The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Larry Stone
 Out for Six
 NeO Records

will bring thrills to many speed fans, the 1920 dirt track racing season will close in Birming- ham this afternoon at State Fair park.
 Ten dirt demons all in the professional seasons finale of competition, will be out with vim to do their share to bringing their names more conspicuously in the lmelight of 1920 racing annals.
 The programme as arranged is a classic of speed in motcrdom. First at l 80 p. m. will be the Motor Style show deluxe, pctpourri of beautiful feminnity with the latest in motordom's new autos.
 Then come the seven auto race events and the grand windup of auto polo con tests, England vs. America.
 STONE IN SPOTLIGHT
 In the spo...sne v4 4dSsns seardom all eyes will be focused on Larry Stone, worlds dirt track champion, who will try for six state and southern records. He will go after his own track and state record marks of 5S 1-5 for the mile.
 Although Secretary J. L. Dent hurled a def to the score of auto race drivers in Chicago this week. offering a wager
 
 cover that Stone could beat the field, none took up the offer after being ap- prised of Stones lowering of Disbrow s former fast mark. Disbrow himself, when appraised of the record, gave tha credit due to the man who beat his mark.
 Stone, unlike some boxing champions, IS open to defend his laurels. He is in five of the events tomorrow, including the match races, the Battle of Champs, rec ord trials and the finale of the Alabama sweepstakes.
 With the clocking devices accurately marks of from one to five miles and will take a crack at his own competition mark of 10:21 in the ten-mile event.
 In looking to his honors Stone will have the cleverest coterie of speed stars to contend with that have ever graced the local mile oval
 CHEVROLET 20 IN SHAPE
 Jack W at.ters IS ..lOre than DoasLIu that Chevrolet 20 will be in the best shape ever for fast coursing on the mile track.
 Waters racer has often been termed as the finest appearing race car in dirt track events. Of splendid speedway con- struction blue in color the racer looks like a fleet bue-bird when it skins around the track.
 In marked contrast in appearance is Essex A. piloted by Rae Rountree, con tender for light car champ pionship honors. Green in hue, and stocky and sturdy in construction, this car. with shortened wheel base spurts in the turns with un- believable speed. Constant tuning up and practice has put this "speed-boat' in fine fettle for this afternoons events.
 Severin 34, with Ted Lewellyn as husky driver, is known as a demon car for mile courses. On Thanksgiving Ted stripped a key which kept him out of the fast l.. ! k sr ,1 prime for the last chance this season for speed honors which comes this after noon.
 SARLES HAS GOOD CHANGE
 Rail-u4rdS who have seen the ttaJo race team disporting in practice this week claim that in the light car class and handicaps that Sarles has the greatest chance of his career, if his teanmate Gray can keep up with his partner. Rajo appears a trifle faster than it's mate, Rajo No 3, so the plutocratic youns Iowan may add more to his already long list of victory scalps.
 But the dark horse, the mystery man and masked marvel of it all seems to be Lamar Robinson, who has been say ing little and doing much in recent race meets. In his first clash with Stone on Thanksgiving Day the dashing Missouri an had the champ eating dust for nine miles, and, with all credit due to Stone and his great driving, it must be con- ceded that Robinson did the next to inn possible for if there is anything Stone dislikes is taking the trail dust of any other driver. Had Stone been able to gain the lead from the outset it is be- lieved that he would have nearly lapped the field, having the course to himself.
 Robinson, however, battled Stone every minute of the long grind, despite the fact that Stone took the Elk-pilot into the turns faster than is the usual fashion. In the wind-up the champ won out, but admitted he had the hardest tussle of the 1920 season.
 TO TRY TO LOWER RECORD
 This afternoon Stone will put forth his best efforts to hurtle the dangerous but speedy Blitzen Benz around the course in an effort to make the mile in 52 seconds. Experts who clocked Stone in his Benz trials on Thanksgiving Day report that he was wheeling the back stretch at better than 90 miles an hour. This seems logical when it is observed that Stone is obliged to slow the mas sive race car down to about 40 miles per hour on the turns to avoid taking a quick journey into destiny.
 Taking it all in one dose. the motor style show, seven events of auto races and the climax contest of auto polo; this is a big enough dish of speed to ap- pease the most hungry auto fan.
 State fair park bids fair to have the