| Show o R iJ S C FRANK K BAKER BAKER- E i C When hen Sir Malcolm Campbell conquered a blowout t at t miles an hour hopr and went on on to set set st a new land tr cord cora o of miles mies an hour it w was s another r vindication or Ab Jenkins Jenkins- the Uti Utahn n who pioneered auto racing tn the saline course to s. s The day after he and ana Tony Gulotta drove Abs Ab's horse t to o a worlds world's s hour 24 record of miles k h an an n hour he took me across the flats on a demonstration ride He spun his car in its own length at 70 to 80 BO mi miles es an hour T just to prove prove it could be done without upsetting the machine P. P No INo he mused I III dont don't believe Sir Malcolm need worry about upset upsetting Ig on this track I am quite sure he lie could blow blowout out outa a tire without upset upsetting ng The salt is too hard and smooth for tor the Wheels to dig into th the the- roadway roadway-if roadway if you can k keep ep them from Abs Ab's opinion was borne out in the north run of Campb Campbells Campbell's ll's official trial A front left tire exploded just after Bluebird flashed through through- the measure measured l mile The car s swerved of course but ut Sir Sir- Malcolm alcolm pulled back Aback onto the course and brought his Ih ton six ton car to a safe halt four miles farther farther- at z- z down the track t With only four and a half haIr inches road clearance nce Bluebirds Bluebird's Bluebirds Bluebird's Blue Blue- birds bird's cen center cr of gravity is so sq low that the big ig car would be beI t. t I hard to upset but even so lit it could be rolled over if the 7 wheels dug into the thc roadway qt t t high speed t. t Be Because au c Sir Malcolm 1 got hway safely does not mean that the sa sat t flats are arc rc accident It simply means menns that tl the oak like salt snit offers a a far better better- fighting chance than a softer tr track ck would provide In cheating Old Lady Fate and her chief ally Law ally Law J- J of f Averages Average Sir Averages Sir Sir Malcolm Malcohn c can be mighty thankful that lie Fie had his tire tire- trouble tire trouble on such a hard track All Campbells Campbell's conf confreres eres of and better have already gone to t that at Valhalla from which none returns and nd except for his miraculous escape after the tire fail fail- Hire JUre Sir Malcolm would have gone to that Valhalla too Henry Seagrave the first firs to tOI beat w went nt out oui speedboatIng speedboat speedboat- f. f Ing aro around n J 00 O miles an hour Keech died on the roaring road U it at t Altoona Lee Bible credited with and Frank Lockhart who made were killed in inthe the wreckage of their own cars They died just barely topping stopping Campbell has come on onto onto i to ever increasing new neVi records record boosted from his in 1928 to in in n 1931 in ill 1932 in 1933 last February at Daytona Dayton Beach each and 01 this month on the salt saIt flats Sir Malcolm rode to his greatest achievements on a veteran veter-an Bluebird thoroughly proved and endeared to the great pilot by y its repeated successes S ci i. i When other challengers come along they'll be working be-working to a great extent with experimental machines particularly th the American drivers who vho would like t to return the speed l i laurels ur r ls Is to the United States Some few failures Will vill be ben n not t 1 at all unlikely unlikely perhaps perhaps fraught with disaster disaster until until de dependable de- de automobiles can be test tested d. d j j 4 Bobby Jones h has imide two holes in n one one The first f J- came t on n the 17 yard 5 yard l th hole at East ast Lake Atlanta tJ nta T o 4 hon o lt-n t- t in 1927 Theother he other er was va de n nhe he a. a Hill 11 Course COure Augusta ug sta Georgia a No Nb 7 pitch ih shot I l f to toV a h hilltop 11 top green in in 1931 I- I t k- k V It was suggested that his batting av average rage on holes' holes in one f might ight be interesting if it an estimate could be made on the number numer num- num her ber er pf of pf hol holes s he has played during his care career r on which an ace was feasible the feasible the par 3 3 ho hol holes hos s. s JC So an Associated Press ress scribe took a pad and pencil and andl l jotted down the approximate statistics Figuring he played on an average of four times a week from l through 1930 April April- to September inclusive e once a week r. r Buring the six winter months months' and about two rounds a week in he five live y years ars since his Kis retirement the statistician estimated Jones ones had made hole 18 tours ours That meant B Bobby had played a total otal of holes with In an average ye age of four par 3 holes per round or shot one-shot ir greens ens I t- t Having aced two of them Bobby has averaged one hole in one in chances |
