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MOTORING NEWS LOCAL AND FOREIGN
PART 111
CHAMPIONSHIP
OF WORLD IS AT
STAKE TODAY
DE ROSIER AND LINGENFELDER
TO MEET IN STRUGGLE
LITTLE LOCAL MAN GREAT FAV
ORITE WITH SPEED FANS
Frenchman, However, Is Dangerous
Competitor on Saucer Track, as
He Has Spilled and Knows
the Game
juke lie Etoatar "in reallae that he
in up ngainst the toughest nut that ho
haa ever been called upon to crack at
Hi,- Collaeun motorcycle track this
.ilteriioon, wlnn In- meet! Bddie I.in
geafelder at the. tape for hla match
iace for tlie championship of the world.
Juke ha« met the Darkums and the
Saniiielsoiis in the paat with uniform
auccoaa, carrying away the victor* hon
ors from every encounter, lint iii in el
ing Lingenfelder he la meeting a man of
entirely different caliber. Llngenfelder
is an imitation of a mountain wildcat
when it comes to dare-devil work on
B MtUOer track, his Whole manner
tranMforinins: with the crack of the
tarter*! plltol, and the man who trios
to lead him around the banked c inves
and acroaa the Hnlah line moal throw
till regard lor life to the wind and
rile as if hli very neck Itself were at
stake. Llngenfelder doesn't soetn to
know Just how desperately be does
ride, but than arc thousands of local
fans Who do, and who WOUld R>> with-
Every Car Sometime Wins
Every Car Sometime Loses
Corbins arc of the latter class, therefore not disgraced by stating
that the little car which has been a winner of 7 firsts, 2 seconds
and 1 third out of ten hard track battles in this territory in the
last six weeks had her first accident in the mile high hill climb,
especially when it is considered that this car has altogether done,
beside ordinary road work, more than 2000 miles of racing with
out a single replacement. /
\ At the Mile High Climb %
Time to Yucaipa, 4 \ miles from finish :
CORBIN .".'.'l 14- minutes 1-5 second
Buick ..." .' 15 minutes 0 seconds
Chadwick T 14 minutes 40 seconds
Mathcson 14 minutes 6 seconds
Palmer-Singer 14 minutes 2 seconds
Maxwell \ 14 minutes 0 seconds
Apperson ."T 14 minutes 3 seconds
i ,
The CORBIN used the lowest gear— tSk to I—on the course, and was In her
element from yucaipa up. She broke a steering arm 1 2-5 miles from tho
flnlKh, at which point she was 28 seconds ahead of fastest ear In her class.
Had she finished without further gains she would have, made the fastest
! timo of the day. ' .
IF SUCH A CAR WILL LAST SUCH A TIME THROUGH
SUCH TERRJFIC WORK, HOW LONG WILL IT LAST
YOU? GET ONE WHILE YOU CAN.
The Gorbin Motor
Gar Co.
849 SOUTH BROADWAY PHONE F3710
The 1909 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Has Arrived
4 TO 7 H. P.—PRICES. $225.00 TO $340.00
LEE RICHARDSON AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
Agent* Wanted. 921 So. Main St. Los Angelas. Cat., also nedlanda, CaL
. You Don't Go to a Tailor for Shoes!
Why don't .yon go to the plpemukcr fur pipe»?. '.JOHN make* »ti |*•- — and sinnkcH j)i>»e*
fur SI yearn.' He underittiuidH whut you want. He waits on you himself. He In not
nulling* on you in kid glove*, but la bis apron. You nee him making; pipes or repairs. No
hired man HtaiiiU between you unit bin sood*. JOHN has no cigar atorei In- has ril*l>'
EXCLUSIVELY. Thousiuuls of pipe* to select. from. JOHN :SAVES VOL' WONKY.;
1 ' - JOHN'S ril'K SHOP. ISO W. FIFTH NT.
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Los Angeles Sunday Herald
out tin' best Thanksgiving or Sunday
dinner In the world for a chance to
me him in action behind the handle
bars of a motorcycle racing machine.
These two speed demons have been
after men other's" records now for
about nine months. De Hosier starting
the year with practically every world's
record from one to a hundred miles.
When Llngcnfeldcr began breaking
Into the game some of De Roster's
hard-earned records began falling Im
mediately, although but two opportun
ities have ever been given him to meet
Do Rosier In actual competition, on
one of these occasions, at the Indian
apolis speedway the past summer, Ed
die showed the way to Jake In the
world's ten-mile championship event
and went across the finish tape a win
ner, Da Rosier meanwhile having gone
Into >< nasty spill and being sent to
tho hospital with what were believed
at the time to be fatal Injuries. A
few weeks later I^lngenfnl'ler and Do
Itozicr met at Springfield and Jake
Slipped a winning over Eddie. Since
then there has been much talk on the
part of both men and no end of con
jectures on the part, of the fans as to
whether Do Rosier or Lingenfelder Is
beat. Today's match race Is the final
culmination of nil this talk and con
jecture, and it Is expected that con
siderable sums of money will change
hands on the result. Jake will ride his
Indian racing machine, while Lingen
felder will ride the same name plate
as that with which he won many of his
world's records earlier In the season.
Both men have been constantly
practicing the past week at the Coli
seum, and both declare that they are
In the pink of condition, and that their
racing machines are tuned to the
minute.
No race ever arranged between mo
torcycle racers anywhere In the world
has been bo significant as the one
scheduled for this afternoon. Which
ever wins will be undisputed world's
champion, for the simple reason that
there are no two men in the world who
have shown.such maTvelous ability In
traveling at such terrific speed, and
thn race will he decided entirely upon
the ability of one or the other of the
machines to go the fastest. It cannot
SUNDAY MOKNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1909.
Motorcycle Races Today for
Championship of the World
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DE ROSIER, GAME FRENCH LAD, WHO WILL BATTLE IN TER.
RIFIC SPEED CONTEST TODAY A T COLISEUM
Le a question as to which is the nioei
fearlea or capable of riding at a
higher rate of speed. Llngenfelder will
go just as fast as his engine can turn
over, whether it results in doing rill's
in lilty or forty seconds, or even thirty
seconds, while De Rosier has long ago
proven that he is willing to turn the
throttle wider open if it becomes neces
sary to do so in order to win. Time
after time thousands of fans have gone
to the Coliseum to see some aspirant
attempt to defeat De Rosier, but up to
this time they have never been able to
witness such a spectacle. Although
pressed hard on many occasions to
keep the head of his machine, in the
lead he nevertheless has always proven
equal to the emergency and has al
ways rambled across the finish tape
an easy winner. But these previous
races have been with such men as
Derkum, Mitchell ami Bamuelsen, while
in his race with Llngenfelder today he
is UP against a. man of entirely new
■tripe. Eddie J-ingenfelder lias ridden
just as fast miles ;is ever Do Hosier
baa, and It has only been because
ho has never had a chance to do so on
the sum.' track with De Hosier that he
perhaps hasfailed to defeat the French
man morn often and more leelsively.
Each man stands with one defeat and
one victory to his credit, so that to
day's race will really have the effect of
settling tllf! much mooted question at
■upremacy. it ihould i><- a grand spec
tacle, and undoubtedly will attract an
enormous crowd of speed fans.
Barker Bros. Trucks Arrive
Two large 45-horsepower, 2 '--ton
trucks have just arrived for Barker
Bros, of this city, sold to them by the
Pioneer Commercial Auto company.
They are the Reliance motor truck,
WW< h is known to be the best motor
truck in point of endurance, simplicity
and economy on the market today.
We Redeem
Piano Credits
Having: just 1 made
of special arrangements
ma*. with piano manufae
jjßyV. turers to allow u.i
&)%3mfit .several thousand doi
gm E»»6_-_ „ lars for advertising,
jßESw^^ [k we are now able to
JXI. a|L, obtain from them the
Sw^l./*"* of your cred
it, even though it
may be for as much as $100, and
charge the same to their advertising
department, which enables us to sell
a piano at the same price if a credit v
jsed as though we get all cash, or
even if you prefer purchasing on smail
monthly payments. »>. _
. Our prices are considered to be lower than
those of any other piano establishment on
the Coast, considering the high quality of
pianos, and Just at this tune we have a spe
cial sale of Exposition prize-winning models
of the old time-honored makes. Reduced |Ut,
|U», $176 and even »3.i0 from the regular list
prices. Used pianos $160 to 1475.
If you are the holder of a piano credit of
any kind, no matter by whom Issued, bring
lt"^o our store at once, and see how much
more It will enable you t» buy here than
elsewhere
Call or write riano Department,
Hamburger's
SAFKST Vl.\('V. TO TP*T>W
EDITED BY D. W. SEMPLE
HOW NICKRENT SENT
BETTORS TO THE BAD
Buick Driver Gave "Tip" in Innocent
Reply to Hasty Question and
Got Redlands People
Off Wrong
There Is a huge and a good Joke on
the good people, of Redlunds—at leust
on a portion of the good people. And
it is a shame to tell it, too, for during
the mile high hill climb a few days at?o
the aforesaid good people were so very,
very good, that it is all the more a
shame.
The evening before the racej came
oft there was a great deal of excite
ment about the garages where the cars
were being tuned up finally for the run
Of tin: following day. Naturally a
great amount of this Interest surround
ed the Buick, which brought with her
the reputation of being the victor in.
the Phoenix race. Indeed her fame
and that of the Nikrent boys— craw
—had already preceded her.
The sportively inclined gentlemen ot
the handsome little city at the foot
hills were prominently on deck grasp
ing every word spoken as to condition
of the car, and the time that had been
made in the preliminary runs of the
afternoon by the several cars.
A certain ttedlanda gentleman hav
ing plenty of this world's goods and in
the shape of yellow coins heard some
one ask Joe Nikrent, who with his
brother was- busily engaged In running
over the motor of their car, "what time
they would make it in?" The first
thing that flashed through .Too Nik
rent's mind, was the time ho had made
to Phoenix, and promptly blurted out,
"Nineteen thirteen!" and never cracked
a smilo.
With this "tip," and coming so plain
ly from the driver who says but
mighty little was enough, and away
went the bettor to dig up his sack, with
which ho promptly flashed the,roll lit
conspicuous • places and called every
body down who had the slightest in
clination to bet that less than twenty
minutes would not be made. One hun
dred, two three and up to 700 at a
whack were placed till the twenty
money disappeared and the higher
price of twenty-one set, and this balked
the assaulters of the twenty time. 1
As is well known, the lowest time
was 22:07%, and this is how the 20
--minute time was spread, innocently as
could be by Ntkrent and intended as a
joke on his part. ■_ ...
UNIQ|>E TEST OF THE
AIR COOLING FRANKLINS
Ralph Hamlln gave a unique test of the
air cooling efficiency of the Franklin Six
Thursday. During th« Intermission he took
seven passengers and drove up the steep grade
to the top of,the hill climb course, and upon
reaching the summit raised the; hood and
Invited Roy Hlllman and- a couple of dealers
who sell water cooled cars to place their
hands on the air jackets. 'It was done with
perfect safety. This ■. grade ■Is one |of the
stlffest la the west and will make any car
Mm in
THE TWO FORDS
LEAVE TODAY
GRIDER MAKES CRAWFORD
WONDER
Former Says "In a 3arn, Being Cleaned
Up by a Kid"—Latter Finds It
Being Turned Into a
Racer
This is tin- day. The big thing In the
automobile world ('lines oft ibis morn-
Ing. At 8 o'clock tiiis-- morning the rai ■
between the two little Ford runabouts
owned by Charlei Grider and H J.
Crawford begins, and the unite, as ii^s;
been stated, It from the office of The
Herald t" tho Oxnard garage, where
the cars v, ill check In and out, and
then back to The Herald office for final
chei k and the decision of the refei ■ ■■■.
Jack Keogh. The winner of the
takes the other fellow's car.
The hottest thing, however, thai has
been heard of in "(lupins oft" the Other
side developed last night, Crawford
met Orlder Friday and asked him
"where bis car was." Orlder laid:
"Oh, she's UP in B barn out there, and
1 have a kid cleaning her up s little."
Crawford thought no more of tin;
matter until he had occasion to go to
the office and repair shops of the Cord
company on South Olive street for some
parts he wanted. Going back Into the
work room ii" espied ■ car all torn
down, engines out and a corps of mas
ter mechanics busily engaged hammer
ing- and pottering at the little car.
"Who's car Ii that?" said the Inno
cent Crawford to the man getting out
Ills wants. "Oh, that's Just a car we
have In here being gone over a little,"
said the man. Crawford thought he
would look at the frame and parti of
the dismantled machine there before
him. When looking underneath he no
ticed a well proportioned Individual
lying on his back stripped to the waist
and besmeared all over with oil and
dirt. He peered Inquiringly further
and discovered that it was Grlder, who,
with almost the entire Ford staff, were
busily putting in the racing car's car
bureter and giving tho machine the
racing overhauling, when Crawford be
lieved that Grider had "his car In a
barn getting cleaned up a little."
Now it would appear that Qrlder had
stolen a march on his adversary and
was really producing a racing .car,
which seemed to tickle Crawford who
called at the office of The Herald last
night to settle the question as to who
should start first. Crawford told the
Story and had a hard luck talc, some-
Diamond
Tires Won
REDLANDS MILE-HIGH HILL CLIMB, ' equipping the Apperson in the Free-for-All
and the Mathewson in the Big Car Race. '
THE 150-MILE TRACK RACE AT ASCOT PARK last Sunday was also won on Dia
mond Tires, carrying the Apperson to victory.
Diamond Tires Also Won the Great Oakland-
Portola $3000 Cup
Taking FIRST, SECOND and THIRD Places
(Apiirrxuii) (l.ii/iin <Stcarn«>
In the heavy stock car event. Less tires were changed on this winner than were other
makes on any other winner in the meet.
They also won first and second place in the recent Brighton Beach race by equipping the
two Loziers, one of which covered 1196 miles, establishing a new
World's 24-Hour Record
Coupled with an almost endless string of other Diamond victories in 1909, such as both
events at Santa Monica, the Portland and Santa Monica road races, the San Leandro 24-hour
event the San Francisco-Los Angeles road record, Los Angeles-San Diego round trip road
record, etc., in all of which events Diamond Tires finished with the original air in all four
tires^ it is not to wondered that the
San Francisco Automobile Show, the First of the 1910 Season, Gave a
Clean Sweep to Diamond Tires
Witness: Of the 1910 models using pneumatic tires, there were:
Cars equipped with Diamond Tires . 1 .30
Cars equipped with all other makes combined . .29
£^\ m • !*• jl. TT 9jl "W jl. "^
Significant, Isn't It?
If you want SPEED, SAFETY, DURABILITY and ECONOMY, specify them on your
new car, and order them at all times for renewals.
.
The Diamond Grip Anti-Skid Casing is Perfection Itself and Fully
Guaranteed. 1910 Stock Just Arrived
The Diamond Rubber Company
San Francisco * Los Angeles Seattle
thing like Frank Sleferi s usual kind.
"about his differentials not hemp In
working order," but notwithstanding
Qrider had "slipped one over" on htm,
he gamely Bald; "Well, I'll race him,
anyhow ."
Keogh was authorized to dp the
pennj tor < hoi tart for '!i Ider
and when the coin flew In the air and
(dropped, Crawford had lost and was
■ eni to flrsi position. II" will therefore
■ pull out iii the w ord of the star;.]- at
6 o'clock to the minute, and Qrlder will
follow in ten minutes provided his car,
. "just out of the barn." is ill shape.
Qrlder also stole another one. He Is
going to take one of the Ford experts
. i lll him as mechanician, which Craw
j ford also knows, but as there Is no rule
[ against this it i.-; permissible, but Qri
\ der and i i-i'a | ■ drive the en
tire round trip themnelve*. The man
with them cannot drive the ears.
tt will be b hot rac< . and some one
Mill own one more car tomorrow night
than he did this morningl.
REMARKABLE CLIMB
OF MAXWELL AUTO
Twelve, Horse Power Car Climbs to
Where No Conveyance Had Ever
Been After Perfect Score in
Good Roads Tour
What is regarded as the most re
markable hill-climbing feat ever rc
compllsned by an automobile wai tha
run up Stone mountain near Atl
C;i. mi November 11, The rar with
which this seemingly Impossible feat
v, n ■ accomplished was b i w«"lva h
power Maxwell runabout, the
Which only ■ few days previous had
won the principal trophy in the New
fork-Atlanta good roads tour. and
completed the Ba van nan-Atlanta en
durance run with ■< perfect road icore.
To give the leader an idea of the i
difficulty of this climb it Is only n<
lary to saj that Btone mountain is,
fully lKOfr feet above sea |< vel, that the |
summit has never be n reached by air
sort of conveyance and that yie
|S so steep that even j,.de--tri;ius have
to take oft their shoes In order to gain
a fail lv safe foothold.
The sturdy little Maxwell scaled the
mountain entirely under its own power
without any special preparation other
than the provision "!' a 1! pressure by I
me,.us of which the gasoline was forced
to the. motor. The start Iron, Atlanta.
was made about 1 o'i loi k and the
ascent Itself was made In forty min
utes.
In order to forestall any controvi •
of the Cook-Peary order C. W. Kelsey,
il riginator of the rim. left the nu
chine on the summit, where more than
:,oo people viewed it during the next
■ hi'-.
PAGES 1 TO 8
HARTFORD TIRES
FOR AEROPLANES
THREE GRADES ARE BEING
MADE FOR AIR CARS
In Case You Blow Out an Outer Casing
or Inner Tube, You Can Re.
place It Now in Los
Angeles
Should the road through the air any
of these crisp mornings lead your
aeroplane to a ll ' »'i» projection hi tho
atmosphere, or should Rome cftrcloss
woman have drop' a tt it pin by ilC *
cldent along an; of> ' itu'ouphoi'la
highways, and you ishould find thai you
had blown out an outei i using in .nv.
punctured an Inner tube, there is no
need of worrying about the matter at
all, for all you have to do Is drop on
the roof of the Chanslor & I-iyon com
pany, agents for the Hartford tires,
and slip on the window, grab a new
aeroplane tire, and away again on your
flight to Watts or wherever else in
some lively part of this country you
may be going.
This is no joko by any means. It la
a 1.,, that the Hartford Rubber com
pany is making three grades of tires
for the use of flying machines. They
are called the "Aviator," "Aeroplane"
and "Aeronaut" to designate them,
which are specially made for airships.
The construction must be special by
the very nature of tilings—not merely
a tire that runs on the ground but that
will also assist iii mounting the air,
offering the least resistance and weight.
Combined with the greatest possible
resiliency, the cushion or the tire must
be specially constructed so that it will
absorb all the shock when the machine
alights. The car is thus relieved "t
any jarring and the landing can be
made without Injury to the car and
with entire comfort to the passenger*. ■
The treads of these tires offer tim
greatest amount of resistance to stub
ble and stones in the fields, sharp
branches of trees and corners of build-
Ings. The tires are reinforced by extra
tread strips to prevent puncture anil
strengthen them for the exceptional
work for Which they are used.
The next Improvement probably V
be noted will be a single or twe
"lunger" run by "Happy Jim" 01
"Novelty Jack" doing vulcanizing am
repair work on Windy avenue, Hurri
cane boulevard or Blluard drive whil«
the ships pass in the night.
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