The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-08
AMONG fHB AUHOIOBILlSTS
PRACTICE WORKOUTS ON TINE
SAVANNAH COURSE.

kn,pp~r HAs an Almost Accident willis
Haups Drives tsnc Round u N aiis
Ciip-rwenay.three Entries for GRAND
Prixe-0aher Events In Motor world.
SAVANNAH. Nov William Knipper.
driver OF the Lancia entered for the Tiede-
man trophy class Of the International hight
car race here on Friday. had q narrow
escape from injury this morning In the
practice time for small cars. He vas
going at a aigh rate OF speed when touring
car turneh onto the course headed in the
wrong ID. ection.
knlpper and his mechanic shouted at tho
offending driver, Who just mana ged tn get
his car out the path OF the speeding Iancia.
The driver apoloxized to Knipper later. but
the Lancia pilot said no apology could take
away the memory OF the fright he got a.
| the result OF his narrow escape.
| Knipper made round Of the course In
Is minutes. better than a nfty-seven mile
| an hour average His second round was
| seven seconds slower.
Doorley. Maxwell. made a round In 20
minutes 20 seconds. and two slower ones
| Wright. Maxwell, made q round In - minutes
and one slower round. W. A. Roebling I'd
made three rounds In his Mercer that IL
entered for the Savannah trophy. He was
timed In 10 minutes, 10 minutes - seconds
and IL minutes. On his third round he
carried Judge Oliver r. Bacon. one OF the
, Chatham county commissioners. IN the
mechanics seat
Willie Haupt. Benz. made his fourth round
OF tho IFS mile course In 10 minutes -
seconds. averaging nearly seventy three
miles an hour His other rounds timed
were IL minutes 80 seconds. IL minutes 81
seconds. IL minutes 81 seconds. and II
! minutes IL seconds lie changed tire on
| the last round.
H.mery and Bruce Brown. the other
Benz drivers. each made SIX rounds.
Hcmery's times were it:ss as. 1870. 1928.
1900. las: and it3s Bruce Browns .imes
were 1870. 1921. is3i. is.;,. s:ss and IS %.
! He changed tire on his second round
Arthur Chevrolet took Cab Zook of Lam
caster. Pa. With him in the mechanics
seat OF the Marquette Buick on has first
miles an hour. His other rounds were made
! in i,as, 1872. It:ao and c7:,4.
and i maze H. MADE " sIos. IN round
with woman IN the mechanics seat.
" u SHARP sharp made rounds n ISIS
took his Fiat around the course. hut passed
the grand stand only once 80 was not timed
due her" tomorrow has on board p special
representative of the Automobile Club OF
Pr,re gold cup and the bis silver ssvannah
I challenge trophy. The cars and drivers
who raced at Atlanta this afternoon will
I n Tangeman. rnirant Of the Iancia. !
reached herc this afternoon The entrants /
at IN. lie soto Hotel on " edne-day night.
Entries for the Savannah races having
closed Officially and definitely. II appears
that the List 81 cars eligible for the Grand
rrl. race extends M 10 twenty thr--.
two Marmons two Bucks. "A sharp. "a
R"anlIng- blanche and simplex originally
card-d 70 start there will he ten other cars
Ia. fIl1 l1.T il
Rem. II~m.ry, REM. Rrnce-Ero~n. REM.
Hampy. FiaI. wagner;, Fiat. >azzaro, Fiat.
l"' Marquette Buick. thurman Marquette
BUICK. driver not named harmon, paH son
sn"Ss ho6ns MAR Mar F sRarp Tai.r
Milford lozl.r. Hor1n simpleN; Ma,-on
S'",daId- Pay,"n maId'1s ,me[ pcan
Hartford. ta--. National. Aiken. and
lie Ears and drivers named for the
savannah trophy class in he ish' car race
are ~ follows MaTmon. Dan son. Marmon.
t,.rnen,an Fa,,.sr Pierce fsl.Gsr; .'-InaS
: N +: driver no, named For the riede.
entTi-- aIe i.ancia. kn,pp-r. cole Hill
tndirot, cole. Harry fndicott MAXWELL,
.o-tsl /" MaNUcli. Wright Maxwell. and
bo1Tl"N
These ar. tho fine DAYS for the n'o'orist
wan, 10 &c, arrested Tor Il Whai With
n" ,ionh; in she minds 81 the polic- over
~" H.op- ' hem t and rs he d as; ' hat
automobile driver IS abort immune.
drove down from fonkcrs every yard
laSr SUNDAY saNs one ~ them. and ih-re
~ssnt -ing. policeman to he seen except
a N"nk-rs cop nm q motorcycle
To-day ought tn h.- pleasant surely,
b~clus.. with election day duties added
10 the strike the police wont nave chance
chief thing. though. j. the tallan law
The polirn say themselves they aren
Soin. go make arrests. only to have the
drivers turned ont in court
another s.smpIe OF law eelnT violated
c "'n ,r in,srssser sne rL pSce Tg
IL city ordinance against the use Of n.
aCetylsnc light. hut the toncour-a IL heinz
odical artacss by contractors kppar-
unity there are preparations for laying gas
PIP; ss~er pipes PES and " ,s. s'ss
il A. much a. motorists life IL worth
20 dry. withcnt an nrs'yl-n- light TO show
men never say boo hen they -e- the drivers
lishting np. They know th.y,d be con
tTibu'ing to an accident to forbid the u-s
OF ,hs Extra bright lamps
speaking 81 bad roadvays. the boulevard
! Afav"t,. i closed for much needed re
pairs Thai has he-n u fearful path for a .
long tim. and II was a welcome sight for IN"
motor-t E" $500 TN. sign up announcing that
view goes th-rr j. hardly a finer stretch
am where about the city Hut the average
driver ran only IN hts eyes On the road To
avoid the worst holes. and the folks in the
'onn"aI ar" ioIiad about in say that mo-
shock ab-orber can entirely prevent.
mother awful road H. that Riv~rdale |
avenue stretch hat runs mp into fonkers
In many places The surface IL 10 full Of holes
that u II ne ~ la impossible 20 proceed with
comfort on the high speed and II generally ,
Is nec"--ary To drop into second To get along
with -af.ry Riverdal~ avenue used TO he
much travelled road for the antomcbili-f
u i-n't 80 any longer and a. the Broadway
rotif" may he taken. which ~ IN good -haT@.
the chances arc that there won't he much
traffiC that way
In TN. recent commercial car ,e~t Fire
stone tires non cn The Kelley and tho Grab
owsky On the Che-e and the Atterbury |
and the No - Il, V were Diamond tires !
The Alden sampson and the Commercial {
had Kelly Springfield tires The Brush
and th.. Aufocar made r-. Of Hartfords. tn"
Hart Kraft had Swin-hari shoes and the !
Morgan had Goodrich tires. II
I think there's something in hat idea a
impressed IN THE SrN not long ago that
very often the fir-t set Of tires ON out :
wears succeeding shoes Of the same make !