The evening world. Newspaper, August 26, 1916, Page 5

oe Mad ten’s Fellowshi Wins at Big Odds What You Should Know About Your Auto; How To Drive and Keep It -¢ Eapert Advice How to Keep Automobiles Running Smoothly end the Best Way to Remedy Machine Trouble— Tratlic Suggestions and Pleasure Routes for Evening World Readers. By GEORGE H. ROBERTSON. M ANY are ebildres mobiles times when injured by aw Mt te because drivers of ma chines are negligent and leave thelr cars unguarded at the curb. This carelessness of the dri brought to Hgbt in an invest of @ recent street aceld electric truck was left standing at the curb, and while the driver was absent at luneh several children climbed up and took possession of the driver's seat aud began playing with the operating controls, The truck started and both children were thrown to the pavement, one Fecetving a broken leg. Accidents of this sort happen frequently and pre- _ NEWS Veative measures should be enforced, When a motor vehicle ts left standing without an attendant, measures @bould be taken to prevent the operation of the machine by any one but the regular driver. If it be an electrical conveyance a lock or plug awitch @hould be installed, and if it ts a gasoline vehicle tt should e compulsory that the motor,be stopped, the switch locked and the brakes set properly Automodiie Kliior ——— The exhaust valves on a 1908) ing question? If an automobile going Packard are not opening fully, Fam nor at a north at a fast rate of speed turns @bdle to insert four thicknesses of east which wheels will leave the ‘eardboard and a cigarette box be-| ground, the outside or inside wheels? tween tappet and valve stem. Would I i Pg = n Ay the wheels do tie ean ate 9 leave the ground? this cause the motor to over CONSTANT RBADER, The inlet valves are set to the thick- nens of a piece of newspaper dou- bled. When t car is started on the battery, spark advanced one- third, and thrown over to the mag- Reto it slows down when the car is touching at a speed * of 10 to 13 miles an hour. The spark has to be fully advanced; otherwise the radiator boils” Does this prove that motor Is timed late, or magneto, battery and timing are O. K.? J. F. MARTIN, This is altogether too epening between valve tappet and im. Ordinarily the thickness Fight for either exhaust or inlet. If yeu care to be more exact, tine fet .003 inch and exhaust .004 inch. Your magneto stem is incorrect, be- Ing eet much too late. Sot it so that the interrupter breaks on dead centre (upper) when spark lever on wheel le fully retarded. Awtomobile Editor Kindly inform me (1) where I @an secure a book on full particulars of a self-starter; (2) A book on @torage batterics; (3) How often to 4M the batteries with distilled wa- ter; (4) How is it that while driv- fing a White about fifteen miles an hour or over on third speed I can- mot shift back to second without grinding of the gears unless the car slowed down-to about four iniles @n hour? eee GREEN (1) The Horse! 6 Publishing pany, 440 cA Venu Fieve Journal Company, 23! Wer " rty-ninth 8 “ae Every ten hie i there or forward, it @ary to get the desired gears on | geal and main shafts running at rly equal fr eh the case of shifting from third to gecond, after throwing the gear lever into neutral position, drop in the clutch, at the same time Speeding up the motor, and then Automobile Editor I have a 1913 Bulck. with radiator retting hot, boiling and teaming on rides of ten miles, Have had radiator cleaned, pump cleaned, time checked up rbu ad- fusted, but cannot seem to correct the Have trouble trouble, Can you offer any suxges- tion to stop It” FL. KAM It would scem that either the water does not circulate properly, due to some obstruction in the wa- hose or radiator tubes, fan is not driven proper- owever, would suggest that ou check up your timing again and E A leaner mixture in the carbu- incorrect valve setting, giegg Jed muffler or exhaust pipe eieing continuously on low gear, o ' slipping clutch will cause over- heating. Possibly you do not run with the ie advanced far enough, Wiil 1 kind MOTORISTS’ PROBLEMS SOLVED fore- 1 to be Chaittfeure "aad Tats dake course tn our and Fyening Classes: also priv tmstraction at hours to suit convenience, Special Classes for La Call or write for booklet, Stewart Auto Scheol BITH ATREET (at Broud: CHAUPFELIUN EXAMINA LION: Avro hr 1 @4 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. | . considerably | large an! ed as possible. | | The wheels on the inside will tend to leave the ground, due to centrifu- gal force. In the above ci the | right hand whi will tend ave the ground, Automobile Biter | I would like to become an auto racer, How can I start? Could my friend and L appear at the Sheepshead Hay track for a trial? If Ll make over | 90 miles an hour, which Tam sure I could do easily, will they put me ina race? A READER, Apply to the American Automobile Association, No. 437 Fifth Avenue, utomobile Ralitor: | Will you kindly publish the ad- | dresses of the following firms: Delco Starter Company, Christian Starter Norman E, Henley Pub- npany. J. J. BRADY, Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company, No, 329 East First Street, Dayton, G. The closest | oan find f No, 2 is N. A. Christian Company, fe 4): 847 Thirtieth Stre ilwau & Co, Ne. 130 ork, Automobile Kastor 1 have a 1916 Ford touring car, Can T take @ chance to ride to Baltimore, Md., with the above mentioned cart? Please state the conditon of the roads, GASTER, f your oar is in good condition you ra id not have, so far ae the car is concerned, the slightest hi about making the trip. | bell will find the roads gen ROUTES WANTED BY EVENING WORLD READERS, From Newark, N. J. to Washing- | ton, D. C.: Newark, Elizabeth, Metuchen, New Brunswick, Princeton vianasions Tren: ton, Langhorne, Bustleton, Ogontz, Philadelphia, Darby, , Pas Wilmington, Del.; | Newark, Del, Ellston, Havre d 8 timore, burg and Washington, The conditions of roads for a vord| from New York to Baldwin, N. Y,, on! Lake George, GEORGE T. BYRNES. As nearly as | can make, Baldwin is between Rogers Rocks and Ticon-| deroga, so will give route for the lat- tor place, Roade in general are good. New (York City, Yonkers, Tarry: town, Ossining, Harmon, Peekskill Fishkill Village, Fi Rhine ak Glens Falls, L Sayamore, Sabbath Day, Silver Bay, Hague, Rogers Distance about George, Point, Rocks, Ticonderoga. | 240 m Dire route from New York City to Cleveland, O., and general condi- tion of roads, V. @MINONT. West Forty-second Street Ferry, Montclair, Morristown, Hackett town, Qelaware Water Gai jburg, Wilkes - Barre, Williamaville, Trout Run, Port Allegheny, Bradford, Jamestown, Blockville, Erie, | Springfield, Pa.: Ashtabula, | Toughby, Cleveland. Distance, miles. Roads v dood. Shortest route from New Toe city} Danville, Da. b. Wen Gta indeed enalrhicieth Street Ferry, Englewood, Hacken- sack, Ridgewood, Pompton, New foundland, Branchville, Sayton, N. | Dingman's Ferry, Pa. High’ Falls | Hotel, Blooming Grove, Salem, Scran- |ton, Hyde Park, Pittston, Wilkes- Barro, Nanticoke, Berwick, Blooms: burg, Danville. (This also answers a Reader's re- 597.1 y from poor to very te Johnston, Williams, peorehg e Ae ale bakiae than eheieinn cle |e 4 tien 1 Church, Kumagae and possibly Karl/ sul the Americana, may surprise at wctana Behr—are considered favorites. To| their Nippon opponent by rushing him 4 are select any one of them as the next|“t the net, for K has yet to| + R} national champion is like risking| the won ™Pid-ft of attack ati | x i | something on the roll of a dive box The feature mateh Monday will be |) i Hse % | JOHNSTON HAS BEST INDIVID. | the meetings of MeLoushtin and Ward | g ory theese i i UAL CHANCE. Dawson, another Californian, and se rm og ; + William Johnston and Clarence Grit- “3 il rn William M, Johnston, the 118-pound] fin’ for the national! doubles cham. | 8 f 4 Californian who defeated MeLougii-| Plonship. | MeLourh!in and “Dawson Ht | breaking . ho| Won the right out West to ohallenge “o Mn in @ heart-breaking match for tho) Tonnaton and Griffin, The match will | wurity * ttle last year, probably has the best | an }s ‘ FEB BVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916. F ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT American Favorites and Jap Who Promises To Wage Hard Battle for National Title sag a Big Tennis Tourney Upens Here on Monday ern Sole | William M, Jahbnston National Tennis How to fi From Troublesome Uphill Positions and the Proper Aliowance to Make for the Wind Uy Alex Smith (Former National Open hampien wT ' vine / ' . t ' ‘ ie ve ert with ty beck of the b f wt f ' . c ’ foot ‘ * foot th be pe ne © poor shot T ‘ ndall her golfers, will fad tf they @tane f an up 1 the that the club mall coming down, # sharp 4 ut if t feet are t teet sb Will enter the ground and not go through Coming over Nille and bunkers novice Will be bothered considerably by winds, especially If the course te open, If the wind is blowing from the right, it te well to play dire sto it, We eure to turn wrists over @ ute eat the time of rting the ball in order to wet Just @ little pull into It. othe pull begin to take effect the wind will keep it more in ve ene direction of the hole. cade ee On the other hand, tf the wind comes in from the left, the only thing to do ts to play t and many ¥ tt with a amb ertatnly are If you are a little fearful about #lletng, aim a little further to the left, and the foree Kk in line with the hole To do this the iaht foot and the hands must come through the club head, With a rear wind take a position somewhat tn back of the ball, in order that it may be picked up the club head starts to rise, ‘The tdea is to get it as high as possible in the alr #0 that the wind will be able to carry tt with full force The beat Up for playing bad liew te not to regard them too Noginners usually think that bunkers and tape « they really are, Onee ina bunker or trap t only way to escape is to hit the ball harder than thin extra force bringing the balla out it only au further in, The one thing to remember is that t already cost one #troke. ertousty. dang 4 than believe that the sual, Hut instead of seeds in putting them » ball In difficulty haw the only logical plan to pursue te more ekly Knowing this, to get the ball out for a good open shot, With more experience in these shots the novice will soon find he te eaining better direction and distance, and then bunkers and other danger spots will begin to lose their terror. It te rather strange that mont golfers practise carefully how to keep out of bunkers, but they never learn how to get out when once in. No mat. ter how @trong the player, he ts bound to hit into difficulties now and then, and his acore won't amount to much If he doesn't know how to play out of bunkers with tho fewest number of strokes, ‘Try to prevent the throwing away of two or three strokes on a bunker play that should only require one shot, Twelfth of a golf ae once a week as an One Hundred and ‘Twenty-eight Players En- tered for All-Comers’ Tournament, the World Series of the Tennis Season, at! Forest Hills Starting Monday. by Aler Smith which appeared on these page BK orld caused the tennis world to rather doubt Johnston's ability to cling to his title for another year, but the young Californian is not likely to do} any experimenting next week and ll be very much on the j Maurice McLoughlin is being re. garded as the great “outside fact mainly because he has not perforined in the East this year and no one ap parently knows his true physical dition, If Red Mac ts “right” full command of his old speed, then there's very apt unexpected upsets before the | round is reach DICK WILLIAMS IS ALWAYS Al CONTENDER By William Abbott. HE All-Comers tournament, the world's series of the ten- nie season, starts Monday on the turf courts of the West Side| Clwd at Forest Hills. There are 128 players entered for the champlon-| ship, all the foremost American! cracks and the extra attraction of an international invasion consisting of an Austrian Count, a Russian and those two Japanese wizards Itehiya Kumagae and M. H, Mikamt. Unlike the old Newport days, when Giants Trade Fred Merkle For Catcher Lew McCarthy Fred Merkle, the first baseman who lost the Giants the National League pennant in 1908 by his failure to touch second base in a game to be final | William Larned was a perenntal| Dick Williams, the player with t! with the Cubs, has been traded to the Dodgers for Catcher Lew Lio champion, this year's tournament! United Baton Ie mlWaye a neatadea. || Carthy. No other players or money 1s involved, ‘The Dodgers are badly won't be soft pickings for any par-| When Harvard Dick is real good he's |} 12 need Of a first sacker on account of Captain Daubert’s injury, while ticular star, There are too many young brilliant stars who will be a) practically invineible, but Mr. Will the Glants are in the same boat regarding a backstop, Rariden having ams ts also provokingly erratic, and been hurt recently and the team having no worthy substitute. The ; ciel jin one of his bud spells may be rudely Menace to the favorites tn every) siminated by some second rater. \ players will probably fill their new roles to-day. Merkle has been round of the tournament to say) George Church, formor intercolleg! with the New Yorks since 1907, while McCarthy went to Brooklyn BCUIIDE: OF. 130 Se hot In 1912 from Newark, the International League champions of that year, will be waged between William M. Johnaton, the defending title-holder; Dick Williams, Maurice McLoughlin, battle that/ate champion, is another who must | be watched closely. This youngster's speed and brilliancy at the net will cause trouble for any one. Then we have Itchiya Kumagae of George Church and Kumagae, the| Japan, who has been cutting « wide — Jap, before the question of tennle/ path in tennis cirien thin gearcne | MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGES | first time he ever swung a racket in | supremacy 1s settled, this country, Mr, Guinagne has un. Compiled by Moreland Nens Bureau For at least three days the West| limited endurance, considerable ten omer vy! i | Side courts will be cluttered up with | Nis cunning and the knack of teasing | .|his opponent by accurately ni Amert League, a Averni Nal al League Matting Averages, fennle talent vntit sliminations Fe | hie shots along the aide linen The erieny Sean ed in ecnta of plane who have. played fi ot | duce the fleld to those possessing real | Jap ‘has beon wonderfully mnceesatul Mt ws, Including Aug. championship ability, Yet out of the| to date because his opponents h nd Clube, ast great fleld of starters just a few—| foolishly attempted to swat baselin Detrov a drives with him, and Kumagae i. “Trot be played at & individual chance, yet anything Likely to happen in a long elimination contest, and young Johnston ts not any too strong in enduranc®, which is @ potent factor the way the court | gamo ts played nowadays Mrs. Letts Wins li Western Title Johnston, in his exhibitions this! season, has displayed a fondness for} GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aue | leaving his favorite position in mid-| Mrs. Fred ©, Letts gr. of einels | court to go back to the base line for] the new champion of nen Hay es iica Glin nia pemertul cares | Western leit Aesoclation, Kha detent twa | arm drives. Kumagae beat him for! Miss Laurie Katser of | the Casino Cup at Newport for this) cago, 3 up and 1 to p'ay | very reason, even though the national | round of hamp 1 champion berately pla the |on the Inks in the b up. | Jap's game. Just before this defeat| Playing with an accurs 1 i Johnston was Walloped by Dick Wili-| played tn no other mg jams in the feature match of th | Hee holes, "woing, out East-West series, These two defeat d strokes under par for wor ue Hitchers’ Re ating Ay Wt American Lenkwe quest for route to Scranton.) Best roads from Now York Clty to Montvale, N L, LESHURZ, One ‘Hundred and ‘Thirtisth Street Ferry, Englewood, Oradell, Aetn Westwood, Park Ridge, Montval Distance 19.8 mil Re roads and Flushing to South Durham, A distance from N. ¥. . GAY, and Thirtioth Street Hackensack, Hohokus, Suf- Vailsgate, Newburgh, ightsbury Pond, Kings: Evesfort, West Camp, South One Hund 0, Acra, Cc Distance 133.7 miles, Durham. i MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS AND STANDING ' He NEOUL TO AI i National League 16 Clube, W.L. PC.| Clubs, W.L. PC, Web, PC, i Brooklyn ..69 42 622] Pitte'yh...52 60 .464| Boston. 65 56.537 % Boston....66 42 .604| St. Louis, 63 65 .449| Nt. Loule. 66 56.541 | c 65 56 .537 $ Phila... 65 47 .580 | Chicage., 62 65 .444| Dewolt . 66 67 60 467 th N.York 486 | Clete’ 4676.70] N, York. 64 65 538! Phils. 26 vi .216 # Results of Games Yesterday. F Now York, 6; Pittsburgh, 2 (11 in St. Louis, 5; New Yor | ‘Cineinnati, Detrolt, 2; Reston, 1 i ty Chicago, jon. 5; Chicago, 2 » i 4. Leoule, 6; Philadelphia, § (11 innings 4,13; Phila, 9 (at game wo vl'd,10; Phila, 2 2d game) me Games To-Day. St, Louis at New York. oie’ Chicago at Washin Deweit at Lesion Cleveland at Philadelphia New York at Pitteburgh Brooklyn at Cincini Wo t Chirage hiladelpbia at St, Louls Do Boston, Philadelieria Toule (Gala) Wasmugton