New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-10
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
0IdfIe'd and Team Mates Are
Still Further Suspended.
TRACKS DISCIPLINED ALSO
Case Threshing Machine Com
pany and Strang Have Disqual.
ification Term Shortened.

Barney Oldheld has achieved another sus-
pension by the contest board OF the Ameri-
can Automobile Association.
This time Oldtield and his following. con-
sistinG ~ Bon Kerscher. William II. carl.
son. ir. = IT, Rcchtel and IT. Buckley. are
further disqualified on top Of their present
operative suspensions for all additional
period 90 -x months to and including July
I. 1912. for competing at unsanctioned meet
ings at the Assoc. Park track in Los An
geles on January and and at San An
tonic on February p and %.
The action was taken at "A full meeting
Of the contest board Of the American Auto
mobile Association held Wednesday after
noon at the headquarters Of the assoca-
ton al No 49, Fifth avenue. The Ascot
Park track Itself which vas under the
same suspension as Oldheld and his mates.
has been also further suspended for the
same additional period to April I. 1912.
James y. Ryal and Arthur Oakerman, who
drove ut that meet were also suspended
tor a period ~ one year from January !.
1911
The board made n clean sweep 81 the
situation. ard melted out discipline To the
track OF the international Fair Association
az san Antonio. Tex. for allowing Barney
Oldde.d auC other disqualified drivers 10
compsfe thereon on February % and -. 1911
This track was disqualified and rendered
ineligible FOR track license for tho holding
T sanctioned automobile meetings Tor
poriod If three months to and including
Nav -. 1911 And for competing at this
meet further suspension Of three months
was imposed on Olddeld. kerscher and
George n CIdrk This three months brings
tho suspension dates of Oldheld and
I[,rschor up 90 July !. l9l2 ana Clark's
sentence will run til April /. 1913. as his
prcyious suspension was for a year. In
this case also their cars were suspended
These are Prince Henry p Benz. a Oar
racq and q KuoN. In each instance the Of
fcials whose names appeared on the pro-
grlmmcs wer" disqualified from acting as
officials AZ race meetings sanctioned by the
American Automobile Association.
The board took up the case of the sus-
pension IF Lewis Siraug and the j. T. Case
Threshmx Machine Company. whose team
he managed lie was suspended February
- for wear. with the company. for fail
uro TO appear az the Mardi Gras races at
New Orleans after entering. The suspen-
sion has been commuted to thirty days
The finding Of the board SAYS:
The application for reinstatement Of the
J. /. Case Thresding Machine Company
and Lewis t. Strang. team manager. dis
qualihel IN Fcblulry = tor failure to APP
pear at the New orleans faces after
having been duly entered and adv ertsed.
was considered. Such application set forth
the fact that tho failure of the Case cars
30 appear was due 10 the Illness Of Strang
md IN" inability OF the Case company TO
propaIo the cars in time. but offers no
excuse why they should not have notified
tho \cN Orleans Automobile club i'm
10 have published tho fact OF the non
appearance Of the cars and drivers. and
thus have made good with the public. rhe
suspension was committed 10 thirty days
to and including March -. 1911
T. }. Nlle1. II Richmond. Va. the
tohurn Mote Ca COMPANY. and their
driver, Bryant, 81 Norfolk Va: and "
Gray. Of Los Angeles. cal, disqualified
on December y last. werc. upon proper APP
plicaton and representations to the board.
rcinstat"d To good standing
The state Fair Grounds track AZ ShrcVe-
port, La. disqualified TO- allowing tho
privilege II tho rack 10 Barney Oldaeld
and other disqualified drivers. was. upon
proper application. roinstatcd to good
standing and rendc-cd eligible COR track
license
Following tho visit 10 New York last
week of Captain William Mitchell Lewis.
president 81 the Mitrhcll-Inwis Motor COM
pany. of Racine Wis. announcement was
made YESTERDAY thai tho $4,000 Ooo eutomo-
bile concern had completed arrangements
Tor the establishment of is own branch In
this city for the purpose OF handling the
entire Atlantic Seaooard business from the
New England states 10 the Mason and
Dixon line.
In order 90 take better care Of our
representatives and customers in the
Eastern territory mentioned" says Prcsi-
dent William Mitchell Lewis. I'VE have
leased the main and second floors OF the
Pasadena Building. at tie southwest cor
ner of 6lst street and b oadway-the first
noor for salesrOon and the second for
executive Offices. We have also secured
a vacan, lot on West 55th street on which
we win erect a siX-story building with
basement. 5oxl2j 90 De known "a tie
Mitchell se~yicc Building. Ia which all local
Ierairs vii lac made and complete stock
Of cars carried.
The agency heretofore existing rs tac !
Mitchell Motor Company. Of New York. viii !
Co. taken over and merged into tho new
, ompan,. Wulch will loo called tho Mitchell
s.la. rorpofation. James IS. cam. vh, /
comes from too home Office - tho organ
tzsiinu. viii Boz. th. active - ideut manager
y, biIe Warren + Brown. CHARLIE T. Skin b
nor and 49, f. pclimetCr Of the former .
agencv. vii he asso iated ~ ofii' lal cspaci |
ties with the Mitchell sales Corpora ton
Tho new branch VII he ready foi occu- !
nancy september ! neat