*!vln* day. hat been
KftSldent Harvey Granger of the
■ 5 h Automobile club.
djjn&ttb WP*&^ndp2tj?
fn'former race.. Thi selMtlon
Hearne make, hlni the winner
Hearne raa*» ***'»* , 1 **” " *“Vri
inh PePalma and other noted
$0 were under conelderatlon by
i company.
of the youngest driven
race, being but 25
,n his racing career
He hcKHn nw * «**.»*»» *,«»•«»«•
in 1908. when he drove a
K> fourth place In the Sevan
Effing, trophy race. In 19011 h<
I'ffiln the Vanderbilt, Cone
L ji,t« in the Vanderbilt, Cofee cup,
EPS finished fourth, and won the
ir championship cup at Ind anapo-
. utabllshed a record for the Al-
* hill climb which stIU holds In ft
Pg mo. when he changed hie aUeg-
tin hit car In a Bens he finished
IJ? that vear's Vanderbilt, won the
LSooJta speedway helmet twice, fin-
the 100-mile free-for-all and
IL mile free-for-all at the Indlanapo-
Ci£v II. also finished first, tec-
Kid third in as many ten-mil# free-
"a on this track. In the name year
the Fox River trophy In the Elgin
niery' has'^o superior* a§ a driver.
, of his moat notable performances
he winning of the 11105 Vanderbilt In
w«racq, the Circuit dea Ardennes In
■Sme car the same year, the St. Pe-
AUTOS IN PICTURESQUE INDIA
m
teraburg-Moscow race In a Bena In 1908.
and the French grand prlx this year.
Hemery haa finished second In both'of
Savannah’s former grand prise races, be
ing beaten by Wagner In a Fiat by leas!
than a minute in the 1608 event and by •
his teammate, Bruce Brown, in a Bens ‘
last year by less than two seconds after
415 miles of driving at a rate of over 70
ing American _
tlon&l prominence as a driver In 1905,
when he drove a Bulck Into second place
to Hilliard in a Lancia In the interna-
. first grand prise.
One of the most notable performances
waa to bring In the first Amerlenn car In
last year’s grand prise race, when he
drove a Bulck-Marquette into third place
In that notable race. He won several
long-distance races at the Indianapolis
car lost him the victories he
Burman has been driving Bens cars this
year, taking over Biitsen Bens owned by
Barney Oldfield before he gave up driving.
Burman in this car has lowered all of
Oldfield’s records. Burman’s world's rec
ords In the Bent were made at Daytona
on April 23 this year: .Kilometer 15.88
seconds, mile 25.40 seconds, two miles
51.28 seconds.
The Bens entries come directly from
the manufacturing company In Germany,
the Ben* A Cie Rhelnesche Automobll-u
Moteren-Fabrik Aktlegesellschaft. The
cars are the regulation four-cylinder ma
chines. rated at 120 horsepower, with cyl
inder bore of 155 mm, stroke of tOO mm.
and weighing 1,200 kilos.
OLDFIELD'S GOSSIP
Innrrfght. 1911, by Barney Oldfield.)
■ •native son" outdrove and outgamed
Un picked drivers from the Bast,
[won me Santa Monica road race
U a new world’, record fw ro««
Beits, averaging a trifle less than_ 76
"lour. The
great race waa run
■I, ana anno mauj o-*-
Isurftce of the road as asphalt.. all
Is Incorrect, tor the road was nothing
I an oiled highway common in any
nty In southern California
r!rk
,t-hreaking pace for his competitors
bilow, and he disposed of such daring
a as Joe Dawson. Bert Plngley,
, Tetalaff. Cyrus Patschke, Charlie
.. and many other stake winners.
I previous world’s record for the road
I ' "1 t m lea sen Hnill*
|un average of 74.S miles an hour,
je by the great Naaaaro in the Targo
lio race in Italy, nearly three years
Herrick's average, to be exact, was
..ivered was hut 202 miles, as compart
lit miles covered by the Italian at
lil. the Santa Monica course was short-
many miles than the Targo Florio.
of the Inventor. That it Is possible to
produce rubber from turpentine is the
announcement of a German scientist, who
has already a small piece of the elastic
substance which he says was artificially
made. But the cost of the piece of rub
ber is admitted by the professor to be
much greater than the cost of a few rub
ber trees. A conservative American pub
lication Is authority for tho statement
that the invention of an artificial rubber
process Is close at hand and that the cost
of such rubber will be about a third of
the present cost of rubber.
The first ocean-to-octan automobile
tour on the "personally conducted” plan
started from New York a few days ago
with Los Angeles as Its destination.
While this Is not the first trans-conti
nental tour of more than two cars, this
was the first time that a non-owner of
the figure In this Instance
I a great triumph for the Call
[ several months I have been "tout-
thc native sons to do things to the
cracks when tho big coast rac
I pulled off. There Is a "do or die'
prevalent among tho Pacific coast
I that is hard to describe to one Who
I never teen one of them In a hard
Jit contest.
>eliere I was the first driver to dls-
• that the climatic conditions around
J Angeles were most conducive to rec-
I breaking, and as early as 190S I broke
: in the East. The wiseacres of the
ling game could not understand how
i that my car would go a full sec-
_ » the mile faster In California than
pid in New York. But 1 did not tell
i why. I Just kept on going to Los
sinter after winter and captured
r marks that might have been taken
iy from me during the summers in
j fast. The secret of the thing Is the
frased power which comes from a su-
combustion. Naisaro once told me
1 thing about u certain section of
ice. the Californian has won
races within the past year. He won
uos Angeles to Phoenix desert race
and on July 4 finished ahead
big field in the Bakersfield. Cal., road
I believe that "Teddy 5, Tetelaff.
of last year’s Santa Monica and
£r of the American road record un-
Herrick set the new mark last week,
shot his bolt. Great things wore
ilaed for Tetzluff after be won the big
*• last year, but aside from winning
i«-mlle match race on the hoard track
Jfi Angeles from Ralph DePalma,
has failed to show any great
w n many events In which he has
Jtfd during the past few months. Her-
< looks t., be a comer, tho I advise
’? wick out in California and fight
»°i» *.’’^c-devils at his game rather
thing Is certain, and that la that the
fact that California Is destin<
Important part In the making of racing
lory, and the wise ones will pay more
tmlon to the events on the coast than
7 have In the past,
thelfH.
Good Rebuilt
bicycles
$8 and $10
Worth More, But We
Want Your Business
ROBERTS
131 Whitehall St.
step Into a $4,000 touring car
the scenery across the continent. The
cost includes meals, hotel charge and In
cidental expenses. The tour is under the
l&f,
— ... w proL........ _.... . — y.
party business, handling railway and
p excursions to many parts of the
world. It is the intention of the concern
to Inaugurate a series of tours In Cali
fornia this winter, using the cars which
California
of Phaumaflar, in hit new Model T Ford car. The prince is tested in'front with the chauffeur. Hie
• -• * •• - * . . .. « — *i the neighborhood
standing in the tonneau, and his ssoretary is stationed at the left of the picture. In 1
Model T care are sold In India every y—y*
little son is
of 600 Ford
SENSATION OF MICHIGAN FAIR RACES
tor equitabl.
for their automobiles. Of course thsre is
a vast amount of Insurance written each
surance companies claim that the word
"risk" Is a misnomer; inasmuch as the
companies do not risk very much. It seems
that it is almost a sure thing for them.
In the early days the risk was far more
hasardous than sow. What the motorists
want Is a policy with a lot of restrictions
removed and a more reasonable rate.
News comes from Philadelphia tljat a
number of automobile dealers have become
interested Inan automobile Insurance com
pany. Backed and handled by men who
know the Ins and outs of the automlbel
business such a venture should be a suc
cess from their' viewpoint and should
meet the demands of the owners.
to be placed much farther
comfort is desired. Stiff springs are mad#
•ssary because of the present position
the body, altho sufficiently flexible
springs to Insure the passengers’ comfort
could be used with the body In front of
the rear axle.
One of the real
rope, Is a brake <
--- The
regular Internal expansion conitruotlon la
uaeil and la operated by an emarxancy
hand levar. It hi flfured that thla brake
la to taka the place of the transmission
FRANK KLUICK.
Klulok and hit Fordoar aet a new rsoordfor the track a*^ the Michigan Stateglr, doing a mjla Jn 50 aaconda,
which waa ona and ont.flfth aaconda faater than Wild Bob Burman want In hla Blitxen Benr. Htnry Ford pro
sented Klulok with $1,000 for boating tho big Bonz.
Louis Wagner Will Drive Fiat
At Savannah Instead ofNazzaro
Announcement haa been made by the
Flat Automobile Company that Louie
Wagner hae been silorted to replace
Felice Naaiero at a member of the Flat
team In the Grand Prlae race at Sa
vannah on November 30.
Wagner le one of the beet known and
moit popular European race driver#
who have ever competed In thla coun
try. He won the third Vanderbilt cup
race on Long Inland and aa a membor
of the Flat team won the flret race
for the Automobile Club of America'#
making a new American record for
road racing. He hae won many grqgt
road race# In Europe.
The declelon to havo. Wagner replace
Naaaaro wa« made by the official* of
the parent Flat Company at Turin,
Italy. Nazaaro hae been working for
some tlmo on a car gf hie own deelgn,
which. If aucceeeful, wilt he marketed.
The Flat men at Turin thought It bad
policy to employ a driver whose eoln
Intercut waa not with the Flat car and
consequently felt obliged to reject Nas-
laro’H application to be a member of the
Flat team.
Additional Prizes
For Savannah Races
been pending for aome time and were
successfully terminated leet week. The
Flat Automobile Company waa notified
and thla great driver, who le without a
E eer In Europe or America, will again
e aeen by hie many American adinlr-
ere at the wheel of a Flat on Novem
ber 10 at Savannah.
double# the efficiency and decreaaaa the
wear on the Urea. The construction of
the car In question haa never been ex
tremely radical and American engineers
are watching with Interest the new fea
ture.
“—and the only
life insurance I car
ried was to use
Tircstonc
TIRES
a***
ATLANTA BRANCH,
58 Auburn Ave.
(HE FIRESTONE TIRE * RUBBER CO. AIROff.O.
FOR SALE
^ill sell my seven-passenger Packard “30" 1910
“fing Car for $3,000 cash. Cost with present equip-
was over $4,500. ft**** than 3.500 miles,
^ntly equipped wit
Bun less than 3,500 miles.
__ with No. 2 Standard Universal
detachable demountable rims. Pour nearly
r Diamond 36x41-2 tires. Two extra rims. Rea-
for selling: Wish to buy new “Six." William
““yer, Warden, U. S. P., Atlanta, Ga
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP FIOURKS UP TO DATS.
let Gama. Id Gam* M Gam*
Total attendance 38,381 11,388 »I t «l8
Total receipt# 877,359.00
Player*' share ...
Motional commlMlot)
... 41,773.86
13,924.63
7,785.90
Id Gam#
81,316
143,663.50
31,198.76
7,783.35
7,186.25
IT6.I
40.130.32
13.606.74
7,638.30
Totals
101.783
1186,114.50
106,763,68
IS.144.31
13,631.46
The Bosch Magneto Company, of New
York, baa offered 11,660 In prlxea to the
winning and place car* In the great
race* to be held In Savannah thla fall.
Below le given a list of the prlsea and
condition* under which they will be
awarded:
Savannah Grand Prise Race, Savon
nah, Ga., November SO—Driver of the
winning car, 8600: driver of the eecond
1300 ‘
us,, «w, driver of the third car, 1100.
Vanderbilt Cup Race, Savannah, Oa..
November 17—Driver of the winning
car, 8200; driver of the eecond car, 3100
driver of the third oar, ISO.
Tledeman Trophy Race, Savannah,
Oa., November 87—Driver of tho win
ning car, 3100; driver of the eeoond car,
|50; driver of the third car, 160.
Savannah Challenge Cup Race, Sa
vannah, Oa., November 37—Driver of
the winning car, 1100; driver of the tec.
ond car, 360; driver of the third car, 160.
The condition attaohed to theto
second or third poeltton. to be entltl
to the reepectlve award, muat employ a
Botch magneto for Ignition purpoiea
during the race.
8o popular haa the shaft-driving fea
ture on electric cars became, that the first
manufacturer to adopt the noh-chaln Idea
In this country eo far as the electric Is
concerned, has' brought suit to atop the
use of the shaft-drive by rival manufac
turers. The Improvement In the deafen
and mechanical part of the electric has
been most pronounced during the past
year.
Would be awful for McOraw and hie
gang If Merklc should pull off another
bnnehead play In the series. Fred lost
the Giant's one championship thru hie
display of "eolld Ivory."
The manager of the Madison A. C
In Now York (ays that "One-Round"
Hogan will be a champion some day.
Allho Mickey Gannon I* doing gym
work every day. It la eald that he Is
heavier than when he was boxing last
New Yorkers hint that the recent bout
between Matt Wells and ths crafty Abe
Attell waa fixed. Anything surprising
In this?
CHALMERS PRESS CAR IN GLIDDEN
All Auto Enthusiasts Are Looking Forward
to the Great Savannah Races in November
To systematize a pleasure excursion haa been the latest task for Walter
E- Flanders of the Btiidehaker Corporation's E-M-F factories. It haa been a
teak to which Mr. Flanders and hla aids have applied themselves with the
same spirit shown In their attack on the manufacturing problem presented by
the Insistent demand for fi-M-F "30" and Flanders "30."
Mr. FIsndera It engaged In entertaining all hla nrm's 3,300 retail represen
tatives by a trip to the Detroit factories The transportation problem he* been
(olved by the chartering of 22 apeclal trains at the rate of two every week.
Bach dealer report* to hi* branch manager In the city where the train la mad*
up. He lx assigned to a berth. The train consists ot Pullman cars only. A
dining car and a buffet car, stocked complete at the expense ot the fitudebeker
Corporation, are attached at the start. A barber and stenographer are special
men for the work—start with
*h# epare moments of f
. arrival at the
In Detroit will occur early In the forenoon. There the dealers are (
' - t dn
features. Spealal factory representative*—picked mer
the party and Impromptu entertainments feature the i
The time of the start la ,o arranged that the arr
inta of the trip.
E-M-F aiding
... , duly welcomed
end escorted to a fleet of Flanders “34" ears, drawn up in line. The names of
the members of tha party have been wired ahead and each car bears a large
printed card, stating the names of the visitors whom It will carry. The caravan
whlaka the dealers to luncheon at. a downtown club room and remains In attend
ance throughout thalr stay of two days.
cursory Inspection of tbe firm a tan plants would bo Impossible In tha
. •p the visitors confine their attention to the two largest—plants one
nd three—where the E-M-F "80" and Flanders ‘‘30" respectively are completed.
ed at each plant and a group photograph la always a feature.
cheon Is served at each plant and a group photograph Is always a feature,
with Mr. Flanders hlmaelf In the center. A banquet at a downtown hotel closes
each day. The program of each party also Includes a boat ride—the first of a
lifetime for many of tha dealers from Inland states—and a theater party.
In hla Invitation to the dealers, Mr. Flanders specified that the event was to
bo a pleasure trip only, supplementing thla with the statement that the sales
department would be present solely for enterulnment purposes, and that tha
order department would be on a vacation.
"and i
how you i
ear
when we promise you l ,
Whether or hot tho visit* of ths dealer* are to be credited with the frac-
which
tur* of aU existing production records at the Flanders plants Is a matter whlcl
Mr. Flanders saye Is not germane to the situation. It has been obvious, how
aver, that each dealer-left with an Increased amount of enthusiasm for E-M-I
iler-
— and Flanders “80" and the
know personall^H
Big Chief," whom he had mat and grown to
Tbe boat of tha special visits Is a matter which haa not yot been even es
timated. It will, however, be somewhere between $135,000 and 1300,000.
branch houses of that concern are
to be made uniform In Interior decoration and illumination. They are to be
counterpart# of the Chicago branch, which he deeigned and which la considered
one of the most artistic and beet arranged In the United Btfttea.
The Interior of the Chicago office and salesroom is of querter*eawed oak and
the earns material enters into the construction of the various desks, counters
and partitions. What attracts the particular attention of one Is the total ab*
eence of shadows throughout the large rooms. This is accomplished by the In-
* deflected light. Following la a list of the cities the branches of
rearranged in conformity with the Chicago branch: Dallas, Ft.
direct system of <
which are to be i
Worth, Houston El Peso, end Galveston, Tex.. Milwaukee, WIs., Los Angeles,
Oakland, Cal., Portland. Oreg., Seattle
“ ' Kansas
Ban Francisco. Sacramento, Fresno, and Oakland, Cal., Portland, Oreg.,
and Spokane, wash., Salt Lake City, Utah, Denver, Colo., Omaha. Nebr., 1
City, Mo., and Minneapolis, Minn.
At the recent automobile show In St. Louts—the flret open-air automobile
national indoor event—it Is noteworthy that the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany led with 35H Beta of Its tires, which wi8 a large margin In advance of Its
nearest competitor.
1908 Mitchell car 1
i more than he orig-
ago ror ii.ooo, and since that 1
Ingly, when he made up his tax
omethlng less than that figure,
ich lest than the eoet price, he
UU6, inuvii tv me mivuibiiiucui, no ixasmcu ««vwt;o u ion n aau llltev »■
aessore placed a valuation of 91.8SO on his automobile and that he would be taxed
accordingly. Mr. Burns at onoo sought an Interview with the board, and after
some argument succeeded In convincing them that, tho his car seemed to be
;ood as It ever was, there was nothing hbout it to show Its worth had
almost constant service. He has been doing
and declares that it his Mitchell keeps on
b urgumem succeeuoa in convmi
as good as It ever was, there 1
i added to by Its three years of a
9 figuring for the last few days, i
lasing In value ft will be worth e
olng
miles, In which he Included Detroit, Boeton, New
has been <
- toll “ ‘
farm by 2921
circuit of 4,176.5
trips off the general route. He keeps accurate track of his only traveling ex
pense—that for supplies for his E-M-F ”80’’—and averaged 16H miles to the gal
lon of gasoline ana 277 miles a gallon for lubricating oil.
n nls return to Nashville he entered his car In a ....
took second to a high powered racer, beating out
in a race i
a big field.
at the state fair and
_ treet t__ __
oral sharp turns. Motordom about the Oolden Gate i
*—*— "10” make the attempt where so many ha
failed. The car went dl-
a big bundle ot Boston Poata. raced the Boeton
to Wnreeater end won by fourteen minutes In the
aver held In New England.
i recently won the ''Flrat to Hatelton” medal. *r-
ned British Columbia town.. Just aa a rise In the
avlaatlon season. Aa a result, the car la now on
band, and the membeVa of his crew have been
illty, pending the arrival ot tb* ataamer.
Having
successfully braved the danger, of the late Mexican revolution
he desert Veit of New Mexico, Arizona and California. In addltlot
*r an J meeting all aorta of road conditions In 44 atatai
who Is touring the world In an Abbott-Detroit Bull
tires, has arrived on the Paclflo coast and Is arrangl
1 Dr. Perclval'a proposition Is nothing less than an attempt to taka the globe-
girdling Abbott-Detrolt Into Alaeka aa far north aa parallel 64 degree*, and hla
wheels of hla Abbott-Detrolt Bull Do g on the Alaakan trip.
Traveling for * great portion >of the distance over road* that war
led for automobile,. R. Y. McAden and H. P. Wolcott, of Lewlab
a successfully completed a trip of a thousand mile, In a Jackson toi
tanded
hav* S' ——
Ster of ths 1812 line.
torpedo road-
Meaafii McAden ’end Wolcott are Interested In the Jackson Trl-Stat* Motor
jjeott
Company, which distributes Jackson cars throughout tha southeastern etatea
one I1UIIIC M m UOiiiuiiauBiiuii »*» tun uujcia UI I„«z>* iciiiwij VI ewuiibuinev
and ability ot the car. They made the entire trip without trouble, negotiating the
mountainous road* without difficulty. They have written the Jackson Company
that the car’s behavior haa created e very favorable Impression of tha new Jack-
eon not only In tholr own district, but In all the communities thru which they .
passed on their Journey South.
or /am* Is.'h* name already *arned_ hy the_big #*Ten-p4,a«ng*r" "Blue
Bird,"' because "th'a'paesinger Hat Included some of the oldest and beat known
automobile writer* In the country, . . _ „
The dean of all the scribes who handle automobile nears, John C. Wetmore
of Tho New York Evening Mall, waa on* of the flret to register for a seat In the
Chalmers press car. Another well-known automobile editor .In the party la
Duncan Curry of Tha New York Amerloan. Curry has a nearly perfect
. — * — * ha has missed
party
score on
since the
J. Sullivan of The New York Herald, C. E.
end J. J. McNamara of The Boston Post.
The Chalmers car le being driven by Freemen Monroe, who thla year won
fame a* the pilot of Kitty Hawk II, the world's champion 33-foot hydroplane.
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