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, 1915.NUMBER 26» A HG SUCCESS;uperin-annualcountyM. E. The«achers 'in}; theTWELVl TROXrSAVl) PEOPLE ATTEND THE TWO DATS miL CLIMB.session ^; Shambaugh of Lafavette and Ghevro-tior» of » issue,1let of Michigan the Favoritesid satis-'ippreci- ji: From iDeai^her. IImd the! lint; the enou};h * week, are the •rest me entireFormer Furnished Some Thrills With a Crippled Car; Street Dance and Band Concert.here both days in char^^e. Mr. Kicker has othciated at some of the blgjtest auto events in the country and knows the rules from start to finish. Although one of the big guns in the automobile racing world he was notostentatious, but worked with andassisted the local promoters in making the event a successful one. Before leaving for home, Thursday evening he told the editor:“You have the best hill world for hill climbs. It tortuous and a menace like other hills but is steep and a straightaway. If your club will offer some substantial cash prizes next year you can get several of the notable racers here.*’He was accompanied by his wifeinisthenotThe seventh annusl automobile hill; climb, promoted by the Newport who is a pleasant lady and who said Motor Club, of which .lamesC Barker she enjoyed herse). more than heris president and F. W. Ingram, secre-; husband. We want them both totary, which was held on Newport's, come again.famous straight a»ay hill. 1,600 feet Besides the president, secretary and long, 140 feet high with a grade of j representative Dr. I. M. Case-lt;ewport! beer acted a.s referee, Clayton Hudson' Thursday was a successful event. ^ ^j^rter and Fred Calvert of Rook.or, and m heard superin-i aboutI: ‘‘Any heartilyOpinions vary as to whether the crowdville on the technical committee.was as large as In former years but it. Then there were several timers and war big enough. Conservative ®sti-imators place the attendance the firstthe in-irranged lusic for eaehers. vocal so-«achers, piano so-ina Aikare twomised toThe electrical timing device wasday at 3,000, the second day at .000;„,,de and installed by George Car-Ich are a utes are very onely years tures or Kunt of d in the ana andand fully 4,000 attended the bandctm-cert and street dance Wednesdaynight.No accidents occurred to mar the pleasures of the two big days but Charles Shambaugh of Lafayette furnished some thrills the morning of the second day in bis Shambaugh special. He bad a powerful Duesen-berg motor on a light chassis. This made the front end of the machinetoo heavy for the rear part of it andcaused the light end to whip from one side of the road to the other as a wbip-cracker or was up in the air most of the time. During one of his trials during the forenoon he did notpenter, electrician for the Citizens Telephone Company of Newport.The following are the events, cars, drivers and time made during the two davs:FIRST DAYEvent No. I—First, Chevrolet,driven by Brown, of Fort Wayne; time 211 sec; second, Saxon, driven by Patterson, of Michigan: time 23 sec.; third, Chevrolet, driven by Roberts, of Ladoga, Ind., time 28 sec.; fourth, Brubeck, driven by Brubeck, of Rockville, Ind , time 29 sec. Trophy, sliver loving cup.Event No. 2.—First, Chevrolet,TI) begin 1:45 a. mhave good control of his mai^hine and j ‘driven by brown, time 20.fi sec.; secit swerved from one side of the course to the other on north Main street, causing the crowd standing along the side of the street to scatter hurriedly. Some of them had narrow escapesond, Saxon, driven by Patterson, time 22.4 sec.: third, Chevrolet, driven by Roberts, time 29.7 sec. Trophy, sliver loving cup.Event No. 3. —First, Shambaugh,from being hit by the car. A little {driven by Saries, of Lafayette, time, later, on the steep part of the hill, 120.3 sec.; second, Chevrolet, driven by the racerskidded from one side of the ; Brown, time 20 fi s c. Trophy, silver road to the other. It was then that i loving cup.forenoon ^ strappedlists of'aylor C. rd; assis-t: music lund: 7’sand 6's,s Gladys [). Graceon the rear end for ballast.Event No. 4.—(Vermillion county, I lud )—Chevpjiet, driven by Marietta,It was not generally known but he ; of Universal, Ind , time 30 5 sec. Onlyraced ail afternoon with a crippled machine. In the first event he broke,in some way, the clutch, which gave him trouble in starting Che machine. As the racer bounced around so muchentrant. Trophy, silver loving cup, gold lined.Event No. 7.—(Parke county, Ind.) —First, Brubeck, driven by A. Bni-beck, time 28.4 sec.; second, Overland it was difficult for Shambaugh to hitjdriveu by H. E. Brubeck, time 32.2 the electrical timer. In one event he i Trophy, silver loving cup, goldh.residing y escaped five-pas-. ten foot the £u-rertumed was badly I only oc-missed it was given another trial and on contest lost the event, it going to Arthur Chevrolet. With all his bad luck he carried off the honors of the professional day and made the beat time of the climb—event number 5 in 18 seconds, the record of the hill being Ifi 4-5 secfnds.The Perrysville band furnishedmusic the first day of the climb andlined.Event No. 8—(Vigo county, Ind.)— Chevrolet, driven by Martin of Terre Haute, time 42 9. Trophy, silver loving cup. gold lined.Event No. 12 —(Tippecanoe county, Ind.)—First. Shambaugh. driven by Sarlea, time 21.2 sec.; second, Saxon, driven by Patterson, time 22.4 sec.gave a concert in the court house I Trophy, silver loving cup.yard Wednesday evening, before a Event No. 13 fStaats-Ravnes event
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