The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-21
SIM LANEHART IN i SPRINGFIELD CAR | CONTESTS TODAY
Local Driver to Seek Sanc- toned Professional
 Championship

Springfield, Sept 21.-The rac- ing automobiles will have their their last inning at the Eastern States exposition to-day when the 18th annual sanctioned profess sional championship meet will be inaugurated and continue through lto-morrow with 43 entries received. Drivers of international reputation, pilots of lesser note from eastern states and a goodly number of New England speed boys have sent in signed entry blanks to Automo- bile Speed Secretary Bob Repp. A last-minute rush of signed blanks and official notifications came by wire, bringing then total of con- testants to a new record for the Easctern States exposition race meets.
 Out for Record
 Probably the greatest interest will center in the sweepstakes race, which will be run in two prelimin- ary heats and a.final race bringing together the first, second and third cars, finishing in the two qualify ing speed events. Gus Schrader the Wild Dutchman" of Cedar Rapids, Ia., worlds dirt track champion, has promised the fair officials a new speed mark for the track. Recently at the Minnesota State Fair race meet Schrader equaled the worlds record for a mile on the oval there and now he is out to equal or betetr the worlds record for a mile on a standard half-mile track.
 To increase the interest in the competition of the New England drivers the Eastern States exposi- tion officials have decided to give the winning driver in the New England championship event a large handsome loving cup emhle- matic of the championship title in addition to offering $25 mile as cash prizes divided between the first, second and third cars. The recent rains have tended to bene- fit the course for the racing ma- chimes. The surface has been ironed out until the track has as- stunned the appearance of real dirt speedway. All that is now needed is light application of calcium chloride to dampen the surface of the course and help pack the light cushion made for the harness horses yesterday.
 40 Machines Entered
 The time trials will start the days activities on the race track. With close to 40 racing machines to time it will be necessary to start the first car around the course not later than 12:30 p. m. From then on the oval will be crowded with plenty of action. By 3:30 all the automobile races will have to be out of the way and the rodeo stars will come on for their finals, which should make the af- ternoon the biggest bargain day of entertainment ever offered by the Eastern States exposition. The list | of entrieS:-
 Gus Schrader, Cedar Rapids, Ia s Archie Powell, Galesburg, Ill. 3 Leo Young, Chicago, H., (yel-
 Buddy Galloway, Miami, Fla. 64 Shano Fitzgerald, Mexico City,. Dave Champeau, Quebec City. 24 Frank Bradshaw, Detroit, Mich. II Curley Young, Dallas Texas. .500 Charles Roby, Hartford, Ct... 54 Swan Peterson, St Louis, Mo-. z Zip Adams, Providence, R. l.. 25 Joe Gawal, Kent, Conn.,. 3A Kingsley Woodworth, Springfi'd IT Renato Bachiochi, Stafford SD. Conn. ................ S6 Chief Hawk Eye, Worcester. Sim Lanehart, Waterbury, Conn. (black) ................ George Rice, Milford, Ct. (red) IS Elliot Bunker, S. Lincoln ... 98 Fred Colson, Ossining, N. Y. .. 6 Arthur Warren, Hyde Park,
 Mass. 17 ''Wild Bill'' Crowley or Babe"
 Brevleri, West Springfield .. S2 Wilfred Howriegan, B. Provi-
 dence, R. I. ............. 47 W. Horrigan, Providence, R. I.
 George Way, Norwich, Conn.,.
 John Figuieriredo, Cohasset .. 55 A. Tacy, Easthampton ......
 Kenneth Warren, Northampton
 Paul Jason, Cohasset (red) .. 2 P. S. McNamara, Hartford, conn. ............
 Kotarski, Hudson ........... 16 Morel, Hudson .............. 99 Joe Silvia, Cohasset .......... | More than 100000 persons in London are playing bridge for