The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-13
AKRON ORACLE SAYS
YANKEES WILL WIN
Mr.. Blower, Man Who Initiates
Tires, Sure Ruth Will Not
Have Blowout.
w. o. MCCLELLAN.

AKRON, Ohio, Sept 12.-Preparato tory
to their big Western raid the Yankee
expeGitionary forces passed here to-
day TO get themselves vulcanized and
inflated. Col. Tillinghast LHomme-
dieu Huston is taking every precau-
ton against fiat tires or blowouts In
the battles that are 10 come. The
Yankees start their real fighting to-
morrow with a double header in Chi
cago.
Accompanied by your correspondent,
Col. Tillinghast LHommedieu Huston
visited j. Horatius Blower. the Akron
oracle. the man who first conceived the
idea OF initiating tires with the air of
Ohio, thereby founding the town OF
Akron, which is dedicated to the task
of putting air into tires. Naturally
Col. Huston. being an interested party.
first asked the oracle some pertinent
questions as to the American League
pennant race.
fall to win this race" said Mr.. Blower.
II. personally have looked them over.
I do think that Babe Ruth is bit
overinflated but think he will last the
trip If he does not have any punctures.
In human being or a tire do not like
that overinflated look. 1t strains tho
rubber too much. and the blowout IL
liable to come at any minute. Still do
not like the teams underinflated, as 10
the case with the Philadelphia Ath-
letics."
Mr. Blower then went on to tell how
he had conceived the idea for the great
tire industry. 1t seems that Mr.. Blower
previously had been wasting his genius
as farmer Ills crops failed one year,
and the sheriff, who came 10 evict him,
found him blowing soap bubbles. Be-
fore the sheriff could remove him from
the premises, Mr.. Blower said, There is
more hot air in Ohio than there is in
sry other place In the world. Why not
use the air for something"
The notion was first used CONNER
cially in toy balloons. later it was capi-
talized on larger scale, consequently
the tire evolved, and the thriving city
of Akron is the net result. AS cities go.
1t is quite nice city.
1T was this way" explained Mr..
Blower. II saw that that part of Ohio
had more hot air than any State In the
Union. In fact. air is one OF the chief
products OF the State. The thing was to
get the air into something, SO that 1t
could be used. You remember that Ben
jamin Franklin fooled around with the
| 1; hod
ton Of Harvesting electricity When
started to blow soap bubbles. they
thought / was bit batty. l don't
blame them for that I must have
looked as though something was q trifle
loose upstairs.
But the blowing OF soap bubbles
started it. After that ! got to puffing
up toy balloons. 1t was at this time
that they tried to have me shifted to the
local batty house. Finally ! evolved the
| bicycle tire and II was but a short step
from that period to the period of rubber
| tired hacks. Later, OF course, came the
gasoline age, and the great chance for
the air or Ohio. That air, gentlemen, Is
now being shipped to all the corners OF
the globe incased in tires OF varied
manufacture. You cannot hear OF a
puncture or a blowout anywhere with
out being assured that some of the air
of Akron is being turned loose. II you
gentlemen will excuse me, | would like
to bl1w a few bubbles. "Mr. Blower then
immersed his clay pipe into the suds and
\ resumed the work that made Akron
1 famous
While in Akron the Colonel had the
famous iron hat vulcanized. You will
recall that 1t was slightly punctured in
| the last worlds series, but II is now
ready for any emergency.
While the camp followers were In
vestigating the tire industry the athletes
played a game with a team composed
OF young men engaged In the stretching
OF rubber into tires. AS compliment
to the city Babe Ruth used a rubber
bat. The score by innings:
n. II. e.
| New York. 800. . q 0o21 ] 20 ~ 4
Akron ........ 90 o 3 o o o. 10 q
| Batteries--O' Doul, Dearmon and De.
vourmer, Hoffman; Vaughn, McKinslcy and
4 Gill.