Arizona republican., 1914-10-10
REDEW|LL SAYS
 HAVE 0NE RACE
Prominent Local Motorist Calls San Diego Poor Sport to Try to Rival Race it Forced to North Route.
By F. H. REDEWTLL


 was under the impression that there would be no race to Phoenix this year because of the war. hard times. and the poor condition of the roads between San Diego and Los Angeles, which are under extensive repairs When Judge Bullard and the officials of the Western Automobile AsSocia- ton, about the first of September, urged San Diego to make a decision about guaranteeing a purse, the San Diego gentlemen were undecided in the matter and put off taking action Telegrarns and letters in Bullard's possession show distinctly that he and the Los Angeles officials urged San Diego for several weeks to take a definite. stand regarding the race to Phoenix, and San Diego never did take any definite action in the way of raising d purse for the race.
 In the meantime, all the cities of the northern route were more than anX Los Angeles, and they all pledged
 purses. Now it is fact that it re- quires at least seven weeks for the racers to get their cars in shape for the desert run. The time was becom- ing so late that many of the noted racers were talking of not entering, not having time to get their cars i'll shape and go over the course. Some thing had to be done. San Diego u-n11lJ tu1< no 1afiDita the northern towns were ready There was only one thing that Judge Bullard and the Western Automobile association could do, and that was to wire to the A. A. A. in New York sanctioning the race from Los Ang- eles by San Bernardino and northern Arizona to Phoenix. That was done six weeks before the race is to take 1 place-a very short time. No sooner
 had that action been taken and san
 Diego finally learned that a race was going to be pulled off after all i frcm Los Angeles than the race boosters of San Diego rose right up
 in arms and have since been bother | ing Judge Bullard and others because
 of that action taken.
 | This all goes to show that San | Diego was a poor sport in this
 matter, and that northern Arizona
 realized the advantage of taking ! quick action and grabbed the chance
 to get the race run by the northern
 route Now San Diego wants to
 start a new race. It is not right nor | just to sanction such a. new race at this late date. Northern Arizona boosters worked hard and scrapel 1 together what money they could to
 make up purses for the race, and 1 they were naturally under the inn pression that this race would be the
 one and only big race from Califor
 nia, and that all the towns would
 naturally participate. in the glory of that race Now San Diego wants to 1 pull off a race at least equally or more pretentious than the Los Ang elos- Phoenix race, wants to grab d great share of glory. draw lot of Los Angeles racers down to san
 Diego; in other words, asked Bullard and other officials to divide honors and all benefits with the northern
 race, which has already been sane toned.
 San Diego had the opportunity,
 let it slip by. and now regrets it.
 Phoenix owes San Diego nothing and does not have to listen to her walls and cries when she is absolutely wrong Phoenix should protect her northern sister cities who have acted as first-class sports in the matter, and every auto enthusiast in Phoenix should back up the rights of these northern towns.
 Judge Bullard, organizer of this
 road racing, is recognized as one of the biggest authorities on road rac- ing in the country. He spends hun dreds of dollars and several months each summer in both San Diego and 1 Los Angeles, and yet he ''swcats blood'' in those cities smoothing all | petty troubles and making these yearly races possible He studied l for years and knows absolutely the | conditions on the coast. He has no axes to grind and favors neither San | niego nor Los Angeles, and when | he comes before the Phoenix Board 1 of Trade. before a group of men who have probably not given this road
 racing a half hours study-when he tells that board that he sanctions | the northern route this year because
 it is the right thing to do, and he will not sanction the race from San | Diego because it would be absolutely l wrong. it seems to us, with also his reputation as student and lawyer, 1 that Phoenix and the board of trade
 should consider his opinion weighty
 enough to be final in the matter.
 The people of Phoenix should do Judge Bullard the honor to demon
 strate the confidence they have in
 his word.
 From above arguments. we can sec that San Diego is in the wrong ana
 we should all back Judge Bullard mp in his determination not to sanction the race from that city.
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