New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
r. l.. MORRELL TALKS.
Erpects Rebuff to american AUTO
mobile association at Dieppe.

man of the contest committee OF the Automooils
Club of America. was called yesterday to the fsc'
that the American Automobile Association had ap-
pointed special committee on foreign affairs 10
appear before she congress of the international
Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs at
Deppe France. on July 8. to seek recognition as
the representative automobile body In America ne
said:
II am we'll aware of the fact. not only through
the daily press but aso because the official order
of ,ha dow of .be Dfeppe congress contains the ap
pIication of the American Automobile Association
to be recognized
When asked his opinion to what success tne
American Automobile Association would meet "i'n'
Mr.. Morrell said
az do not care to indulge in surmises. but the
,axt two items on the order of the day at the con-
gress after the application OF the American auto
mobile Association are the protests OF tne r'o' a.
Automobile Club of Great Britain and lreiano anu
the Imperial German Club against the apphcauOii
of the American Automobile Association even Oeis
considered.
After the discourtAous way in which the racing
board of the American Automobile Assoclatl0h
treated the ruling body Of the fnternatohal a''o
citation IL is difficult to see how they can eA
meet 10 receive any consideration from that BODY
~ the foreign national clubs which compose H.
which have been for many years on such friendIy
terms of reciprocity with the Automooiie Ciu0 Oh
America"
CiOSeO
ox moot IN he held at Eikwood Park. Long
Branch tomorrow afternoon. beginning al ciOcA
In ALL twenty-six cars have been entered Au"i
tionaI cars named shortly before the entries cosu
were Toledo, by Henry Munro OIL 'iiu'i7
town n J.; a Cadillac. by the Motor Car company
~ New Jersey: an Autocar. by the same company
a Westinghouse by w. E. d. Stokes, and Regal
bv the Regal Motor Car Company OF Ne" ioih
The receipts of the meeting will be turned over
TO the Long Branch Hospital All the boxes IN
ho sold
the holders is Governor Fort of New Jersey VINO
II is said will be present to see the races Win
members of his staff
number of requests have been received by the
management OF the meeting for directions TO reach
the course in automobiles. There are three direct
routes the most popular ore being through Staten
Island bv way of the Staten Island ferry. at the
foot of Whitehall street to St George thence u
Tottenville by ferry to Perth Amboy' through
South Amboy Keyport. Middletown, hed Bank
and Eatontown to Long Branch
Another route is through Jersey City to Bayonne'
b farrv IN Port Richmond, and thence to Totten-
vile and then as above. Still another Is through
Jersey CITY TO Newark. thence to Efzaoeth' Ran
xav Metuchen Perth Amboy, South Amooy' hey-
mort Midd1etown, Red Bank and EatontoWn' 10
Long Branch.
Entries for this years Glidden tour. which starts
from Buffalo at O'Clock next THURSDAY morning
close tonight. A change in the puDished i'ineras
has been made which provides for two days OF rest
after the long run from Albany to Boston l4-i
-. - ono dev on July H. This arrangement
cuts ont Poland Springs, Me, as the second Sun
day resting place ., -,
Three Studebaker cars have been entered Oy =
V strattou to represent the Rochester Automoohe
CLUB team in the tour, to be driven oS ram aru
robert Yeager and W. NJ. Jones' They are OF the
.er,o model as the car General Grant Is using In
army service at Pine Plains
- uos announced Yesterday that the American
ooor,otfve Automobile Company was about TO
op+er new fields of activity. in view OF wn1ch II
r., haooroa a mart of the parent body, the AInerl-
can Locomotive Company, and the existence ol ,li7
outonobfle organization as separate eorpoia'
has heen terminated. 1t was said' aiso' tha' 'i7
name Berliet had been dropped
,,o,;ro these changes. Mr. Ball. vice-presi-
den, or the American Locomotive Company. said;
1.-The American Locomotive Company haVihs ac-
c,,,red all the stock Of the American i-oeolo'iVe
t,-+on,ob,le Company. has for corporation reasons
,t1 that subsidiary company with several
o+hors which have heretofore led separate exist
encas The policy. therefore. is not one anecnns
tho automobile company solely
.e7,bo- automobile business will be continued In
49, -orLs at Providence and New York. and In
various cities the country on larger scaie thah
ever"
- r. rirdsau designer of the new Selden car
announces that the agency for the car Iorllie.iy
s,a nv Palmer & Singer, is now In west o5d
straet with Mr.. Birdsall in charge
A telegram was received at the Studeoaker Of
g. IN This CITY, yesterday, dated Julesburg. COL
-, ao,nctnr that the studebaker team which is
aarrvtnp a delegation from Chicago to the Demo-
cratic convention at Denver, had reached jules
brre on July l. after ploughing through roads deep
IN mud having made a trip OF lo miles rom
North Platte in nine hours II was Sisneu " W.
- .r,o,, chairman of the Illinois delegation,
Who said that the tourists expected to reach their
destination to-day
STATE LEAGUE RESULTS.