The Washington times., 1911-01-14
American League Averages Soqu Nationals Are Especially Weak With
TWO TOWNS SEEK
BIG RACING MEET
Jacksonville and Daytona,
Fla, Both Anxious for A.
A. A. Sanction.
By HARRY WARD.


Automobile racing enthusiasts will be
interested to learn that a big racing
meet will be held on one of the Florida
beaches in March.
Daytona and Jacksonville are bidding
for the meet, and the rivalry between
the two towns is at white heat Which
Of the two beaches is to obtain the
sanction for the event is to be decided by
the American Automobile Association
within the next few days. The desired
dates are March 26 to 30, and as both
Daytona and Jacksonville put in strong
claims, the contest board Of the three
AS decided 10 defer action in granting
the sanction until the matter could be
carefully considered. The general opin-
ion seems to be that Jacksonville Will
receive the sanction, as a ma jority Of
the prospective entrants appear to favor
that beach. 1t is pointed out that the
selling field in the vicinity of Jackson
vile is better than Daytona. and for
that reason more manufacturers favor
racing there.
The racing of high-power cars over
the Florida beaches has always been
popular. and this years meet promises
to eclipse any previous meet in point Of
entries and speed. Among the cars that
are likely to start are the Buick, LozieT,
Marmon, Hudson, Pope-Hartford, Case.
National. and Ford. 1t Is probable that
several Flats and Benz machines will
also be sent to Florida. Other cars that
may compete are the Mercedes, Ohio.
and Mercer. DR.. Warren, manager of
the Buick racing team, said he would
probably send two machines to the
meet, and that Bob Burman. who made
such good showing in the Grand Prize
race at Savannah, would pilot both cars.
Lewis StranG, head of the Case racing
crew, will make his debut at the wheel
of one of the new Case racing cars at
the beach meet. The POpe-Hartford
will be handled by Louis Disbrow.
The United States Government has
taken official notice Of the indianapolis
motor speedway, with the result that
two engineer physicists from the Bureau
OF Standards have taken up quarters at
the brick course to make tests and OBJ
servations which will ShoY the effect
OF atmospheric changes on thf vitrifled
paving surface. A score Of test cars
from Indianapolis automobile factories
are working out daily on the brio.
track. and the results they have brought
about in making the brick surface
smoother are said to be reRarkable.
The steady grind OF car after car rum
nlNO over LQe DEiCk ndS WOI II l'lG Hul
face down TO a smoothness which wa
believed impossible when the track was
first constructed.
Among those to whom licenses "a Or
crate automobiles in this CITY have re-
Gently been granted by the District Au--
tomobile BOARD are Major J. s. FOItz-
Major w. A. Mercer. F. Pardo. the
Peruvian minister: Coun+ George Esdel,
of the German embassy: Mrs. W. =.
Porah, wife of Senator Borah: Mrs. ].
c. Burrows. wife Of Senator Burrows.
Senator s. Z. Brandegee. 5. w. Wood
ward. and F.. 4. Godoyr of the Pan
American Union.
partv of Washington automobile
dealers, including T. Browning spence
Lester D. Moore, jr., Louis w. Weave
and George Weaver, left YESTERDAY tor
New York to witaess the wind-up OF the
automobile show in Madison Square
Garden tonight.
The Commercial Automobile and Sup
ply Company has received word from
Los Angeles that a Flanders 90 eStab-
lishe6 worlds nonstop record OF
1OS7o15 miles, beating the former reGord
BY 1887 miles. The car was Qua to make
a record of 1900 miles, but the ma
chine, on high gear, ran INTO an w
lighted excavation. causing the driver
to stall his engine, thus bringing the run
to an untimely end.
ADAM" said to be the oldest electric
commercial truck in service. arrived n
Philadelphia last night, after success
full road trip from this city. New Tor.
is the terminus Of the run and the truck
is scheduled to reach that city tomG"-
row. The car left this city MondHN.
stopping en- route at Baltimore. New
ark. and Wilmington, Del. Adam IS
the property of the Adams Express
Company and was the first storage bat
terry truck to be used here. Having
been in actual service an average of ~
working days each. its record since 1904
is Sc. 143 rSiles. The object of the run Tho
truck is now making is to demonstrate
the simplicity. long Hre, and durabiliF
OF electric commercial wagons. III"
truck was manufactured by the Lar
den Company, Of Newark, y. J.
The Ohio pathfnding car which lef,
New York for San Francisco on No
vember - has succeeded in establishing
the two cities, over a section of coup'
try hitherto unexplored by mot9Tists.
The trip was made under the direction
of the American Automobile Ass3Cia-
ton The tourists reached the Golden
Gate yesterday. after a tour OF 4,pN
miles. The conditions under which thS'
tour has been made created more tAan
unusual interest The time of the yea.
the condition of the roads, the fact
that hundreds of miles were made oveE
trackless deserts, added 10 the fact that
a het of 5000 had been made that the
total mileage would be covered at
cost not to exceed g per day for UP-
keep. served to make the trip more than
ordinarily interesting