The San Francisco call., 1909-03-22
AUTOS WILL MEET
ON NEXT SUNDAY
Motor Club Officials Decide
That Course Is Too Wet
for Contest
Entry List Kept Open TO Allow
Owners Chance to Enter
Cars for Climb
BY z. z. PHommedieu


The rain yesterday postponed the hill
climbing contest of the san Francisco
motor club scheduled for Nineteenth
street hill The contest committee and
the officials were on hand early n the
morning at The cIubroons at the corner
OF Van Ness and Golden Gate avenues.
and after waiting until noon IN the hope
OF the weather clearing II was finally
decided TO postpone tha event until next
Sunday At p N The entry list viii be
thrown open until next Thursday. 50
that-zuy Of the other owners in the city
VINO have not entered and may wish 70
"a ke part can do SO BY sending in their
entry 10 Tony Nichols The contest
committee will try during the week 70
have the street repaired so that the fun
mile course can be used
Demonstrations OF the enciencv or
the Rambler spare wheel equipment
have been the re-
spare wheel sgl5 OF keen
Contest. ssgsi9psd among
sentatsves tb-ongh sa Ransler s1r- Pegrs-
the record time required TO substitute
the spare wheel for the regular wheel
intS contest began when the spare
wheel was originated BY Jeffery First
the 4sH about the factory competed
with one another. The first man who
tried II made the change in four min
utes The next man reduced the time
70 tnrse minutes and now wherever
there Is Rambler car equipped with
C1lS time saving device taere IS quite
sure 70 be contest which proves its
advantages over the old fashioned
method OF stopping On the road taking
on tire, repairing il and pumping
" X Cowan. the Les Angeles repre-
sentative OF the Je1ery company. was
the nrst 10 announce the breaking o.
the two minute record held BY chi
claHge or the wheels in l minute and
- seconds. while novice made the
cnange IN minutes and 50 seconds
NeWan then issued this challenge. Il
you have any records like this please
post US and we will heat them
The result was that at the Cleveland
snow the Rambler representative Or
dered one es MS mechanics TO ma ke the
changs. taking or the Whesi installing
the spare wheel and letting the car
down on the Jack, completing the en-
tire operation IN 5S seconds All four
wheels Were changed and the shift OF
all was made IN 4 minutes aud 80
seconds.
The steaTns car will not be IN the
NIL Climb next Sunday The car mas
lad 70 be with
stearns VIII So15ies sSa ~il9vsT SiriIs-s
mace ior s-s"o and c. B Benson.
Z. rlsChauiciau. left
last night for Ascot park. where they
will drive 4 SteaTns IN q $50 mile race
against 4 Loco for Z side bet said 70
De $4,000 The gate receipts are 20 90
10 the benefit OF the charities OF the
E4kS organization OF Los Angeles c
3 Warren the sales manager for the
Pactnc coast viii leave for the south
Wednesday
Secretary G. VI Stadleman OF the
Goodyear tire and rubber company OF
Akron. o, has
Detachable Rim q aSIi1ef the local l5r-s 54ase5
OF the ". d. New
erf rubber company. announcing that
the Goodyear people are about 70 in
trO6uce and market new quick de-
tachabIe rim. which requires but one
set OF reversible side rims for both
quick detachable and cIilcher tires OF
any standard type. Although this rim
is intended for 1910 delivery. q limited
quantity will be supplied 20 manufac- +
turers for testing purposes during the
season
Five carloads OF Studebaker-Garfor1 {
cars, including several cars OF the
suburban type and
stnaesaAe d = b a ker EMF
ears arrlfe -39s, were re-
debaker Bros company OF California.
Included in the EMF lot were several {
cars OF the roadster type These as
well as the new Garfcrds are attract