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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06

Elgin a that time: Honorary Referee
George E. Hunter of the Elgin Watch
Company: Referee David Beecroft;
Judges: President Hooper. OF the A.
a. a.: Mayor Harrison, Chicago; Mayor
Tiedeman and President Granger, of
the Automobile Club, from Savannah;
President --etzger and General Man
ager Miles. of the N. A. a. NJ; Presi-
dent Clifton, O. the Automobile Board
of Trade. and Messrs. Fisher and
Gambler, presidents. respectively, OF
the indianapolis and Atlanta Speed
ways. with Hugh Chalmers. OF Detroit.
and President Everett C. Brown. of
the A. A. u.
The Warner electrical timing APP
paratus Will be in use. Fred Wagner
will handle the pistol and L E. Ed
wards chairman of the a. A "A tech
meal committee. will look after the
technical details
in recognition of the generosity of
the Aurora Automobile Club in donat-
ing the cup for the l61 to $40 division
on August 25. this event will he run
for the Aurora cup instead of the Fox
River
The complete list of entries to Au-
gust 1 is
Elgin National. stock chassis. under
500 cubic inches-Lozier, milford; Ma :
tional. not named; National. not
named: Alec. Grant: Alec. Hartman
Alec. Lee Simplex. De Palma: Simplex,
Wishart; Pope Hartford. Buck.
Illinois trophy. stock chassis 45l
to coo cubic incheS-National. not
named; National. not named; Velle,
Jeffkins; Velie, Stlckncy.
Kane county trophy. stock chassis.
23l to 800 cubic inches-F. a. L.
Greiner; F. a. L.. Gelnaw: #. a. L.,
Pearce; Staver-Chicaso. Moncsmeer;
Staver- Chicago. not named; ,Staver-
Chicago. not named: Cole. Jenkins;
Cole. not named; Corbin, jacksonville;
Colby, Pearce; Colby. Armstrong;
Colby. not named
Aurora cup. stock chassis. III to $50
cubic inches-Abbott-De Roberts.
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We arrived in Danville before noon.
and after feeding the inner man and
tanking UP the Kar. we set out for
Roanoke over the mountains via Mar.
tinsville and Rocky Mount We crossed
the mountains again between Rocky
Mount and Roanoke.
1t Ia about six miles over this peak.
and the grade rises ZOO feet to the
mile. but the road for the most part
is fairly good. as mountain roads go,
but very crooked. with frequent hair
pin turns.
Darkness had alreay overtaken us.
but we had splendid headlight. and we
pointed the nose of our big sixty
horsepower Kline Kar UP the slope.
and were soon over the summit and
down the slope on the other side, but
when we rolled into Roanoke a half
hour later we were glad that our jour
ney for that day was at an end.
Sleep Came Easy.
1t didn't require any rocking to in
duce us to fall asleep that night
The next day we pulled away from
the hotel at noon. stopping at Natural
Bridge for lunch. and after a visit
to the Bridge and other points OF In
terest we pushed on over the noun
tains. through Lexington. stopping a
few min S In Stanton, then over
the mountain at Alton and into Char
lottesville. where we spent the night
at Frye Springs. Then over the Rich
mond Automobile Club route, which Is
we'll posted with road signs at every
turn.
Every minute OF this 1.7o0- mile trip
was thoroughly enjoyable. and the
only mishap on the entire trip was
two punctured tires. But punctures
don't count for much when your car
is equipped with demountable rims.
1t only means four or five minutes
delay. then you are away again.
During the two weeks that we were
away the weather was almost perfect.
Rain delayed us only a half a day.
and the entire tour was most enjoy
able.
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by l.. NJ. FOSTER.

/ left Richmond in company with j.
NJ. Hubbard. of Philadelphia, about
o'clock on the afternoon of July 15
for tour through the principal cities
OF North Carolina. following the cap
ital ca pital route as far as Raleigh.
With our coats off and shirt sleeves
rolled up to our elbows we settled
back in the cushions to thoroughly
enjoy the trip.
We passed through Petersburg and
on to Carsons, 37.6 miles.
After leaving Carsons we encount-
cred the first stretch of heavy road,
but as we We're navigating a big six
cylinder sixty-horsepower Kline Kar.
we plowed through the deep sandy.
rutty road with almost as much ease
as when We were bowling over the
fine sand and clay roads which We
had just passed.
we passed through the villages of
Stony Creek and on toward Jarratts.
but before we reached the latter
place the road began to improve. hav-
in- been widened out, we'll graded and
rounded up.
Greenesviile COunty's Ronds.
few miles beyond Jarratt. where
we entered Greenesville county, we
came upon the magnificent sand-clay
noted. Stopping in Emporia long
enough to take on gasolene. we were
off again, following the beautiful sand
clay road southwark for the next
eleven or twelve miles. where we
turned left into a very poor road,
which is narrow and rocky, but not
dangerous nor very difficult to travel.
But for the next FIVE miles It is IN
sharp contrast with what we had
just travelled over, but fror' this point
on there was nothing to complain of.
and we We're soon in Roanoke Rapids,
n. c..
short stop here for a cool drink
and smoke and we were on our way
again. arriving in Littleton over fair
roads about 1890 P. M After getting
supper. we proceeded on, passing
through Vaughan. Macon and War
renton. arriving in Henderson about
1880 p. NJ. having covered n dis
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waste Of time to try him again.
The Hackenschmidt- Gotch worlds
championship wrestling match. which
is to be decided in Chicago on Septem-
Der 4, is OF vast Importance.
WscstIcrs Mt IL.
Even though Gotch won from the
RUSSIAN Lion" couple of years ago,
and has enjoyed ever since the pres
,iee mat attaches TO the premiership,
IL mas alwnya been felt that the cir
cumstances attending the first struggle
call for another.
Hackenuchmidt has moved heaven
ana earth 10 secure return meeting.
ana has publicly challenged Gotch with
being afraid 20 %restie again. In
everything Hackcrschmidt has done he
mas displayed a spirit of defiance and
supreme confidence. and the public has
watched the slow progress Of tho
matchmaking with much of the in
terest tnat was manifested while JEFF
Tries was sill undecided about tack
ling Jack Johnson
There will be excitement galore.
though probably not of the Suppressed
kind. when Gotch and "Hack" approa n
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reached Hendersonville, at an altitude
of 1880 feet in the heart of the Blue
Ridge. The road from Hendersonville
to Asheville. which is about twenty
eight miles distant. traverses the top
of a mountain range, and is a splendid
piece of road. Mountains stretch out
on every side. and the natural scenery
is gorgeous indeed.
The panorama which stretches out
worth the trip.
Passing through the village of Bit
more and near by Vanderbilt's estate
of Biltmore. We We're soon in Ashe-
vile. and at the Battery Park Hotel,
the garden spot of the North Carolina
Blue Ridge, and famous as an all-the-
year-around resort the country over.
Didn't Want TO Leave.
We were very reluctant to leave
Asheville, but as our time was limited
we started on our return trip the fol-
lowing cay at about 2:30 p. NJ, going
back over the same road over which
we came the day before. stopping an
hour or more in Hendersonville. then
over the mountains and into Spartan
at P. NJ After taking on a supply
of Gasolene and oil we pushed on. and.
finding a very up-to-date garage at
Gaffney. we concluded to spend tho
night there instead Of going on to
Charlotte. which we could have
reached by midnight.
But although the garage was very
fine and attractive we were very much
disappointed when we reached the
hotel. We cannot recommend Gaffney
as an excellent place to spend a night.
Return Trip Pheasant.
The next day noon found us in
Charlotte and that evening at Green's
boro. The following day we ran over
to the old town of Winston Salem and
back TO Greensboro. This Is the ma
tional highway" route. and about
twelve miles out of Greensboro is fine
macadam. The remaining distance is
fair dirt road.
Leaving Greensboro next morning
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FAMOUS DRIVERS IN
ELGIN ROAD RACES

The eye of the automobile industry
and automobile enthusiasts generally
Is now turned toward the Elgin ma
tional stock chassis road races, to be
held at Elgin August rs and &c. under
the joint auspices of the Chicago
Motor Club and the Elgin Road Rae
ing Association.
Reports from the front" indicate
that the inspection of the course by
officials of the Chicago Motor Club
last Sunday was most gratifying. The
course is eight miles and 2.4a9 feet in
length. but the improvements which
have been made since the races of last
year cannot help but result in the
making OF much faster time than the
1910 record of 62.56 miles per hour.
Many hundreds of dollars have been
spent in widening the road and in
straigh teninS out curves. The home
stretch has been widened from sixteen
to nifty -four feet; Brittens Hill has
been cut considera bly,; the Urdine Turn
has been entirely remodeled and
widened to 100 feet, and telegraph
poles set back from the road. The
west leg, which q year ago was a
country lane. is now one of the fast
est portions of the route, and the Nc
Queen turn, at the northwest corner,
has been carried further outside. The
average width of the course for the
entire distance Is twenty-four feet as
against sixteen feet in 1910. In other
words, for the coming races strip
eight feet wide and eight and one
half miles lonf has been specially pre-.
pared Last year $4,000 gallons of
oil were sufficient to properly lay this
dust. but this quantity has already
been sprinkled this year. and there are
10000 gallons more to be used. The
early start of the preparations will
set the oil permanently before the
circuit Is opened for practice.
Competing cars and their crews are
beginning TO report, and the Simplex
team of two cars. driven by DePalma
and Wishart, and the three Alcos. with
Grant, Hartmand and Lee, are leaving
for Elgin to-day
The demand for tickets and parking
spaces has been unprecedented, and
more sales have been made down to
date than the totals of year ago.
The timing and press arrangements
have been fully completed. and the
demands of the farmers along the
tour for additional and larger score
boards have been met
Formal announcement has been made
of the officials. among whom arc Gov
ernor Deneen, of Illinois. who will re-
view tho National Guard in camp at
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lance OF 145 miles, and here we snent
the night and most of the next day.
On To Oxford.
We left Henderson about & p NJ
On the 10th. getting supper in Oxford
and pushing on we passed through ~,
villages of Stern. Knapp of Reeds ami
Sragtown and into Durham, where we
found good hotel ana a good garage
botn OF which looked good to us. so n
stop was made here after an eniov-
able ride of As miles over fair to very
good roads.
The next afternoon we ran into Ra
leigh. distance OF about twenty
five miles.
The next morning found us on our
way to Goldsboro and over this route
We encountered some good roads as
we'll as some OF the worst which we
had travelled up to this time
We reached Goldsboro about noon.
and as rain began to fall and contin-
eud throughout the day. we remained
here over night.
Large Cotton Fields
In the morning we started out for
Wilson, and through this country we
passed the finest cotton and tobacco
FIELDS which we had seen. and we
again found fine sand clay roads
radiating out of Wilson in every dl-
rection.
After having spent several very
pleasant hours in Wilson. we again
started on our journey, and that might
found us hack in Raleigh
The next morning we retraced our
way to Durham. and from there to
Greensboro over excellent roads.
we left Greensboro the next day
over the national highway" for Char.
lotte. passing through High Point
Lexington. Salisbury and Concord into
Charlotte. This road is all good ex.
cept between High Point and Sal.
isbury. and through this stretch
we encountered conditions which arc
said to he the worst to be found he
tween New York and Florida on tho
national highway" route. This sec
ton of road Is now being staked on,
for improvement. however, and II ,s
reported that work Will be begun al
once to complete It.
Arriving in Charlotte on Friday
night, and finding a good hotel. we
laid over hero until Monday. taking
many short side trips over most ex-
cellent macadam roads. which reach
out from Charlotte in every direction,
Approach Mountains.
Ashev'lle was our next objective
point. but upon reaching Spartanburg
S. c.. through which our route lay. we
decided TO remain overnight. I.eay.
Ing Spartanburg about noon. we start.
ed out for Asheville. following the
national highway route as FAR as
Greers. s. C.. a point about twelve
miles north of Greenville. whore wa
turned westward toward the noun.
tains.
Up to this point and for the next
several miles. we travaled flne clay
roads. Finally. reaching the noun
tains. we began the ascent, tapping
one peak after another until we
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PROSPECTS
BRIGHTER THAN EVER
Perfection of Game Under New Rules Means
More Open Play All Zig Colleges Have Well
Filled Schedules-More Than 1000
Games to lie PLAYED

The 1911 football season will he ON.
OF the most important in the history Of
Inc Rugby game. fully 1000 games
being played throughout the country,
ana the game played under the new
rules. which make for open play, prom
ises TO enjoy lis usual popularity from
early In September until the. champion
| ships are decided in November. All
the colleges, schools and academies
nave practically decided upon their
sr'diron schedule. and already many
OF the candidates are quietly at work
IN preparation Tor the seasons matches.
All the teams have elected captains.
who Will be assisted In their work By.
the experience OF coaches. Three more
OF the big Eastern colleges will try
the graduate coaching system this
year-fale. Princeton and Syracuse
Yale candidates are to report on Sep
TENDER II at New Haven, while IIar-
ward and Cornell have named Sep
TENDER is as the day upon which real
preliminary work Will begin.
One OF the big features of the sea
son Will be the meeting of Iiarva rd
and Princeton at Princeton on No
vember 4. They last met fourteen
years ago, when the Tigers lowered
the Crimson colors. Harvard too, will
play the Carlisle Indians at Cambridge
this year.
Sens0n Higgins Early.
The season will begin on Saturday
September %. and by Saturday. Sep
tember 30, or the following Saturday.
all the elevens Will be seen in action
Intersectional games will feature tho
seasons play. Michigan will meet
Pennsylvania, Cornell and Syracuse
They visit the Ithaca institution for
the first time. while their final match
in the West will be with Nebraska at
Lincoln. For the first tile since they
withdrew from the Western confer
ence they Will not battle against any
OF the big Western college teams.
Syracuse is to play Michigan. Ohio state.
end St Louis the aolds OF the latter
teams Cornell, IN edition 10 the game
with Michigan. also lines UP against Chica
60 Pittsburg. which passed throur last
years games without being scored upon.
VII have much harder schedule this yea r.
Including visit from the Notre Dame
eleven. The game may be played on IN.
new athletic neid there The season will
also mark the renewal Of friendly relations
between several NJ The prominent teams
which havs not me; in rccen, years
The carlsls Indians. who are perhaps the
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September WILL
Be BANNER MONTH
Two Fistic Mills and One
Wrestling Match Are
On Tapis.
WOLGAsT- MCFARLAND MATCH
Lightweights Will Battle in Mil
waukee, and Much Depends
on Outcome.

San Francisco. August 5.-"How we'll
do l remember; 1t was in the sad Sep
TENDER"
So sang the poet from something far
removed from upper jabs and holds.
but the lines were signany suggestive
Just at present. The coming Septem-
Der Is sure to be a sad one for some
folks of the sporting persuasion.
Look at the schedules:
Carl Morris vs. Jim Flynn
Frank Gotch VS.. George Hacken-
schmidt.
Ad Wolgast vs.. Packey Mcfarland
With n sporting calendar like that
September should be remembered as
red letter month. In ono event-the
wrestling match--a worlds champion
ship is to be decided. In another-thc
Mcfarland Wolgast bout--a champion
IS taking chances OF having his repu-
ta,ion irreparably damaged. even
though he may maintain his title. In
the other n white hope" is risking
his ALL which. by tho way. is not very
much. He-Carl Morrls-!s radically
hopeful that he viii prove himself
fully entitled 10 n crack AT Jack John
son the undisputcd champion OF the
world.
A Petted Novice.
Morris Is the most pettcd and most
prominent OF all the novices vino have
been mentioned as possible opponents
for Johnson. The majority OF tho 9TH
ers have either disappeared entirely
or have had their dreams shattered
by defeat
Morris has a millionaire manager
at least, 90 they .ay-and this man
ager. with seeming seriousness aud
sincerity. voices his belief that Morris
can defeat johnson. 1t goes without
saying that Morris feels the same
way about II.
Norris is TO 60 against Jim Flynn
somewhere in New York on Labor Day
(september -. and BY that event ne
VIII stand or, fan II he loses to
Flynn he Will be a Joke. for Flynn is
q pronounced secondrater. with but
one fairly bright spot on his side;
namely. his victory over Al Kaufman
II Morrissshould do away with Flynn
the future viii be luminous with
promise for the Oklahoma heavy
weight. Flynn apparently has hts
limitations. He can never hope to be
champion while Sam Langford and
Jack Johnson are actively engaged IN
nsticuffs. but he is a very formidable
trial horse Just the same He is a
risht willing worker, possessed of
more speed and strength than ac-
curacy. and he takes kindly to close
milling He IS a heart breaking sub
iect for any inexperienced fighter to
tackle and. II Morris should defeat
m d,cisively, there may arise a de-
mandi for a Johnson Morris match
siunt Whip Flynn.
II things go awry. Morris may as
we'll turn his thoughts 10 some pur-
suit other than pugilism. Occasionally
q fighter of proved quality. who has
met with reverse. is given another
..b2r.Ce mr. ~ .i .,l
~ unknown man like the Sapulpa
giant is not ue for anything OF thai
kind. II he Is found wanting in his
fist test II wound be considered a
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bet, known OF any OF the red men eievens
ny reason OF the fact that they have played
fecrnt years. will this year confne their
matches to the East. They have twelve
games acheduled beginning on September
g AMI concluding on Sovcmber 20 with
Brown universIty at Providence.
Aripy-Savy field Not Chosen
10 'af no announcement has been made
as 10 where the annual Army-Navy game
VIII be played on Saturday December z II
has been customary to play the game on
FRANKLIN Field. Philadelphia. but a dispute
over the distribution of the tickets maLcs
IT possible that the University Of Pennsvi-
wanna authorities Will stage the social
ana spectacular event this year Ii may be
PLAYED at one Of the Philadelphia baseball
grounds or on one OF the big college gr!di-
Princeton is TO play Annapolis on the lat,
Yer grounds on October q. while Yale will
meet West Point on the same day
The schedule of tho big Ave calls for the
Following games; Pennsylvania. II, septem-
Der . TO November 80: Yale, TO- September
:. to November %; Harvard. ?. September
80 to November %; Princeton. 10: September
70 to November IS; Cornell, 10; September ~
10 November 30
The dates for the intersect!onai and
chsam,pi9nshiP games follow:
saturday. November 4-Harvard VS. Prince
ton. at Princeton: Syracuse VS.. Michigan, Z
Ann Arbor: Pi,,sburg We No,.e Dame. a,
Eeapolis.
patoiuhF. november G-Cariislc Indians
vs. Harvard. at Cambridge: Dartmouth VS..
Princeton. at Princeton: Brown vs. Yale, a,
New Haven: Lafayette We. Pennsylvania, at
Paiade!phia; Cornell We. Michigan. at
ithaca; illinois VS.. Indiana, at Indianapolis
saturday. November is-Yale. VS. Prince
ton at New Haven: Dartmouth VS.. Harvard.
at Cambridge: Pennsylvania vs.. Michigan.
at Ann Aroor; Cornell VS. Chicago al Chi :
caso; virginia US. Georgetown, at washing
ton. D. C.: Washington and Jefferson VS..
Fitis5urs, at P.t;sburs.
Saturday November 25-Harvard VS. Yale.
al New Haven; Chicago We Wisconsin. al
chica go: Michigan. We. Nebraska. a, Lin
com; Illinois VS. Minnesota, at Champaign:
indlana VS.. Purdie. at BloomInSton: syra-
cuse ~. Ohio State. a; Columbus
Manufacturing Day. November 3n-Pennsyl.
vanla Us. Cornell. at Philadelphia: Brown
W. Carlisle lndlane. AT Providsnce: Case
Scientific School Western Reserve mt
Cleveland: Ohio State VS.. Cincinnati al
Cincinnati; John Hopkins VS. Western Mary
ern Maryland. AZ Baltimore; Leh!sh valley
We. Georsetown. al Washington. d. C.: Pitts
burg vs.. Pennsylvania State. at PittsburC:
Syracuse VS.. 81. Louis. at St Louis, viz
Enia VS. North Carolina. at Richmond; Sc
vance va. Vanderbilt, al Nashville.
saturday. December Army VS.. Navy.
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zach other with STOPPING shoulders and
begin to claw for the first hold Tho
result--provided the contest is fairly
wrestied and fairly won-wili be a
glorious triumph for one man and a
bitter. bitter disappointme for tho
other.
observation-disclosures.
Then there is tile Packey McFar-
land Ad. Wolsast affair at Milwaukee
later In September. The outcome OF
this will mean 'alI the world and
more besides" TO the one who van
qulshes.
If Packey wins wolsasrs champion
ship laurels Will he badly furnished
What he did to Battling Nelson and
Owen Moran Will suffer when COM
pared with what he failed to do to
Mcfarland.
I. will BIZ useless for the michigan
wildcat" to speak of Packey as a
near-lishtweisht and then claim that
the fight was something that was not
In accordance with the orthodox scale
of weights Packey will be pointed to
as the man who beat the champion,
and that Will be almost as great as a
championship diploma
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Dissolution Gotifrs.

HAVE SEVERED MY CONNECTIVE
and retired from the firm of p X
Langhorne & Co. Mr. r. X. lang
horne succeeding to the name ana
good VIII OF the firm. The copartner-
ship was formed for the purpose OF
doing the following contract work
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
as follows: AT Reusens. Va, Abert
Va. Gilmores Mills, Va. Buchanan.
Va. Basic City. Va. and Fort Sprjns'
w Va. The said contracts hayin "
been completed in full and ali onli,
cations arising therefrom hayin,,
been paid. therefore this notice. hnS
parties holding claims against the
said firm on account of the said con-
tracts must present them by mai
within fifteen days TO the under
signed at Yancey Mills. Va.
F. II HERRING.
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and Cowan changed his lineup. with
Priest leading off and Charles follow
ing. He himself played McCabe's field.
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Hotel KendertOn Tennessee Tenn, sses aye ave. third
Yonng's Ocean Pier. Open surroundings.
Central to all nmusements and hest bath
Ing. Refined hotel for nice people; home
like and cheerful: large. cool rooms; ocean
view; private baths: elevator from street:
unsurpassed table and service; homo cook
ing, Rates s1.50 to 50 per day: $40 to si2 per
week. Saturday to Monday g. Booklet.
j. G.. MITCHELL.
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION

At Winston Salem: winston salem
l: Greensboro 5.
AZ Spartanburg: Grecnville. q, Spar
tanburg. 4. -
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5unImer Resorts.
Summer Resorts.
FAIRFIELD HUN
HE BEAUTIFUL SAPPHIRE COUNTRY.

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Streams
lows
kenber -"' opeo'A fa'os fof Juno ahq sop
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