The San Francisco call., 1909-10-22
AUTOS. ASSIGNED
FOR ROAD CONTEST
Official Positions of ALI Motor
Cars in Big Race Are
Announced

Enthusiasm is at the boiling point
around the training camp of the auto
mobiles that are entered in the road
takes place tomorrow Friends of the
drivers and the mechanicians and also
the owners of the different makes of
cars are spending a great deal of time
in the early morning watching the
tryouts. Some very fast time has been
get TO opening out their cars to the
limit it may be that new record mark
will be set for road race course in
California
There was very little practice work
yesterday morning as the rain of the
night before had made the course very
slippery. However. by o'clock it had
dried up and was i'll splendid shape.
which may be encouraging if it should
rain tonight.
L. P. Lowe, chairman of the race
committee, last night gave out the
position in which the cars will start.
The announcement also gives the name
of the car, by whom entered, the driver,
mechanicfan and the piston displace-
ment, as follows:
ASSIGNMENT OF CARS
Car No. /. Maxwell. entered by Maxwell
Briscoe company, C. o. King driver, A G. Linz
mechanic. piston displacement 24I:l6. Car. No.
z Sunset. entered b. Victory automobile com
& PAM Harold Hall driver Henry Mschro2 N me
Autocar, entered By Walter c. Morris, Walter
Morris driver. william Hammersen mechanic
piston displacement 255;a. Car No. 4. Pope
Hartford entered by Consolidated motor car
company. Jack Fleming driver. Lester Trayers
mechanic. piston displacement 29o:4. Car No
3. Pope Hartford. entered by Consolidated motor
car company. George Potter driver, .0rrin Thrail
mechanic, piston displacement 2e9:44. Car No
8. tomet entered by Heil-kennedy engineering
company E. j. Hall driver. Sam Smith me
chanic. piston displacement 301 :5S. Car No. =,
Chalmers Detroit. entered by Fred W. Schaerr.
Howard Warner driver. James McCauley me
chanic, piston displacement 3u2:Is. Car No. g..
Lexington. entered by Burkard Crippen company,
sIsos car NO Buick entered py the How
ard automobile company. Frank Murray driver,
Thomas Burns mechanic. piston displacement
Christensen. Carl Christensen driver, Frank
Larcher mechanic. piston displacement 31s:0s.
bile company. Frank Free driver Joseph Robin
mechanic, piston displacement 313:o6 Car
Michiner driver, Lloyd Percival mechanic; piston
displacement 4I6:5l. Ger No. 13, iApperson. en-
tered By Leon T. Shelter, Harris Henshaue
driver. Lee Gehricke mechanic, piston displaee-
A. Bonney, D. A Bonney driver. r. c. Douglas
mechanic piston displacement 533:24. Car No.
IS. Stearns. entered by Frank Miner. Charles
Soules driver. r. Z. wilkins mechanic, piston
displacement 533:24. Car No. Is, Stevens Dur
yea entered by Pacific motor car company. Cliff
ford Ontank driver. Albert Ruddle mechanic. pis-
ton displacement 5sS.21. Car No II, Rochet
Schneider. Plancon driver. Dickson mechanic
piston displacement 5000
SPECIAL FERRY SERVICE
There will be a special ferry service
tonight All boats will run on regular
schedule until p. m, after which a
creek boat viii leave just as soon as
IL has on board % machines. It will
not leave unfit that many are aboard,
but will take so if they are there to
cross the bay. This special service
viii be kept up until all the automo-
bilists have been accommodated.
When the first car is sent away,
daylight fireworks will be set off at
the grandstand TO announce all along
the course the fact that the race is on.
There will be a reunion of the Mitch
ell owners at the road race. Osen &
Hunter have secured parking sta
tion beyond the ipfirmary toward Hay
ward on the north side of the road It
is 2 fne position from which to view
the race and one Mitchell owners will
enjoy. There is no charge for place
in this parking station. All that is
necessary-iE that it be a Mitchell car
to pass through the gate.