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13 OFFFORTHETACOMA'R THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAUv PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918. GREAT CROWDS TO ATTEND DIG RACES, EARL i INDICATIONS Tacoma Speedway Gates to Be 'Thrown Open Early to Accom- mpdate Picnft Parties. i K MANY FEATURES PUNNED Auto Races, Military Tournament, Tug-of-War and Wild West Soldier Show Are Scheduled. Because of the great crowd expected t, Tacoma for the Fourth of July pa rade In the morning and the military tournament In the Btadlum In the eve ning, as. well aa the Wild Weit soldier buckaroo enow In the Stadium tonight. tli gates of the Speedway . will be thrown open aa early aa 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning In order that picnic folk may be accommodated early. - Seattle Is sending orer a large dele gatlon to back up the tug-of-war team which bucks Tacoma in the Intercity shipbuilders $500 "cash prise eyent The auintet of great racers Eddie Hearne. Eddie Pullen, Dave Lewis, Earl Cooper and Cliff Durant will be the great drawing card, but the tug-of-war will have a following that will be of a par ticular nature. .There is much rivalry between the unions of the two towns in this 'event and a big crowd of rooters win be on hand backing each team. The program will start with a band concert at 1 o'clock, the cars entering the track decked in the national colors of the five great allied powers, which will be represent in the races begin ning at 2 o'clock. Sponsors will Intro duce the drivers of the cars to Governor Lister, following the playing of the na tional anthem of each nation . repre sented. Earl Cooper is lucky in having drawn the United States. Durant is to represent Belgium, Pullen represents France, Lewis drives for England, and Hearne for Italy. Patriotic and spectacular features dominate the program. Expectations that the largest crowd ever assembled in the Tacoma Speedway will be pres ent are being borne out by. the early ar rivals in Tacoma. On the back of each, ticket to the Lib erty Sweepstakes races is the following legend, in such shape that each soldier will be able to score his own races and make notation of the number of laps and the points and money won by each of the five speed merchants tn the great est contest staged at the Tacoma ovals. 28 Mllw l., ..t eoo ......... ....... BOO 3..... 409 4... .800 ... 5 200 SO Mllw ....... 1200 ieoo 800 ...... eoo Points. 4 s 2 i. ......... 2.. 8.. 4. . O...., .! 7 mum 1 .! 1800 18 2 i 1500 15 .,..... 1200 . 12 4 000 0 e oo ' a In addition to these winnings, the driver totaling the largest number of points wins the grand prise of $3000. Daly to Quit Chicago Cubs St. Louis, July t. L N. S.) Thomas Daly, third string catcher of the Chicago Cubs, and the only ball player who ever hit a home run In London with the king of England jas a spectator, has notified Manager it itchell' of his Intention to quit the team. 1 Daly went around the world with the Giants and Sox. Daly will re turn to bis home in Cambridge, Mass., hoping to- get a Job and play semi-pro ball until called into the army. He is In class 1 of the draft. The Australian government has or ganized a bureau of science and indus try for the initiation -of scientific re search in . connection with or. for the promotion of. industries of the common wealth, i . I TO W Aftll THRILLS Qj) iJUj ii lilLliLl Speedway Taconfa, "Washington, on July 4th, Will Present the Most Sensational and Spectacular Program EverOffered - on Independence Day in the History of the West. The Festivities Begin in the Morning With a Magnificent Military and Industrial Pageant ' In Tacoma's Business Section j IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON 12:30 P. M. GATES OPEN TO THE SPEEDWAY FOR THE LIBERTY SWEEPSTAKE AUTO RACES THREE BIG EVENTS $15,000 IN CASH PRIZES FIVE (5) WORLD-FAMOUS DRIVERS Something doing every minute at the Speedway. Go early and avoid the rush. j Five Drivers Oiff Durant in a Special Chevrolet, Earl Cooper in a new Stutz, Eddie Pullen in a Mercer, Eddie Hearne in a Dusenberg and Dave Lewis in a Dusenberg. I The Speed Kings of the world are ready for the bell. . Il Racing cars will represent the five great Allies Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy and the United State. I Daylight Fireworks, and as an added feature teams representing the Boilermakers' Unions of Tacoma and Seattle will contest for a purse a $500 in a Tug of War for Best Two Out of Three FREE, PARKING FREE PARKING FREE PARKING FOR AUTOS FOR AUTOS FOR AUTOS THIS YEAR THIS YEAR THIS YEAR TACOMA SPEEDWAY ASSOCIATION WIRE FOR RESERVATIONS i DRAWS THOUSANDS TO SEE BIG RACES Cooper, Lewis, Pullen, Hearne and Durant Will Contest for Big Purses Tomorrow. $15,000 In CASH PRIZES Band Concert, Tug-b'-War Be tween Shipbuilders, Fireworks and Other Attractions Provided A WORLD FAMOUS DRIVER : ..'.lyA-; I v f -. f' ; ; MM mm Karl Cooper, Dave Lewis. Eddie Pul len, Eaale Hearne and Cliff C. Durant the quintet of radns stars entered for the Liberty sweepstakes Fourth of July races at the Tacoma Speedway each has xigurea down to a nicety that he Is going to -win the 28 points necessary to take the first-prise mongy In each of the three races. SchlcT nieans $300 on the firsts-and the $3000 going- to the winner of the largest number of points a total of $6600. The speedway officials are giving away $18,000 cash In racing-. The first event Is at 25 miles, and will probably produce spectacular arolnar. Durant la l awf especially active on the short races, and he has tested his car up to the 100 mile per hour gauge In practice work on the. oval, so there will be some a-reat srolne. Dave Lewis is In the machine driven by Eddie Richenbacher before the latter took to the air service, and he cer tainly may be expected to push Durant on the Bhort race. It may be that Cooper will step on the gas in the short race, although It Is more than likely that he will follow his old game of look ing to the longer races to produce the coin for him. Pullen and Hearne will be right there from the start, so there will be action on every curve. Spectaenlar Bares Promised Some of the ' fans are of the opinion that the 60-mlIe and 75-mile events will prove to be more spectacular than the shorter race. Certain It Is that with five drivers starting, and all of them anx ious to get the big- money on the events, every heat will be a fast one. The program at the Speedway starts wJth a band concert at 1 o'clock In the afternoon, although the gates will be open earlier to accommodate the crowds following the parade In the city. included in the afternoon function is the tug-of-war between the shipbuilders' unions of Tacoma and Seattle, for which a cash prise of $500 is offered to the winner. There will be no division of the purse, so that the sport will be genuine and will result In one side or the other getting most of the glory and all of the coin. There is great rivalry In the union organizations .of the two towns and each team will have Its own backers. Other Events Booked There will be at least two heats of the tug-of-war event, and three if the first two result in a tie. The pulls will start just before the 26-mlle race, and the second pull will be just before the 50 mile race. The third, if necessary, will be just before the 75-mile race. Other numbers on the prorram Include daylight fireworks and patriotic music and speeches, the entrance of the deco rated cars upon the tracks, accompanied by the sponsors, and similar patriotic numbers. Crowds have begun arriving in Tacoma for the events already. The fact that the cantonment Is so clase that there are special Fourth of July programs In Tacoma for the night of the third and the morning and evening of the Fourth, brings many here in advance of the day set in order that they may locate them selves conveniently in advance of the last minute rush. Special arrangements have been made for automobile accom modations at the speedway, cars being allowed to enter the course without ex tra charge. Portland and other cities of the district have organised caravans and automobile parties for the trip, and certain it is that there will be more people here than ver before for the Speedway numbers. Thompson Features In Arleta Victory The Arleta baseball team added an other victory to its string Sunday by defeating the Willamette Iron Steel company team by the score of 20 to 8. The game was played at the W. LAS. company picnic at Oregon City. The feature of the contest was the pitching and batting of Thompson of the winners. In addition to allowing but four hits. Thompson made three home runs and, a single. Manager Brooks of Arleta claims the Independent cnamptonsmp or tne city and Is willing to defend it against all teams. For games telephone Tabor 4868. The score: - . B. Arleta Z0 1 1 W. L 4 a Co : .. 8 4 1 Batteries Thompson and wax; btar, Soylan and Blaser. Play Golf at Portland The Qualifying round of the Directors cup play of the Portland Oolf club will tut continued tomorrow at the links at Raleigh station, r 5 Roads to Tacoma In Good Condition For Auto Caravan Mr. McPhall of the Auto Rest ga rage returned from an. Inspection trip of the roads between .here and Tacoma : and reports them In ; very good condition. . W. C Baldwin, president of the Tacoma Speedway association, has made special jrovi- 'sion for The Journal Aut Rest party. He has blocked out a space of ground within ' the race course which is to be used exclusively by The Journal Auto Rest party. - , , '"; The caravan wiHLleave here to night at 12 o'clock! after flashlight pictures have been taken. : The dis tribution of -identification pennant will continue until midnight tonight. W. C Baldwin has arranged to take care of the crowd in his "usual effi cient manner and has provided the greatest Fourth of J July i entertain .V a. Wigs; . ' .. v . y y: v.; ::: Four Horse Races on Program for Salem A four hers raoe la on tapis Fourth of July at Salem which promises to be a hummer Fred Woodeock thinks his horse. Cap tain Mack. Is a better stepper than Daisy D. of the Witt stables. Lena Patch of the O. J. Brown farm at Oreaham, and Helen Fltaatmmena, owned and fed by Oeorf L. Parker. The track is said to be fast. ,- New Apperson Car Is Given Highest Praise Along the Atlantio seaboard probably no one is better nowa in automobile sales circles than C. T.-Silver, metro politan distributor for the Apperaon. In deciding upon the Kokotno Une of cars last year ha was. largely Influenced by ' his Impression of the new Apperson 8 with 10 parts leas- motor. With his knowledge of motor construction gained through years of experience he was con vinced that In this new engine the Apper son Brothers had something which would revolutionise motor performance. . - That his judgment .did not err la best attested by a letter reclved at the gen eral offices of the Apperson Bros. Auto mobile company In Kokotno, Ind from him the other day. In this Mr. Silver aays : The performance of the cars with the new 8 with 80 parts less motor is be yond criticism. In fact. It la uncanny and I am frank to say that regardless of how beautiful tho cars may be extern ally, they will never look as good aa they really ar.' 23 Earl Cooper, who will pilot Stuti Government Wants Oil Price Stabilized Washington, July . The national petroleum war service committee has been asked by the oil division of the United States fuel administration to co operate In the development of a compre hensive plan to stabilise the price of crude oil and to establish deflnte and filed differentials for the various quali ties of crude. The war service commit tee is making a thorough study of the subject, and with the assistance of Its ad visory committee is consulting the vari ous factors in the Industry with a view to suggesting a plan which will stim ulate maximum output and give reason able earnings. . ' Is This Quoit Record What Is believed to be a world's rec ord at pitching quoits has been estab lished by Silas Toung, 18 years old, of the South Park Tourist Horeshoe club, who scored 68 points Including 47 ring ers. In a single game. This record is vouched for by David Eakln, president of the club,' and Ous Minus, its secretary. Fleet Corporation Moved by Trucks Long distance moving by motor truck, whose advantages have long been famil iar to the private householder, demon strated its advantages to the govern ment recently when the Emergency Fleet corporation removed Its office by motor truck from Washington to Phtla delphia with the loss of only one worK Ing day. Slxty'trucks were used, mak lng four round trips between the close of business Friday in Washington and resumption of work in "Philadelphia the following Monday morning. II Ne Passeron Pas Car of the Hoar J. S. Molizner Washington and Burns id e at 16th ivj Broadway 2393 , JS.W iv y iisiiia li4MMH4UlUk 41.3 lies 1 One' (Gal IN A CHEVROLET biiflG 0 . ""TTTT Most Miles Per Gallon is what you get in the Chevrolet "490." The first cost is not only the lowest of any electrically equipped automobile in the world, but the OPERATING COST IS LOWEST, IN THE : ; CHEVROLET ' W V Re i ? This Sturdy Car Ghres Its Owner SATISFACTION POWER . 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