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soldiers were killed.AUTO RACES AT FAIR. *» CJ.theTQCVr50U1vvhiGOFirBig Events Staged for Sunday and Monday, Sept. 17 and 18.Sioux City, la.—Secretary Joe Morton; of the Interstate Live Stock Fair, believes he has the greatest array of dirt track driving talent ever assembled for an automobile race meet in the northwest. The auto races at the Interstate fair will be held Sunday .and Monday, September 17 and 13, the, opening days of the 1916 show.Among those that will bring their ; space-destroyers to Sioux City to par-: ticipate in the battle for the $4,000 in cash prizes will he Eddie Heame, former speedway champion of the world; Johnny Raimey, the- half-mile track champion; Louis LeCocq, daring young French pilot; Dave Koetzla, of Italy; Johhny Mais, of Indianapolis; Al. Striegel, of Kansas City, and others.The entries will not close until September 15, and Secretary Morton is j ^ trying to land “Wild Bill” Endicott, and j M his Sweeney Special; and Art Kiine I ei.Icaiboiribatda;be*fifitoCfcchthwihrteScbiw;and the Kline Special.The Briscoe Motor Company of Jackson, Michigan, have entered Hearne and LeCocq; while Raimey will tool a •Maxwell and Striegel a Case. Mais will appear at the wheel of his own special creation which he calls a Mais Special; while Kectzla has cut down z Marmon 34 and made it into a speed \ V wagon. Clif. Woodbury, the young Duesenberg star, has also signed an entry blank.The Maxwell that Raimey will drive is the same machine that enabled Eddie Rickenbacker to win the Sioux City speedway race in 1915, while the Duesenberg is the exact car that j i “Rick” romped home to victory at the c rate of 7S.6 miles per hour in 1914. The motor fans of this section of the country are well aware of the speed of the Maxwell and Duesenberg.Secretary Joe Morton is also attempting to arrange a matched race between Elfreida Mais, “queen of the \ t earth” and Ruth Law, “queen of thedair.” Miss Mais Is coming to Sioux j lt;City to drive her special car in exlii- I i bitions, while Miss to is under con- i * tract to make three flights daily. Sec- j 1 retary Morton has put up a purse of ! $500 for the race between the two j women champions. They have prom- • ised him an answer this week. j
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Maurice Times
Maurice, Iowa, US
Sat, Sep 16, 1916
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