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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
S25 IN PRIZES
FOR ELEFANT'
WORKERS
School Children Get Behind
Campaign With New
Enthusiasm.

San Antonio school children hav,
started in earnest to raise their par
of the elephant fund.
For this weeks Contributions fcl
which there are S25 in prizes to bt
given by The San Antonio Light. nj
schools have an equal chance. Th,
school getting the greatest number OF
votes this week will be awarded tn:
prize.
Each vote costs 10 cents. to be do.
mated to the Elephant Fund and IA,
four highest schools will be given thu
S25 in prizes at the close of this
weeks contest ut o'clock Saturday
the first school to get $40: the second,
$3.50; the third So, and the fourth
$3.50.
The money is being raised to pur-
chase two elephants at Breckenridge
park for the city zoo. School children
will help raise part of the money.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
HOW THEY STAND.

Here is the way the schools stand
at the beginning Of this weeks con-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Football is great, so is dancing at

Beethoven danceland Wed, sat, Sun.
Original Red Peppers.-(Ady.) !
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
BOWLING

L0soya Coffee Shop.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
IF WISHES CAME TRUE

the possibility of running into a
pedestrian should your foot slip, try
waiting with the gears in reverse
This will obviate the spinning clutch
difficulty and. should your foot slip
off the clutch, the car would back
up and be much less likely to in
fiict personal injury.
Since four wheel brakes have
come into popularity many drivers
make it a rule. when driving through
heavy traffic, TO note whether the
car ahead is of the type likely to
stop suddenly. This is somewhat
hazardous, because traffic as a
whole is more important than the
units. If there is a four wheel
brake car at the head of the line,
and If the driver uses his brakes
carelessly, the car ahead of you may
stop just as suddenly, irrespective of
efficient brakes.
If traffic is so cratic that you
must accelerate for the quickest
possible getaway, yet may be obliged
to stop just as suddenly, keep in
low gear. That will give the quick
est pickup with the least strain on
the engine, and it will provide the
surest and quickest slowing down
when pedestrians or other traffic get
into your way a moment or two
after being told to go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Striking Reduction l.,
Price of HudSOns

The sensational reduction in the
price of Hudson super-six cars
bringing them to the lowest point in
their ten years history, is simply
logical step in the Hudson program
of giving greatest values, according
to f. S. Carpenter, Hudson Essex
dealer.
1.-THE unexpectedness of the Hud-
son announcement gave it the force
of a bombshell', he said. THE whole
trade knew that Hudson was not
only at it's highest point of activity,
but that it's business was on an ever
increasing volume.
'Tn the midst of such situation
comes a startling price cut. The
price of the Hudson coach is today
actually less than one half of the
price of Hudson open car just a
few years ago. Yet quality has not
merely been maintained in the Hud-
son, but the whole car has been. and
is now, on a program of improve
ment in its every detail. The story
of how the cut is possible and why
Hudson determined to give it is a
long one-and we doubt if the pub
lie is half as much interested in these
inside why's and wherefore's as they
are in the fact that they now can
get a Hudson on the most favorable
terms it has ever known.
"The fact of the price is here-the
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Sin Mid5ed Me9as'se 7oS Can
EDITED By =
ULLMAN

alone. Any half way decent engine
nowadays will pick up quickly
enough by feedin' gas gingerly,
making gear shiftin' matter of
savin' few seconds at the expense
of extra wear and tear on the car.
Any engine with normal compression
will serve to slow down the car to a
safe speed If the driver will just
take his foot off the accelerator
within reasonable time after seem
that there is danger ahead.
Instead of skilful use of the &C
celerator you find the average driver
pumpin' up and down on the clutch
and brake pedals and just usin' the
accelerator for an occasional burst
of speed or as a means of runnin'
the engine at the wrong speed so
that he can run the risk of smashin'
the gears when he tries to shift
them.
All this just means work for me.
Friction burns out clutch facings
and warps the plates. And there is
no better way to start friction dom
it's evil work in a clutch than by en-
gagin' and releasin' the clutch con-
stantly. 1t isn't so much the wear
on the brake Innings that makes this
craze for usin' the brakes a dead
waste, but the extra wear on the
universals, transmission and pinion
gear. When the engine does the
slowin' down the process is natural
and nothin' is strained. But when
the driver jams on the brakes its
just like the car was tryin' to go
both ways at once.
OF course it can't really do this,
so I imagine it compromises by
turnin' about and headin' for my
shop.
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Did You Know

That before grinding in the valves
and removing them it is important
to scrape off all the carbon around
them? Should you remove valve
and then start to scrape the carbon
around it some of the carbon par
ticles will fall down into the intake
and exhaust pipes. The carbon in
the intake will thus suck right back
into the engine the moment you
start it, and some of this may lodge
under the valve and cause 1t to
seat poorly.
That the oil filler pipe in the aver
age engine also serves another pur-
pose? This purpose is to allow for
"crankcase breathing. The pistons
tend to compress the air in the case,
and so there must be a breather
tube. Some engines have separate
tube for this purpose, while others
combine the breathing feature with
the oil filler pipe.
That it's a fallacy that car has
to be stationary before one can shift
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

for the tappets to become quieter by
reason of the pounding down of the
valves which automatically takes up
tappet clearance, provided the lock-
Ing nuts for the tappet adjustments
have been properly frightened What
happens in NEST cases is that the
clearances are very slighc when the
car is new, thus fastening the period
when there will be virtually no
clearances when the engine heats
up. This will often cause more
noise than If the tappets were loose.
Insufficient valve tappet clearance
will cause ca:nshaft v54r. J.st
figure it out for yourself When
clearance is lacking and the push
rod holds the valve from fully seat
ing all the forct that slams the valve
shut IS transmitted direct tc the re-
. spective cam .. the camsnaft
An engine with aluminium pistons
viii, show greater piston cylinder
clearance when the head is removed
for then it is cold. Repairers who
are accustomed to the tighter fitting
iron pistons sometimes make a
mistake of considering the extra
clearance as evidence of wear.
Way to Make Sure
If in doubt as to just how much
clearance to allow for the valve tap
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Convenient Location
Of Emergency Brake

An interesting and a,..,....
feature Of Marmon conssr,.sa,s'
which, under existin conrss,ss scslol
ditions of traffic, has CONS - ~ eoa'
usually favorable comment ~
convenient location and alfos = y
capable appearance of the Mssrae'
emergency brake, which occnr.. 'oa
paramount position in the iacS.,
OF the operation mechanism N NV
mon cars, according to 8. p ca
OF the Marmon Portland a. rlA
trary to the practices of othar rs suu'
car manufacturers in placin. 'o y
emergency brake in a remote us
ton, where it is necessary 10 s pvsa'
forward with chest on the stasrIs up
wheel and grope uncertainlv ~ u
Marmon has placed its er,,arr..
brake scant few inches fror ss, y
right hand as it rests normsi,,, 'as
the steering wheel. s "
THE inconvenience of reacbin, q.
conventional emergency brake Z ~ y
great that it is rarely used er :, =
in locking the car in parkines ~
Mr.. Gemmer. Accurate control ~. y
the car is obviously Impossible whss
1t is necessary to grope uncertairl.
for the emergency brake. Tbs ~
vantage of accessibility viii he no,ss
in moving from a standstill nm !
grade. 1t is good driving rraet.s
under this condition to keen tbs y,
from slipping backward BY appl,e,.
ton of the emergency brake with Il.
right hand while the left foot N.
cages the clutch and the right ~,
controls the engine speed at the A.
celerator pedal. The superior a..
of accomplishing this with the Mar.
mon type emergency brake Il most
striking in comparison with the N.
accessibly arranged control Of d.
ordinary car"
Marmon drivers, especially wome,
form the habit of using the emsr.
gency brake, moderately applied n
conjunction with the foot brake 4
ordinary stops. This habit IA uoss.
BILE only when the emergency brak,
is conveniently placed. IneidentaIy
this practice is easier on the brak,
mechanism, causing both sets d
brakes to wear equally; Replace.
ment of brake bands becomes neces.
sary only about one-half as often
and considerable saving IN reparI
bills is the result since refining both !
brakes costs very little more than
refining the service brake alone.
The location of the Marmon emer.
gency brake, Mr.. Gemmer says, hu +
been the means, In numerous n.
stances, of saving collisions in traft Z
jams which might easily have ben
serious.
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to low gear? The idea seems to
prevail that with a selective gear.
three speeds forward transmission
it is impossible to drop down into
low unless the car comes to rest.
The difficulty. however, is largely
failure to appreciate the engine
speed required for a car speed of,
let us say, merely five miles an
hour. The driver tries to shift from
second to low at an engine speed
suitable for second, and naturally
there is a crash of gears. While the
gear shift lever is passing through
neutral position, andk while the
clutch is ENGAGED the engine should
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Nothing in the Name

The recent passing of one OF
Americas. pioneer automobile build :
ers, If not the recognized inventor of
Americas first car, Elwood Haynes,
serves to emphasize once again the
insecurity of fame and public rec
ognition. Mr.. Haynes drove his first
product in July 1894, and, just 80
years later, in 1924, he lived to see
his product vanish from the market
as failure.
Haynes is not the only name that
has failed to keep it's place in the
automotive sun. Winton is no more
as the name of an automobile. while
Thomas and Chalmers, like bort
and Jeffrey, have definitely passed
out of the picture. Stanley. Apper-
son, Duryea and a few others APP
pear to weather the storm of COM
petition despite reorganization and
mistortunes.
The picture of the hits and the
misses in the automobile business
tempt one to ask, Whats in a
name?' and to reply, Nothing
Big bankers have just put over a
s15O,00O,0O deal in order to cash in
on the success and the goodwill OF
Dodge, yet in the forthcoming re-
capitalization process of the Maxwell
this coed old name is said to be
likely to be dropped, as the firm
name, in favor of Chrysler.
The Lelands went back into the
history for the name Lincoln, but
the historical value of Lafayette
could not save that splendid car
from the failure list. Pope was a
name to be reckoned with in the
bicycle field yet it gave way to such
newcomers as Ford, Nash, Packard,
Jordan, Durant, Franklin, Stearns
and many others. But Studebaker,
also an old timer prior to the auto
mobile industry, is still fiourishing.
Who knows out what some day a
group of the younger men of the
successful companies of the day will
be going back to Haynes as the
name of a new car or that some of
the fan famed names of the moment
will be past history?
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Way to Make Sure
If in doubt as to just how much
clearance to allow for the valve tap
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
somethina to Remember

You cannot judge the condition of
the engine so far as carbon deposits
go by feeling the inside Of the COM
bustion chambers with a finger polk
ed through the openings for the
spark plugs. In the average L-head
motor the plugs are located directly
ever the valve pockets SO that your
finger will not reach to the COM
hustion chamber, or cylinder, proper.
You merely feel the tops of the
valve heads and the side of the
pocket around and above them. Cir
culation Of gas is always excessive
at these points, and thus carbon has
less chance to settle down. The
greatest formation Of carbon is on
the inside of the cylinder head
where it is not easily discovered.
In a yalvc-i,i head motor wher" the
plugs are III the side the condition
Of the engine is, however, more &C.
curately judged by this method.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Checking Up Repairs

A lot of trouble is caused by not
knowing whether a repairer has
completed the job. Mechanics are
subject TO lapses Of memory as well
as anyone else, and it sometimes
happens that in replacing cylinder
head a repairer will overlook the
Importance of tightening the cyl
inder head bolts after the engine
has warmed up. This is necessarily
an expensive proposition for the car
owner who fails to check up on re-
rairs, for it means that the cylinder
head gasket is likely to blow
causing all varieties of water, oil
and compression leaks. 1t is too late
to tighten up the bolts after the
gasket has been subjected to
strain.
Copyright 1925 by The Ullman
Feature Service)
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pets It is a good plan to run the en-
CINE slowly while holding the proper
leaf of the "feeler gauge" between
push rod and valve stem. II you
suspect that there is little too
much clearance in one tappet but
fear that less clearance might be
such as to hold the valve slightly
open when the engine is Thoroughly
warmed up you can test various
clearances without going to all the
bother of actually making the adj
justments. Perhaps a tappet will be
better off left as it is. The plan sug-
gested will help you decide. If you
are not using a feeler gauge and are
adjusting according to the thickness
of an ordinary visiting card just in
sert the card between push rod and
valve stem and try it for few
minutes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30

quality Of the car is sponsor.a !,
Hudson-and facts do not nesS 2
plantations. a.
Our own business was start,,,..
increased. If it be said thar mn sq
sition before the cut was rerr ~. po'
ed by an index number 100 a n ssent'
around IT'S or 200. Our onlv 49,. Y nov
that we could get Hudson 49, s.a =
fast as we want them" Y
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be raced for an instant. When the
clutch is then pushed out Olsen
gaged) the shift can be made. 1t
requires practice. but mastery of
this point is a valuable safety fea-
ture. You never can tell when it
will be necessary to make such a
shift
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The Old Mechanic Says:

If 1 was to build an automobile
accordin' to my own notions there
wouldn't be any clutch or foot
brake. Just an accelerator. Then /
could go on repairin' honest break
downs and not have to waste my
life maxim up for all the trouble
owners around here infiict on their
cars by using the pedals like you
would player-piano.
I've yet to find a. car in. reasonably
good condition that couldn't be
handled ninety per cent of the time
On the open road with the accelerator
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
Three Traffic Tricks

If the clutch drags or does not
stop spinning quickly enough for a
quick shift into low from neutral
and you do not care to run the risk
of waiting at crossing in low gear
With the clutch held out because of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-30
po;n&, Wall - Kno,u

Points Well to Know
The idea that tappets will get
noisier as the car is driven-by rea-
son Of loosening up-leads to many
errors in car care. The tendency Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02

noted National league umpire.
II will never forget my greatest
thrill as an umpire. remarked Riglsr
10 me The other day.
Il was sent 10 Annapolis TO on.
ciatc at the annual ball game be.
tween Annapolis and West Point /
was all "dolled" up for the occasion.
suit pressed. new cap and shoes OILED.
Just as / walked on the field 10
start the game there was q salyo OF
applause from the grandstand that
win never forget
Il threw out the old chest a litile
farther. II was in the coilcgtS where
the umpire was really appreciated
/ never started n ban game feeling
quite so satisfied with myself and
profession.
AS the captain Of the West Poin,
team handed nc his batting order FOR
the day, he brought me back 10 earth
when he said;
That outhurst Of applause was
for President Roosevelt: he Just en-.
tered the grandstand.' Then I real
lied il was all dream. had merely
made my entrance at the same time
as the late president"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02
Another Long One

A MOTHER long battle was the one
n besvecu Danny Nccdham and
Patsy kerriEan. a protrgc VI John l..
sullivan s. Il was fought at san
Francisco. Feb. y. 1890. and was dc
cIared a draw by Hiram Cook, the
referee. after they had finished the
l02nd round. some record books
have Il tho men boxed 100 rounds.
This is incorrect. They fought ioe
rounds
Billy Mahan and George Mulhol
land. an Australian. boxed l04
rounds al san Francisco and Harry
Daily and DEACON Jones' fought So
rounds At tire Old Pacific club az san
Francisco during the days OF finish
boxing. saw Alex GreEEains and
Buffalo Costello 20 50 rounds to
draw and Later they fought AZ Concy
Island. y. Y, in the hopes OF set
Ting matters. but they went 50
rounds in their second meeting and
the question Of supremacy was never
settled,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02
This Took Two Nights

EREDDY BEGAN and BAL Haw.
l. kins met at san Francisco 10 de-
eide the Coast bantamweight cham
pionship. II was a finish fight.
After 70 rounds Of hard boxing the
referee ordered the men 20 lay of
for the evening and report back the
following night to settle IL. They DID
and this time Hawkins won after
going IS rounds Thus u required
TWO nights to decide matters.
But the days Of long contests are
over. ! have often wondered II Il
we're not more or less OF a test OF
true gamoness for n man TO step
into the ring for a finish battle.
knowing. as he did. that II would
have 10 be either himself or the other
fellow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02
BEOkS PLAY
HUSKY FIVE

THE University Of Washington has.
i ketball team win face it's first
intercollegiate competition tonight at
the varsity gym. hooking up with the
North Dakota AEgic8 at s O'Clock.
The Huskies have gon thru three
practice games without setback.
but the touring Aggics will be the
first real test for the locals.
Greenfieldand Newgaard will be al
the forwards. with. Blakely at center
and Arnold and Miller at guards,
Washington may Use the srme
combination that finished so well in
last Tuesdays game with Aberdeen
This team lined up with Frayue and
Cooley at forwards. Anderson at cen.
ter and Hales and Browning at
guards.
The doors open al 7.30.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02
Bears Did It
LTNEUP And SUMMARY

LINEUP AND hlMMAhl
Psnnsytyauia iOl California HU
Thsvsr .........Ts. p L,.....-G Nsf
HrGlnlsy .....,.L- q. N,..... Sargent
Coleman ...-..--LeN- H...,--.-,. Carer
Robinson ......-ss.. r........,... E0rrsI
Fhpvorfh .....,u q. Ia...,........ Rsg
uswhlTst ...s,.,E. =. L...,........ cock
SI7E-r ...,......H- , T-......... Huber
Laird ...-........g. E...-.,..s. Csrissa
Douglass .......L H. H-.......... DiEs.
MeGraw feJ.....R, H. E,........ lnIsy
hreuE ...s-.r...--st -s.....ss.. Young
Officials; Referee. Geo. FarEsn CHI
raEn; umpire. W. g. CroWeII. swsuh-
more; field judge. Or n. J. OBr.z.
TUFTS head lipsrHsau, Hub Hgsbtl Nies-
iEsn,
score BY psriofsi
California s......s.-.... 7-N
IFnuHYlFanlh .sr.F-s.s.4 60
TguehdowHEs California. Young, CIT.
TN.
Tn, far point. California. Garrison
'drop ElriEsI.
EubsiIlgtsss California. Griffin fs-
Young Thatcher for Huber. C0upsr fsr
Eau, Nickclman Tor Carey, GgOch for G
Mel. Huber Tor ThatcAsr
Pennsylvania Kaufman for Pap
worth. Lesth FOR Ersurs Thomas fsr
Laird, Tislds Tor Douglas, PaD~orth Tor
Kaufman. Laird for Thomas, Butler To-
PapR orth, Douglas for Fields. sorsnioa
for Laird, Thompson Tor Lssth. H,ir
for Douglas. Pipe fsr Ds=AsTEt. sryasr
Tor Robinson. Kaufman for Butler.
Hayes FOR Singer. Fluss for sortns9H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02
By "BIDDY" BISHOP

II direct contrast 90 the short rtus
Il matches. told about THURSDAY
there have been some fought that
have required several hours 10 dc
eide DURING tho time when mon
fought under London Prize RIMS
rules. when every knockdovn record
"a the sEd ~ a round there were
many battles fought In which 900 or
more rounds were required % settle
matters, Probably the greatest mum
her OF rounds ever fought was when
Jack Jones and Patsy Tunnsy met at
Cheshire, England, IN May 1925.
Jones won after the men had batuei
thru .ts rounds
The longest glove contest ever held
under Marquis 20 Quecnsherry rules
was tho one fought al New Orleans.
Aprl 6. 1894. between Andy Bowen
and Jack Burke. They boxed 10
rounds 20 a draw. The contest con-
sumed I hours and 10 minutes.
During a recent visit 20 New or.
leans with Anthony Dowuey ! vas
presented with one Of tho tickets TO
this contest, / prize Il highly as "A
souvenir. I win reproduce tho read
ing matter on this ticket here that
my readers may compare it with the
more modern boxing admission card
Olympic club
GRAND GLOVE CONTEST
Between
ANDY BOWEN Va JACK BURKE
New Orleans Houston. Texas
for the
Lightweight Championship OF the
South
Thursday Evening. April s. 1925
at . O'Clock Sharp
ADMISSION ONE DOLLAR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-02

TUE walls arc stlll covered with
L pictures Of fighters and fights
over a hundred ~ thcm-from 80
yeara ago. when EHly Shannon was
a lightweight fighter 20 Benny
Leonard " tho present Each pic.
turc calls forth anecdotes regarding
the boxer from Billy and MA" It
Is their house Of dreams, maintained
nowadays for It's old associations
"Thc boys who made the
grade those days were the boys
who trained properly. The boys
who come out on top in the L..
round game are fhc boys who
do lhc same" shannon warns
the present generation.