The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 25, 1908, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text5 .V VT-T W J THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. FORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 23. 1003. ' ' hi Ui i in . i i f i i mr . r i i l i mm .AUI OF GREATEST (ME RACE EM' RECORDED RECORD By Samuel Smajl Jr. New York. Pet. 24. The Vandcr bllt cup race today, the greatest con test of speed "controlled by. human agency, the world has ever known. waa brought to a close with a heart stirring ancr hair-breadth finish in which an American car driven by an American boy won through unparal -If led daring of the driver and the comet-like., speed of the chariot In which he rode. : 1 . - George Robertson won the race, with Locomobile V No. "', 16, .a 120- horsepower car designed by A.' L. Rlker, an American mechanical en gineer, and every horse represented in the registered power was a thor oughbred whose speed passea be yond the bounds of blood, bone and muscle. ' It was the first victory that an American car or an American driver ever won in an International contest and the many physical difficulties that the American' had to overcome- made It an tne sweeter. wnen tne United States flag was run up on the Btaff on the grandstand and re served for the emblenxTof, the win ner the chorus of cheers that was started by the thousands there bil lowed and swelled until' the 200,600 spectators lined about th'e course WINNER. OF VANDERBILT .CUTBACK DAHO SHIFT TOO MUCH FOR SAILORS , i i . m - in tmmmm mmm mm i 11 tm n , , . . ... --.. - - .. - , vim ..-'., -. .: . ,.-.,:.; .- "-. . ;i ' ' -.. , " , , ; ' '" , . ' '-., .'' I . , : 'V. . ' .. iTr . ' m-.' ,t ., . w . V " .-V;.t. '-!". .- 'I ST 7"" - ' 4 ; . Ul. I I III . MHWMIJB.JJLJJUJIIII NVj "" ""' ' Robertson, the Famous Driver, and His Locomobile, Which Won the Greatest Race in America yesterday. " He Is een Reaching for the Cup Which He Won in Philadelphia Last Week. sang the triumphant anthem or American victory. . Race That Shook Nerves. But at the finish of the race, well run and well won, earner the anti climax, the dreaded sequel to the contests where life is made an in cident of speed. The crowd of en thusiasts, in celebration of the vic tory In a race that shook the nerves with the thrill of an electric current, crowded upon the course directly in front of the grandstand where mil lionaires and. society leaders from THEY ARE HERE! 1909 CHALMERS DETROIT "30" Chain WE ARE READY TO DEMONSTRATE THE ers Detroit THE BEST $1500 CAR ON EARTH I Here is what MOTOR AGE says 9! the Long Island Motor Parkway race: The two Chalmers Detroit '30 candidates for the Jericho sweepstakes for cars from $1,001 to $2,000, made a most successful and impressive racing debut. They ran first and second, covering the 14076 miles in 182 minutes 36 seconds, an average of 48.65 miles per hour. The average of the second to finish was 46.1. The nearest pursuers were 34 minutes behind. The winning car did not stop during the entire race, and the second Chalmers '30' vonly stopped once for gasoline. Surely a wonderful demonstration of the durability and constant speed of the Chalmers 30V . ' r . , AT NARRAGANSETT PARK The Chalmers Detroit "30" "won in its class, defeating four other car. One of the other en tries went through the fence. The Chalmers Detroit driver stopped to assist the injured man, while the other cars kept going. In spite of this delay, the "30 won easily. RICHMOND. VA. . a 10-mfle "race, easily defeating a Jackson and White The Chalmers Detroit -"30" won FOUR VICTORIES IN OJTE DAY . . Shows that no element of luck aided the Chalmers Detroit "30." Nothing bat A GOOD, STRONG, SPEEDY, WELL-MADE, HIGH-CLASS CAR such as the Chalmers Detroit "30" could estab- lish such an enviable record. , -' W are making delirery of the Chalmers Detroit -30 NOW, NOT NEXT WEEK Ofi ' ; , ' ? - ' NEXT MONTH. BUT NOW. H. L. KEATS AUTO CO. Agencies 2 fanporUot ttaten. - CORNER SEVENTH AND BURNSIDE STS., PORTLAND, OR. - - . v Distributers for Packard, Tboraaa, Pope-Hartford, Chalmers, Bakk. half a dozen big cities were gathered with their families. But two cars had finished the race and two other cars, still contestants, although reck oned as minutes behind the two lead ers, were swirling about the course at frightful speed to win even the last nick of honor in a race worth while. . 1 - Even the soldiers whose duty It was to keep the course clear seemed to have forgotten. Motor cars parked alongside the cement park way where the finish line was drawn had been warned not to take the course until the race was officially announced as finished. Two cars following the throngs took the course and with their horns honk ing, fell in behind the solid ranks of more than a thousand spectators who had started a triumphant march up the course when Robertson won. From seats elevated above the crowd on the course, the 6,000 men ancrwomen Jn the grandstand and i,uuo in tne orn clal and nress stand saw a cloud of dust approaching more than a mile distant at the speed or a whirlwind. Tne usual warning, "Car coming!" was shouted to the crowd, but' no one paid the slightest heed. With the frenzied yens or tne thousands of voices or those who ner- I celved the danger and the bedlam of shouting, laughing, crying and danclni men and women on the .concrete floor o; the parkway directly in front of thu vrandatand. out from tne last riyinr alsud of dust on the rise of the hill half a mile away shot locomobile car No. 1, driven by Jimmy floriaa. The car was coming for erery ounce of power that was in it, ror jimmy .Flor ida, peculiarly attended by bad luck tn the race, was driving for an honor posi tion with a soo in nis mroai ana witn nerves of steel in the hands that gripped the wheel. STears Tinishinff Stark. ' All durins- the race the crowdf about the rrandstand had broken away from the restraint of the soldiers and deputy sheriffs and skittered across the park way In the path of the approaching ve- is. and to Jimmy's Ulrt-begrlmed rles the same crowd was Defore him. ready to oDen a yielding oath, and the finish mark was half a mile away. His car seemed to drop down that steeu Incline, and with a trail of smoke putts was skimming ins cement pain at the rate of 60 miles aa (hour, when another vision flashed across his Directly in nil nam, axier me crowd had spread, were two automobiles, both touring cars and freighted with men and women, aad advancing upon him with the feeble efforts of pigmies golm forth to meet a giant of strength an speed. - jlnuny acrlfloM Sis Car. Jimmy lammed down his brake and kept his car straight. To go to the right an inch or to the left an inch or two meant to plow into the banks of aolldlr Ducked bumanltrt which, had opened this narrow path for him.' He took the Dath direct upon the touring i automobiles, and wnen ui craan came threw both hands up to cover his eyes, and fell forward upon the hood of his ear, heartbroken. The Impact threw rionda and jueon- arrf Travia. his mechanician, from the car and they rolled ever upon the park ' war. Th raclna car. which had ca romed from one of the touring cars to (Special DkMtcfc te Tbe JemrsaLI Moscow. Idaho, Oct 14. Idaho unl versltr swept the team from the Brem erton navy yard off its feet here today and won easily. II to . With Small galo acting as pivot, the great forward pass formations used last year were In iected Into today's rams with good ef feet Idaho once carried the ball across the fleld In four plays, two of them long forward passes. Small. Smith, Nlssen and Montgomery all played brilliantly ror tne locals. , The navv team was dangerous but once, when they reached the forty-yard line, but when they tried a field goal the kick waa blocked and the ball waa again placed In their territory. A field soal from the twenty-five-yard line early In the first half, with a touch down coming shortly afterwards on a long forward pass from Small to Mont- f ornery, gave the Idaho team 10 In the rt half. , .... Fast work on punts featured laano s work in the second nair. and Uiis, 10- f ether with the forward paas. netted our touchdowns. Two of these were - J 1 .1.! L-I..1 -n,wm M.kA 32; navy, 0. JIAKATIIOX WINNER SENDS BIO STICK TO THE PRESIDENT (fletnt News by Lonseet Lrited Wire.) Washington, Oct. 14. Presi dent Roosevelt today received by express from John W. Hayes, winner of the Marathon race In London, an Irish blackthorn with a silver plate having the follow ing Inscription: , "The Marathon Big Stick to Theodore Koosevelt President of the United States, by John Hayes, Winner of the Marathon Race, London, 1908." The president expressed hlm- 'self as pleased with the gift. Archer, Combs & Winters Co. Auto Supplies, 306 Oak Street Automobile SuppI ;DC BaI!ou.& Wright KD , W SIXTH STREET , . Morgan C Wright and Goodrich Tires IVIRYTHING FOR. TH AUTO WTOMOBIL REPAIRING SUPPLIES second Hand Automobiles -Bought and Bold. P0RTLA.NO MOTOR CAR CO. arliUenta and Alder. Belmore, MacDougall, IWoores Co. AUTO REPAIRING AND REBUILDING GLASS FRONTS A SPECIALTY OABAOS. OOZUTBB UTSSTTXasTTX AJTD AXBBJU MCIC ILL. KEATS AUTO CO. Corner Seventh and Earnside, Portland, Or. Pbone Main 5363 Chalmers Detroit (LLKeatsAatoCo. Cor. 7th ft umslde, . Portland, Or. rnone Main 5368. CoveyMotorCarCol SIXTEENTH AND ALDER Main 6470 A 4587 j Firestone Tires VuIcanlzIiig&Retreading R. E. BLODGETT 510 Alder Street Main 7005 I deaf ears. The crowd was surging upon the men who were lifting tne nrnatrate form UDon n stretcher. If a company ever courted oeam mis mob crowded m front or tne grana fanri did so. Thev looked on with un- tninKing gaze wnne, wmi a. Bireiigui born at desperation, the militiamen and the men stationed in the supply pits, moved the wrecked car and two disabled touring cars from the natch of the raclns- cars The Mercedes. No. fi. belonging to William K. Vandcrbllt. Jr.. came on. driven by Walter Luttgen. Luttgen, like Florida, neneved tne crowd would iorra patn ror nis car. At full speed, therefore, Luttgen shot throueh tlie crowd with his powerful oar. snaked his way by men so close that tho hot breath of his exhaust pipes singed" their faces, and left no one touched or Injured in his wake. With a sigh of relief the crowd accepted the miracle they had witnessed and uttered a riraver of thanksgiving when the waving of flags at every point In view announced that tho race had been called off. Jimmy riorlaa Steads Start. When the start came Jimmy Florida. In the Locomobile, was first called to the line and promptly dispatched. He was the pioneer of the dangerous course and proved such an efficient one that he set a pace that made tne race wnat It proved to De. k The Knox started, and then Strieker, h'ho but a few days ago narrowly es caped death while on a practice spin. started third, getting off as though he had never known an accident. The Chadwick, the Mercedes, tne Isotta. the latter driven by Herbert Lyttle? and the second choice In the race, then the Matnewson. tne i nomas and the Hotchkiss were started. The other cars were sent off in order until It came Robertson's turn and he went through a lane of cheers' when ha toop the course, lewis Strang, in tne Ren ault, another favorite, had a DaiKy en gine and cut but a sorry figure in the race. Fox hall Keene. driving his own 130- got a great cneer MITCHELL FRED A. BENNETT 495 Alder St., Portland 1416 Broadway. Seattle -418 Second Ave., Spokane , PACKARD H. L KEATS AUTO CO. Corner Seventh and Barnslde, Portland, Or. Phone Mala 5368 PORTLAND MOTOR CAR CO. 526 Alder Street, Nefjrl6th -A-4944. Phones: Main 2583 IJfotor Can 1 COVET VOTOB OAS COUP AWT, SIXTESITTH ACT ALM1 artfordi L Keats Auto Co. Corner Seventh and Barnslde Portland, Or. Phone Main 5363 Portland Auto Commission House vciu mn ccrnun Hiun rinr JPhonea A-44BS mn aiiu jlvuuu unnu tniu bw u a v nit, avvnvit mama BT'-gTlfWT'rlf'f Kaia 44S0 Lnc ears careened and setuea dscb , their wheels. the other, crumpled and stopped, quiver ing like a wounded beast. . The two toarln upon Crow. nKBW em the Tttau . Tlotids. wu picked up still holding his bands to his ere. It was believed that hurt. before Florida there Jay the prostrate form ef a man. wntte witn tne seeming pallor of th Jimmy looked at him bet an instant. g1acd at hta wrecked ear and then at tee finish Use, ly a few yards away, and staggered vr to the graadatand. wher he was eur revnded and Uet la the crowd. A boat tbe wrecked ears and tbe ro trete man. a eoectator who aad bea ert- ahte to get t ef the way, a greater rrewd ttan Iia4 been upon the mree before galred ard mIIW like cattle ra a tttmjwi. wnue fwrbt around tee edga, trying te break tbeos off la soaae direction. ' OmJ Oomlmgr AgnJa tko Cry. Ara'a ftwse t-e rairtad Mm Xht ' cry U Car craiil. ' Again it f4 ren hnraenower MercedeR from the society folks when he made possibly the best start In the race. There were but 17 starters. Only a few minutes after the Knox, the last car to start, had fluttered out of sight the first catch cry of the race, "car coming!" was sounded and Florida shot nast the srandstand covered with mud and on and witn nis tires sending on a shower of gravel and water. Onndwlok'a Wonderful Acting, The first surprise of the race was the wonderful showing of the Chadwick. For five laps it led. The Isotta and the Hotchklsa made a good showing, but because George Robertson had kept this engine running while waiting for the tart, he came deck irora tne rounu with a hot motor and had to flood his water tank In front of tne grandstand. losing a minute and a half, a precious stace of time in such a race. But Robertson made It up by turning the fastest lap to that time in tne second lap. Until the fourth lap the race waa very close, the Isotta, the Chadwick, the Locomobile and the Mercedes driven by Strieker, but seconds apart. Kooertson drove iu muos in i min utes and took the lead In the third lap. The Chadwick had met ' trouble, the Mercedes was losing and the Isotta. which had won races in American cup vents, was practically tne only rival. THE LOWEST PRICE STAN-) 11 FRED A. BENNETT ; DARD FIVE PASSENGER CAR IN THE WORLD 49S Alder St I4l8radwiy 418 Second Ave PortlMd. Seattle! Spokatt Stoddard Dayton FRED A. BENNETT 49SAU:f St ronlaad' Ml Broadway Seattle 418 Sccted Ave. Spokaat . . THOMAS H. L KEATS AUTO CO. Corner Seventh and Barnslde. Portland, Or. Pu one Main 5363 On the last lap Robertson led Lyttle In the Isotta by about four minutes, but never reduced tbe wonderful burst of speed he was showing, driving the 23.4( miles at the rate of less than 24 minutes to the lap. Sobestaoa Baek Ag-ala. The wire ticked and the message waa read that Robertson had gone through the rence and into a neld at Fiainview. A groan went up from the spectators. It looked like a walkover for the Isotta. Just before tho Isotta finished word came that Robortson had hopped out. looked over his machine, driven It back through the fence and was going like mad. xnat soucoeo uae a race, ana the crowd began to take Interest afresh. With a great burst of speed the Isotta finished. The Locomobile Bad rour min utes to finish ret. and all eyes were oast toward tho road for a cloud or dust. A minute paaoed and a cloud or dust showed. A great-shout went up. But wbea tho car came In It was a Knox and silence fell again. One minute and half and another cloud. Again It was hailed, bnt It proved to be tne Thomas. Two minutes loft, and at the moment appeared aootnor -cloud of dost. The volley of rells from np the line left no doubt, aad wfthln one minute and 41 seconds to' erare. Robertson flashed across the mark a winner. On tho flrst round. Foahall was prae- tlcally put out of the race by hie car taktag fire, but ho plocklly repaired it and eoBtlnaed. Tfc. cast Brevloas conteet rer too tu- devout" rap waa run In Itvt over a courvo e Loner Island that covered a portion, ef the eooroe oed this year. This raco vu won "r Wagner la a lie-hot sopower TJaraco, His tlsoo waa 4 : M 1 7. ... I ..I issruigT taui race jeoryB mv7 Rare Bargains for Quick Buyers 190340 H. P. 4 CYLINDER SEVEN PASSENGER Locomobile -Thirty Absolutely new, at a bargain. 1906 30 H. P. 4 cylinder Pierce. 1906 10 II. P. single cylinder Cadillac touring. 1907 25 II. P. 4 cylinder Cadillac touring. These cars must be sold at once. No reasonable offer refused. ' ""'-' "'"" Coyey Motor Car Co. PIERCE AND CADILLAC 16th and Alder St Main 6470. ; Sav4 Locomobile that won today's raco. made the .fastest lap of tho day, but waa prevented from winning the raco by tire trouDio. Lip CLAMPED DOWX OX GOTHAM FIGHTS jHeerot 9tws by Laaseet timl few Tork. Oct. 14. The ooUos today were ordered by Commuwdoaer Btngham to stop an prise fights la Greater Kew York. It wee etatea that tho Cre-V-rsr-land fight at the Feirmofit AtbleO club last week, at wble there were I. ta people present, caweed Owinln'oKt Klngham te take art inn. It le eatd bas received Informatloo. wfelck leade him to believe that this ftrht was hail in violation ef the law and that nwi.r ether ftghta In New York similarly i In violation of the noting etntute. Tbooo who are la Hinhm s eonf denoe stated today that It oae tit opinion that tbwo wr M-t rrrm (' - two or three lltireate ethlio r,,; wktca hold boats for rl trm Kr . l that the reet ef the score r ir r! . . are oimplv "VMrvi" for the hf.um- rrrnUr prteo fight a It to the eomirttoi)r's !".. i , rlve th allgM bgus clut-e t ,t ' New Tort If ue r-mw:'imT r' i"1 ' Otaod. the lwve In-K f r - t, m)-4 for fit Tu- f r i ii Oi rwM Atli'" li ,ti. i r snd ti r.i" 'jri f t ' t olin Atti.vt w t I . l - abard'f)l. -