Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-08
END TO AUTO STRIFE.
The Two Rival Org EXAMINATIONS May
Effect Consolidation.

Boston, April THE individual mem
bers of the American Automobile Assocla-
ton and the American Motor League
will, within the next few days, be invited
to vote upon the visibility of merging
the two organizations into an association
to be known as the American Motor
League. There is every reason TO believe
that the question will be decided in the
affirmative and that within the next three
weeks there will be but one national au,
tomObile association in this country anu
the strife which has existed between tht
two organization for several years VIII
be brought to a close, with proilt TO the
association and benefit to the advance
ment OF the cause Of automObiling IN TINS
country. There never was occasion Tor
two such organizations. and the move
now about to be made Will meet with the
hearty approval of every one who has the
interest OF automobilins at heart At the
einors voted IN favor of amalgamaton
AS result of the report of the Joint conf
mittcc appointed to consider the matter
The plan of merger as approved by
the governors and as it will be submitted
to the clubs is, in brief this: The name
Of the united body will be the American
Motor Association. The officers Will be:
President, Harlan w. Whlpple, New
York; first vice president, Charles T. Dur
yea, Lancaster, Pa; second vice prcSi-
dent, w. II. Hotchkiss. buffalo; third
vice president, a. +. Fleming. Los An
Sclcs, Cal; secretary, 4eaac b. Potter,
New York; treasurer, George +. Earring
ton. Newark The control OF the comblll-
cd organization will be vested i'll ii gov
erninS board composed OF ~ mcmDtis
from each body.
The racing department of the y. A A
shall be in no manner affected by me
merger, but the racing committee OF thc
y. NJ l.. will be abolished. The othcr
committees of both bodies will be united
y department OF organization and recruit
ing will be formed. Of which the new sec
rotary, l. Il. Potter, will be the head, ne
Ia y Nj l..
up irUm Il mere name TO membership
greater than that OF the a. y. \. y COM
mittee composed of two members from
each body will draft u constitution and
bylaws The A. A. A. members of this
committee will be SECRETARY >. NJ. But!cr
and Emerson Brooks: Tie a NJ. L.
members will probably be L. u. Potter
ana Frank ESdn. The merger as out
lined will be submitted to the individual
ballot of each member Of each orGtniza-
ton. All those not voting within 10 days
will be recorded in the Affirmative Inc
approval OF the individual members Of
each organization is a IofCSonc conCiu-
sion.
At this meeting of the governors Jonn
FarSton of Chicago, resigned as first vice
president and Charles l.. Duryea was APP
pointed in his place
The special committee on motor boat
control composed of y. K. Harrington, W.
Is. Vanderbilt, Jr., and l.. Z. Adams. re-
ported in favor Of the a. n. y. taking
charge of the high powered racing craft
known as automobile boats and not in
tcrfcrinS with any other boat assoca-
ton. A. l.. Pdrdington was appointed
chairman of the racing boat committee,
with Lieut.. c. II. Hall official mcasurer
and II. l.. Towle official engineer. Mr..
Pardington appointed l.. r. Adams one OF
his cGnicrccs and has two more to name.
The rules submitted by the committee on
motor boats were adopted. They call for
+, @stration of all cratt racing under
them. and are very mn Dte and complete
i'll detail.
The racing committee of the a. A. y.
which held IL session the same day, took
some most radical steps in diSquallfyinS
Barney Ol1,tld ana +. {. Hausmann for
competing in uusanctioned race meets.
The committee passed the appcncdud res
OlutiOu:
Resolved that inasmuch as Barney Old
Held aid -. lIausmann have by their
action i'll "mpctinG i'll unsanctioncd
events at Savannah, Ga. on Feb D. and
at birmingham, Ala, ON March 5, dis
I ing rules ut the American Automobile
nciation, that the secretary he in
-. cd /" advise promoters OF all future
rae meetings sought to be sanctioned
10y the racing board under the rules -
this association. that McSsrs. Barney Old
field and l.. G. llausmann are DISQUALIFIED
as above, that sanctions to such promot
crs will not be granted unless such dis
qualification is enforced.
Resolved, that such disqualification he
continued until further action on the part
of this racing beard.
This disqualification will prevent Old
field from going for records at the Gordon
Bennett trials, as he had intended. he
being anxious to add the mile Str.tighta-
way to his record, he now holding the
worlds record for Il circular track. Fur
Tier than that, it will remove from rae
ing circles for some time to come, one OF
IN" most interesting characters. a man
who never feared to let his machine run
Ia its full extent and who was not afraid
ct meeting any man or machine. lie is
the national champion, having won that
special race at New York on Memorial
DAY next. OF course this resolution will
have the effect of preventing the fulfil
mcnt of those contracts. as under the
rules of the a. a. a. a disqualified man
cannot compete ut any meet sanctioned
hy the organization. Oldiicld. it is imaS-
med. will cndcavor to make the A. y. y.
reSciid his disqualification. and some
most interesting situations may be antic-
mated