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Automobiles Make a Great Showing in Twice Around the Clock Contest
FIVE CARS MAKE
PERFECT SCORES
Twentyfour Hour Endurance
Run of Dealers' Associa«
tion a Hard Test .
Gordon Murray Drives Inter
state From the Start to
the Finish
R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU
The second annual 24 hour endur
mce run of the " Automobile Dealers'
Association* of California, ' held over
ihe San Leandro. course, proved to be j
a much more severe test on the cars J
than the initial contest of a year ago. j
The lengthening jof the course made it
no mean grind for the twice around
the- clock contest. Out of the 16 cars |
lo start only five had perfect scores,;
as against nine of last year. These (
five were the Mitchell seven passen- j
S*r car, the Interstate, a new car In
the local market this season; the Auto
car, that won honors last year, as did
the Mitchell; the Vcil^ and the Acme, j
Of the cars that finished the 24 hour;
grind on time the Mitchell runabout, !
carrying No. 3. was penalized 22 points
for a. change being made in the 4 spark
plug. This change was made in search j
of ignition trouble, which was found j
to be a broken -wire under the coil box. )
which had been brokeji by the foot of j
the observer. This. !f it had been pro- I
tested, undoubtedly would have given j
the Mitchell a. perfect score, as well j
as that of the big car.. The E-M-F lost j
four points for adjusting of the car- i
buretor. This wns an -;vceedingly hard J
luck 'story, for the carburetor was put j
out "of business.u ntil it was" drained
by, email particles of rubber, .that came
from the feed pipe of the supply wagon. ,
In fact, .the gasoline was jesjonsible
for the withdrawal of' the Speedwell
early in the game, as Driver Gordon
also had his carburetor chokeS up with
refuse." Technically, the E-M-F did not
make a perfect* score, as the officials
of the contest were n&t responsible
for the. gasoline used. Morally, the
E-M-F should be considered .with, the
other five winners, .o :
BAD JUDGMENT CASE
The Studebfiker "30" v was another
car to finish on -time, but was penal
ized for a piece of bad judgment of the
driver, who -allowed his engine to.be
stalled on one of the rounds near the
Mission San Jose. For this piece of
bad driving he was counted out.
Of the other cars, the Winton got
into trouble by the driver allowing
the car to run out, of gasoline, then.
when under way again, in the hard
drive, to make up the lost time, and in
taking chances over the rough .parts
of the road, a spring was broken, and
it lost all chances. He. however, had
completed 11 rounds. The little Bulck
"White Streak" . had . more than its
share of trouble. In the ten' rounds
that it made It had nine punctures,
and finally, on the tenth round, gave
up. The Auburn on the first round
broke its fan and. was. out of the con
teet. -The Duroctr's oiler "froze"' in
the fir«t round. After several hours'
work, it was put- into shape again and
was kept' going over the course until
the finish. The Studebaker 40 horse
power, owned and entered by M. Levy,
a private owner, was making gooa
time, when it ran out of water in its'
radiator. This penalized the car to
ruch ao extent that -the owner consid
ered it not worth while to finish-the
contest-
GOOD WORK AT WHEEL
While the motor cars displayed a
wonderful amount of endurance, yet it
remained for the drivers to be the etar
feature of the contest. Gordon Mur
ry. who was at _the, wheel of the
Inter State, drove a beautiful contest.
For 24 hours lie never left the seat
behind the wheel, and when it is con
sidered that he never drove an Inter
fitate car until last rriday, it speaks
well, both for the driver and the car.
Murry was one of "the drivers who
won the Pelton cup in; the speed rec
[ ord'runs around the bay. W»ien:Mur r
'. ray crossed the- line the spectators,
'' crowding the finishing point, gave htm
'an; ovation \u2666 that had never been j
equaled in this section of California.
Murry. who was not expecting; the
applause, was perceptibly affected. -. -It i
\ was a fitting tribute to as' fine a. piece;
| of - driving as has ever been < seen
I since the automobile came into
exlstenceJflflHKSßß
William Powers, at the wheel, of. the
Buick touring car. carried off the
honors for making- the fastesflap. He
covered the course ml hour 25 minutes
34 seconds. When it Is, considered that
at least ten . minutes was. lost each
round in taking on 'gasoline and. oil,
it can be seen that the car' must* have
been", over the mile ia -minute mark- at
times during the round.
The second best time was. made by
the E-M-F when It covered, the course
in 1 hour 2S minutes 44 seconds.'?
EMEBV I.V THK OH,
George '.Middleton i ..of "the Middleton
motor? car "company., which had, entered
the* Acme, the ; eame car that' made the
record - run \u25a0 at the_ Santa Rosa road
"race, reported after* tSe contest a -nif at)
tricjk thatr«om<j one tried.- tojjlayj I . on
" thi* ; car, "'" which madf a perfect score.
! wi<M!eton reported that when the car
I* Automobile driver's who took a prominent part in the 24 hour endur-;
ance run. The picture to the left is of E. L^Peacock at thelwheel of .the
' Mitchell finishing with a. perfect score.; The picture on the right at the :
I top is of J. H. Eagal at the .wheel of the Studebakcr, which was penal- 1
1 ized because oneof : the other drivers allowed: the, engine to stop. Tne
| lower picture is of Gordon Murray, who drove an Inter State car for
I the whole distance, also winning a perfect score. . ' ..;
came to the control to iiil with gaso- j
line and oil it was found that aroun«l j
the edges of one of the lubricating j
can openings was a lot of fine emery j
•r carborundum.- Upon examination it j
was found that the oil contained aj
large quantity of emery. If /this ha*! j
not ; been noticed and had been used i
it nndoiftftedly woujd have ruined the \
engine and put it out of business be- f
fore the finish. t ; j
One", feature of. the contest which ;
was most striking 'was * the perfect;
mapa^ement. Wthout» question !it r
was the best handl<vl 'event ever held
in this section of the state. There was;
not; a hitch, the -cars were sent away j
as programmed and everything as J
scheduled took place. Sol TX Rogers, j
as chief- of observers, never "left his
post for the 24 hours. « He saw per
sonally that every "car had an ob
server and that he was. competent to
fill 'the position. It was a strenuous
task, inasmuch as he not only had to
keep, a correct; score of the cars, but
had to keep a small army of men al-'
ways on h#nd so- as not to make the
work of the observer too long. An
other position' which calls for a strong
display of executive ability was that
of the clerk of the course, filled- ; by
George Mouhtz. He had to see that
all railroad crossings "were properly
patrolled day and night- to protect the
lives of those in the speeding motor
cars. Last , year thhs was done for -.a
short while, but the organization failed
to last. At , yesterday's event, how
ever, it was different, and for the full
24 hours •'there was .'some, one on guard
at the dangerous points. George E.
Johnson; chief scorer, and C. Kirkpat
rick, chjef. timer, like the others'men
tioned, were ; more7than v ablyj assisted
by.* their, friends' whom they had,, in
duced to give their time to help-man
age' the event.
J L DGES AREA CTI VE [ ."": " - '[
The ' judges — H^*M. x Owens. G. T.
Sterling and \W. M.' Klinger— -yere a
Surprise. >, Generally . those; who" act ' in |
this capacity look upon . it.as in hon
orary position and do not f certr t the
necessity of 'a very active participation
in the. management. Most of the 24
hours there -were < two 'of the '\u25a0 judges
alwaj'sl'on" duty; and there was always
at '-least, one. . After, the eleventh round
the judges canvassed. the score cards,
and when, each car finished ; the last
lap. within Itwo minutes announced the
result of the" particular motor car. The
result was that' before : the last Icar
left the finishing' line the ofHclal re
sults of the contest were. known
A point that was not^figured Jn the
contest, yet was one '.of 7 the greatest
factors. 1 - was;, .the ."tire*, question. \u25a0 'Thfe
showlngTmade- by . the -Diamond, tires,
which: .were on seven of the 'sixteen
cars, was noticeable:; ThefAutocar-was'
equipped? wlth,-Fisk Vtires,-- which, like
the entry"of the same ..make' last year,
played a prominent : part in the win
nlng'.ofCa perfect: score^by the ; car
mentioned.",' In ; fact." the ;" good ; work o f
both thesel makes -is'; becoming .recog
nized by. experts, who^, fight for records;
where the tire questionis of "such im
portariceo \u25a0'}
,- The time made; by the cars
In each: round, of the Is. shown
in < the accompanying table. v
. Practically all the tiremen who -have
been interested in the discussion "con
- cernlng: a; Ulre
changing ;' vcontest
: have : decided ' to
leave ; the matter
wj t hit h e ,S a n
Francisco .motor , club, .and it •will, be
settledin'anTopehcontest." ;.C.*E. .Math
ewson; Pacific ;coaPt-?roanager- r or;the
Diamond; " rubber 4 company. ; however,
feels that he- is still: standing ;bjvhis
K uns -' in"' the; challenge.- that '.he;; issued
and; in ran answer '\u25a0 to /A.-:, C-t Leonard's
letter/- stated that . he took:: exceptions
to I^onard's'lnferencc that : the Dia
mond people "were not /willing /to fenf
ter j a rrlm :' contest. .Ke sayp-that»>he
Informed? one of ;;the. 'committee !;that
the *> Diamond:; - \u0084would •bo very
g'Rd "of < the? opportunity^ to, enter." such
a -contest.*- .*lt;is< his; desire '.-Uia'tv a ;<on
test be "in axcurdauce with his-urisinal
Diamond Still
in Content I
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THE v SA^ ;PK&NeiSCO- CALL; ; JU^E 1;: 1909
challenge, ami that the result be gov
erned by the winning on. total time
on all three rims. [In answer to George
K. Johnson's opeir letter he takes ex
ception, with Johnson on the point that
Johnson is not in a position to contest
in t'-ie three classes, and feels; that if
Johnson cares to join with the- other
dealers that the Diamond will -make
the 'contest against the whole tleldr*.. It
is evident from the conversations along
automobile. row that the Diamond chal
lenge will not be accepted, but the set
tlement question . will , be left to be
thrashed out at trie motor -club's* con
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Fred Moullen, .the former Lick-high
Bchopl athlete and- Jater a member of.
the University of
Oregon's J track
team, is selling:
White steamers in
Eugene, Ore. A
local paper 'gives the following account
of a recent trip he took: "Had' the
Martians been attending strictly to
business, at 5:30 yesterday afternoon
they would- liave observed an ocular
demonstration from this sphere which
would have convinced thejn without ~a
doubt that we are very much alive on
this whirling globule ijf thirsty earth.
•At that time a white streak' sizzled
through the atmosphere of Skinners
butte ; cloyed momentarily a few high
places in the roadway, hurdled four
bends, m its mad career and landed
with a" shriek on top of the promontory.'
At this paiticular moment two .'men
reverently lifted .^he limp form of -a
reporter out of the tonneauand gently
deposited it. upon the lap of earth, the
wide eyed, gibbering victim of «. 'Joy
ride' above the clouds. It might be eje
plained, .in parenthesis, \u25a0;.\u25a0\u25a0 that Moulleh
was \u25a0\u25a0• testing;: a '."2Q .horsepower." White
steamer "over -the uncertain and woozy
dips and slatits of Uhe roadway which
winds around Skinnersbutte. .The. re
porter, the t victim of misplaced; confi
dence, was " 'jolliedV into- making "the
trip, and- with' D.M. Gondan," an- expert
from the factory;; at. the ".. wheel "f and
Moullen, the-third occupant, we started
oiv the whirl wind journey. Upon arriv
ing at: the east gate of the butte.^Moul
lea took out his watch and with a' stand
ing, start the ascent began: Faster
and " faster careened , the grubber shod
wiieels a-round | those -dangerous bends,'
dips and slants, on and up. until; the
whirling landscape; beneath us. looked
like : streaks • of -emerald' paint; on . a
merry go round, while /we longed alter
natelyffora seat"On an ox.cart'and a
life* net to ,drop-into.-. With a final
swish around a bend,; the machine shot
up on- the promontory. wlthTthe re
porter border! ng«on' a: state" of nervous
collapse." On consulting 1 the; stop -.watch,
It .was found.: that the* ascent -of. the;
butte: was made in 1 minute and. lo
seconds."- . ' ' .: \u25a0 . . '
.Auto Stunt in !
: White Steamer
W( A GMfiISS ;
AND BE SATISFIED •
You would never. 'think of: ;
15uying a bicycle 'with* plain
bearings, would you ? - , • ,
- The Curtiss.hasjrolrer. bear- '
•iiig engine.. - f . !
\u25a0 is, long, strong; : easy .ridings ,
"and; a great hill climber. . \u25a0 '
J-Wc have \t\vo size singre; cyl-
inder, two 'sizeVdouble cylinder,-;
28 inch^wheels^and^ bat-
tery or (lnagneto ignition.
Agents wanted iiV every. town.:
S(SEO ; A: FAULKNER
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-.. Pacific Coast- Distnbuter,
35! Twelfth Street,
EXPERTS WATCH
COMPETING CARS
Endurance, Riin Proves a Most
Instructive Compe=
The' importance of the ; 2i hour en
! durance, run . held yesterday can be
realized from the statement of some
of the first owners of motor cars in,
the state, who said that it was by far.
the • most'representative gathering of
motorists ; evei r seen -in ..California. .'ln
the thousands who visited .the start
ing line during the contest ' were seen
many ; expert owners, iwho showed • a
kee-n interest in the competing cars.
They ; would follow them over to the
control' and. examine them minutely to
see the effect ; of- thevhard test. It was
the most instructive; event ever' held
by the ;dealers'- association*. •-
' THE LONG GWND-May 30th and 31st-in the |
|j|| . THE STORY | '\u25a0- \u25a0 % ' \
X 16 cars entered. 6 other makes of tires divided the remainder. j
! 7of the entrants chose Diamond Tires. :5; cars finished with perfect scores : <\
> 2 cars equipped with next: nearest competitor 's make Acme— lnter "State— Autocar— Mitchell^4o— Velio |
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> 18,312 miles, and not one -Diamond Tire showed a rim cut, a . jPPvr ' \u25a0 X..; 'm&>' sua sM V_*£i v
J v . separation of fabric^ a blowout or any other, form of defect :; MOUNT AIN TREAD -TIRES .-. $
p of any kind. .; ; • - (Both casings and tubes) \u2666
fr ."•.>. To any one who can bring us a Diamond Tire used in ] iave won ALL the big coast events so far this year: f
| . this contest that showed a defect of any kind we will give The San Francisco-Los Angeles road record. / : 4
f • AC * C T\* _iil ll T # '"' * The Los Angeles-San Diego round trip record. : '4
I . A bet Ol UiainOnd lireS The Los Angeles-Santa Barbara record. «
V FrCS of ChSLffG The San Leandro 24 hour endurance test- r j
> Every winning car with Diamond Tires was , IV ! WHAT A LONG TAIL OUR KITE HAS!! *\
\ brought home with the original air— no pump being applied DIAMOND DEMOUNTABLE AND .MARSH QUICK 4
y throughout. \ ' •* ' r' .. ACTING RIMS "" 4
>.' — .pronounced mechanically perfectly the best automobile 1
I• ;\u25a0 Tire instruction book for the asking. . • engineers, j
THE DIAMOND RUBBER COMPANY j
I SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES SEATTLE 4
* . . C. E. MATHEWSON, Pacific Coast Manager. . _ <
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PERFECT "SCOReI
Gordon Murry, drives full 24. hours |
without leaving wheel showing |
the ease and perfect control of the |
INTER STATE 1
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"tionsvstem, with imported EisemamMagneto'; wheel" J
112 iuches; tireb, 34x4. % : «
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' Immediate Deliveries |
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ELAPSED TIME Ofi AUTOS IN m&M vttat
TWENTY>FOURHOURENpURJ*NCEsHyN
'^ ; cars : ; |?1' |Pl^|?l ;. : |?i |H !?>•. | : H v |P "f? 1 if-- j.^ \'v
1 Apperson". ........::....... 1:34:3T 1T57:15 1:59:29 2:04:4!> 2:(U:57 3:0fi:40 2:«i«| : ?jJ?:!g}s^44S?lS!Si iISISj'^HZI
2 Bulck ,4o hp. .........:..;. 1:47:03 1:52:18 1:49:31 2:14:20 .2:15:57 .2:11:20 I:39:W| :2 i :W ; » ; ± USSM liwloo 2:43:«
3 Mitchell 20 bp.:........... 1:40:04 l:r.!):15 .1:50:36,1:31^3 1:34:30 2:43:54 1:52:06 .J;*A^(. *:S^S tr^loT l:::0:4«t 3:42:30
4E-M-F ........:.....:..... 1:20:44 1:47:44 s l:4«:31 :i:S9:3O l:M:0l Z^:^ il|Sl:» \3y S \:^\ x\V\k ] iSrsi
SWihton ................... l:3H:14 l^S:ls 1:S8.:W 1:54:22 1:58:30 2:5«:36 ;2:lS:04 3 21:30 ]:|^ \:\- t^\ 2:23:45! 2:39:01
RVelte, 1:33:15 2:07:01 1:45:37 .2:00:43 2:20:54 1:38:21 1:42:K IS3 13 \-*%£\\ \:\\u 1:31:.^ 3:14:11
7Stud*»bakpr. 1:36:09 1:37:3$ 1:40:10 1:43:34 2:23:04 1:57:26 l:V?:4O J:33-W I. : Ssij i-'^a *
S Bulck (White Streak) ..... .1:54:34 T:41:BR 2:00:22 2:25:21 1:58:37 2.-09:37 2:O4:3B }\u25a0**]}*, t i^ioii \u25a02:33:1* 3:«: M
9 Mitchell 40 hp... ........... .1:45:39 2:01:19 1:40:21 2:07:50 '.1:58:00 1 :26:33 'lsM* I^7 05 J|29:» ( I.^ oi 1:43I :43: ,)X 2:24:04
n Autocar .......:::..:...... a:42:38 1:59:48 1:44:04 l:3S:13 '2:11:32 1:22:45 .2:08:04 1:35.-1 1.41.-^ _.v..<* ; -^
1 1 Auburn ..... ...... ..:: 2:01:44[ Out 1 . \u25a0 J • ' ,J «., 0 .-»' i «. 41 ..»s i ',
2 I>uroo«r :........:;........ . 1 Out ' l:34:10t 2:43:4« 1;33:43. -ZA0.0.. ..41.J»
3 Speedwell ...:r :.:. 11:41:22 ,2:08:5» \u25a0 ' I I- • »\u25a0'..„.,?.,. . ft .-.. i*t-*I l-30:21{ 3:00:32
4 Inter State :.[ 1:38:33 ll 53 14 2:01:2S:. 1:52:511 1:55:34; 1:4S:19 l:40:2>; 1:44:Z:; *•**?£ 1-22^0 i: 14 : 22 3:05:44
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BlStudebaker 40 lip. ........ .(.2:50:32 - - I I ") i '." " - i ' ' ' ' 1
'Jt Rene ~J. Marx, manageriof the local
house of : the s ' Renault \u25a0: Freres .selling
*>r»— iti — >; branch,- left .last
night for Portland,
where-he will
;'s pen d• a w e ek.
: - ... Marx has gone to
the northern" city tolbe.on handto re
ceive the first shipment of -Renault tax
icabs, which" will ;be; put Into 'the serv
Rene J. Jlant^
Goes >"ortli
ice of a taxicab company. Upon hi 3
return to this city Marx will then go
to Los- Angeles for a week, where he
will attend to the Renault interests,
and from the southern city Marx -will
go to New Orleans,' where he will es
tablish a new, agency. '
ASSOCIATION -TO MEET— Valentine Schmidt,
president of , the Polk . street district assoela
fir THE
I Marion Flyer I
I ENPURANCE RUN J
B '\u25a0'-•'• Because every car Ayas soid even to the demgnstrators.
fi The great-demand for thes^". makes of cars has made it impossible l|
H for us to-enter local contests /so far this season.
1 The cars of low price and cost of upkeep |
I AN HONEST MONEY VALUE |
I MARION FLYERS S |
H Toy. tonneaus and* five passenger touring cars; four cylinder. |?
P 35 horsepower. /f'g^gy^rri^f^Sjßll^g! »:^y?'!"^*!^-^ 22 * 000 fi
L ~ :-. .; GVERLANDS p
| WILLYS^SIX i |
fj .'Four passenger, toy tonneau; 6 cylinder, 45 horsepower. ?2,400 n
I MODEL 30 • |
H - Single fumble roadster; 4 cylinder. 30 horsepower $1,550 N
P Double bucket roadster; 4 cylinder, ,30 horsepower.. . ..$1.400 fe
y Coupe, including regular single rumble -roadster body; H
0 : -4 -cylinder, 30- horsepower. .'..:".......;.\u25a0 91»T50 ij
y '_ Five passenger touring car; 4 cylinder, 30 horsepower. .91*550 B
H "" Single or- double bucket roadster; 4 cylinder. 30 horse- |^
B ; power ..,«J-.;\.;v. ............... ••-.•• .. $1,650 E
H. Four or five passenger touring car; 4 cylinder. 30 horse- |
H power .....: $1,650 1
B/iVtjOvO'.- models FULLY equipped .with Lamps, Toul<». Horns and High I
\u25a0 ''*\u25a0\u25a0"" kSS Tension Magneto. *
If "';-%«. Prices are FrO. B.San Francisco. £
1 WRITE OR CALL- FOR DEMONSTRATION*. 5
I WILLYS OVERLAND MOTOR CAR CO.
| : ; DON C: McCORD, Manager g
r s3o; Golden Gate f Aye. _Phone Franklin 4410 Jf
--Weekly CalL^ $1 per Year- -
tion. has c«lled • general ™* tl **J*l*'-g'
canizatlon t« be held at the California cluh
hall. 1750 Clay street, at 8 o'ctoc* Thursday
etenlns, June 3. -
DX HOLLEK AS WBESTLES— Kans** tlty.
\f«T 31 — Dr B. F. Roller won a handicap
wrootllne m«t<-h h«e tcfflight. throwinK Lw
KSVlte «d Jim GalTln ia .tr.ljhtJ.lls.wUh
no Intermission. Purd'llo w«g ttrown In 28
minutes and GalTln In 11 minntea.