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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
WILL RACE FOR
$1,000 GOLD CUP

All uncertainty regarding the
outlook for grand prize race for
the $4,000 gold cup of the Automo-
bile Club of America during the
current year has been removed,
and contest for the greatly COW
eted international trophy is prac-
tically assured 1t was announced
recently that William X. Wander
bilt, Jr.. representing the Motor
Cups Holding company, had APP
piled to the Automobile Club of
America for sanction to hold a
race for the rich prize next Octo-
Der on the Long Island Motor Park
way and adjoining roads.
VANDERBILT is PRESIDENT.
The Motor Cups Holding com
pany, of which Mr.. Vanderbilt is
president, is the body formed as
the result of the agreement be-
tween the American Automobile
association and the Automobile
Club of America following a con-
troversy two years ago. Both the
Grand Prize and the Vanderbilt
Cup are under control of the indie
pendent organization, which is sup
posed to conduct a race for each
annually. Last year it succeeded
In running a Vanderbilt Cup race,
but the Grand Prize fell through,
so that the projected renewal next
fall will be the first.
1t is understood that no definite
decision has been reached regard
ing the length of the race, the
conditions, the course or the
amount of prize money. All these
details are in tentative form.
They will be submitted to the
governors of the club in a few days,
and if satisfactory, as they I'M
doubtedly will be, the sanction will
be Forthcoming.
The holding company is compos-
ed OF w. X Vanderbilt, Jr., Henry
Payne Whitney, Henry Sanderson,
l.. II. Gray, Colgate Hoyt, Henry
B. Anderson, w. p. Hamilton, Dave
Hennen Morris. II. b. Hollins and
Mortimer II. Schiff. All these gen
tlemen have been reported as de-
string a grand prize race in the
east.
The application for a sanction
either presages change in the
international limitations or ex-
IRENE difficulty in gathering
field to even approach in class the
one that competed in the first run
ming for the gold cup. At Savannah
on Thanksgiving day, 1908, 20 cars,
including the flower of the worlds
automobile flyers and the greatest
drivers of Europe and America,
contested before an enormous
throng, Wagner. with Fiat, TAX
ing first place, Sc seconds ahead of
Hemery (Benz) who finished sec
ond.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
BENZINE BUZZINGs

The past week was another big
one in the history of the automo-
bile trades people, as good weather
means good business with the auto
mobile man. More railroad trOu-
bles are being experienced now.
Several companies are experience
ing trouble in getting cars and as
a result are losing much valuable
business.
ITS something awful" declared
one of these dealers yesterday,
when a man comes into your
office jingling the money with
which he wants to purchase a car
for immediate delivery and you tell
him that you can't deliver him a
car for several weeks. And what
would you think if after you had
promised him this much and had
secured his deposit, to have your
factory telegraph you that they
would have to delay shipment for
another three weeks? Wouldn't
that jar you?"
A. E. Hunter, Pacific coast rep
resentative of the Mitchell factory,
and a member of the firm of Ocean
& Hunter of San Francisco, is a
Spokane visit this week. He found
much to be elated over in the pros
poets of the Mitchell car here. He
reports that the Mitchell factory
is working straight night and day
shifts.
Manager Mccarthy of Neate &
Mccarthy, Locomobile. Oakland
and Everitt agents, is here on a
trip. placing agencies for the Ever
lit car.
The Northwest Buick company
has received word from Los An
geles that a model 16, 40 horse
power Buick roadster made a mile
in time trials, officially timed in
"A rs seconds, or at rate of near
ly So miles an hour. This time
was made in the Motordome, by a
stock car.
The word automobile" Is from
the Greek autos" self. and the
Latin word ''mobilis.' movable.
Haven't you noticed that the best
roads have the most warnings not
to use them to the best advantage?
The French We're the first to get
into the modern automobile game,
and for some years were unrivaled.
In 1902 Richard Trevithick built
a steam carriage which he drove
80 miles to London.
Walter Hancock did the most i'm
portant pioneering in self-pro-
PEELED road vehicles in England up
to 1886.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
Wright brothers Have
C|NCH ON HEAVIER THAN AIR
MACHINES IN THE j. S.
HEREAFTER PROMOTERS MUST PAY ROYALTY
AND OBTAIN WRIGHT BROTHERS PER
MISSION TO HOLD MEETS

this city, and close friend of Rich
ard Croker. Freedman is heavily
interested in the million dollar
Wright company, and, with Wilbur
Wright, laid down the regulations
under which the company will re-
frain from interfering with the for
eign aviators.
1t was pointed out after the meet
ing that the Wrights are the chief
beneficiaries.
True, the Aero club is permitted
to sanction licensed meetings at
will, but foreign aeroplanes can be
used only at these meetings, and If
private individuals want to buy or
use heavier than air machines, they
will have to buy from the Wrights,
as the free use of other machines is
prohibited by injunctions of the
United States courts. Thus the
Wrights will retain monopoly of
manufacture and sale in the United
States.
BY virtue of the agreement, the
international meeting for the
trophy won by Glenn Curtiss in
France last year will be held in this
country next October and. the gen
eral belief is that it will take place
at Hampstead, l.. l., although the
place will not be definitely fixed
for some time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
MOTORCYCLES ARE
REAL POPULAR HERE

1t is estimated by the Spokane
bicycle commission, which has but
recently issued it's ultimatum to
the "honk! honk!" gentry to keep
off the bike paths with the motor
cycles, as well as by motorcycle
dealers throughout the city, that
there are now just about twice as
many "chug. chug" machines in
Spokane as there were a year and
a half ago. In fact, the sales in
motorcycles has been keeping up
at an encouraging and most profit
able pace during the last several
months, and it would be quite diff
ficult to decide just which make OF
machine is meeting with the most
popular favor? 1t seems to depend
altogether upon the way the agent
can hand it out" about his certain
brand of wares.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
70-M|LE RATE
0NTRENTR0AO

. Seventy miles an hour is =
= rate at which Driver Schoen- q
= berger of the Empire Automo- =
= bile Co., 71S Front avenue, is =
= declared to have sent big .
9 80 Palmer-Singer machine o
= over the Trent road the other .
= day, just for the pleasure of .
q his friends. This comes pref .
. ty close TO being the record =
= speed for autoing in this part q
= of the country and so miles =
q an hour is considered some =
. going" .
D According to rumors that .
; seem to be of fairly subsLan- =
. tial foundation, Schoenberger .
= simply took his friend out, for .
= a Gttle airing" after persist =
. ent pleading on their part and .
Z the statement that all wished =
4 they were back to town and q
s terra firma long before that .
4 20 stretch was clipped Off, is v
= no5 at all doubted.
. . . . . . . = . . = . . 90
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
WRIGHT AND M'CINN
RELEASED FROM INDIANS
INDIANS IN FINE TRIM FOR BATTLE WITH Con
ZAGA COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON.
CARRYING SEVEN PITCHERS

In an interview last evening
President Joseph P. Coin of the
Indians, who have just returned
from their training quarters at
Wenatchee, said:
Eyes, our Indians are home
again, 20 men, good and strong,
ready for the first battle of the
season tomorrow at Recreation
park at 3:15, against the Gonzaga
college team. 1t will be positive
ly good game of ball.
II had to let the ak fall tonight.
The rest of the team was entirely
too strong for Norman Wright and
Dan McGinn-most promising
young ball players at that, and l
had to let them go.
Brooks and Clark will be the
catchers at tomorrow's game for
the Indians, and the pitchers will
be Hickey, Baker and Bonner.
Nordyke will play first base, Pen
dry second, Cartwright short stop,
Flood third base and Keener, Kip
pert and Davis out-fielders. This
will give the fans" a chance to
get line on the team, as they are
all new this year-at least most of
them
1--WE are carrying now seven
pitchers and three catchers, be-
sides five infielders. We think we
have a good, strong aggregation of
ball players-in fact, strong
enough to cope with any team in
the league. don't know how
strong they are, but will say to the
public, if my team doesn't show
sufficient strength, I'll make them
strong enough.
Captain Harry G. Ostdiek will
have full charge of the team in the
field, and Iswill abide by his judg-
ment in all things, as to the keep
Too <~f l.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
WHITE GAS CAR
COMES HERE

Something absolutely new in the
automobile line for the Pacific
northwest is White gas car, which
has been shipped to the Pytcher
Tyler Automobile company, or
South Division street. This car il
five passenger pony tonneau,
which, it is said. meets with the
most popular approval of White
car admirers, who desire gas car
In preference to the steam ma
chimes. The new White gas car
will be seen on the streets, under
demonstration by the Pytcher-Tyler
comapny, within the next few days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
HERE'S NEW WAY TO
START YOUR AUTO

A new way to start an autOmo-
bile when you lose your crank has
been discovered by an original
auto manufacturer. 1t is simple
enough but heretofore unthought of?
Jack up one rear wheel, put the
high speed gear in mesh and let
in the clutch Get out and turn
the rear wheel by hand until the
motor passes over compression.
and it will start. The car will
not move from it's position be-
cause one wheel is lacked up and
the ditferential will not permit it
to move. After starting get in
your car and put the transmission
in neutral, which will allow your
motor to run and your wheel,
which is lacked up and running to
stop. Then get out and take away
your jack, letting your wheel to
the ground; put the jack away, get
in the car and go on. $3.50 ..--
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
PYTCHER.TYLER co, .
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS

That it may be able to meet the
demand for all classes of auto re-
pair and alteration work, the
Pytcher-Tyler Automobile COM
pany, on South Division street, is
adding much more machinery to it's
repair plant. This company al
ready boasts of one of the best
equipped repair shops in the city.
where the reboring of cylinders
and various other odds and ends
to the difficult and particular kinds
of auto repairing is being made
this season on much larger
scale than ever before in Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
SPORT BRIEFS

~ Clarence Barton, who played at
third for the Varneys last season
In the city league. will likely be
seen with the Brownlee team this
summer. Barton is at present at
Whitefish, Mont, playing in an in
dependent league, but it is said
by some of his local friends that
he Is dissatisfied and an effort is
being made to secure him for the
Brownlee team.
Gelvin, the new twirler for the
Brownies, has arrived from Cali
fornia, and they say he certainly
:. looks good.
a Jim Mcclure says no Nap pitcher
snail use splitter. Heinie Berger's
due for the minors without the
salivary slants.
Harvard students are going to
chip in to build gymnasium 292
feet by 80 feet.
Lou Criger, ex-running mate Of
Cy Young. is whipping the ball to
second with the speed of the old
Boston days.
"Bugs" Raymond Is reported as
saying that the report about Geor
gia being dry is largely exagger-
ated. Bugs fell off.
If any one imagines this Zbyszko
will be thrown by any one before
he meets Gotol he has another
guess due
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
(By United Press Leased Wire)

NEW YORK, April 9.-The abso-
lutte right to control the heavier
than air flying machine, in the
United States at least, is held by
tE4. Wright brothers of Dayton, o.
TAs was admitted by the Aero Club
of America this afternoon when it's
committee agreed that in all future
aeroplane contests In the United
States promoters will. have to pay
a royalty to and obtain permission
from the Wright company before a
sanction for meeting will be
given.
Under this arrangement, how
ever, the Aero club will be able to
induce many Of the foreign aviators
to contest in this country. Only
the promoters must have license
and the Wrights agree that there
shall be no Injunction suits and no
further embarrassing Of aviators
who come to this country. They may
fly at all licensed meetings without
moIestation.
Just how important the Wrights
believe control of the air in Amer
lea is, is shown by the presence at
the conference of Andrew Freed
man. former owner OF the baseball
franchise of the National league in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
LADIES INVITED
TO TOURNAMENT

Circus seats will be brought into
service at the S. A. A. c. on the
evenings of April IA and Is when
the big Morningstar and Hoppe
billiard tournament is pulled Oft.
For this attraction, invitations are
extended to the ladies generally.
This will be about the classiest
thing in the sport line that has
been seen in some time and it Is
said that it will be put on in such
clean manner that the ladies
should be able to feel just as much
at home there as in a theater.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

Timid Amateur: Er-what is
there about this car that recon-
mends it to a new beginner?
Agent (briskly): Why, the sim
plicity of it's construction-for in
stance, the individually cast cylin-
ders with applied copper water
Jackets, the eight-bearing crank
shaft and nebulizer fabrication, the
high frequency ignition and Undue
ton coil without vibrators or jump
sparks, the Lallapalooza magnetic
with Para rubber insulation, the &C.
celerator pedal graded to fit any
thing. from an artificial limb to a
mules hind leg, the extended Sec
ton type radiator with a folding
bed action, the vanadium toned B.
flat siren operated with the driv-
ers eyelash. the eleven-speed trans
mission for climbing lamp posts,
and a pair of gold-rimmed bi-focal
goggles thrown in with each pur-
chase. Can l sell you one?
Timid Amateur: Thanks, no. |
think I'll buy a baby buggy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
CHOW CHOW

| An ONO man is said to be work
ing on the invention of an appliance
for motorcycles, automobiles and BIZ
cycles that will pump air into the
tires while the machines are in mo-
ton. According to brief descrip-
ton that has been made of the de-
vice. 1t is to be worked from near
the hub, much after the fashion of
the sPeedometer or cyelometer
Some class, Ell?
| With this sort of thing, what sat-
| isfaction would there be in it for
the speed cop to shoot holes in the
speed bugs tires or for the freckled
faced kid to lay hedge thorns and
lacks in the road just to see the
chauffeur or the speedomaniac give
round of artistic "cussing?"
| Among the motorcycles coming
fast to the front in Spokane is the
Harley-Davidson machine, made
famous by different worlds endur-
ance contests. During the last few
weeks the city has purchased a four
horse machine of this type from
J, F. Stack, a dealer with a shop at
200 Browne street This motorcycle
was bought for use by the city cleo
trical Inspector
The Harley-Davidson has also
found it's way into the service of
the Spokane Gas Co.. one having
been purchased by that concern
from j. F. Stack also. Stack states
that his greatest trouble this year
has been in supplying the local de-
mand for them.
possibility of the White Steamer
the Pytcher-Tyler Auto company
broke all previous local records in
| firing up" one of the big cars by
raising sufficient head of steam
for ordinary road travel in it's es-
tablishment the other day in two
minutes. Ordinarily from five to
seven minutes is consumed in the
"steaming up stunt.
The auto life is jolly. sirs.
1t really is the gay life;
But there's a touch of folly, sirs-
1t also is the pay life.
whats horse sense, pa?"
| Horse sense, my son, Is what
makes horse shy at an automo-
bile"
but they speak of men having
horse sense, pa"
"Sure. Don't some men shy at
an automobile?"
Since | have motor car
| We're never asunder;
Half the time I'm it in
And half tho time under.
Manufacturer: And so you would
like to be an automobile salesman
Do you possess imagination, elo-
quence and persistence enough, TO
fit you for such position?
Applicant: Sir, | used 20 be a
piano salesman.
He was engaged.
One Of the first steam carriages,
made in ITO by Nicholas Joseph
Cugnot, Is still preserved in Paris.
Some cars sound siren strain,
Some cars loudly toot.
| Some cars whistle warnings plain,
| And some moan like a flute
But others, silent as the grave.
Sneak up and spread you DER the
| pave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

mand of my ball players this ysar
that they be strictly temperate.
and they must be gentlemen. Al
the time, or they can't stay on the
Spokane team OF Indians
There has been quite q change
in the park this year. 1t will seae
800 more than formerly, and there
will be 200 reserved seats In the
grandstand, and l expect my team
to give a good account Of them
selves all through the season.
Captain Ostdiek Is more than
pleased with his men, and expects
to win many battles on the
diamond
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
CHEWELAH rs AFTER
SCALP OF S. A. A. G.

Chewelah, Wash, has planned to
get the scalp of the s. A. A. c..
baseball team this afternoon, but
1t isn't all SO certain. The s. A.
A. c. bunch is going over to meet
them on their own battle grounds.
with Grammar and Eddie Grigware
of the city league team to do the
heavy work for them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
CUBS DEFEAT
THE B. B. B. s

BY score Of s to 6, the Mantle
Cubs defeated the b. B. b. team
in game yesterday afternoon.
Battery for the winners were
Wyard and Tiegen and for the B.
b. BIS. Snow. Rockstom and Sam.
uels, The Mantle Cubs are chal.
longing any and all teams in the
city coming under the l3 year age
limit.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
Wights Get Control
DRIVER WINSILONC
RACE ON FLAT SERIES
(ev United PrSss Leased Wirel

PLAYA DEL REY Cal April 9-Drivng his Simplex
flat tires George Robertson the 10 mile free for all
in the automobile the plank this after
minutes 35 seconds This
for the distance track will
for worlds in Fiat De Palma,
also driving Fiat third and Kerscher in Daracq
fourth.
Ground glass in mysterious onto the track and
driver except DePama finished the with flat
. . . . . . q . . . .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
FOR DEFENSE.

Sprocket: I see the farmers arc
buying motor cars now.
Clutch: Certainly. It's the only
way they can escape getting run
over by them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

Does your automobile earn it's
upkeep?" :.
Il suppose so. | know l don't
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

Motorist: Have you seen my
friend go by here in a very fast
yellow skidless?
Constable: Who mout he a-been?
. Motorist: Chauncey o. How.
swift of Pittsburg.
Constable: Yes, he went by. I
wondered who he wuz, but now l
kin git warrant fer him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
BOUFFLEUR IS
DELIVERING AUTO

Becoming so stricken with the
beauty of big Cadillac car ship
ped a week ago to one of his
friends in Walla Walla, ]. l.. Nc
Claim of that city ordered one
just like it of Manager Bouffleur
of the Cadillac shop, 707 Front
avenue, Spokane. Mr.. Bouffleur
left here yesterday morning to fill
the order, driving the car over
land.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

Tom L. Evans, western factory
representative of the Cadillac
Automobile works, will be here
during this week to look over the
field.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-02
The lrishr,nr,a Rsaouroe.

In his volume If essays dreams
Dead Earnest and Half Jest" Mr.
Coulson kernahan compares his com
patriots, the natives of the Green Isle,
with the English
THAT your Englishman never knows
when he IL beaten is the veriest plati-
tude. In all the world there is no ma
tioIaity which can play losing game
with such desperate doggedness !
venture to think. however. that the
Irishman-and therein is perhaps n
reason why he excels Ia the art of war
is more resourceful is quicker TO
think and quicker to net
IAN Englishman, finding himself IN z
corner so tight that any one else Would
decide at once that there was nothing
for it but surrender or retreat SAYS.
Here | am. and here I'll Stick io he
shot at till I'm killed or til relt"f
comes An Irishman in the Sanle place
would say: It's the mischefs owl
hole I'm in. Bnt wait now. WAat
way II be getting"outg And get out
the freshman generally does, for he Is
SO resourceful fiat his resourcefulness
might sometimes be better described
as slipperiness.'
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-02

In his younger days John Wesley
found 1t difficult to stop drinking tea.
He wrote in tT46: eve agreed 1t would
prevent great expense, as we'll Of
health as Of time and of money, If the
poorer people Of our society could be
persuaded 10 leave off drinking of tea.
We resolved ourselves 70 begin and set
the example I expect some difficulty
In breaking off q custom Of six and
twenty years. standing. and according
ly the first three days my head ached
and | was half asleep from morning
to night The third day my memory
failed almost entirely. On Thursday
my headache was gone, my memory
as strong rs ever. and | have found no
Inconvenience, but sensible benefit In
several respects from that day to this"
Eater in life Wesley returned to the
use Of tea. as his big teapot preserved
in his house in London shows, Chi
caeo News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-02
Once a Sailor Always a Sailor,

Charitable Institutions often find 1t
hard to learn the occupations of those
admitted. A man who has followed
several trades when asked his occupa-
ton names the one he regards as most
dignified even il he has not followed it
for years. The Survey tells OF case
that happened in the Cook County in
firnlary. The man "at the age OF nine
teen was sai.or for one year. His
career as ii sailor eaded with an acct
denb on the ship Ivy which he lost a
leg. For The naNt thlrty-six years he
took various jobs rs caretaker and the
lll.c, such MS Il crippled person can OBJ
tain. Yet WHEN after thirty-six years
Of independence he was finally forced
to take refuge in i poorhouse he puts
himself down on the entrance cara as
sailor, and one feels in that word the
pride of a Morse son Of the sea-"