Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1923)
Wednesday THE BUQENB DAILY GUXBD Page Six EYES ON L. A. FOR OP Los Angelpn. Feb. 21, With the open ing of the 1W2H automobile rucing Hnon leu than three weokn uwuy tlio entire motoring world 1h looking forward to the opening battle with mure than unual ID te rest, Turn i el for Jr euruury J.1 ur the Jleverly Hpcedway In tuiH city. The reajon for thin uuununl JntereHt U tli at the Ix Angi-les rare wilt be tin luHt of the major racen for the IH-'i-1 mbie-fucli motor. With tbe. hIiikIiik of the ludiuuflpoliM race in .May the IXi-im-li jij'otcrH will be thrown into the diward and the new 1'22-luch joln, mere mid KetM of automobile, will make their up Iia ranee. The old earn huve curried two men, a driver and a mechanician. The new curs will curry the driver only. The dj Heard of the mechanician is the real Isbua that promises to stir the rac inn world. What the racer themselves think of this uud what effect the move way have upon the racing sport Jh diB cuhwed authoritatively by Al J. Wad ; dell, former member of Die American Automobile ONHociution rare hourd and 11 ow an officii! 1 of the it C. Jurant organization in California. Wuddell writes: "From the earlleat days of the motor racing Hport the mecliauic's neat hnn leen the training achool for the apeed hi UK- There la not a mau on the apeed way circuit Unlay who umounta to anything who in not u graduate of the racing driver college the mechanic's Heat. Tralnlno Is Received. "Jimmy .Murphy rode uh mechanician to Eddie O'Dounell. "Wild" Hill Weight man, Kddio HickcnbachiT, Tommy Mil ton, and Joe Boyer. It was the training he wan given aa the riding partner oi these fanioua knighta of the caalor bowl that enabled the little lrixlnnun to jump trom oliJKtirlty to tne cnamp'ontiliip in the ahort aimce of Jill montha. "It wuh Juat three yearn und three moutbtf from the day he drove bis first nice tbe duy on which lie drove bin new urunt special iiciohh the line at Beverly Hilln speedway, breaking all world's records and being crowded the "Jimmy Murphy, the champion, says that the day of the mechanician hua panned. The riding partner in no longer necesaury. The icus uresaure uud oil pressure pumps arc sow obsolete. The leeds today are automatic und tiny steel mirrora cut down tbe wverheud by elimi nating the mechanic's uaefulue? entiit" 1. t'p to tbe present time tbe mech anic ha Jeen a great help to bin driver by looking back uud aitcnutiiig the pilot on tlie approach of uu overtaking cur, clulmiug the right of way. The tiny !a car coming up from the rear, uud the mat job oi (be riding inzcnuuic is no more. J Cliff Ihirant, captain of the famous FOUfJDATIOrJ IS HELD TO BE FM1ETAL OF By G. h. PAIURANK (Flreatoue Tire and Itubber Company) III traveling ovt-r the United Suite flllrinir tliu t.i.ur vunp 1 havu I.U...1 I....U. five-ujuu JJurunt teuui, which Iiuh i a inrifJ i fnvoruhly iinnreiwed by the itreut xtrides ri w '. !'"ue i" many state in tlie wuy or IukIi h red Collier, la one who resri-tH tlie i way imuroveuieutil, und from iiiforinutiol jjubsiiik Ol lur riuiug uir unmi.. aud other Important features entering in to the cotttrui'tton of oitf 'hlghwnys? Iau't tbe remedy to be nought iii i the n ore scientific adjustment of the high waya to the natural charges iu the direc tion of larger vehicle units and ni.re eco ujiiiciU trandpoitaticn on the public roads V The (iieat:on is vital to the solution of the whole problem of country higuways, their construction and maintenance. It is yf immense importance to all producer and coucumcrH. U in a baxic traiiHporta tion problem for America's millions of people who want to do the aoa;iUe thing and the right thing by nil mterested. The trend ia atrongly along thin line and that is why highway construction in lii'J'l will be fur In advance of u:h work done in years gone by. tvf, I) lira ut Huys that it will work a hardship on the hport, as the cutting down of the car crews eliminate)) eulirelv the teamwork. which tho American sport -loving public ion pro gathered in nil sections tbe road grammes outlined for lVf& wiil surpusa those of the peat twelve months. One of the gratifying evidences of op- iTtciuiion or me value or truck trans- so much likes. JJurant says be is afraid . juration throughout (lie country is the tbot the amull 122-inch racing curs, with (ietermiuntiou ut uaCionai atiitv, and the monoplane bodies, will be too much county authorities to have real highwuva, kinr of kings on the speedway.' "Little Hurry Hurts rode us mechani cian to Eddie lleurue for almost three yearn before he was graduated from the pressure pump to the steering wheel, uud none cun dispute J lurry 's right to tbe title of speed king, lie ia one of the most daring ot all the drivers in the sport today. "It was Eddie Pull on who filtered Joe Thomas. Q'eter de I'uolo learned the A. 1$. C. book of racing while riding as mechanic with the popitlur veteran Italph de 1'ulinu. And the great de Tulma began his elementary training bh a speed king while nerving as mech anician to tbe late HuRhie Hughes. Cliff I J ma ut did his first speeding 03 a young mechanic on the old Ituick team riding with tho late "Wild" Hob Jtuniimi. Jack Tower and otheis. The famous .atron of the sport, who owns the. world's greatest racing team today, claims that it was the Instruction he received as riding mechanic with Dur man tbut made him u big league driver who Is still able to play In the fastest company the speed gume has yet pro- uuceu. Earl Cooper Nover Apprentice. "About the only real thriller of the speedway who did Jiot serve un appren ticeship us a mechanic before taking the (leering wheel of a racing cur la Karl Cooper, lireuking In with u borrowed car on the old Hun Jose dir. truck. Cooper just grew up with the sport and increased hit ppced as the motors of the racing curs have been developed from 00 miles an hour to the present-day capacity of 125 miles an hour. Cooper claims tbut speed with lilin wuh just u nuftter of education, hut ho also claims that tho racing drivers of the f lit tiro must get thtt education before they can g out and juggle with death on the end of the steering column at 12o miles an hour iu compauy with 15 or -0 otbo-r drivers. not merely makeshifts. They have profit va by experience uud realize that to meet the transportution conditions the high ways must be constructed accordingly. In the old days of transportation on ateum roads we .had the narrow gauge lines, with small engines ami curs, lleuv ier loads meant economy in transporta tion and naturally heavier loads meant heavier cars and locomotives. To meet this situation, however, improvements had to be made in roadbeds and a differ ent type of steel rails had to be provided, with the result that the standard gauge lines became universnl. This identical situation exists today in cm transportation over the state and' na tional highways. We must have a differ ent programme of road construction, und that la just what is going on practically everywhere. Often it is thought .that heavy vehi cles, currying heavy loads, are respon sible for the deplorable condition of some of our highways. We have seen photo graphic and other nronf of tho wrr-kinc of roads, indicating thut these roads hud neen blown up from beneath the surface. We have seen the culamtous condition of pavements smashed bv tiresnurp nf unm kind. What is the answer? In the full we find so mi rnmlc nnnnnp. lug to be models of durability. In the spring tliey are wrecks. Meanwhile heavy bke motorcycles. This is a factor that mav seriously affect the irate receipts of I no speedways, anu ii is uareiy possinic that this one thing will bring back the rioins mechanic after the 122inch cars fie tried out. Olsen Ready to Graduate. "Kduie Olsen, riding mechanician' to .nininy .Miirpuv. wuo is now ready to graduate into the ranks of the drivers, says it makes no difference to bint whether they carry mechanics or not, as he has alreuy served his apprentice ship and has two offers to take a car on his own .responsibility. "Krnie Ansterberg, who rode with the late Itoscoe Sarles, is ulso ready to graduate into the driver's sent on a car for the coining February 2- ruce at Itev eidy Hills, and he is not worrying about what bt'comes of the mechanics; but little Harlan Kengler. who rides with Hurry Hartz, claims that the racing game will suffer from the l.'ss of the riding mcch alios. "IVngler Insists that the driver will not be able to do bis best at the wheel when he has to observe the steel reflec tion mirror to watch the approaching cms. He says that accidents will in crease great ly afl er t he 1 22-in u ca ceiiie in and claims that a mechanic Is worth his weight in the car to signal buck to following cuts If ' for no other reason. IVngler brings out another nngle. He says that often a driver has trucks had been driven over them. Coul'l nis naiHis run in a speed urusn in front , mere be a superficially plainer case of of the grandstand and cunm t look to thu cause und effect? It wos obvious that to pits to get his signals. Thin is a duty aave the roads the trucks und the Jouds musL ue mane nguter. On "some stretches of the very rood where the collapse of the pavements is most discourugiug, nothing goes wrong. 'J here the trucks do not. crush the con crete or buckle the brick pavements. The loads ure precisely the sume us aie haul ed over other stretches of the road. The name wheels of the same vehicles roll over Rections that stund up under the test that roll over the strips that gave way. What, then, is responsible? Cause and Romedy. Is it the weight of the load? or is it the manner in which the road was con structed? It it the way tbe builders failed to auipt their work to tbe conditions they had to deal with? Matters of soil Mid drainage, mnteriuls, and construction methods were not riven I re per attention. When one road along a sandy ridge, ! with good, natural drainage, comes through a hard wiute, scarcely the worse for wear at nny point, end another road I iu tho same district and the same climate ! carrying the same traffic, nith the samel truck loads, but with spots where the I subsoil is wet and there is no natural i drainage is found in a state of collapse after the frost coinis out of the around, what Is the iuaicnl cniie1i.nl.in 9 t f. er loads or closer attention to drainage that the mechanic has performed in the past: but there are some who claim that a driver can get his own signals und has no rutther need icr a ruling partner jusl to look at the sicuul hoard. J uere are many reasons why the riding mechanic should he dropped; but tbe ono big reason whv he should be carried is the fact that It is a long step ficin the side Hues to the driver's seat in a c:ir callable of turning the truck at 125 miles an hour, Where will tbe aspiring drivers get the training that will fit them to follow the prt carious profession of the speed woy? Where will the succes sors of Murphy, De 1'alma, Klein, Hurtz, Thomas, Durunt and all the rest of the slurs come from when tbe racjng driv ers' training school is ubolished? Speed Is a matter of trainimr. A man must have a natural aptitude for the game and then he must be trained iust as un artist Is trained or a banker is deve loped or a star balimuvcr. fresh from college. Is trained for u plnco in the big leagues. Hten bv Mten a man can be trained rn drive at M, (M, 75, 100, 125, but he must be trained. And the only way to train a man for racing is to have him first ride ut tbe death-defying pace until be feels at home in the car traveling at 125 miles an hour and then he can start to drive and develop from tho slower speeds up to tho point where he con liold his own with the veterans of the sport, therefore, can tho racing game afford to droii the ridiiiK mechanics. Hie crown princes of the speedway, and de prive them of tho opportunity to prepare lliemselvcB for tbe crowns they nil hope t wear us speed kings some day? New York Tillv Ooldhlntt. nrrnstml tnr failing to clear snow from her sidewalk, proved so poor that the policeman bought her a lunch while the judge fined her $1, puld U himself and guvo her a bank note. 7 hit is why LANG stoves are used and endorsed by thousands of American housewives beanie they have proved themselves leaders in fuel economy, simplicity 'in operation, appearance ana stability, rhe Lang principle of heat cir-. culation, the Hot Air Draft and the Hot Blast principle enable all Lang Ranges to cut fuel costs to minimum. Manufactured of Armco Polished iron, nickel plated trimmings and con taining eleven exclusive features, Lang Ranges are original in type and construction. ' LANG Ramfa art UU h Jtrkt Hwm tf uuifftctn. Cdt tad ami ut lit xmritmt n JiifUy mi utrutn. SEVEN BDDYTYYES E FOR YEAR OF 1923 1 i Within the range of seven body types found Rutficient variety, say V.. 51, and ii. J. Johnson of Johnson lfrothcis Mo tor company, to satisfy the most partlcii lai auto owner: und seven models can be put out much chenper than can a greuter assortment. In other word, the- accomplishment of holding down a ent line to the smallest number of types consistent with varied tastes makes for lower producing costs, and consequent savings to the motor cur purchaser. The Stephens company has done this, the brothers declare, and In doing it have made unusual motor values. Home of tlie best products of the Stephens fac tory will be on display at the auto show a', the armory February 22, 21i and 24. The body types produced this year are: five-passenger touring, two-three pos seuger (roadster, five-passenger sedan, five-passenger touring sedan, seven-passenger touring, four-passenger "four some" fsport model), and seven-passenger sedan. Company policy thereby in cludes all the popular types of cars, but keepH away from the various unusu al (freak) models that appeal to hut a. certuin class of buyers, und in so do-, ing confines production costs to the low-! est possible figures. Stephens power units need no expla nution or boosting, say the Johnson bra thers, since tbe public has come to know through intimate and day by day per formances just what tliese modern con veyances can do. A motor rated nf t hcrsepower developed 51) horsepower when called upon. It is known as one ol the most flexible produced. Its econ- "",v reuuruH are legion. "Stephens bodies are hand-built of the highest grade materials," tbe brothers declare, "and the rest of the car meas ures up to that same high standard." San FrnnciBco Four coast league tennis started training for 1!23 todav. Vernon went into camp at homes; Sao I'rnncisoo at Boise Springs; Oakland at Myrtledole; and Portland at Byron Springs, all in California. Salt Iike will start work soon at I- resno. Sacramento will train nt home. New Haven Yale Athletic association repudiated the statement of the pub licity department th.it lT.it.vn,! UVinccton "played rough" which was nmuu uncr tne nocKey game with Princeton, Ron Franriseo. Police .Tudpo T.n nnnotinci'd lie will open court eiH'h dnv with music ly an ori'hetrn. "We all fco'l Electing Buyers' Demands For Finer Cars At Lower Prices Motor car owners have declared for a brand new deal in the design, manufacture ami pricing of American cars. They are luyinB cars now with a keen eye for all that makes value and, o settled determination to cet the best value the market affords. They are giving economy Iu real meaning Not merely more miles per gallon of gas, but also more miles per dollar of purchase price, tire cost and running expense. Tbe 1923 Stephens line has been designed and built to meet thU urgent demand of buyers for high quality, fulr price, distinctive motor cars. Two Distinct Models, Seven Individual Body Types. Skillful engineering, cash buying and efficient manufacturing have worked together to produce better and finer cars at prices substantially lower than in 1922. The dealer's cost of doing business Is as great as ever. He is entitled to a legitimate profit. Without it. he cannot build an organization or supply satisfactory service to owners. For the first time, Stephens presents two distinct models, carrying seven inilividuiil body tyiies. Three ol these a powerful 7-passenger Touring Car, a luxurious 7-passenger Sedan, and an intriguing new sport "Foursome" have a ronger wheel base, 124 inches, and many extra large chassis units. To complete tho line and' cover every personal transportation need, there is a stalwart B-passenger Touring Car, a graceful B-passenger Sedan, a smart Touring 'Sedan, seating five grown-ups, and a sleek and rangy Roadster. Every 1923 Stephens Is the BEST car of Its type we have ever built. With forty-two Imiiortant improvements and refinements over last year's models, the Stephens line sets a standard of motor car values never ap proached 'before. Stephens Chassis Units Give Index to Character of Cars Consider first the standard1 chassis units bought from outside sources. No other automobile within $350 of the Stephens price range uses so many high grade units in extra large sizes. Check und compare this re markable list: Stephens-Delco ignition, starting and lighting. Timken axles and Gemmer steering gears, both oversize. Mathers full chrome-vanadium springs. Fedders thin-core radiator. Stroanberg carburetor. Borg & Beck clutch. Pressure-oiled bearingB. Saal chassis lubrication. Oversize cord tires, all non-skfd. STEPHENS MOTOR. CARS JOHNSON BROS. GARAGE 265 West Eighth Phone 958 TRUCK EDUCATION Due to the devt'loiimeut of the motor truck in the pout five years the need for Rioueliy in the moriiing," miM the judge. 1 trained truck experts ha risen to such mun'1 w IW ll Ue JUNE. MUllil, uiul l'UIIl'Ke UIIU Hl'UOOlH 11 I ti'mugn me courses fitting men for this newest voca tion, according to Vance Day, sales mnn BRer of the General Motors Truck coiu puny. i .Mr. Lmy asserts that in n recent siu" vey of the eountrr lie found nn almost rlenlornhln need for trained I ai sorts that statistics put W of the leading amomouue SSm. the country show that more oil ni-iv men will be needed this pil ! through the country should develop I vey of the country he found nn almost ' CHARLET'S BARGAIN STORE Lane County Distributors 63 West Eighth Phone 122 Quality Let Us Help You To Cut Tire Costs Underinflation and misalignment of wheels are chief cause of tire troubles But they need not worry you. Our quick, expert Service of Inspection helps vou to overcome these forms of tire abuse, and thereby cut vour tire costs. J . We tell you whether or not your inflation is correct. At tne same time we locate other causes of tire wear wheels brakes ' trCad CUtS' fab"C CUtS' r unevenly adjusted .,... As a Goodyear Service Station our service combines selling you the best tires and then helping vou get satis-' factl" and long mileage trom them. Eugene Vulcanizing Works g.' ..: ": V 95 Oak-Street-. ' " : T'eleptiori 1020 ..
