The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

- - a a lgasasnal Tour Com
u1t4ae - Ascidsa q postpone the an
npas rsliAbility event until next year.
Usssi6sntial campaign activities are
heaa respectable for . deplsted entry
Mt ana suspended interest In long
: a1etance touring competitton. Many
ntlee guarantee teams for neat year.
anA several sections a the Detroit
2ev Orleans route now under improve
rent win have been finished
Though he has never ridden In IN
oeroplane. s. l. Jones, u San Fran
cisco. could probably tell how an avia-
Tor feels who meets with an accident
high In the air and plunges headlong
20 earth. perhaps to death 4 l75-foot
drop oyer mountain precipice. with
an aut ,mobiie. In which he and four
friends were badly hurt. furnished the
experience for MIR Jones' The Califor-
MIA man told Of the fall one day re-
Gently when he drove = badly battered
American Model IS touring car into
the repair shop Of the American Motors
California Company. AS Golden Gate
Avenue. San Francisco.
Gene Green, q professional singer
With q strong penchant Tor fast motor
iug. had his life insured last week
without knowing 1t. Mr.. Green. VINO
drives Q Kissel Kar sixty horsepower
.Gdx." was TO apear in Grand Rapids.
Niohigan. and decided 10 90 there from
Chicago BY motor He wired TO the
nanagement under which he was 70
appear, Just before leaving at O'CLOCK
= the morning: "Will arrive at p. N.
By motor"
Now Grand Rapids IL something ike
a<s miles from Chicago. and httie
rapid calculation on the part OF tne
recipients Of the message gave them
era.h, Mr.. Green was favorite there
nd the theatre had been sold out TOE
the three nights he was TO appear. Il
locked 10 them like 246 miles In nve
hours meant that Green nad nne
ehano> Of singing that night In q
n,xher altitude than Grand Rapids.
They told their troubles to friend.
II Insurance man and he suseesteo
thu taking out OF an accident policy 70
reimburse them in case anything o1o
h.nnen. Thew agreed and . policy ZOE
n 900 MAS written, but Green appeared
about s o'clock entirely intact
The third annual reliability CONTEST
NJ tho Automobile Club OF Bunaio'
witch in importance ranks second on
Nv Z, the Glidden tour. was won Dy =
maxwell car entered by Cnarlee S
Monroe. The contest was conducteo
aver q route Of $50 miles ana iss'ei
four days.
yohn a. Jones. Of the Alexanoer
Hamilton Institute. New YORK. 10 tne
latest speaker added to the airesay
inviting list that will address ne pig
crowd Il automobile retail se1hnS
.r.rt. ana their statesmen at the ma
.ional intensified salesmanship ana al.
vertisfng convention to be held In IN
diana polls, October 8 and 3.
In securing Mr.. Jones the genera
committee feels 1t mas
made q weighty move In q letter 70
(-hairmsn ]. ]. Cole. Mr.. Jones says
tbs. he will talk on 'Headw DIX IN
SaIesmanship." The Alexander Ma"u.
ton Institute IL one OF the iaESe.'
sr.t,tutas Of its kind having Deen or
-an,..A .to meet the demand for more
co,rrlata and exact business iniorma-
tion-the basis Of eficiency.
ye Tia Speaker does as we4 win
the stick In the world series "a
Nev York Giants this month as ne olu
three years ago. many Boston rams
su,s n 20 insane from pure dehsn-
III. Red Sox outhelder. VINO ID tne W.
rsr Of the Chalmers car presented 70
the American League player most val
uable to his team. ran UP q batting
average OF .671 against Mathewson'
Marouad 4 Co., In the five game series
stared between the Speed Boys anu
The Giants in 1909 series, BY tho
way. that took $1.0o1.ss out OF the Ne-
S,onal Commission treasury, the
ceipts not equalling the expenses.
Speaker made twelve hits In twenty
one times at bat In the last Boston
New York series, three OF his df.'es
being for extra bases He toucneo
Mathewson and Ames for home runs
and Jared CrandaI for triple. ms
total base average being $50.
He was not the only player to MT
SEQ in that series. Tor Harry Hooper
had the ha1f.centxry mark. Manasei.
then Captain Jake Stan1. oatted -soo ;
Charley Hall turned IN an average OF
200 and Bill Carrisan's figures were
.oss. Pspe. Wood and Collins. all OK
whom VIII play for Boston In the COM