Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 19 | Veteran King of Auto Road Here for Short Visit

VI Veteran King of Auto Road Here for Short Visit I II I Cannonball Baker Tells of Latest Thrills as 5 Speed Driver In Chicago they say that every everyman everyman everyman man has his racket and my racket is breaking automobile touring records records rec rec- said Erwin Cannonball Baker Saturday after arriving in Salt Lake City from Los Angeles where he lie has been habitually breaking speed records for the past few months And truly that must be Mr 11 Bakers Baker's respective racket for the fact that he lie holds more records than the combined totals of any four other otIler motor drivers in inthe inthe inthe the world today certainly warrants the statement Cannonball Baker is the meteor of the motor world Twenty five years in the racing business he be has been flirting with death and danger daner without any mishap Ninety four times acro across s the continent he knows every bit of territory in the United States as if it were his own back yard ard NEW RECORD While Mr Ir Bakers Baker's records are quite as numerous as as the thc sands of the seas a few marks may be quoted that he lie has set in western I America to tell of his speed Last Monday night he drove his Franklin Frankin Frank- Frank lin in automobile from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 7 hours 23 minutes min mm- utes utes-a utes a distance of 41 miles This Bettered the previous mark by 1 hour lour 25 minutes This average e is slightly over a mile a minute One would naturally think that inasmuch as Baker halls hails from In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In he ha would be an en enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic en- en yearly entry in the milo mile classic that is waged there annually Baker has not competed competed com corn in one of these journeys however however how- how ever for many years jears They are 99 per rent luck and 1 per c cent nt skill he declares HERE FOR WEEK Mr Baker Daker plans to stay in Salt Lake for the coming week He has many acquaintanceships to renew in town I know people all over the entire country he proudly said All AU of which seems to be bevery bevery bevery very reasonable when the hundreds of thousands of miles he has traveled traveled trav tray are considered