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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
To Reduce Friction
Firestone M a k e S
Gum Experiments

A splendid observation of the manner
in which the inseraitno of gum between
the plies in truck tire treads reduced
friction resulting from hard usage, was
made during a recent truck test run on
the Indianapolis motor speedway.
Experts from the FIrestone Tire and
Rubber company of Akron, Ohio, wit
messed the test run which was made by
a Duplex truck to study the effect of
the punishment to the Firstone tires
with which the machine was equipped.
The truck employed In the test run
tore around the speedway at an aver
age rate of 80 miles an hour for a con-
tinuous 24-hour period. The machine
itself Weighing 1900 pounds and carried
a 5000 pound load. During the uninter-
rupted drive it covered 935 miles. TO
which might be added $50 miles in pre-
\ liminary tests, or a total of 1885 miles,
and at the conclusion of its perform
ance, without stopping, roared over one
i lap of the track in minutes 26 2-5
seconds, a speed of AS miles per hour.
The average weight on each tire was
1870 pounds for the front and 1852 on
the rear. In order to reduce the la
bility of heat generation to a minimum,
the tires were inflated to 100 pound
pressure. The slight temporary IN
crease indicated not only The value of
also that higher pressures than ordin-
arily recommended are an aid in pre-
venting heat generation.
The appearance of the tires at the
finish of the gruelling run was entirely
satisfactory. The 35x5 ribbed FIrestone
pneumatic Giant Cords showed the
same type of wear as is noted in racing
tires. the cross wear at an angle with
the tread caused by the turning OF cor
ners in the same direction. There was
no indication whatever of wear on the
e 3Sx7 Nom skid rear tires, which NIGH
n easily have been cleaned up and re
r turned TO stock.
10 The remarkable test was a rea
10 achievement for the tires and the truck
$. because the speedway was in poor con
dition and was no better than ordinar
% hard surfaced roads. On certai
o stretches il was rougher than many O
r the better roads TO be found through
,r out the country.
The Duplex. which made the rua. wa
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
1921 NY. SHOW
WILL CON RAST
WITH ORIGINAL

NEW YORK, Nov. "a. tSpeciai)--At
the twenty-first annual automobile
show to be held here from January to
Is, there win be nearly 400 exhibitors.
including automobiles, trucks, Access
sories, etc
OF this total, 81 exhibitors will show
different makes OF cars, which, with
several models included in each display,
will make a total of approximately $50
cars
Four floors in the palace, each as
large as a city block, will be occupied
by the show.
At the first automobile show ever
held in the United States, there were
in all Sc exhibits. The show was held
in Madison Square Garden on Novem-
Der 3, 1900. Those who attended the
first show can realize, as perhaps few
others can, what great strides have
been made in automobile manufacture.
At that time there were no palatiai
limousines, no stately sedans, no
sporty looking touring cars. The cars
comprising the exhibit in 1900 would
be regarded as freaks today. However,
they proved that there were in those
days the same far-seeing business men
that exist today, and they constituted
the beginning of the third largest in
dustry in the country.
The Chicago show, held later in the
month, is brother to the New York
show. In these two great exhibitions,
motor car manufacturers vie with each
other in showing the very latest pro-
auctions of the automotive industry.
Besides beautiful body construction
the motor and chassis have come in for
great deal of prominence, and nc
doubt viii hold the stage at the coming
show. There Is, hardly an exception
among the dealers in the matter of the
great confidence shown in next sea
sons business
The business outlook for 1921 is in
deed optimistic, and a wholesome re
covery from the periods of business de-
preston is confidently expected by th'
rank and file of the dealer organiza-
tons throughout the country. Predic
tions are freely made that large mum
Der of cars will be sold in the Januar.
show.
Virtually every make of AUTOMOBILE
that has earned a place in the industr.
will be represented in the coming dis
play. From present indications, tn
New York show, to be held in Januar,
next, will be the most wonderful dis
play of automobiles ever held in thi
country. The eyes of many VIII
thought the peak of automobile con
struction was reached in 1920, are yer
likely to be opened wide when thi
show is beheld by them
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
ARIZONA s NEAR
CELLAR IN ROAD
EXPENDITURES

In expenditures for good roads. Ari-
zone comes pretty near taking the cell
lar position. when comparable her sis
ter states of the west. According to the
November issue of Motor" Arizona,
with an expenditure of $4,000 on state
highways, and a population of 100000.
Arizona averages per inhabitant ths
huge sum of 81 cents.
The following are some of the figures
for the western states, although Colo
RADIO and Montana are missing:
noIl,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
LoUer California
Takes Delivery of
Three MoreIands

Three 2-ton Moreland motor trucks
recently ordered for the Mexican gov
eminent for use in Lower California
have just been delivered They are to
be put into immediate operation in the
government service and will run be-
tween MexicaH and Encinada in the
transportation of army supplies, men
and various government materials.
The trucks We're delivered in person
by Ted Hobgood. export director of the
Moreland Motor Truck company, to
Governor SalaZar, the new chief offict T
Of the Mexican government in Lower
California, at Mexicali. Mr.. Hobgood
on his visit was very much impressed
with the evidence Of a new order OF
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
CAMPAIGN STARTS
To SECURE TRADE
BODIES SUPPORT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27--(SpeciaD
"A campaign is being inaugurated by
the Motor Truck committee of the Ma
tiona1 Automobile Chamber OK Com
Tnerce to have every chamber of COM
merce in the country organize a traffic
committee in charge OF a traffic ex-
pert.
The committee believes thar there al
ways win be q shortage OF freight cars
and that the use of tho motor truck
should be emphasized for less than car
load shipments over short hauls.
The Motor Truck committee believes
that the traffic committees should h
able to recommend the kind and typ'
OF transportation to be used in thGi
particular locality. Tariffs and othe
necessary data would be available t.
every shipper, under the plan as it
proposed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

A motor dental clinic is owned and
operated by the city of Scranton, Pa,
for the examination and work of pupils
in the public schools of that city. The
travelling motor clinic is fitted up with
a special body, which is equipped with
an operating chair, instrument cabinet,
running water and all sanitary con-
Veniences-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

AS a result of long experiments the
Pennsylvania state highway depart
ment has found the "1-2-3-mix" high
way surface extremely satisfactory on
main Travelled roads. This mixture con
sists of one part cement, two parts
sand and three parts stone. The high
way is eight inches thick at the crest
six inches thick al the side, is IS feet
wide and reinforced with wire mesh.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

In Greater New York a voluntary po-
lice motor truck reserve corps is form
ing whose object will be to assist and
cooperate with the police department
of the city by furnishing motor trans
portation when necessary in the event
of strikes. riots, accidents or other I'M
forseen occurrences affecting the vel
fare of the general public.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

The Italian government purchased
$500 farm tractors during the war and
put them to work in various parts of
the country. The government-owne
tractors were operated by soldiers, go
ing from field TO field and village to
village, blowing the soil where their
services were needed
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

stock truck, the only deviation from
stock being the mountain of four gaso-
line drums on the body. The drums
were connected with the carburetor to
furnish sufficient gasoline for the en-
tire run and the tank ordinarily used
for gasoline was converted into an OIL
tank
The test run was begun at 1857 p. m
September 80 and continued to 1857 z
m. October L
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
Dollars
Popu-
Highway

Eighty seven makes of passenger
automobiles will be displayed at the
twenty first annual automobile show in
New York city, January s to Is, 1921.
Practically every make of automobile
which holds a place in the motoring
world will be listed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

In England research work for COM
pairing alcohol with petrol as fuel for
automobiles was recently undertaken
in Manchester university The expenses
had been borne in equal shares by the
Royal Automobile club and the COM
mercial Motor Users association
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28
LONDON SHOW IS
GREATEST SEEN
YET IN BRITAIN

LONDON. Nov 15-Constituting the
etast automobile show ever seen in
t,re pritish isles. the Olympic Motor
e SiSov1 - opened here on the sixth of No
9no% o,. with over 500 exhibitors rep
Nen nOted these included automobiles
49,, o,d accessory manufacturers
AUTOMOBILES to the value OF ~, slU a,,o o.
,oo are being exhibited, and the range
IN price is from the $500 light roaos' p
or runabout 70 the hish-ciass s%1o 20 ~
limousine. with Valuation VI Si''''0'
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

For the present year motor car own
ers in Missouri hive paid $2,101s 10S. 81
into the good roads fund.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

Hingeless doors. which are mounted
on pivots, have been invented for auto
mobiles.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-11-28

1otdi 4o1A
sMay include trucks. fNot reporting.
xState pays mileage on certain cars
used by employees. 1929 additional IL
censes (total 1880 for 'tother state, city
and county departments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
BIG LEAGUERS MAY
 ABOLISH BOTTLES
 FROM GRANDSTANDS

The throwing of pop bottles has be- come such menace to the actual lives of umpires and players in the major leagues that promoters of professional baseball are being forced to consider the abolition of the pop bottles from the grandstand and bleachers
 For couple of decades the pop bot tie in the hands of the ivory -pated pa tron has been weapon to be used against umpires, after it's contents had been imbibed. More recently visiting ball players have become targets for these handy missiles. as the low stand ard of sportmanship among baseball fans descended. including IS objects of umpires
 Always a menace to the game, the danger of injury from bottles thrown on the ball field. either carelessly or venomously, has been greater this year than ever before and there have been one or two occurrences. that have led to serious consideration of adopting q dry" amendment to the league consti- tutions, whereby the thirsty patron would be compelled to take his liquid refreshments into the stands inside his skin or not at all, thereby reducing him to the level of the camel.
 There would be no harm in pop bot ties if they could be made out of soft material. which could be bounced off the head of the arbitrator or opposing g player without injury to the target PittSburg Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26

| may be a far tougher and far bette' fighter than the Fulton who went down and out before the sledCe hammer at tack of Dempsey two years ago. Full ton, since that time, has been staging
 comeback. and it has been spec tacular to say the least. Some persons
 claim that the majority of his foemen
 have been little more than set-ups and
 that any fair fighter could have du-
 pDcated Fulton's achievements.
 But the friends of Fred insist tha;
 such is not the case. They are wildly
 enthusiastic about the plasterer now
 and say that he is the greatest fighter in the world. They assert that when he gets his chance against the highly touted Wills, he will make a punching
 bag out of the latter and beat him so
 decisively that Dempsey never again will have to think about Wills when
 he is looking over the lost of formid-
 able battlers.
 Fulton is sure to put up a do or die fight against the negro. He real
 izes that if he is defeated it practi-
 cally means his eclipse-that all the
 prestige and glory he has gained since
 Dempsey knocked him out will be smothered by a beating at the hands of the negro
 FRED'S PLANS
 But Fulton reckons, on the other hand, that if he whips Wills that he will be in position to demand another
 match with Dempsey. After the Utah
 Mauler' whipped him. Fulton chal
 lenged again. The retort coming from Jack hearns was along the lines of go get a reputation" Fulton started out to do that. He has won something like sixteen fights in a row-a dozen
 or so with knockouts. If he beats Wills-does 1t in thorough fashion he feels that Dempsey cannot con-
 Slstently Ignore him as a challenger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
ERNIE JOHNSON WON'T
 GO TO THE GIANTS YET

Ernie Johnson is to stay with the Salt Lake Bees the remainder of this season, regardless of rumors that the Giants have picked him off
 Jack Cook, secretary of the Bees, says:
 We think we have a fine chance to win the pennant this season, and we would not be foolish enough to part with Johnson.
 He is our most valuable player, aside from the fact that he is making good as manager of the club. with both feet. He is worth twice as much to us as he is to New York. That's why we are going to keep him.
 We will consider letting him SO to the Giants this fall, as we would not stand in his way if he can better himself. ''- Pittsburg Leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
Fly JAMES J. coRBETT

bt 9.tNhE~' C tohhEIT The impending clash between Fred Fulton and Harry Wills promises to settle two moot questions of pugilism:
 CD How good is this Wills
 t2) Has Fulton really improved in the remarkable fashion that has been claimed.
 Wills is more or less one of the mys- teries of the prize ring. Being a negro, he has had tough sledding during the past few years in getting fights with white men. The few Caucasians that he has met have not been of a calibre to test him sufficiently-not great enough or good enough to establish the real ability of Wills so that the general public could get line on him
 Wills has fought brilliantly against black men-shown up like a champion But the point is that outside of Wills there isn't black fighter in the heavy weight ranks today who is ranked with any importance. The negro divi- sion of pugilism as far as the heavies are concerned, is cluttered with never wuZzers" or with fading veterans like Sam Bangford.
 The Wills admirers always have i'm sisted that the big black boy was a world beater-that he could whip any nan living. And they have included Dempsey in their remarks.
 OUT AFTER FULTON
 The negro is to get his chance against Fulton. If he scores a knock out over Freddie-and does it in a hurry-then he must be reckoned as q dangerous Dempsey rival. But if he can merely shade Fulton or if he loses to the big Minnesota plasterer, then he must be ranked as far overrated as far as Dempsey is concerned. For Dempsey knocked Fulton kicking with two punches.
 However, the Fulton who meets Wills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
WITH THE SCRIBES
 OF OTHER CITIES
ZINC MILLER HOLDS
 DIXIE HOMER RECORD

r When "Bing' Miller crashed home run off the pitching of George Cunning ham in the eleventh inning at Chatta- hooga yesterday he broke up the ball game and also broke the Southern League record for home run hitting. 1t was ''Bing's' sixteenth homer for the season. Back in 1915 William Chester Baby DollD Jacobson, then with the Mobile club. hammered out fifteen cir cult drives for the league record.
 Miller now has broken the Baby DolIs' record, and with the season only a little more than half gone. he is prac- tically certain to better his present mar. and when he goes out of the league this fall he probably will feave record that Will stand for many season The big fellow takes a terrible swing at the ball. and when he hits solid1y the fences are in danger-Little Rock (Ark ) Gazette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
JOHN M'CLOSKEY SAYS HE WON'T BE DENOTED
 WITHOUT HARD FIGHT

Nashville, July 25.-(SpeciaI)- The name of John McCloskey will not be engraved on headstOne in that Memphis cemetery of buried managerial hopes without n bitter battle. He said so himself Satur- day night. Macs Ire is aropsed and when he lands in Memphis he plans to open up with heavy arr tiileTy on the Chicks who have de- posed him in favor of Jack Lewis. He calls his dismissal one of the most unfair deals ever handed mana ger in baseball history. Mac vows he will never be relegated to the ranks of scout for a minor league club, as Tom Watkins of the Chicks plans to use him.
 It's boss or nothing with McC1oskey. They can pay me off and let me go or keep me as manager" declared Nc Closkey Saturday night. He has an iron-clad contract. he says, for the year and it will either be carried out to the letter or the Chick bosses can pay him off right now. That's his ul- timatum. The fight is on.
 AMAZED
 Mac expressed amazement when he read in local paper that he had been fired in favor of Jack Lewis. He contended that Tom Watkins never intimnted to him that he was to he dismissed in favor of Jack Lewis, now out of the game with broken arm.
 Jack was hit on the arm some time ago by a pitched ball.
 Watkins told me that he wanted me to go out and get players for Mem phis." McCloskey said last night. q told him I would be glad to since I went out and got Tuero and he has made us a good pitcher. He said that Lewis was to run things from the bench until he got well enough to play. He did not tell me that I was to be sue ceeded as manager by Lewis.
 "I never heard of Lewis until I came to Memphis.
 eve have won eight out of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
THREE CLUBS WERE AFTER DEMOE TILL
 PELICANS GOT HIM
By WILL HAMILTON

Ball fans whose vision is limited to the batting averages in rating play CTS may not be much impressed by the announcement that Harry Demoe, the Cuban. has been secured by the Peli- . cans to play third base. for a last re- ports Demoe was batting only a few points above 200, but notwiths landing this he is regarded in inside baseball circles very valuable player. Two other clubs in the Southern League were trying to get him and New Or leans was given the preference by President Nicklin of Chattanooga on account of the assistance the New Or leans club has given the Loolxouts in the past.
 The coming of Demoe means the go- ing of Marty Fielder Marty, although hitting a little better than Demoe, has been the weak batter and base runner on the local team this season He was of considerable value last year. but has not played up to his true form this season except in flashes His case with the local club is similar to that of Demoe, with Chattanooga Very probably change will do both players good.
 Demoe not only is a good and steady fielder, but he is good base-getter even when his average is not high Pitchers say he is one of the hardest men in the league to pitch to- and this is easy to believe on account of his stature. He is something on the Sewell and Ripperton order but a little heavier perhaps. than either Joe or Poppy"
 Kid Elberfeld tried hard to get Demoe on his Little Rock team last season and after Bob Higgins became manager of the Atlanta club he made an off to Ia h CTS. Memphis and Mobile have been trying to buy him ever since it was announced that Fred Calf would re. turn to the Lookouts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-26
Pairings for
 First Matches
 Of Golf Meet

The pairings and arrangement
 of the flights fer the city > golf championship tournament. as an- nounced yesterday afternoon, show that there are sevenfy-three golf CTS entered in the meet.
 There will he five flights. four complete and the fifth composed of nine golfers, seven below the usual number.
 In the qualifying rounds. played yes terday and Saturday. I. I. Osbun carried off top honors by turning in a score of so. Dr. A. B. Harris was second, with S1. J. D. Kirkpatrick was third. with S2, and Prince DeBardeleben and Her bert Tutwiler were tied for fourth place with S3. E The first match this week must be played before Thursday. the second be- fore Sunday. The third match must be played before Thursday of next week and the fourth before the Sunday of that week.
 Trophies will be awarded the winners and runners-up of each fKgat.
 The pairings for the first matches follow;
 J. D. Kirkpatrick. Jr.. and Prince De Bardeleben.
 Frank Nelson and Robert H. Baugh. N-s IT, NOi W III anu "A ID. lldfiiS-
 Ed Barnett and Bob Munger.
 David Roberts. Jr.. and Hamp Smith, Junior.
 Dr. Brownlee and J. !. Osborne.
 William Walker and F. E. Ellis.
 F. l.. Brown and H. c. Seibils.
 SECOND FLIGHT
 A. H. Woodward and w. F. Donovan. J. l. Badham and Lee Bradley, Jr. J. s. Pevear and A. T. Simons.
 George Bondurant and Oscar Wells. J. F. Gillam and c. F. Fairbairn. A. N. Chappell and Eugene Munger. J. F. Randolph and J. B. Lavert.
 R. l.. Gregory and Fred Phillips.
 THIRD FLIGHT
 E. M. Joy and Roy Knights
 J. A. White and Howard Fulenwider. w. w. Crawford, Jr., and W. P. Ward
 L. Munger and M. P. Northington.
 J. S. Pearson and ". W. Crawford Senior.
 C., Johnson and s. L. Yerkes. I. ]. Kidd and R. H Baugh, Jr. R. H. Thach and Julius Ormond FOURTH FLIGHT R. s. Munger and John S Cox Frank Hammond and F. L. Scott J. B. Cobbs and A. l.. Smith. A. B. Tanner and E. Nj. Barnes. Albert Shook and H. L. Badham, Sr J. F. Yeates and S F. Nabers J. P. Ross and E. M. Kilby. Earl Drennen and H. T. DeBardele. ben. FIFTH FLIGHT R. B. Clarke and bye Peter Marzona and bye F.. Fies and P. Toulman. J. A. Smith. Jr. and bye. P, M. Smith and bye. Roy Cohen and bye. c, E. Zuber and bye. H. J. Mccormack and bye.