Evening journal., 1920-09-04
AUTOSPEEDERS
Unfair MEET
Fourteen Cars Enter for
Labor Day Races at
Elsmere
HARNESS RACES
TO CLOSE DAY

The greatest collection OF auto rae
ers and cars ever assembled To- a1
automobile meet In nelawe-c will
line up at the track at The Delaware
state Fair, on Monday afternoon.
Labor Day, for meet that is likely
10 make history. There are fourteen
drivers who had entered up 90 yester-
day and several more are expected
70 contest as post entrants" by the
time William Wilson, the starter,
gets busy late Monday afternoon.
Most OF the drivers are well known
10 Wilmington devotees OF auto rae
ing, but zest is added to the contests
through the entrance Of new men.
who have not been seen on a Della
ware track, and old riders realize
mat there Is always danger in a long
shot and particularly in auto racing
There VIII be but three events, but
because Of the number Of entries. two
OF these will be divided into two
heats, so that there VIII really be
five races on the card. The first Will
be time trial for track record The
second event divided into two heats.
VIII be a flve-mile free-for-all and the
third event a ilve-mle handicap. also
divided into two heats.
Among the drivers. the keenest in
terest centers between Judd VIII
liams and Bill Strickler, both old
timers and this year the "klng bees"
on auto tracks In the east. Williams
VIII drive his old reliable Ford spe-
cial while Strickler sticks to his s. S
special. which is a Chevrolet. There
Is more 10 the contest between these
two drivers than appears on the sur
face.
Last year strlckler won first place
seven times In as many meets, on
Fair tracks. But it's a different story
this year, because he has been up
against Williams in his Tin Lizzie. !"
Each man has won three races at Fair
tracks and they come to this city for
the meet on Monday. tied for honors
as well as money. In order 10 make
the contest more interesting, each
man has posted a wager OF 5000 and
the winner In addition 10 taking the
purse offered by the Fair manage
ment, will take his rivals 200 iron
boys.
Both men are experienced at driv-
ing in races and know all the tricks
that go with the business. for It's a
business with them and not pleas
ure. They realize that the honors for
this season may be decided with the
llAINN UAl NANlA4N anu g
both are desirous Of winning the
title event. There Is but one danger
that confronts them out OF the ordi-
nary, and that is that some new driver
may drive his car In such a manner
as to cause a smash-up and put one
OF them out OF the running. II this
could he guaranteed against, neither
Of them fears she others prOVess and
both are confident they have the best
racing car.
Among the new drivers for the
meet are Lewis Baker. Of Philadel-
phia, who drives a Dodge Benny Pat
terson, OF Philadelphia, who sticks to
his Chalmers special, and Willard
Brown, OF Bridgeville, who believes
he can capture some OF the money in
his Ford.
Arrangements are being made 10 re-
duce the dust from the track as much
as possible, so that there will be
added comfort TO the spectators who
love to watch auto races. The money
for the races total S700. which is the
largest amount ever offered in this
section for eleven miles Of races. The
winner OF the free-for-an will get
s225: second si25; third. $50 In the
handicap the winner will take 500;
second, S75 and third, $50. The FIRST
lliUnf9 luI Allf LllN lilllI Will UN TAtls
The officials Of the meet. which Is
under the direction OF Roy Freck. are
Judge. Roy Freck: scorer, p. Heves-
sey: timers. C. Johnson and II. B.
Hughes; starter. William Wilson.
The entries TO date are as follows:
Ford Special-Driver, ]. Williams.
Ford Special-Driver, II. Williams.
Mercer-Driver, j. Kane; mechanic,
H. Cooper.
Ford-Drlver, W Alberti; mechanic.
]. Albert.
Dodse-Drfver, L. Baker; mechanic,
G. Baker
Ford Special-Driver, p. McFadden.
Ford-Driver, C. Wolf; mechanic,
II Wolf.
s. S. Special-Driver, Ed. Morris
mechanic, B. Wolf.
dsmObile-Driver, II. Lang
Chalmers Special-Driver, B. Patter-
son; mechanic, A. Simons.
Kennedy Special-Driver, r. Ken
nedy.
Mercer special-Driver, H. Sirrat-
ton.
s. S. Special-Driver. w. J. Syrick-
Ter; mechanic, George Martin.
Ford-Driver, William Brown; me- |
Brown and Jones.
The auto races will follow the
harness racing on Monday afternoon, |
the harness racing starting at
O'Clock STANDARD time), which Is 2l
o'clock Wilmington time.