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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. FORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 23. 1003.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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prevented from winning the raco by tire
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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
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