Imperial Valley press., 1913-01-24
AUTO RACE CALLED OFF
RESULT or CONFERENCE

Word comes from san Diego that
Tie automobile road race announced to
he held here WaShington'S birthday
has been called off, with the possibll-
ity that arrangements may he made for
a race 10 he held on May day.
II was The influence of san Diego
which brought about the change. the
auto enthusiasts of that city refusing
to participate in an event under the
sanction Of The new Western Automo-
bile Association.
san Diego autoiSlS have remained
LOYAL to the old organization. the
4. 4. A.. while the remainder Of South
crn California has Joined with Los An
@elcs in faNOrin" the new w. \. A.,
and san Diego urges on this valley the
dcsirahililY of standing with that city.
TO what extent this will affect the
motorcycle race SET for February % i
not yet determined.
Regarding the situation the san Di-
20 Union SAYS:
The Imperial valley road race Of
about 200 miles will not be held Feb
ruary - as had been planned. This
;
,ltended by W. X. BoWker. Fred Wa
ters. Steve Lyons and Bert Irwin of
Imperial county ana +. b. NaylOr, F. w.
Jackson. Percy II. Goodwin and other
~an BieganS. The race in Imperial
valley will ne held May /. and san
Diego race enthusiasts have agreed 10
give il unqualified support. The prop
oSilion agreed on is That The race
will be a san Dicgu-Impcrial valley
race with the course in Imperial county.
Several things brought about the
puStponement Of The race or really the
abandonment of the one which the val
ley had announced for February %.
First Of all was that lll" valley people
had arranged through misundcrStand-
ing. to run Tie race under sanction Of
The W. \. \. This would have meant
that no san Diego driver would have
entered nor would any Of the cars in
Rob Burman's stable been in the event
Mother reason for postponin@ the rae,
was that it was feared that The roads
would be in poor condition February
=. it bein" a time Of the year when
here i heavy rainfall in both cOun-
ties. Sau Diego desired ~ send q
large delegation Of automobile cNcur-
~ionist> over IT, the race. bat it Was
feared that HE mountain grades would
bc extremely dangerous 10 travcI
should ther" bc 4 rain 4 few days
previous to the race.
The puSlpunemcnt tu May I Was
3Greeable To- aIi who attended the meet
inG. il being suggested that by that
time the controversy between the
W. \. \. and \. \. y. would he sci
lied. Without amy reservation. san
Diego enthusiasts declared that they
would d. everything io make The May
day event The greatest motoring con-
test in the history of The two coun-
lies.
Will the race set for May it is
probable thai san Diego Mill have at
least seven ears in The race. f. A..
MorOss. manager for Burmam. said he
was certain that Two of Burnan'e cars
would he entered and that there is .
good chance Of four being in tie ram
ming The two Stulz ears. driven in
the New Years race by W. II. Carlson
Jr. and Carl +. Waahburn. Louis
Nickremt's Buick and +. +. ArXamdcr'~
Buick are certain entries. Others are
Npccted.
Harmony Wd~ lhr keynote Of last
nights meeting and the Imperial val
iry men made il plain that they wished
~ retain tie support Of ~an Diego.
-an Diegans expressed themselves as
Icing thoroughly in sympathy with I'M
perial county desires, but could not
enter ears operating under
the W. A. A. sanction. In less than
q month William F. Schimpf. chairman
Of the contest board. of the \. \. A..
will visit California and at that time
it is believed the trouble between
A. A. A. and w. A. A. will be ad-
justed to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned.
Should the Chamber of Commerca
committee decide to hold a race on
Point Iona February % for the pur-
pose Of raising funds for the National
Southern Highway Association, Impe-
Iial valley will support the race by en-
tering cars and by giving its influence
tC make it a success.
Bowker, Waters. Lyons and Irwin
made the trip from the valley to San
Diego by automobile. making the run
in about eight hours. They will motor
hack this morning.
Promised Big
That the race would have been