Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-17
PENNSYLVANIA VERSUS
C0RBIN WILL BE RACE
TWO CONTESTANTS ENTERED
ALONE IN 25-MILE RUN
HamIin's Big Six Franklin and Fen,
ner's Whirlwind Isotta Will Hook
Up in 15o-Mile Contest
with Others

Lovers of the fast and sensational
motor car racing will be satisfied al
Ascot park next Saturday and Sun
day when a group of the fastest auto
mobiles in the west will start in a
series of races ranging in distance
from ten to one hundred and fifty
miles.
In the long races there will be seven
starters and the closing of the entries
Yesterday brought to light a match
race which will settle a long disputed
point as to which of the two cars
the Corbin or the Pennsylvania-is the
fastest.
On the official entry blank of the Los
Angeles Motor Racing association
there was q twenty-five mile race
There We're only two entries, the
above-named cars. From standpoint
of sport nothing more interesting
could have happened, as there has beer
the keenest rivalry between these tive
machines. The Pennsylvania heat the
Corbin at Santa Ana. and then went
to Phoenix and won the tifty-mile race
there in very fast time. The Corbir
made a clean sweep at Ascot last
month, and the question as to the
speed of these fleet little cars will be
settled Saturday afternoon.
AL Livingstone will be at the whee
of the Corbin and Morris Mcdonnell
who drove such a good race at Santa
Ana and Phoenix, will pilot the Penn
sylvania. The cars are very evenly
matched as to speed and the drivers
are nervy and clever.
Another big feature Saturday will be
the struggle between the big cars in
the ten-mile race and the free-for-al
over a fifty-mile course. Among the
foa aF hA 10
Isotta- -Fraschini, which made such a
wonderful record on the track at Pnoe-
nix, and the Franklin Greyhound
Frank Free will drive the Isotta, and q
more daring or better driver could not
have been selected.
The Franklin will be driven by Guy
Irwin, who has already demonstrated
that he is one of the best track drivers
in the country. 1t will be a battle
royal, arS there will also be the
Palmer Singer, with Frank Siefert
driving. Siefert has been busy for a
week tuning up the big six and he
says he believes he has at last secured
a car which will go faster than he dare
drive it. This car was poorly driven
in the last race, but with Siefert in the
seat there may be a different story tC
tell.
other cars in the fifty and 15O will
be the Corbin, the Cadillac and two
others.
Charlie Soules will be here Thursday
and it is supposed that his car was
shipped from San Francisco on the
boat yesterday. With Soules entered
there will be even greater interest in
all the races, and as he has many ad-
mirers, it will result in great out
pouring of enthusiasts.
The races will begin each day at
o'clock, and the street railway CON-
pany will provide a car every minute
to accommodate the people.
The Ascot track was thrown open
to the contestants for the first time
Yesterday and the drivers who took
their cars out for preliminary warm
ing up found the course in much bet
ter condition than last month, and ii
Is being freely predicted that ell rec
ords from ten miles up to $50 will be
shattere, when the speed monsters be-
gin their flights Saturday and Sunday
The real tryouts will begin today
when practically all the cars entered
will be sent to the track to stir up the
course. There will he a few new dri-
vers on the track, but most of the con-
testants have driven over the course
and know it's curves