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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1920)
ON THE BARNES ROAD IN A NEW LIBERTY SIX. COOL RINGS ARE EXPUINED T"""!" n"'"HT"in nr wwrrirr'nriyn. i uijimnj yjwKW'iiU' Efficiency of Packing Depends on Keeping Pressure. TIGHT FIT IS ESSENTIAL 1 1 ' i Softer Substance Necessary for .4 x una x I l Hear on Cylinder Walls. FuracTioNS of piston 1 i ' ' Piston rings perform a vital func tion in the automotive engine, for upon them depends whether -all the force put into the cylinder is used to create power. Should a part of this force escape and be wasted it means Unnecessary fuel consumption. - Piston, rlns efficiency is based en tirely upon the rings forming a per fect packing between piston and cylinder walls, and as the piston must be slightly smaller than the cylinder to allow for expansion when heated, the ring, to perform its proper func tion, must of necessity be bo con structed that the expansion or pres sure against the cylinder wall will be uniform at all points. In addition, the ring should be so constructed that It will not in any manner injure the cylinder walls by unnecessary wear ing or. scoring thera and at the same time must have lasting or staying qualities. Kings Made In Two Ways. Piston rings are divided into two classes, the one-piece ring and the multiple-piece ring composed of two or more pieces. Likewise they are divided into two processes of manu facture, separately poured, individual castings and those made from larger r pot castings. The small individual castings are much closer grained, have fewer flaws, certain less hard pots besides having greater tensile strength by more than 2000 pounds a square inch than do pot castings. The individual castings cost from three to five times the price paid for pot castings, and are made from vir gin iron, while pot castings may con tain a quantity of old iron remelted. which not only weakens, but hardens the ring. A piston ring must neces sarily be of softer material than the cylinder walls, or the constant fric tion will wear the cylinder wall, neces itating regrlnding and buying new pistons. It is without question the best en Tlneering practice to use one-piece piston rings, as has been proven many times by engineering laboratory tests conducted by large companies, who after conducting these exhaustive tests adopt one-piece piston rings. They are more easily placed on the piston, less liable to breakage and perform their function longer and better than the multiple-piece ring. Scale Is Important. The outer crust or scale of cast iron gives it added life, tensile strength and spring where it is used under in tense heat, as is the case with piston rings, and to obtain the best result any piston must have this scale left en the inside. Where the scale Is re moved the ring soon loses its life, just as an apple will wilt If the peeling Is removed and very shortly fails to - . - 1 n .1 f ; - 1 .r i.i.l t h A cylinder walls, thus allowing com presslon td escape and oil leakage, so detrimental to motors. It is practically impossible to leave the scale on multiple-piece rings, be cause it is necessary to grind them so the nieces will fit closely together and this accounts in a measure for their short life' and .loss of tension that is so essential t piston ring per fection. To obtain this tension or uni form pressure against the cylinder walls at all points the best type one piece rings are cast out of round a sufficient amount to allow for the small piece taken out of the rings when the joint is cut. There is a different joint for every make of ring, but simplicity in joint construction is essential to a good rincr. At the same time the joint must be so constructed that when both cylinder .and ring wear and the joint expands it will close tightly to pre. vent gas and compression escape and still keep the oil out of the combus tion chamber. One or the nanny attractive spots on this scenic road, whlca leave Torxland from The bead of WnhlBgios street - W. C. Montgomery, Liberty salesman for the W. 11. Walllagford company, driving the ear. FIVE ENTER AUTO RACES D1TRAXT TO BE SEEN" Ef ACTION AT LOS ANGELES. Manufacturer, Aviator and Auto lwaccr Leads List of Entries for February 2 1 Event. "is -1 Iff with the Mercer racing team and Goodson has been associated with Louis and Gaston Chevrolet and is thoroughly familiar with the Fronte nac cars. The fact that the race on February 21 will carry a purse of $25,000 and that it will be the first speedway contest of 1920 to be recognized as a( championship event by the A. A. A. in making their official rating of the drivers for the 1920 season gives promise of the fastest field of cars that ever Invaded the Pacific coast will be seen in action here at the christening of the new track. P. H. Greer, well-known automobile man. is in New York city at present as the special representative of the speed way association and his wires and letters to Manager Toung indicate a greater degree of interest among the leading lights of the eastern racing world than was ever displayed before. With only about six weeks remain ing before the big event, work on .the completion of the track and grand stands is proceeding with utmost rapidity, in order to give the drivers as much opportunity as possible for practice. NEW MOTOR LONG TESTED PAIGE ENGINE TOOK THREE YEARS TO BUILD. TYRUS COBB SELLS TIRES 'DIAMOND' IS PREFIX TO NAME OF BASEBALL PIaAYER. them a strip ' of imitation ' leather about an inch wide. The strips are owed to the cover cloth on each side of the seam. This reinforcement also prevents dust from accumulating in the seams and thereby adds to the cleanliness of the cover. Big Leaguer Arranges to Transfer Active Interests to Big Tire Selling Organization. Latest Paige Models Now Equipped Willi Engine Bnilt in Paige Plant. The new year for the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company has been marked by addition to its varied line of pas senger cars of -several new models built on a new light six chassis and equipped with a new Paige motor. Among these new models are the Glenbrook, a five-passenger touring car; the Lenox, . a three-passenger roadster; a five-passenger four-door sedan and a four-passenger coupe. Commenting on these new features of the Paige line. President Jewett says: "The war has taught American manufacturers many valuable lessons, In the past three years, for instance, we have developed an entirely new conception of precise manufacturing in large scale production. The Glen brook, our new five-passenger tour ir.g car, as well as the other models built on our new light six chassis, is a striking example of this practice. The scrupulously accurate methods that were applied to delicate govern ment mechanisms are now producing every unit of these cars. "But perhaps the greatest single reason for the Interest aroused in these new models is the new Faig six-cylinder motor with which they are equipped a motor designed and built by our own men. In these days of advanced engineering it is a very simple matter to design a six-cylinder motor that is both powerful and speedy. "The complications arise, however, when to these qualities must be added new standards of dependability and economy of operation. That explains briefly the three years of experiment and testing that preceded the intro duction of our new motor and why we look upon it as the most impor tant of Paige achievements." LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17. Five en tries for the opening race on the new Los Angeles speedway at Beverly Hills on February 21 have been an nounced by Manager A. M. Toung of the Los Angeles Speedway associa tion. As was to be expected from kis well-known preference for the numeral "1" as a decoration for his apeed car. Cliff Durant, automobile manufacturer, aviator and racing driver, led the list of entries, his en try having been on file ever since the first issuance of the blanks, ac cording to Manager Young". Durant is likewise the first entrant for the Indianapolis race this year, accord ing to dispatches from that city, and ft seems certain that if any luck does attach to No. 1; Durant will be in a position to grab it in the two major events of the opening of the racing year. Whether Durant will drive a 300 eubic inch Chevrolet special or the Sew small car that he Is having built at the Chevrolet factory at Oakland is still a matter of doubt. The new car is built to conform to the 183 cubic inch piston limits that will rule at Indianapolis this year, yet reports of its preliminary trials credit it with speed that will enable it to meet the 300-nch cars and ask no odds of any of them. It is very possible that . Durant may elect to drive the new little racer and it is certain that if he does the performance of the car will be watched with the keenest possible interest. In addition to the car that he will drive himself, Durant made a second entry, but did not name the driver who will handle the wheel. An nouncement as to who will drive the second Chevrolet Bpecial is shortly expected, however. The trio of light, tremendously fast Frontenac racers also signed up this week for the opening classic on the speedway. Roscoe Sarles will pilot one tjf the cars, Joe Thomas and K. V. Goodson entering the other two, Paries needs no introduction to speed fans anywhere. His record for 1919 won him" second place in the unoffi cial rating of Motor Age, just pub lished this week. Thomas is well knewn through his long association Overheating. A car owner recently devised an in genious automatic safeguard against overheating. The ground for the igni tion current was made by soldering a copper wire to the top of the- rear cylinder. Just as soon as heat enough develops in the cylinder the solder is melted and the engine automatically stops. Now it's Diamond Tyrus Cobb. The greatest baseball player of the universe has a new prefix to his name. And It la of his own selection. No baseball scrioe handed him the new moniker. Cobb selected this name from among more than 200, and it wasn't any "hit-or-miss" choice either. Futhermore, he didn't elect to be called "Diamond Tyrus" wholly because of his affection for the great sport played on the diamond. That was only part of his reason. His new title comes from what Is to be his post-baseball avocation. Cobb is now a fu!!-fledgd automobile tire distributor. He is distributor for Diamond tires in northern Georgia. Reports from Augusta, headquarters for Ty s company, say that he has entered the tire business with the same dash and enthusiasm he dis plays in circling the bases or swat ting a baseball. Diamond Tyrus is in the tire game to stay longer than the long term of years he has cavorted on the base ball field. He foresaw that only superhuman energy could see htm through indefinitely as Americas premier diamond star. And Cobb had long since decided that he wouldn't remain in the game as an ordinary player. He began to lay plans for a business future. I am arranging to transfer my ac tive interests from the baseball dia mond to the Diamond," is the way Ty himself puts it. When he drops his mighty bat to grasp the reins of his tire selling organization, Cobb will have his new venture well under way. His recently closed contract with the rubber company called for a large initial order and even now Georgians are riding tires sold them by their "favorite son." During his career as a "big leaguer Cobb has earned the most enviable record of any American athlete, no matter what the sport. Tear after year he has led both major leagues In either batting or base running, or both. For nearly a score of years Ty has been nearer the .400 mork than the "paltry" .300 score sought by most high-class ballplayers. Cobb's speeo and daring as a base runner and stealer has never been equalled. 1919 rounded out his 14th year in baseball's fastest company. , Baseball records show that Cobb made his debut in Augusta in the spring of 1905 and that before fall he was a member of Detroit Tigers, by the purchase route. On the renowned 1905 August team with Cobb were three other players who afterwards figured in world's series battles. They were "Nap" Rucker, Clyde Engle and Eddie Cicotte. Georgia folks declare that Diamond Tyrus is a keen business man. They say everything he touches "turns to money." He has always had a hank ering for the automobile business, es pecially the .tire end. Cobb has been an ardent motorist for years. In business, as in baseball, he will be "champion or tha Diamond, says his partner and pal. Bill San ford, who is assisting the "Georgia Peach" in establishing a "hit" record with auto mobile owners. GEORGIA STCNO ON TRUCKS Army Vehicles Are In Too Poor Condition to Operate. ATLANTA. Ga-, Jan. 17. The public works committee of the Fulton county board of commissioners has notified the state highway department that it would not accept any more army trucks and that the six trucks now on hand would be returned to the gov ernment. This action was taken fol lowing a report which showed that tha trucks were in such bad condition that they were not worth the freight it cost to get them here, and the ex pense of having them Inspected by an expert. The report stated that the six trucks now on hand have spen most of their time in the repair shops and have given very little service. STANDARD CAH POWERFUL EIGHT MAKES HIGH GEAR IN EASTERN STATES. THE UNIVERSAL CAR Quick Delivery Reinforcing Seat Covers. Express Train Time Is Bettered in Dash From Pittsburg to New York. The following account of the per formanee of a Standard eight in run from Pittsburg to New Tork i high gear, the time of the trip beat ing that of railroad trains, appeare in a recent issue of the Seattle Times. The Standard eight, which is handled here by the Lewis E. Obye Motors company, only recently arrived In this territory. Here are extracts from the account: 'Over Lincoln highway from Pitta- burg to New Tork in high gear, car rying seven passengers on the trip and mounting to elevations of 3300 feet, is the record recently estab lished by the new Standard eicht. The Standard made the trip as fast as Xhe swiftest express train. The run is considered one of the most re7 markable high gear tests ever mad by a motor car. "Power has always been the out standing feature of Standard eight," says The Times. "The first model was a powerful car, and the only variance year to year from the original chassis has been progression in power, with its inseparable ele ments of greater endurance, wider ranee of utility, thorough dependabil ity, more decided economy of opera tion and maintenance. In the pres ent model a stabilized design has been reached that richly expresses permanence of structure, vivid rug gedness and very manifest value. "Its tremendous driving power di rectly applied is constantly Indicated from the driving wheels, as they send the ear over the road with the smoothness of flowing water, supe rior to difficulty, accommodated to obstruction, silent, irrisistlble; or, climbing like a thing of air, with the swish of wings floating Into the greater altitudes that are impossible to equal horsepower Indirectly ap plied "Many of the most formidable hill obstacles in tha country have been easily taken by Standard eight in high among them George's hill. New Tork; Hermit Lane hill, Phila delphia; the big foothills and great "When can you send it?" "Can I get it today?" These are questions of vital importance to you and to your business. "It will be there before noon" "Before 5 o'clock" "It will be there before you set home" these are answers that impress customers and increase sales. Equip your delivery service with Ford One-Ton trucks. Each one can be made to take thew place of three horses and three men. The Ford truck is the most economical and efficient quick transportation possible. You may pay more but you cannot buy. more than the Ford truck gives you the highest quality worm-driven truck at the lowest price; the greatest dependability and most service with the lowest upkeep. Get this wonderful truck working for you. Standardize on Ford trucks and Ford cars for your business needs. Place your order now. Delivery when wanted is possible by order ing now before the overwhelming spring demand begins. Runabout $500 Touring Car $525 Self-Starter $75 Extra Truck Chassis $550 These Prices F. O. B. Detroit Coupelet $750 Sedan $875 Equipped With Self-Starter For Sale by the Following Authorized City Dealers: Wra. L. Hughson Co. Broadway and Davis Talbot & Casey East Ankeny and Grand Rushlight & Penney East Third and Broadway Francis Motor Car Co. East 13th and Hawthorne Robinson-Smith Co. Sixth and Madison Palace Garage Co. Twelfth and Stark A $25.00 Deposit Places Your Order on File Ridge. Mountain heights are as lev els before its master power. "It is the c.r of superior service and ultimate performance, results ac cumulating from direct production by Standard Steel Car company, in one of the company's 15 great .initial plants for steelmaking and railway rolling stock construction. 'In the re search laboratories haVe been devel oped a special steel tor every vital part of the Standard eight, and from the company's own converters these steels go into Standard machine shops. where supervision of car production in every detail is the most exacting known to this Industry.? LE MANS RACE IN SEPTEMBER Ijcuch Grand Prix to Be Over a Course of 500 Miles. The grand prlx de France will be run next September over a fast course ar Le Mans, according to advices received here. A cylindrical capacity of 183 cubic inches and a minimum weight of 1653 pounds will be the es sential conditions of the European classic. The race will be for a distance of about 500 miles over roads which will be treated with tar before the race in order to make them dustless. The race i not being held by the Automobile Club of France, as in the past, but by the provincial clubs of Sarthe. Italy also proposes to hold a good race next fall for machines having maximum cylindrical capacity of 13 cubic inches. It is believed that the course will be over a set of fast roads in the neighborhood of Brescia. PEACE OFFICERS POETIC HOOD RIVER SHERIFF WARNS MOTORISTS IN RHYME. The seat covers used in motor cars generally wear first at the seams. In order to prevent this it Is a good clan to reinforce the gearoa by sewing over ranges of the Alleghenies and Blue NEW SMALL SIZE MONARCH TRACTOR ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO ORCHARD WORK. 3! f ! -wo"" . i-"5 - - :-..: - .i. i Longer Tube Life. TThen the car owner lets his rims become badly rusted, rough particles of the rust and scale act as sandpaper would on the inner tube and the re suit ia a worn spot and a prematura blow. An occasional coat of aluminum paint when the tirea are removed will act to prevent rusting and rive longer life to the tubes. Poetic Advertisement Starts Out Mildly Enough, but Ends With a Real D'AnnunzIo Kick. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Because fche usual formal warnings that Hood River county and city authorities have issued to auto mobile drivers in foimer seasons seem to have been in vain, so tar as put tint a stoovto speeding Is concerned. Deputy Sheriff Hughes, instructed by Sheriff Johnson to write a nonce ior this year, was inspired to rhyme. Mr. nugnes wamins nouL-e. ren dered to local papers for publication as an official advertisement, follpws: The notice Is signed by Sheriff Johnson and City Marshal Fraxier. AUTO OWNERS AND DRIVERS On Hood River roads. You're warned for the future Don't haul overloads: Two lights are required On the front of your ear And one In th rear To be sea from star: The peed of your car Tou will have te control. Or sheriff or constable Will surHy ask toll. There ar other requirements I-ald down by tha state Tou wi!4 have to aMd by Or 'twill to too late; Tho city and county Nave screed to fnforc These laws of tha road - As a matter of course. Tha first of next month Ms the day eat apart For rigid enforcement Of these rules to start; No day of sraca Aftar that will be sivan; No excuses accepted, No offenses forgiven. Don't drive without adequate lights. ciiiiminiiiiiHUiiiiiimiiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiininiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiu I DIAMOND I -the nation 's freight car Ask Nick Spady 763 East 10th St. N. what he thinks of Diamond T Trucks and Service. HKRK IS THE SiEW L1GHTKOOT MO.VARCH TRACTOR MO OKI. Jl'ST RKCKIVKU BY THE MITCHELL, LEWIS STAVEK COMPANY, WHICH DISTRIBUTES IT MS THE hOATUWGVT. This tractor has been tried out under various field conditions throughout the northwest. In the photograph a Monarch is shown pulling a two-bottom, 14-inch plow. Jt ia rated at 16-horsapower on the belt and .9-horsepower on the drawbar. It ia only GO inches high, which makes it especially adapted to orchard work, features of this small-size Monarch .are short, turning radius and an unusual amount of Uavution aurfaca. Diamond T Truck Sales Agency 1 89-91 North Ninth Street, Phone Broadway 476 iiiiiiuuuiiimMiuiHuwnuJuUiiuui ! AM MI EM The Auburn Beauty-SIX Sedan pre- eminently satisfiies the demand for a car of year-'round service-ability and dis tinctive elegance. Its lines are bold, radical and sweeping,' yet neither ultra-modish nor freakish. It embodies every refinement of appoint ments, every luxury of comfort known to motor car designers. Pride of possession, engendered by the Auburn's beauty, is enhanced by its performance. Sedan S2775 Coupe S2775 Touring Car S1795 Tourster ,. S1795 Roadster S1845 Demonstration on 'Request. Auburn Beauty SIX DeLuxe Catalogue Now Ready. AUBURN AUTOMOBILE COMPANY Auburn, Indiana Automobile Engineers for Twenty Yean Auto Sales Co. Ninth and Couch Sts.