The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-05

NEW YORK. April 4.-Wiiliam ,
Schimpf. ex-president of the Long Is
land Automobile Club, has acceded to
the request of President Robert P.
Hooper. of the American Automobile
Association, supplemented by the
same desire on the part Of the Man
ufacturers' Contest Association, OK
pressed through President Howard Z.
Coffin, that he continue as chairman
of the A. A. A. contest board. Mr..
schimpf first accepted the position
temporarily In November last, to MI
| the unexpired term OF the late Samuei
| NJ. Butler. He Is an amateur. ana
having served on the board for over
| year has a very complete under
| standing of the position.
| 1t lis Chairman Schimpfs intention
! that the affairs of the contest board
shall be given a business admlnistra-
/ ton in keeping with the great I'M
| portance Of the work, and the indi-
| cations are that the control OF the
! contest situation for 1912 will be abb
| solute.
Renewal Of Relations.
l RECENT uhOibtuS -sASSSt o.
! Hooper. Speare and Joyce. Of the A.
| A. A., and Messrs. Comm, Marmon,
! Hollander. Riker. Wagner. Meiss and
| EInise OF the NJ. c. A.. have resulted
in a renewal Of the contest relations
OF the two organizations. Several
| slight but essential changes were
made In the agreement. and this as
| whole then met the concurrence OF
the NJ. c. A. special committee. the
| chairman OF which was K. r. Hol1an-
| der
The contest board consists Of twelve
members who are selected from vari-
GUS parts Of the country. and they are
all amateurs. The united efforts OF
the contest board in connection with
the NJ. c. A. have resulted In the
most perfect system of contest man.
agement found in the entire world,
and Chairman Schimpf and his fellow
members are well equipped to meet
the needs Of this department Of tho
National Automobile Organization.
Dr. H. w. Bassett, Of Richmond,
represents Virginia
The complete list OF board members
together with State representatives of
the contest board IL as follows:
Contest Board Membership.
| Contest board Of the American Au-
tomobile Association:
William Schimpf, chairman. AIT
Fifth avenue, New York city: II. w.
Knights. Boston, New England; Frank
g. Webb. Brooklyn. n. r.: p. p.
Folwell. Philadelphia. Pa: Joseph Fl.
Wood, Newark. n. j.: Charles l. Ryan.
Atlanta. South; David Beecroft, Chi
cago. Middle West; Frank NJ. Joyce.
Minneapolis. Northwest: r. ". Carr.
San Antonio. Tex. Southwest: Ralph
W. Smith. Denver. Rocky Mountain
district: p. J. Walker, San Francisco
Pacific coast.
Advisory committee: S. A. Miles.
Jesse Froehlich. II. A. Bonnell.
State representatives: A. NJ Ken
nedy. Montgomery. Ala: G. p. Bull
lard, Phoenix. Ariz.: p. J. Walker
San Francisco. Northern California:
Edward G. kuster. Los Angeles.
southern California; Ralph w. Smith.
Denver. Col; G. II. Gillette. Hartford,
Conn; Henry NJ. Taylor Wilmington,
Del; n. B. Race. Jacksonville. Fla !;
Charles I. Ryan. Atlanta, Ga: r. w.
Spangier. Twin Falls. Idaho; David
Beecroft. Chicago. ILL.,: c. W. sedwick,
India napolis, Ind: c. A. Kneedler,
Sioux City. Ia: p. NJ. Miner. New
Orleans. La: T. C.. Campbell, New
Orleans. La: d. w. Hoegg, Jr., Port
land. Me-: DR.. Fl. NJ. Rowe, Baltimore.
Nd: n. W. knights. Boston, Mass :
Dr.. G.. E. Dutton. Minneapolis, MINI. !;
Robert b. Bridge. Natchex, Miss; w.
p. NJ. Stevens Kansas City, Mo-; w.
o. Hosford. Omaha. Neb.; C.. NJ.
Floyd. Manchester, n. H.; Joseph H.
Wood. Newark, N. j.: Frank @. Webb,
Brooklyn: n. Y: James r. Gray, u.
Winston-Salem. N. c.; w. J.. Price.
Fargo. N. D.: Nelson B. Ruggles, Co
lumbus. O.; II. l.. Keats. Portland,
Ore; P. ID. FolwelI PhiladelnhIa