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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-30

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No (Limited) leaves. .8:45 a. m.
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ROBBIE ONE Of FEW
OLD TIMERS LEFT
wiIBERT ROBINSON O>E Oh
PEW ACTIVE BASEBALL MEN
LEFT FROM OLD DAYS.
He Has Had a Long Experience In
the Baseball Wofld-Began
AVA, Back in 1898.

fiy Hamilton.
United Press Staff Correspondent
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Trinity and Brazos Valley.
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Houston ana Texas CentraI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
ROUTE TO BEAR MOUNTAIN
Picturesque Run to Popular Section
of Palisades Interstate Park.

During the last week a great nun
Der of the motorists who crossed tk1
Hudson by the Dyckman Street ferr
were bound for Bear Mountain, which
is part of the park under the contro
of the Palisades Interstate Park Con-
mission. Owing 10 the fact that many
who made the trip were uncertain al
to the proper roads, and anticipating
the popularity of this trip during th1
season, the following information al
70 the route should prove OF Interest
Riverside Drive, Lafayette Boue|
ward or Broadway TO Dyckman STREE,
Turn west, crossing the Hudson BY I'D
Dyckman Street ferry. On the Jerstl
side, ascend the Palisades by the roa|
that was completed last year by th|
Interstate Park Commission, and i
considered to be one of tho fines
pieces of road engineering in this coua
try, about a mile in length.
From the top of the Palisades con
tinue west one mile TO the corner q
Palisades and Eagle Avenues. At ,hl
point a sign viii be found reading
Bear Mountain 80 miles" with a rel
arrow pointing north. From here q
Bear Mountain the road is plalnll
marked with similar signs az all coz
ners. The route is through Tenshy
Cresskill, Demarest, Closter, Norwood
Northvaie, Tappan, Orangeburg, Blau
welt, West Nyack, Valley Cottage, Cor
gers, Haverstraw, Stony Point an|
Tompkins Cove.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Metropolitan Trophy

ing a surprise and flashing across the
tape in the front position.
OF the twenty drivers entered TO
date. Eddie O'Donnell is the only one, to
have really gotten under way IN MS
1916 campaign. O'Donnell just re-
turned from the Pacific Coast, where he
Jumped into immediate popularity by
driving his Duesenberg racer to three
victories out of four starts, including
first at the Corona and Fresno road
races as we'll as in one of the meets
held at the new Ascot Park speedway
All of the other drivers will be making
their first starts of the year, and elght
of them are absolutely newcomers 10
the automobile speedway game.
OF the five events to be. run a.
Sbeepshead Bay on Saturday, the
METROPOLITAN Trophy contest. at lou
miles. will be the feature. This race
rs we'll as three others, is open only 10
cars of 900 cubic inches piston dlsplace-
ment or under, and carries $4,000 IN
cash prizes. divided among the hrst
seven drivers to finish. The winner
will receive $4,000 and a leg on the
trophy. The Queens Cup race, at 5O
niles carries $500 in prizes, split hve
WAYS. the winner getting $1,000. tii-
tom hundred dollars in prizes Will De
awarded the first five men IN the ~
nile Coney Island Cup race, and the ~
mile consolation handicap for the VIII,
lam Kemble Cup has monetary AWARD
of 81 600. In addition TO these events II
is MANNED TO run a special match race
botwpen the Bitten Benz and another
fast car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Expect New Records
at SheepShead Bay Races
Field of Fast Foreign Cars Promises Interesting Fight
in Which Resta's Record of los M. P. n. May BE
Beaten-Preliminary Speed Tests This Week

Final preparations are now being
made for the opening Of the 1916 sea-
son Of motor racing at the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway on next Saturday after.
noon, number Of the drivers and
cars already being established at the
two-nile board course and the other
entrants being expected to take up
active practice within the next few
dsvs. BY Wednesday the track. which
is the fastest in the world, VIII be
alive with the pounding of the engines
and the roar of eNhausts, and from
then until Starter Wagner lines up the
cars for the first event on Saturday
the excitement Of the tuning up trials
will be constant.
According to the entry list as filed
bv the contest board OF the American
Automobile Association. twenty-five
cars have been nominated for the Met
ropolitan Trophy, the Queens Cup and
the Coney Island Cup contests. the en-
tries including nine cars OF foreign
manufacture and thirteen machines
representative OF the product OF the
american motor manufacturers. There
is a possibility that several addltlons
will be made TO this field. However, as
il now stands, the field holds promise
of providing the fastest and most
strenuously contested race ever wit
messed on a speed course when 1t gets
into action in the Metropolitan Trophy
event.
This race will be over distance OF
$50 miles, and with no crowding on the
course the faster cars will be unham-
pered in their speed flights, making IT
safe 10 predict that the average speed
of the winner will be above the 1888
miles mark established by Dario Resta
in a Peugeot in winning the Hardness
Tropbv race last fall. In that event
Resta was offered little appreciate
competition. at no stage being com
pelled to let his mount out to It's limit
The Metropolitan will be. but htty
miles longer than the Hardness race
and Resta viii have more formidable
opposition than he did last year
Racing fans have been afforded niue
opportunity to get a line on the speed
CAPABILITIES of the various entries, tne
practice spins TO date being confined 10
Short dashes by the two Crawford cars
and one or two lap trials by Chris-
tiaens in his Sunbeam and Resta at the
wheel Of his Peugeot. 1t can be eX-
nected. though, that the most interest
inc feature Of the race will be the hght
between the drivers of the foIeigh
mounts and the possibility OF the Max
wells or one of the Duesenbergs sprlhs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
"Sociability Run" for Electrics.

Electric passenger car owners in
New York will have day of their own
on Friday. May 10, when the New York
Electric Vehicle Associations "Soca-
bility Run" will take place. As one
would suppose from the name, this is
chiefly ladies' party. The start will
be made at 2:30 o'clock from the Elec-
trio Garage, Central Park West and
Sixty-second Street, proceeding up
Riverside Drive. through Van Cort-
landt Park and Westchester TO the ST.
wanoy Country Club, Bronxville, where
tea will be served. Mrs. Walter Neu-
muller will be the hostess at the club.
Invitations are being sent by the New
York Electric Vehicle Association to
all owners of electric pleasure cars in
Manhattan and The Bronx, and Mrs.
Olivia Wilbon Smith is arranging the
details.
One Of the features of the run will
be a competition in the form of Sc
cret time contest. The distance TO be
covered is approximately forty miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Motorcycle Races at Bay Track.

Everard Thompson, general manager
Of the Sheepshead Bay Speedway, is
president of the Speedway Motorcycle
Club, Inc, which has been organized
for the purpose of promoting motor
cycle races on the two-mile board track
at Sheepshead Bay. Others interested
in the new venture include a number
of men prominent in the motorcycle
trade and sport in New York, Brooklyn
and Newark. The club has become
affiliated with the Federation of Ameri-
can Motorcyclists, and has applied for
the privilege of holding the +. A. NJ.
state convention in this city next July.
If the application is approved the state
amateur championship races will be
held at Sheepshead Bay on July 4. Ivy
ing W. Barnard, of the New York Sport
ing Goods Company, is vice-presldent
and secretary of the club, and G. w.
Richardson, of the Sheepshead Bay
Speedway Corporation, is treasurer
The Offices of the club are at 10 and II
Warren Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
MERKLE'S HIT WINS AUTO
Drive of 342 Feet Hits c. t. Silyers
Sign at the Polo Grounds.

There is always somebody taking the
low out of life. Fred Merkle's great
drive in the eighth inning of the game,
at the Polo Grounds on Saturday, April
20. dashed the hopes of a bunch OIL
other big league hitters TO the ground,
for that hit on the car offered by
c. 7. Silver to the first player hitting
"the Silver sign" back Of left field.
MIR. Silver will present to Merkle one
of the finest cars in his establishment
when the Giants get back from their
Western trip. The car is beautliul
seven-passenger, siX-cylinder Overland.
Besides the regular equipment, this car
has a myriad of special appointments
They include wire wheels, slip covers,
extra tire and tube, special design
lamps. luvers in the hood, bumper, eX,
ira wire wheel mounted on spindle, and
the body is painted beautiful new
shade of brown. With all these special
APPOINTMENTS the car lists at Sl,4o5-
some prize for one swat!
Mr.. Silver made like offer last year,
hut the sign was not hit. In his anxiety
to have one of the players win the car
he made it comparatively easy this sea
son. He had his sign moved fifty, feet
nearer the foul line in the left field and
lust that much nearer the plate. Mer-
kle's swat carried 342 feet on the ny TO
win the automobile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07

Impartial specifications for the pur-
chase OF military motor trucks, which,
it is expected, the War College at
Washington will adopt as standards
for United States army equipment
purposes, are likely TO place this coun-
try in advance Of all others in both
the excellence and mobility Of its au-
tomobile equipment, says Automobile
Topics" The basis of this seemingly
extravagant prediction is the proposal
for triple classification, covering
three general types of specifications
and providing, respectively, an ideal 10
be approached by designers, a pre-
ferred standard of greater latitude
covering the best commercial designs
in present use, and an emergency
class, designed to govern the buying
of larger numbers of trucks should
there be immediate need.
By this means it is thought that the
present and future of the military es-
Establishment can be adequately and
fairly taken care of, while at the same
time sudden demand for defence
would find the army able to make in
tellgent selection of such trucks as
might be available for quick delivery.
Preparation of the specifications has
been undertaken by committee Of the
metropolitan section of the Society of
Automobile Engineers, in conference
with the aids of General Wood, com
handing the Department of the East,
and the preliminary recommendations
have already been gotten into shape
for presentation to the War College.
The work was undertaken at the in
vitation Of General Wood, with the
original intention OF rendering his de-
partment capable of equipping itself
with motor transport with maximum
speed and efficiency should there be
sudden demand, or, in the ordinary
course of events and looking far into
the future, in an ideal manner.
For this purpose the cooperation Of
the local section of the S. A. Z. was
sought and obtained last fall. The
engineers who are engaged in the
work are Robert McAllster Lloyd,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
OTOR RACING SEASON STARTS NEXT SATURDAY
Auto Engineers Prepare
Army Truck Standards
TRIBE Specifications Proposed by Society of Automob.
Engineers Provide for Emergency Current and Ideal
Purchases-Framed at General Woods Request.

chairman; W. p. Kennedy and JOSEF,
A. Anglada, all Of whom are ",
known consulting engineers, and He,
bert Chase, chief engineer, Of n.I
Automobile Club Of America. To
committee, in consultation with Car.
tain Gordon Johnston and Major
S. Lawton, of General Woods s,as
and others, has made a thoroua
study of the situation and its vsrios,
aspects, the army men outlining 4,
transportation needs of the seryio
and the automobile engineers deter.
mining the various specifications her
suited to the purpose.
So impartially have the lines bee,
drawn, il is said, that in the third y
open class for small units Of one az!
one-half tons capacity no wheelbss,
Is specified, care having been taken.
however, 20 exclude vehicles too ligh.
for the rough needs of the army
While more closely restricted. the sec
ond-class specifications are not undulJ
restrictive. either chain, worm, beys
or internal gear drive being accept.
able. for example.
HS AtoN-NtdoS ptNAucdllONct now
ever, more nearly approach an idea
design, but are based on curren.
practice to such an extent that the,
are expected TO prove thorough
practical. Free use has been made q
the experiences Of foreign armies ii
the European war, and an effort made
to arrive at a blend Of military and
commercial requirements such thai
adherence TO the recommendation
while ably serving army needs, vii
infiict small hardship on the truci
maker, but will rather tend to in.
prove the status Of the ordinary truck
Before turning TO the S. A. +. fol
counsel, the army officers gave al,
tention TO the methods of truck purI
chase in present vogue in the army
finding, il is understood, in the speci1
fications in use by the Quartermss1
ter's Department, the only present
approach to a standard These, how
ever, so nicely fitted one make Of
truck, and only one, that il wsa
deemed wise to establish an entirey
new basis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
AUTO SHIPMENTS SHOW
A MARKED INCREASE
Factories Ship $4,000 Carloads
During the Month of April.

Continued heavy shipments OF auto
mobiles are shown by the report of
The traffic committee 10 the board OF
directors of the National Automobile
Chamber Of Commerce on Wednesday
last. the figures. with three days miss
ing. indicating that total shipments Tor
the month of April will be $4,000 car
loads, as compared with 1892 carloads
during April, 1915.
The manufacturers association re-
ports that the car situation has some
what improved during the past few
weeks. the railroads having responded
TO the efforts Of the traffic department
Of the Y. a. c. c. TO return cars from
the West and South, while the new
automobile cars of the Eastern roads
have been coming out OF the shops IN
greater quantities.
The automobile manufacturers passed
n resolution opposing legislation an
tagonistic 10 efficiency in American in
dustries, such as would be the case,
they say. if Congress enacted the pro-
posed Tavenner bill, the ultimate pur-
pose of which is 10 oppose the payment
of high wages for exceptional service
by workmen. Il is felt that the most
helpful sign for the industries of the
country lies i'm the growing interest
in the adoption of scientific methods
of study of the daily problems of in
dustries and the proper .rewardinG of
workmen who operate under 1T.
The commercial vehicle committee
announced the calling of a general
meeting Of all members Of the y. A.
c. c. making trucks to be he'd at the
Headquarters. East Forty-second
Street. on June 2 for the purpose of
discussing certain Standardization IN
truck making and to consider the adj
visibility of holding a commercial We
hiclc show, as advocated by some
makers. A. /. Riker, vice-president of
the Locomobile Company Of America,
was elected director. TO fill the va
cancy caused by the death Of ). j.
Davis, jr.. who was president OF the
same company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
By ALFRED II. BARTSCH.
THERE are number Of minor a
IL .---L.-.--..L- IL IL, thn ArlNnr lIit

THERE are a number of minor ad-
iustments which the driver little
versed in electricity can make
without mourning risk of going wrong
and doing damage, and there are times
when the knowledge of just how TO To-
cate the trouble and just how to go
about effecting a repair IS very Vaiu-
able asset.
II is quite generally understood that
a good fat spark will result IN an IN
crease of power over an engine hred
with a weak spark, the reason beng
that il takes time to ignite the MKT
ure, and naturally it follows that the
hotter tho spark the quicker the gases
will be ienited and the quicker they
will attain their maximum expansion.
Running with "A weak spark, therefore,
is equivalent to running with retarded
spark in that it delays the attainment
Of the maximum expansion of the gases
until after the piston has passed the
top dead centre, and thereby part OF
the power is thrown to the winds, so
to speak. Also, it may be added, the
poor spark has much the same effect as
the retarded spark, in that 1t causes
overheating of the engine after period
of running.
Getting Good Sparks.
The best spark can only be obtained
at each and every speed of the engine
when there is an unvarying relation be-
tween the position of the magnetic
armature, the circuit-breaker and the
distributor.
1t is quite evident, therefore, that in
order to attain the best spark the irst
thing necessary is 10 check the posi-
ton of the rotating armature with rela-
ton to the pole shoes of the magnets.
The position of the armature for the
production of the maximum spark
spark of maximum intensity-is shown
in the first figure. II will be seen that
the armature is slightly displaced from
its symmetrical position; the distance
as marked by the two vertical lines IN
the diagram, if the magnetic is in prop
er regulation, should be about four mil
limetres when the circuit-breaker IS
Just on the point of opening, and the
spark is fully advanced. This distance
will vary, Of course, with different
makes of magnetos, but the dimension
given will be found to be fair average
setting. To check this relation it will
be necessary TO remove the top phte
of the magnetic.
In most cases the driver assumes
that the relation OF the armature and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07

pensive, and replacement Of the points
entails no little outlay of cash, so that
the method adopted, while it should in
sure the restoration of the points to
perfect condition. should do so with
as little loss of the precious metal as
is possible.
The first thing to do is to wash off
the points with gasolene to remove all
the blackness. If the points are not
badly pitted, Furnishing down with a
piece of polished steel, the blade of a
screwdriver or knife will suffice to
restore the polish to the contact sur
faces. But if the surfaces are badly
burned so that they do not fit tightly
together at all points, then recourse to
the file will be necessary, even though
some of the metal is wasted. The file,
it should be added, should be very fine
and thin, one such as used by jewellers,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
keep the magnetic in good form.

netism which is in them, is from three
to six years and often longer. Should
they become demagnetized. due TO ac--
cident or carelessness, any one equipped
with the proper apparatus can restore
them to their original efficiency, and
any maker or repairer of the device
will do so at a very slight charge.
Touching Up the Circuit Breaker.
The contact breaker, with its small
moving parts and its contact points
subjected to passage of the intense pri-
mary current of the armature, will re-
quire attention from time to time. The
platinum points will become blackened
and pitted after continued use and
should be dressed up. The manner of
doing this depends very much upon the
condition of the points. The metal of
which they are formed is very ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07

As its name implies, this de-
partment is conducted for the
purpose Of rendering service to
motor car oWners; IN solUin9
their problems as to mechanical
arrangement of their cars, the
mapping ont Of tour itineraries
and road directions and the
answering of such general ques-
tions as are of interest to motor
lists. Communications should be
addressed to The Sunday Trib-
une Motor Service Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
A.. J. Hemphill Again Heads A. c. A

A. a recent meeting of the board OF
governors of the Automobile Club OF
America A. J. Hemphill was unani-
mously reelected as president OF the
club; Edward Shearson, first wee
president; Henry r. Taylor, second
vice-president; Percy A. Rocketeller'
third vice-president, and Dudley Olcott,
I'd. treasurer. Elmer Thompson was
reappointed secretary, and the Rev.
Wilton Merle-Smith chaplain. The
following were reelected as governors
and will serve until April, 1919: Henry
Il. Anderson, Percy A. Rockefeller,
Alexander J. Hemphill, Hamilton +.
Kean. Horace f. Andrews, James c.
Brady and James a. Stillman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07
Managing Magnetic Make Ready for the Spring Drive

and should be inserted between the
contacts and the filing continued until
the contacts are again in proper shape,
when Furnishing with the blade of a
screwdriver will complete the opera
ton.
Adjusting the Contact Breaker.
After the contacts have been put in
proper condition the amount of space
between the contacts should be
checked, for obviously the burning and
the trimming will have shortened the
points and altered the length of the
gap, and the necessary correction
should be made. The proper gaps
when the contacts separate is one-half
of a millimetre approximately one
fftieth of an inch), and is best de-
termined by the use of a small gauge,
which the maker of the magnetic will
supply.
In this connection care should be
exercised to see that the contacts sep
arate an equal distance for each of the
cams. OF course, the gauge will come
into play to determine this, and if it is
found that the gap for one cam Is
longer than for the other, correction
should be made. One means of effect
ing the correction is suggested in the
accompanying diagram. 1t embraces
simply the fitting of liner of the
proper thickness under the internal
cam which causes the smaller opening
of the contacts, thereby raising IL
slightly to correspond with the open
ing of the other cam.
Other Corrections.
Having trimmed and adjusted the
contacts and tested the bearing of the
breaker arm to determine that it oper-
ates freely without play, the breaker
box should be washed out with gaso-
lene to free it from gummy oil and
small particles of dust that are liable
to interfere with the proper function
ing of the magnetic.
Next the carbon brushes which col
lect the current from the rotating ring
and conduct it to the proper spark
plug terminal should be looked after.
Continued wear will have glazed the
tips of the brushes and increased the
resistance of contact and the glaze
should be removed with a fine file.
Possibly the tension in the springs be-
hind the brushes has decreased, in
which case the springs should be
stretched out or even the fitting OF
new springs will be necessary. The
slip ring, especially the brass contact,