Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-18 | Page 33 | Entries Coming in for Ascot Classic

I ENTRIES COMING IN I FOR ASCOT CLASSIC SIC I IB 87 Tie F N SAN FRANCISCO Feb 17 With With the entry list having received a a. running running run run- I ning start for tor the George Washington sweepstakes to be bo run at Ascot speedway speedway speed speed- I way February 25 as the opening of ot the I 1917 speed year ear there there will be bo several prominent additions this week Pete Henderson a driver of ot national note and Jimmy Murphy Murph who rode with the millionaire sportsman William Weightman Weight Weight- man at Santa Monica and Ascot Thanksgiving da day are arc hard at work get getting ling two cars in shape for the coming comIns coming com com- ing Ins speedway event e el Weightman htman himself ma may bo seen at atthe tho the wheel of ot a car in tho the race There are aie reports that Eddie who Is s abroad now for Cor cars ma may re return return return re- re turn in time for Cor tho the event ent and Introduce Introduce introduce Intro Intro- duce one of or the foreign purchases Eddie Pullen was the first entrant and anel a n. few minutes after arter he ho had placed his signature on tho the entry blank a telegram tele tele- gram ram was v received d from Earl Cooper saying paying that he would bo be in the midst of tho spee speed fray tray Louis Chevrolets Chevrolet's s 's F Frontenac Is on tho the wa way according to telegrams from the East Chairman George R. R Bentel of the I Ascot Alcot contest committee says saS that applications ap ap- applications for entry blanks Indicate that there thero will be at least a field of twelve I cars all of It which seem to have ha-e a about the same flamo speed