The Washington times., 1911-12-17
Three AS Board Preparing
List of Events for Off,
cial Sanction.
NO FINAL ACTION ON
REVISION OF RULES
Several Changes Probable Chair
man Schimpf Notifies Promoters
to Send Applications.
By HARRY WARD.

By HARRY WARD.
That the year 1912 will be replete
| with automobile competitive events, in
Guiding track and road races, endur-
ance runs and hill climbs, Is indicated
| by the numerous applications being re-
ceived by the contest board of the
American Automobile Association for
| sanctions.
The board met this week and acted
| on a large number Of application and,
under the direction of Chairman Will
liam Schimpf. is preparing an official
( schedule of 1912 events. In order to
prevent conflict Of contest dates Chair
man Schimpf has advised promoters
| they would do well to avoid delay in
acquaintfng the governing body with
their contest plans for the coming year.
| The revision of the contest rules for
| lslz was taken up by the board and
recommendations from the boards Of
| nclal representatives, automobile clubs,
| manutacturers and registered drivers
were discussed, but no final action was
chsnao 1t Is expected a number of
shortly after January /.
The Auto Exchange and Supply Com
| papy has leased the building at ITO
Fourteenth street, and will open its
| new store December 20. In addition to
carving motor car supplies the COM
". 8. Boteler will be the manager Of
the company, while B. T. Graves will
manage the supply department.
fed with the automobile business Of
| this city for a number of years, has
Joined the sales force Of the Marion
Motor Car Company.
| The Zell Motor Car Company reports
the sale and delivery Of Chalmer pony
tonneau car to Capt. 8. F. Dallam,
U. g. A., and P. J. Gormley.
with the Pope Automobile Company, Of
which his brother is manager.
According to advices received by the
Cook & stoddard Co.. a 1912 Cadillac
car has just been given a unique test
in Waterloo, Iowa. Carrying its full
eapaety it Travelled eight
mot that provides power for the
chine. The engine was put out of COM
mission by the removal Of the spark
plugs before the start was made
Forty-seven minutes were consumed In
making the trip. and during that time
sufficient to crank the car $3.50 times.
or more than the average motorist
would do in over two years The test
| has attracted great attention.
One of the interesting exhibits at
| the New York automobile show next
month will be a mud-stained, travel
marked car that has helped make
Office Of pilot ear to the first pub bic
| transcontinental tour ever made in this
country The car Is seven-passengeR
Garford 60 After finishing the tour In
| Of the Garford Company. ordered the
car shipped back to New York with all
Its accumulation Of mud. The car will
be part of the willys-overland ex-
Tests are being made on the In
dianapolis speedway; and some Of them
the National makers are out to win the
5o0-mile race scheduled for the speed
way next Memorial Day is evidenced
by the manner in which Howard Will
| the brick course. He has been making
the two and one-half mile circuit in
| one minute and thirty-seven seconds
miles an hour In one Of the tests
| Wilcox said he took the turns at the
rate Of more than seventy-five miles
an hour without causing his car to
skid in the least. He asserts he can
make the turns at the rate Of ninety
miles an hour without putting himself
or his car In danger.
ington branch Of the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company, has returned
from a trip to the factory at Akron, o.
II found the factory working twenty
Powers. land the Indications were I this
activity would be continued for many
| weeks"
To-, pnr
agent. returned yesterday from Rich
mond. Va. where he established an
| agency for the sale of Everitt cars.
The initial order from the dealer who
was given the agency was for twenty
| five cars.
Among the Washington automobile
SeE York H0 ssoW TO IN visit jamie ne
ary are j. NJ Stoddard. W. c. Long,
Rudolph Jose, James. J. Flynn, James
qrme' Bruce ss,s Etmers9h' T, 8 Sic; Iohns9n;;
jr. Tayloe Pollock. Wade Powers.
George Weaver. George o'Donneli, J.
Barnhart, and Claude Miller. '"
The Round Georgia" reliability run,
which virtually closed the season OF
Atlanta, with three Flanders CO., cars
driven by w. II. .Soules, Peter Kunz,
and Thomas r. Bella perfect -score trio
and the largest prize winners. All three
kept close together throughout the
! eleven days of the run, and when the
officials tackled the task of awarding
first prize, they threw up their. hands
and gave II up. AS a result, the mQDey
was divided equally between the cf1ree
Flanders 40" drivers. All three of the
winning cars had distinguished them
selves by consistent work in the Gid
den tour. One of them-the car driven
by Soules-was the same car which did
the Glidden pathfinding, and later won
a perfect score in the tour itself This
Flanders "20' has now been over nearly
1000 miles OF competitive running under
official supervision. and has yet to be
penalized for any defect whatever. The
Round Georgia" run was one OF the
biggest events of the wear the feid