Vol 64, No 26
Articles in this issue
- The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a patentee’s right to dictate the conditions under which patented articles are resold, in a case over supplies for a patented rotary mimeograph; Justice Lurton wrote for the majority, with Chief Justice White and Justices Hughes and Lamar dissenting.
- Lawyers for the coaster brake corporation at Buffalo argue that the Supreme Court patent ruling completely upsets the Government’s case against the so-called coaster brake trust, though Federal authorities say the prosecution will continue.
- The Continental Rubber Works of Erie, Pa., appoints Walter S. Tullis manager of its New York branch covering New England, eastern New York, Pennsylvania and south to Jacksonville; E. H. Strickland succeeds him in the middle west.
- The newly incorporated Triumph Manufacturing Co. secures the five-story building at 51-55 East Woodbridge street, Detroit; officers Robert M. Brownson, W. Sherman and Muir B. Duffield are all former Flanders men.
- Joseph Buckingham of the Weaver-Ebling Harley-Davidson agency plays a motorcycle pursuit in a photo play staged on the Hudson County Boulevard, skidding under the villain’s motor car on the first attempt but escaping unhurt.
- H. J. Krackowizer of New York joins the sales staff of the Ives Motorcycle Corporation at Owego, N. Y., and Harold F. Turner of Syracuse sells his Alco Mfg. Co. legging business to travel the western territory for Monarch.
- The Ives Motorcycle Corporation occupies the defunct Reliance plant at Owego, N. Y., 20,000 square feet and about 50 men, building the 5-horsepower Monarch single, with an 8-horsepower twin due in May and a season’s output of 500 machines.
- Nine callers visit T. J. Sixsmith, New York agent for the Indian, R-S and Excelsior, during a day of pouring rain, an unprecedented occurrence in his business career.
- Edward Buffum leaves the Miami Cycle & Mfg. Co. for the Hendee Mfg. Co. sales department at Springfield, Mass.; racing man W. J. Teubner retires from the track, and Publicity Director Hapgood plans a vacuum “cleanser parlor” for dusty touring visitors.
- Corrects an omission in last week’s “Toronto as a Trade Center” article: the T. Eaton Co. of Toronto handles the Reading Standard, the second American make to invade Canadian territory.
- W. B. Glasser of the Reading Standard Co. reports about 150 1912 machines already delivered at Denver, with the largest local dealer predicting 1,000 motorcycles placed in the district this season.
- A. B. Coffman of 1709 Fernwood avenue, Toledo, Ohio, offers the Yale snow shovel, sized to be carried on a motorcycle for breaking a path through drifts and equally useful for sand and mud.
- The New York Motorcycle Co., 318 West 48th street, will handle the Thor line exclusively for the coming season and open an uptown store as soon as a location is found.
- A full description of the Ives Motorcycle Corporation’s $200 Monarch Big 5 single: loop frame, compound cartridge-plunger fork, Herz magneto, Schebler carbureter, Eclipse clutch, 60-inch wheel base and 200 pounds weight.
- President L. M. Wainwright of the Diamond Chain and Mfg. Co., Indianapolis, asks Congress to raise the sprocket chain duty from 45 to 50 per cent rather than cut it, supported by Whitney, Duckworth, Lefever Arms and Link Belt.
- Burglars break into Harry A. Gliesman’s Tiger Cycles and Aeroplane Co. at 782 Eighth avenue, New York, for the fourth time this winter, taking only a handful of pennies from the cleared cash register.
- Guy W. Winnor of Los Angeles, the Boyd Motor Co. of Boston and distributor John P. Erich of Chicago take on the Minneapolis motorcycle line.
- President Chadeayne denies reports that the plant of the Greyhound Motor Co., Buffalo, N. Y., is for sale, saying the first lot of its 1912 machines is practically complete and ready for market.
- C. L. Smith, Los Angeles agent for the Pope motorcycle, takes additional space on Eighth street to increase his sales and repair facilities.
- The Minneapolis Motorcycle Co. announces that its De Luxe 10-horsepower twin will be offered with clutch and chain drive, listing at $285.
- Editorial arguing that the British monocar and duocar, now renamed cyclecars and placed under Auto-Cycle Union control after a conference with the R. A. C., are light automobiles and belong with the automobilists, not the F. A. M.
- Editorial on the decision of the Toronto, Hamilton, London and Winnipeg clubs to form their own association rather than join the F. A. M., the per capita tax being a chief bone of contention.
- President G. H. Hamilton and legislative chairman J. Leo Sauer negotiate with Robert Bruce of the A. A. A. Touring Bureau for special rates on its road and route maps for F. A. M. members.
- Editorial attacking two classes of dealer: one who advertises “slightly used 1912 models” that prove five or six years old, and one who fitted 1911 bearings in slipshod fashion and charged 1912 list prices.
- Editorial advising riders to run with the spark advanced as far as possible, since forcing a motor to work continuously with a retarded spark makes it overheat very quickly.
- Fixture calendar for March to September 1912, from the 71st Infantry pursuit race of March 12 and the Augusta (Ga.) spring meet to the Olympic 200-mile road race round Lake Malar at Stockholm on July 7 and the World’s Bicycle Championships at the Newark Velodrome, August 25-September 1.
- The Motordrome Company of America, 540 West 21st street, New York, has quarter-mile and third-mile tracks under construction at Cleveland and Philadelphia, guaranteed for over 100 miles an hour; incorporators include Arthur Jarvis, J. B. Ritchey and George I. Kreamer.
- W. B. Glasser resigns as assistant sales manager of the Reading Standard Co., Reading, Pa., and will migrate to Denver, hoping eventually to re-enter the motorcycle industry.
- London letter: English riders sweep the Auto Cycle Club of France hill climb near Paris, O. C. Godfrey’s Indian fastest of the day but disqualified for open ports; also 70 entries for the One-Day Spring Trial, the revived chain-versus-belt argument, the makers’ union standing aloof from the Tourist Trophy, and the R. A. C. and A.-C. U. ruling that creates the “cyclecar” class headed by the Bedelia.
- Herb Kipp of the Hendee Mfg. Co., Jack Booth and Jack Scott ride Indians the 43 miles from Toronto to Hamilton through deep snow, the sidecar fitting the sleigh ruts and each machine carrying about 25 pounds of ice.
- The Englewood Motorcycle Club of Chicago, at 348 West 55th street, will open its season on St. Patrick’s Day with a run to Crown Point, Ind., and return.
- The rules of the Bicycling World and Motorcycle Review’s window display competition, closing August 1, 1912, with prizes of $25, $15, $10 and $5 in gold plus subscriptions for the next fifteen placings.
- W. E. Strong of Owego, N. Y., Harley-Davidson agent, reports that parts replacement on twelve machines totalled less than $5 over the past year.
- F. A. M. membership report from Bangor, Maine: the Temple (Texas) and Middleboro (Mass.) clubs are added, eight repair shops registered from Philadelphia to Sacramento, and Secretary Gibson will begin mailing the printed shop list on April 15.
- F. A. M. Competition Committee chairman Thornley returns from Jamaica and Atlantic City; Point Breeze Motordrome and the Eastern Racing Association post $750 and $250 on franchises, and Frank Hart and Walter Goerke are still on crutches with fractured legs.
- The Cleveland (O.) Motorcycle Club bids for the F. A. M. meet, guaranteeing a board track, free hotel committee rooms and a $5,000 entertainment fund, against rival bids from Columbus and Chicago.
- The F. A. M. and the American Automobile Association negotiate to supply A. A. A. maps to motorcycle tourists; Touring Bureau manager Robert Bruce reports many requests from motorcyclists.
- The clubs at Toronto, Hamilton, London and Winnipeg announce a Canadian motorcyclists’ association entirely independent of the F. A. M.; Toronto secretary Tom Anderson confirms the stationery is already printed.
- The Providence Motorcycle Club adopts an olive fustian Norfolk jacket and breeches and makes its first run of the year to Summit, R. I., by way of Washington Green.
- Thirty-two members of the Queen City Motorcycle Club lunch at the Cincinnati Y. M. C. A. building, among them President M. Fisher, secretary Clarence Rossiter and treasurer Walker S. Brown.
- The Syracuse Motorcycle Club’s new rooms at 410 South Salina street were furnished without debt after a year of conservative saving, and a cabinet is planned for the club’s 25 or 30 trophies.
- Two teams of Wichita Motorcycle Club members race to lift membership to 40 by April 1, the losers to banquet the winners; the club also ran 115 miles to Winfield and voted to affiliate with the F. A. M.
- The Oakland (Cal.) Motorcycle Club holds its first annual banquet and dance at the Key Route Inn, with President W. G. Clough as toastmaster and dancing to follow.
- Detroit agencies form the Detroit Motorcycle Dealers’ Club, with a first race meet set for May 20 and an opening day on March 18, while fifteen east side riders start the Detroit Touring Club under J. A. Wilkowski.
- The Boston Motorcycle Club elects Dr. R. L. Colsen president and plans tours including one through the White Mountains to Portland, Maine, with its first run on April 19.
- The Reading (Pa.) Motorcycle Club, on the third floor of 517 Penn street, elects John Hartman president and Charles Hart treasurer and prepares novel features for the coming season.
- Forty-seven riders of the Toronto Motorcycle Club debate whether non-riding enthusiasts may join, agree a club crest, fix their first race meet for May 24 and move to incorporate as a joint stock company.
- The West Side Motor Club of Detroit projects a July 4-12 tour to Boston via Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester and Albany, and will build club houses on Lake St. Clair and in the west of the city.
- Twenty Brooklyn enthusiasts form the Bushwick Motorcycle Club with temporary headquarters at 1507 Bushwick avenue, electing Walter Hoff president and John J. Ward secretary-treasurer.
- By affiliating with the Loyal Order of the Moose the Topeka Motorcycle Club obtains a club room while still in its infancy; Geo. Rogers is elected president.
- The Buffalo Motorcycle Club plans a two-day 500-mile endurance run in July, via Olean, Salamanca and Jamestown on the first day and Batavia and Rochester on the second, with markers furnished by the Diamond Rubber Co.
- The Motorcycle Touring Club of Maryland forms at Baltimore under President William C. Horn, will affiliate with the F. A. M., and carries Philip Sprecker as official mechanician on its runs.
- Jake DeRosier fractures his left thigh and knee cap at the new Los Angeles Stadium track after colliding with Charles Balke’s fallen Excelsior at about 90 miles an hour; the day’s summaries include wins by Balke, W. E. Samuelson and Albert Ward.
- Jack Prince sells his interest in the new Los Angeles Stadium track to Peter Young after friction between backer Austin McFadden and manager Paul Derkum, and now talks of building a quarter-mile track at San Diego.
- Motorcycle races at the Montgomery, Ala., spring celebration: Cassisu (R-S) wins the five-mile free-for-all in 6:20 and Horrel (Indian) the five-mile open, rain postponing some events.
- The Invincible Motorcycle Club of Brooklyn reports entry blanks ready next week for its spring run of Sunday, May 5, with an elaborate medal design to be awarded.
- Aviator Howard W. Gill wants an interest in the proposed Baltimore motordrome and will bring plans of the Los Angeles bowl and inspect Chicago’s Riverview track on the way; Gus Heinz returns from Los Angeles to run Howard A. French & Co.’s shop.
- The Motorcycle Club of San Diego makes a 135-mile run to Fallbrook and return with 40 members riding, and another to Ramona within the last few days.
- The West Side Motor Club will run a 100-mile road race from Maricopa, Cal., on March 17 as its opening event, with riders expected from leading clubs across California.
- The 200-mile Olympic bicycle team elimination race is fixed for Saturday, May 25 (rain date June 1) over northern New Jersey roads, finishing with ten miles inside the Newark Velodrome, which Mihlon and Chapman donate with the proceeds; the report also names the try-out managers at St. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo and Boston and records new gifts from the Beckley-Ralston Co., Fred I. Perreault and Ogden Armour.
- The Canadian Olympic Committee refuses to endorse the Canadian Wheelmen’s Association selection for the 200-mile Lake Malar race; racing board chairman G. L. MacKay backs Walter Andrews and Gordon McMillan of Toronto.
- J. Gross of Company K, with 100 yards start, wins the closed two-mile handicap flat-floor race at the 22d Regiment Engineers’ games in 5:11 4/5, from H. Lightfine and W. J. Buckingham off scratch.
- Boxed table of pledges to the Olympic bicycle team fund, headed by Frank B. Mihlon of the Newark Velodrome and the United States Tire Co. at $100 each, with $52 received this week and a grand total to date of $917.24.
- Manager John Chapman’s cards for the Newark Velodrome meets of April 7 and 14: the Shanley one-mile professional handicap, a $1,000 Grand Prize of Newark, and the American debut of the French rider Comes against Kramer, with Arthur Ross replacing Walter Bardgett as referee.
- The Acme Wheelmen elect Eugene Suykerbuyck president and publish 1911 club championship points, Arthur J. W. Eberhardt 29, Harry Kaiser 18, with Kaiser taking the Spillane and Higgins trophies and Jack Schmidt the Suykerbuyck.
- The East New Jersey Division bowlers beat the New York Division C. R. C. A. team two games to one at Bayonne, C. E. Jaeger averaging 154 with the evening’s high score of 165.
- The Garden City Wheelmen of San Jose, Cal., elect L. LaHue president at their semi-annual meeting, followed by a musical entertainment and repast.
- The Boston Bicycle Club gives souvenir medals dated 1879 to riders of the “Wheel About the Hub”; Will R. (“Happy Days”) Pitman holds pendant 21 for consecutive attendance and W. G. Kendall 20, and the run’s revivals by “Papa” Weston in 1884 and 1892 are recounted.
- The match race between William Van Den Dries of the N. Y. A. C. and Eddie Goodwin of the I.-A. A. C. at the Mohawk A. C. games in the 22d Regiment Armory collapses in protests; referee W. L. Jones orders a re-run, Van Den Dries refuses and Goodwin rides an exhibition mile in 2:28.
- The Eclipse Machine Co. at Elmira, N. Y., ships 200 clutches a day to some 20 motorcycle makers with 300 men working, has acquired strong multiple disc clutch patents and is preparing infringement suits; Sales Manager J. C. Ferguson returns optimistic from a trip as far as Denver.
- H. A. Gliesman is re-elected president of the Motorcycle Dealers’ Association of Greater New York, whose year included defeating a proposal to bring motorcycles under the garage law; the annual dinner balance goes to the Olympic Fund.
- The Bidwell Trophy motorcycle road race on the Long Island Motor Parkway, April 14, is lengthened to 40 miles from Great Neck to Lake Ronkonkoma, with a $50 silver cup that must be won three times and entries restricted to strictly stock machines.
- Francis Birtles pedals the 3,077 miles across Australia from Freemantle to Sydney in 31 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes, beating F. White’s record by some five and a half days despite falling down a 10-foot embankment near Naracoorte and spraining an ankle.