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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
PRIVILEGES FOR MOTORISTS
Plates of Identity" Now OBJ
tainable in 8 French Ports.

American automobiles can secure the
international plate of identity" just as
soon as they land In any one of three
French ports. Through Francis NJ. Mans
field, American Consul at Toulon, France,
tho foreign touring bureau of the American
Automobile Association has received the
following advices sent by the French Min
lister of Public Works to the touring board
OF the Automobile Club of France:
American automobilists debarking In
France at Cherbourg. Saint Nazaife and La
Havre will henceforth be able 20 procure
Immediately at the sous prefecture at each
of these three cities the "certiiicst inter
national de route" which is necessary FOR
them 70 circulate freely in France and the
various foreign countries adherlng to the
International convention Of october II,
1902"
This means that France is willing 10 40
for strangers within her gates what the
State Of New Jersey will not do, viz, allow
the stranger access TO its territory with the
minimum expenditure of time, annoyance
and cash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
ATHLETICS AT STATE FAIR
Intercity Relay Race for School
bovs To Be a. Feature.

For the first time in a score Of years.
track athletics will be prominent on the
programme of the New York State Fair,
which will be held AZ Syracuse beginning
September H. John T. Norton. Of this
city. who is director Of the athletic events,
is hopeful Of obtaining the services of A
group Of the local champions including Mel
vim W. Sheppard, George V. Bonhag, Abel
other notable runners.
Eight contests are listed. one of the feat
ures of which will he half-mile relay race
for public school boys, teams from New York.
brooklyn, Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Roches-
ter and Buffalo being eligible. Such feat
IRE is a novelty and the race will undoubt-
edly be hard fought. Schoolboys under
sixteen years of age who have attended the
last term Of school and whose scholarship
is up to the fixed standard will be permit
ted 10 try for the teams.
Since the announcement was made sew
eral days ago that a quartet of boys would
be taken from New York and also from
Brooklyn hundreds Of youngsters have been
busily engaged in testing their speed after
months Of lapse in training. De Witt
Clinton Park. at SD street and Tenth ave-
nue., on next Wednesday afternoon will be
the testing ground for the New York con-
tingent, and it is expected that the officials
will have a difficult task in wedding out
the hundreds of runners.
on the following afternoon, at the Brook
Ign Public Schools Athletic League Field, at
Avenue X and East 10th street. the Brooklyn
applicants will contest for the right to repre-
sent their borough. The entrants will be
boiled down TO group of ten. Considering
the material enrolled with the Public Schools
Athletic League. the two boroughs have a
good chance to carry off the coveted honors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
BIG BALAAM SHOWS SPEED
Frank Bailey's Power Boat Wins
First Prize at Wreckland.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.

Long Beach, Long Island, Aug. %
Speeding at thirty miles an hour over a
course Of that length, Frank Baleys
rover boat, Big Balaam finished a winner
In the speed races OF the Hampstead Bay
Yachting Association at Wreckland this
afternoon. Despite threatening clouds and
Intermittent rains. the channel was crowd
ed with every type of motor craft. and
thousands watched the sport from the
bulkheads along the route OF the race
Baron Schefinbach, Baron Regevine. Count
Stefansen Miss Daisy Miller. the actress;
Mrs. Frank Bailey. Mr.. and Mrs. Remsen
Johnson, DR.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Crandall
and others watched the races from motor
boats in the bay.
The Rocket, owned by n. s. Simon. of
Massapequa, was close second. travelling
at a uniform rate from the starting gun TO
the finish. She averaged twenty-eight miles
an hour. following closely in the wake Of
the fast BALKAN.
The summary:
Class A, handicap motor boats course
thirty milcs-Big BALKAN, first: time, 81
minutes 81 As seconds. Rocket, second ,
time ] hour "a As seconds Question. third .
time | nour 10 minutes So seconds
Semi-speed class e. course thirty miles
WIZ first. time 1 hour 40 seconds. Mildred
v second ! hour % seconds. Back @. Cor
don, third, time hour % minutes 10 sec
ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
WANT CHANGE IN ROUTE
Savannah Club Desires Glldden
Tour to Go Through City.
BIG RACES THE ATTRACTION
Tourists Would Arrive in Time
for Vanderbilt and Grand
Prize Contests.

The Savannah Automobile Club under
whose auspices the Grand Prize and Van
derbilt races will be run on November q
and 30 is beginning an energetic effort 10
have the date of the Glidden tour changed
so as to bring it South at the time of the
races.
With this end in view Harvey Granger
president of the Savannah club, Will come
TO New York this week TO take up the
question with the authorities Of the Amer
lean Automobile Association.
The Savannah club feels that in plan
ming the route Of this years contest the
home of the Grand Prize race and leading
automobile city Of the South should not
have been left off the list of the cities 10
he visited. particularly as Savannah is on
the logical and hest route through its Sec
ton
However Savannah will support the
tour Loyalty and enter a team. II feels,
however that the contestants I'm the run
will desire to have their arrival in Jack
sonville so timed that they can return 10
Savannah over the good roads between the
two cities and witness the running Of the
Grand Prize and the Vanderbilt.
It is thought this arrangement will ap-
peal TO those who have the tour in hand.
as II is believed that more entries would
be secured if this is done II is known
that many automobilsts intend coming TO
Savannah in their machines for the races.
Few of these would care 10 make two
trips. but would be glad 10 undertake the
Glidden tour If the date were changed. II
is thought also that the change Of dates
would appeal 10 the manufacturers. who
are interested both in the Gidden and the
Savannah races.
The decision to name the teams accord e
ing 10 the cities from which the entries
ccme and the rule permitting individual
motorists to decide which team from their
city they shall join put new phase on
the reliability competition. because it is
certain that several teams will be COM
posed Of cars that I'm every day business
are strong rivals.
Under these conditions. the participation
OF private motorists. already one OF the
features of the tour, will result in lining
up groups Of cars not necessarily of the
same make, out each competing against
other mixed groups and such factory teams
as may be entered. The three Maxwell
cars entered by the United States Motor
Company form the only complete factory
team yet nominated. but further entries
from the trade are certain 10 be made.
When a majority of the entries have been
completed and the full list OF cities 10 be
represented is known, II will be interesting
to see some Of the low priced cars linked
competing at the same time I'm their own
low price classes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
B. S. PRENTICE WINS AGAIN
Captures Singles Title at Sea.
bright for Seventh Time.

Placing his shots with perfect aim,
Bernon s. Prentice won the championship
singles on the turf courts Of the seabright
Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club, at Sea-
bright. y. j.. defeating II. Preserve Smith
I'm the final by the score Of 6-1. 6-3, 6-1
The victory Of Prentice marks the seventh
time that he has won the title.
From the beginning Prentice made his
attack at the net. He successfully blocked
all of Smiths drives, either volleying or
smashing for the ace. Overhead Prentice
WAS unusually severe. Occasionally Smith
tried lobbing. but the ball fell short and
allowed the old Harvard captain chances
for kills which he never failed TO bring on
Throughout the twenty-three games Smith
fought stubbornly. only 10 be overwhelmed
in straight sets.
The season AT the Seabright club winch
was organized by Richard Stevens many
years ago. has been brilliant It's turf
courts are old and are considered as me
IA any in this country. The tournament
inst decided had an entry OF twentv-ohe
n,ayers. most of them on the ranking list
the largest number ever competing IN the
sysnt Ia the history Of the club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
yNes~ Engine Raffne Needed
Present A. l.. A. Nj. Formula Out of Date with
Advent of High Power Cars.

though the design largely determines the
actual horsepower delivered 20 the driving
wheels. In an automobile the power De
veloped by the motor has TO do a great
deal of work in tuning the cam shalt
driving the magnetic, forcing water to and
from the radiator, pumping oil, and IN
some machines also in driving the fan'
pumping gasolene and so on. All this
work consumes power. The more consumed
in this way the less remains TO drive the
car A good automobile design economics
horsepower and poor design wastes 1t.
In early days when all automobile de
signs were equally wasteful, the A. l.. a.
VI. formula served very we'll as a basis for
comparing the different makes. OF late.
however. the difference in horsepower econ
omy has become very marked, and the a.
l. 4. NJ formula. even if IT gave the mo-
tor power correctly. would no longer indi-
cate even relatively the power delivered
20 the driving wheels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY ASPIRE TO DEFEND CUP
Trio Of Power Boats To Be
Chosen This Week.

Official announcement was made yester
day by Commodore II. H. Melville Of tn,
Motor Boat Club of America, that nine en-
tries had been received by the club for the
American elimination trial races 70 select
team Of three boats to race against the
trio Of English challengers for the British
international trophy. The trials will begr
next Wednesday of the Chateau des BeauS
Arts on Huntington Bay, and will continue
on Thursday and Friday.
The race committee. OF which Henry r
Sutphen is chairman. is expected TO an
nounce the names OF the boats selected
after the races on Friday. but It may be
Saturday before the team is finally selected
The committee will take into consideration
reliability. consistency of performance and
general seaworthiness for standing the Sc
we're tests that the boats will be put
through over the course Of thirty nautical
miles.
The following high speed boats have
been entered. their owners, over all length
engines number Of cylinders and bore and
stroke Of cylinders.
Inc IlNlc ~. 1OfDlnOOOTt htlNlllt. VICE
Commodore Frederick f., Burnham and Au-
gust Heckschcr: over all. 80 feet : inches:
two Crane engines; horsepower, sos; sixteen
cylinders enrolled in the Motor Boat Club
OF America
The Vita. Rear Commodore J. Stuart
Blackton, Motor Boat Club % America;
ever ali, Sc feet; special engines, horsepower,
20
The Viva, Rear Commodore J. Stuart
Blackton: over ALL 32 feet four Emerson
engines: horsepower, 400; six cylinders.
Restless II. Thomas F. Chesebrough
Motor Boat Club of America over all. IS
feet inches; five Herreshof engines. horse
rower, 625; forty cylinders.
The r. 6. T.. Harris Hammond Motor
Boat Club of America; over ALL 80 feet II
inches: Rice engines horsepower, 200; elgh,
cylinders.
The Dsturber II. Commodore James A.
Pueh. Chicago Yacht Club; over all Il feet
10 inches, two Sterling engines; horsepowe.
goo; sixteen cylinders; bore, ~ inches
stroke 6 inches.
The Fiyaway. ". !. Taylor, Fort Wash.
incton Yacht Club over all % feet inches
two special two-cycle engines; eight cylin-
QfTF. AtfStDbhFIf 4.hF b'l'f ~. lltiItr
stroke. inches.
The Nameloss. Heckscher & Melville, No.
tor Boat club OF America; over all, &c feet
Hcrreehofl engines; horsepower. 600; six.
teen cylinders.
The Sand Burr, G. u. White, seasid,
Yacht Club Of Atlantic city. n. j.: over all
! 10 feet II inches; Emerson engine: horse
power. 60
William X. Vanderbilt. Jr. has placed hi.
steam yacht. tho Terantula. at the lisposa
OF Commodore Melville and his associate,
( for use IN patroliing tho course during tn,
| international races. The revenue cutter,
Seneca and Manhattan have been ordered
| by the Treasury Department 10 perform
similar duty. All yachts and boats OF every
description Will be required TO keep insid
of the course. and none will be allowed I,
anchor In or near the path used by IN,
racers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
BURMAN ISSUES CHALLENGE
Wants to Race Atwood in an
Auto at Brighton.

Rob Burman, the auto racer, has chal-
lerged Harry y. Atwood. the aviator. for
a match race TO take place at the Brighton
Beach Motordrome, Saturday. September 2.
or Labor Day. September {. in connection
with the automobile races to be held there.
Burman offers Atwood a handicap and per
mits him to nominate the conditions. Fol
lowing is the challenge:
Mr.. Harry y. Atwood, Hotel Knicker-
booker, City.
Dear Sir: Please accept my sncerest
congratulations on your most wonderful
flight across country from ST. Louis to New
York, via the air line.
Now. considering you more than worthy
of a match race with the greatest speed
car in the world. | hereby issue a chal-
lenge to YOU TO take part In a match race.
distance to he either five or ten miles,
" hichever you may elect said race TO take
place Saturday, september >, or Monday
afternoon, September Labor Day. at the
Brighton Beach Motordrome, in connection
with the automobile races TO be held on
that course AT that time.
This match race to be for side bet OF
81 600 to be posted by each OF us and the
race to be under the following conditions:
will drive my Bitten Benz or my Sa-
vannah Grand Prize Car while YOU are 10
use your aeroplane.
( will drive on the Brighton Beach Mo-
tordrome mile track and you are 10 ny
above the Same COURSE WHICH VIII w
marked by pylons You are to select three
officials from the members Of the Aero
Club Of America, while three officials
from the American Automobile Association
will also be i'm attendance.
| agree that In a five mile race TO allow
you a handicap Of one-half mile. and In a
ten mile race to allow YOU a handicap OF
one mile. This race TO be best two out Of
three heats.
If this challenge is agreeable and ac-
ceptable TO Won kindly advise me at once
that we may have a conference to arrange
terms, post forfeit. select officials and
complete details Very respectfully.
ROB BIRMA\.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
COMMERS HAS HARD TEST
Truck Makes Long Run with
Small Fuel Consumption.

The 3Ih-ton CONNER truck, with which
VVvckoff. church & Partridge. Inc. Of New
York. have been visiting tho cities and
towns Of the North Central states. recent
~ arrived in New York. The trip started
at Chicago and included the important
cities of Michigan, Illinois. Indiana. ONO
PENNSYLVANIA and New York states.
The total distance travelled was 1886
miles. The CONNER trucks total lubricat-
inC oil consumption was SO pints, making
the average of 40 Id miles a pint Of oil
The gasolene consumption was total Of
25484 gallons, the average being Il miles
d gallon.
Twenty-eight miles Of the thirty-two
between Norwalk Ohio. and Elyria, Ohio.
were through sand nine inches deep. SOFT
clay roads were encountered between
Cleveland and Akron. the wheels often
sinking 10 the axles. At Akron IL was
also found necessary to ford river
through two feet of water.
From Chicago 10 Erie, Penn, no water
was put into the radiator, and even then
none was required. The water was
changed at Erie because 1T had become
dirty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
Enormous Advance Sales Of
Chalmers New 1912 Model Car.

The 1919 self-startinc Chalmers thirty
six" has made a hit with the New York
automobilists Carl II Page & Co. had
taken forty-slx orders for the car from
Saturday afternoon mp 70 Wednesday
evening Most Of these orders We're taken
during the first three days Of the week. "a
the car did not reach the Page salesroom
until late SATURDAY. afternoon. and the first
advertisement announcing the arrival Of
the "thirty-six" appeared last Sunday. The
Page company had taken more than one
hundred orders for the new Chalmers
model before the car reached this city.
Ample proof Of the value OF encasinE the
driving chains of motor truck has been
furnished by the a. G. Lawrence Leather
Company. of Boston. whose fve-ton Samp-
son freight motor has run thirteen thou
sand miles since It was purchased. Re
Gently the chain cases Of the vehicle, an
important feature of the Sampson, were
opened for the first time. The chains were
found to be so little worn that they were
Immediately put on again, and are expected
to give service for an indefinite time.
Employees Of the Brush Runabout Com
pany. OF Detroit, have been provided with
tennis courts and croquet grounds. as
way Of looking after their welfare The
grounds were dedicated with tho start OF
tournament between SIX teams. Ave OF
which are captained by young women. The
feminine element predominates Vith
thirty women and twelve men tryinc OR
honors.
The United States Motor Company has
opened a restaurant in Detroit Tor en-
ployes OF three of It's divisions-thc Brush
Runabout Company. the Alden Sampson
Manufacturing Company and the GRAY
Motor Company. -Four hundred employees
can be accommodated at one time. The
lunchroom is OF the "serve self type and
IS equipped with the most modern faci-
ties.
The first OF the new torpedo models for
1912 were received this week at the sales
room Of the A. T. Ranney Company. local
distributors OF Hudson cars, and since their
arrival have attracted much favorable com
ment and attention. This model. like the
other types. possesses graceful clean-cut
lines, which characterize all Hudson cars.
Probably the one feature, however. which
continues to interest all visitors TO the
Hudson salcsrOom more than anything else
is the simplicity OF the car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

It seems probable that the automobile as
sociations will soon be obliged to take up
the problem Of devising formula that viii
give a fair approximation Of the horse
power developed by automobiles. The oId
A l. 4. NJ formula has become grossly
inaccurate for many cars through their
advanced motor construction and advanced
engine design
The A. l. a NJ formula is based on a
maximum of 1000 feet Of piston speed
minute and IS accurate for cars that de-
velop that rate Of piston speed. But Few
Of the moderate o. high priced cars of to-
day develop as little as 100 feet The Hud-
son "33." FOR instance. develops more than
800 feet Of piston speed, nearly double the
a. /. A. NJ maximum, and has been shown
by actual block test n develop regularly
nearly ten horsepower more than is given
by the A. L. a NJ. formula
The old formula, moreover takes no ac-
count Of the general design of the car, al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
MANY IN CONEY ISLAND SWIM
Volunteer Lifesavers Ready for
Long Contest from Battery.

About dozen members of the United
States Volunteer Life Saving Corps will
swim from the Battery 70 Coney Island
this morning. The entries this year have
been restricted TO members Of the associa-
ton
In order to obtain advantage of the out
going tide the contestants will be sent off
from the Battery sea wall at ~ o'clock and
will have the help Of the tide throughout
Among those entered are
Murphy. OF Ridgefeld Park n. j., and
Cherubin OF Coney Island. victors in pre-
vioIs association swims; Benedict, OF ROTOR
Point: william Williams and J. Ferris, OF
Coney Island; w. =. Schott, Of Fort Wash
ington Point station; Otto Hurst OF South
Beach, Staten Island; Frederick Ziegier Of
Fast 5sth street: W. J. Hahn, OF East 64th
street station; James Conklin. Of Fort Nor
Yfs; James Breslin, OF Bay Ridge; f. T.
McEneny. Of Sheephead Bay and Ray
Frederickson, Of Coney Island.
The finish will be off Bay Dist street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
FREMONT TOURNAMENT ON.

The annual open tournament Of the Ire
mont Tennis club began yesterday on the
courts at Walton avenue and 18th street.
and for the next few days the local cracks
will engage each other In tho singles and
doubles. The feature match Of the day was
between Marshall Peabody and T.. = Dew
lin in the second round. Both PLAYERS used
their best strokes I'm the early part OF the
first set. The games were even at Sail,
but Peabody came TO the net afterward,
and, cracking out three games IN success
sion. earned the set at st In The second
set Peabody easily outplayed his opponent
and gained the set at e..
The summary follows:
fremont cup tmcn's singles. FIRST round)-
NJ Granbow defeated : Weickers by default.
". II. Langreuther defeated VI. Abel -
Ct: G. Mesereau defeated DR.. Scnican by
default. q Cioldstein defeated T.. Hcrhst by
default: J. Belknap defeated X Raimont. 90
6--l.
Second round. Moore defeated II stein
kamp by default \. Pearsall defeated J. l.
camp b. default, II. W. Robinson defeated
NJ. A. Granbow. @. st Marshall Peabody
defeated J.. = Deylin. IT, Ct G-1: 4. 9
Hoffman defeated y. =. finder. 60 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
SCHL ECHTER HOLDS LEAD
Has Clean Slate in international
Chess Masters Congress.

Carlsbad. Bohemia Aug. 2s.-With the
playing of the NTH round to-day the first
week OF the international chess masters
congress ended with Carl Schlechter. or
Vienna. leading. The Austrian has clean
score Of five straight wins to his credit.
To-day. with the black pieces. he defeated
Alechine, this being the flrst loss sustained
by the youthful Russian
The surprise of the tournament. however
is Charles JaNe, Of New York. who this
evening is bracketed with Rubinstein, the
famous Russian champion. for second and
third places Jaffe's opponent to-day was
Spielmann. OF Munich, and the latter sue
cumbed after a hard struggle.
Marshall. the United States champion
met his first reverse at the hands OF Rot
levi. and is tied with Alechne and Cohn
for fifth place. The other two American
representatives. Chajes, Of Chicago. ana
Joiner. of New York were paired together
at the second table. Joiner won. In addi-
ton 10 Marshall and Alechine, Suechting
and Salwe were defeated for the first time
to-day, the former losing to Kostic and the
latter to Chotimirsk Teichmann. who
drew with Loewenf5ch. and Schechter are
A game.
Rubnstein recovered somewhat from his
defeat by Teichmann on Friday. and
worsted Cohn, one Of the leaders. Like
Joiner and Kostic, Leonhardt scored his
first win from NiemzoUitsch. Alapin won
from Perlis, Fahrni defeated Burn and
Tartakower scored against Rabinowitsch
Duras and Vidmar adjourned their game
in an even position
After five rounds the scores of the play
ers are as follows: Schlechter. ): Jaffe and
Rubinsteir, Sl2 Teichmann, Alechine, Cohn
and Marshall. 8; Suechting. Vidmar. Loew-
enffsch and Rotlewi. 2l2; Duras, Choti-
mirski, Alapin, Burn. Fahrni Joiner, Kos
tic. Niemzowitsch. Spielmann and Tarta-
kower. .: Perls and Salwe. III; Leonhardt
I: Chaies and Rabinowitsch, -.