Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-25

10 be accomplished by everyone con-
/ cerned
Joe Dawson 4 veteran auto racc
| driver has >been down in the south
west giving some road driving dcmon-
strations showing the capabilities Of
stock automobiles.
! He recently arrived in Oklahoma
| City and then the Chalmers Automo-
| bile company represented in okla
homa by A. II. Roil. vice-pTesident
| and manager OF the Oklahoma Chal-
mers 'sales company, asked Dawson ~
drive his car to Tulsa in an endeavor
to reduce the hest time previously
made of several minutes more than
| five hours
No Special Conditions.
There we're no special conditions.
"Oil up, say when. and go to
Tulsa" Mr.. Reid told Dawson.
Arrangements were made with
! Charles +. Boggs, manager of the OK
lahoman, to check out the start and
he did so at GAS Y a. m. Friday morn
ing, telegraphing the fact to TU 81 he
fore s o'clock. Dawson was accom-
| panied by r. d. johnson. Tho car
] was driven out on the state roads
| headed for Tulsa and good time was
made, until Bristow was reached,
tour because cf n bridge being un-
Safe At Sapulpa Dawson had to
make another tour and be sure had
rough going until he hit the turnpike
coming into Tulsa.
The evening previous automobile
men generally discussed Dawson's
chances for making a new record.
Nearly every one doubted his ability
t.. do so, but w. II. Sturm believed m
| xt.,lyn ion
tie bets, but he wis as much surprised
as any one when Dawson sailed past
4 the city limits line reducing the time
! by more than one and "A half hours.
y The party at the finish was COM
posed Of Messrs. Sturm of Detroit;
Reid, i. c, Johnson and Carl Fisher
of oklahoma City, A. J. Polin, owner
of "705" Tire Service and the auto
mobile editor of The World. and
camera operator who took the ac-
com pauying snapshots Of the FLYING
car and driver as they neared the city
limits.
I'm spite Of the detours. lost no
time worthy of mention" said Oaw-
son. as she dlsmountcd from his car
and greeted the Tulsa reception COM
mittee Not particle of tire rou--
hle for | always use the Royal Cord
". s. tires and they sure give the sat
isfactory service on the road.
II came near not getting to start"
continued Dawson. Just as ] was
getting ready to leave the hotel In
Oklahoma City plain clothes man
asked me what had In the car. but
as was in a hurry and supposed nc
was some curiosity seeker, ! didn't
answer, but butted into an uniformed
policeman who grabbed me- and
wanted to know why I didn't answer
the fly bull. I replied that I wasn't
a bureau of information and then had
to explain 1t all over to the captain at
the station. However I convinced
them l wasn't bootlesser. or
crook and they let me go. So here
We are and I guess I've cut the record
somewhat"
Some OF DawsOn's Driving.
Joe Dawson. holder of the worlds
24-hour record in a Chalmers, Is stop
ping in Tulsa q few days at the Tulsa
hotel where he Is resting up after a
strenuous campaign of overland driv-
irg. An old time auto race fan who
met Joe said
Seeing Dawson reminds me of the
race at Elgin, ILL.,, back in 1910. Daw-
son was driving Marmon and in
coming out of one Of the turns he
found that he could not shift gears
into second. In fact. after getting
even get back into high. Something
had TO be done. He stopped his car
and he and his mechanic got into the
gear box and managed to get the ca,'
into high gear again. They started
away in high--a difficult feat in
those days--and stayed in high the
rest Of the race the speaker fin
ished, "But what was trying to
, convey Is that Dawson never acknow-
ledges defeat Most drivers would
have quit when they found they could
not shift gears.
at was In the same race, 7 believe
} continued the speaker, "that Dawson
topped rise in the ground to'find a
stalled racer blocking passageway. He
, was travelling about eighty miles an
hour He could not stop. Off the
road he turned his car, down a creek
: hank, thru the water and UP the
: other bank and on to the road! Moth
ing but the terrific momentum of the
car made this feat possible. and the
fact that the car was not wrecked
, speaks volumes for the drivers skill"
About the most surprised and
pleased spectator at the finish OF the
, race was A. j. Polin. who had been
selected as one Of the checkers In. He
: locked over the Chalmers car AMI
t noted the ROYAL Cord u. s. Tires on
: The wheels This Is the tire he han
! dies so satisfac ctorily at his "705" Tire
Service station. He said: "You are
using my kind Of tires. Dawson"
Yes" replied Dawson. II use then,
all the time now and used them In
/, my 24-hour record run test with that
, Chalmers Bug over there, and have
, no trouble with them at any time OF
;. place, as they arc 30 uniformly per-
: feet In structure"
D Mr. Poln was deeply interested In
the result of tho trial as he Is an old
= time road driver himself and only re-
z Sently made an average Of ~ miles su
. hour In thru trip 70 Kansas City, 9
{ distance OF about 2S0 miles.