The Washington times., 1911-10-17
GL|DDEN TOURISTS
NARROWLY ESCAPE
SERIOUS INJURIES
E. L. Ferguson In Car Figur-
, ing in Smash-up, But
| Is Not Hurt.
BY HARRY WARD.


Washington friendA of e. L. Fersu.
son, who was chairman and referee OF
the Munsey Historic Tour last year. to.
DAY are wiring him congratulations or
his escape yesterday from a serious &C.
cident.
Mr.. Ferguson, who has taken a proml.
nent part in every Glidden Tour since
the inception of that classic event eight
years ago. and who is the official start
er this year, was riding In Pierce.
Arrow car Between Harpers Ferry
and Charles Town, w. Va. the machine
went of the road at a curve. The
driver did not know the curve was
there. and as he was trying to pass
another car, his machine shot of to
the right. The car hit telephone pole
and knocked It out of a hole about five
feet deep. The machine cut the pole in
two and then turned over on it's right
side. Not one of the occupants was
hurt. The car suffered only a broken
steering rod, a bent front axle, and a
broken shock absorber. The radiator
wasn't hurt, and all the other parts
stood UP sturdily.
The tourists, who are today en- route
from Staunton to Roanoke. are saying
some harsh things about Harrisonburg,
Va. At that place yesterday they for
the first time since the tour left New
who insisted on the observance Of speed
laws. In most cases the Inhabitants had
newspapers pasted over the speed limit
signs and urged the drivers to "hit 1t
up, At Harrisonburg a limit of ten
miles was insisted on. A number of the
drivers who were late and wanted to
get into Staunton on time to avoid u
penalty for being late, were held up by
The woman tollgate keeper beyond Har-
told the first driver along that the
mayor os Harrisonburg had telephoned
her to collect SO from each tourist
After considerable delay the woman
said she would merely take the num-
through. 1t is likely the American Au-
tomobile Association will fight any at
tempt to collect money from the tour
lists by the mayor of Harrisonburg.
Under the direction of the Touring
Club OF America. a score or more of the
good roads associations are arranging
tours from the leading cities of the
country with Richmond as the objective
Ing Club pennapt bearing the insignia
OF each road organization and the
legend 'On to Richmond" 1t Is eS-
pected some of the tourists will pass
through Washington on their way to
'
roads congress will be held November
70 to "a. under the auspices Of the Amer
ican Association for Highway Improve
ment and the Touring Club Of America.
and may make the trip in his motor
car.
1t is unusual for two men to BE
thrown from racing cars going at high
speed ana get up uninJured. That Is
what happened in the Fairmount Park
road race Mulford was making fast
time when his mechanician disappeared.
Mulford stopped as quickly as he could
and WAS to his
jumped into the seat and they were
OF with loss of time less than half
a minute. Wishart. who won second
place and was subsequently disqualified.
clan was climbing into the seat after
making a tire change, when Wishart
started the car, throwing the mechanic
to the ground. but not injuring him.
wishart made the lap without his helper
and was disqualified for 1t.
The Wilson Company, agent for Cole
and Krit cars, has leased the large sales
room at sls Fourteenth street. and will
take possession today. A shipment or
Cole and Krit cars will be received early
this week. and r. G. Wilson, head OF
the company. Is preparing to entertain,
a host OF motorists who want to inspect
the new models.
A new speed marvel has come forth
to dazzle automobile racing fans. He
ia Charley Merz. and his latest exploit
was to hang up a new worlds road
record Of 74.4 miles an hour In the lII-
mile Santa Monica race Saturday. Fe-
noo Navarro. the great Italian driver:
has long held the road record OF "a
European road race some years ago.
Merz and his National never were
headed in the race; although Bert Ping.
The Santa Monica course Is the fast
est road course in the country at the
present time, but the improvements be-
bilt Cup and grand prize races next
month are expected to make that cir
cult the fastest in the world.
Manager Kimball has scheduled a
game for Ceptraps second team with
The game will he played next Saturday
at North Capitol and M streets.
Coach Green, Of the Cathedral School.
has postponed the GENE between his
eleven and Central High. No reason Is
given for the pcstponement.
Now that Penn State has handed out
bitter defeat to Cornell, Bill Hollenback,
once Penn's great fullback, Will en-
deavor to obtain the scalp OF the Quak-
ers. This game will occur on October
2s and is certain to be a hard contest
CROSS, SICK, FEVERl