' 3 T 12 THE WASHINGTON TBIES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 10H. Interest of Motordom Will Be Centered on Convention Hall Exhibition Tonight AUTOMOBILE SHOW Jones Has the Laugh on Smith When the Latter Tries to Show Off His Newly Purchased Automobile BEAUTY SURPRISE A 6ot Jr urt ) He1- - aeBoi fe &mtib otl mm. Washington Devotees Will See Wonders At Big Opening Tonight. HUNDRED MODELS TO BE EXHIBITED Handsome Cars Have Been Shipped Here By By HARRY WARD. Washington devotees of the automo- bile may prepare for a big surprise when they visit the annual exhibition which opens tonight in Convention Hall. The decorations indicate a general beaijty that will far outshine anything of the kind ever attempted In this sec- tion of the country. But It is not only In attractiveness of the decorations and lighting effects that the show will offer pleasing objects to the eye. Months of correspondence on the part of the deal- ers and caieful studvlng of the territory bv factory representatives have con- vinced the manufacturers that It be- hooves them to send their best produc- tions to the Washington show if they desire to get the results to which they are justly entitled. Hundred Models. More than one hundred different mod- els, ranging from racy little roadsters to the big seven-passeng- er touring cars and limousines have been Installed In Convention Hall, forming the greatest MOTORING ASSUMES WRESTLER MACKEY OUTFIELD BATTERS CHASE GETS RIO OF array of cars ever seen here. The finishing touches arc being made x to the exhibits, and everything will be YMv In readiness for the opening, which will x - GREAT CHALLENGE S PROPORTIONS ACCEPTS fe- OF .3MCLASS FEW FRIENDS take place at o'clock. The opening STALLIS' 'Will be entirely Informal. As the doors are opened Haley's Or-- c hestra Hand will strike up a march, and Washington's greatest automobile show will be on. Beginning tomorrow, From a Former Fad It Washington Man to Meet Austin Laporte, Who Go the show will be opened each day at BOB THAYER'S SPORTING GOSSIP Interesting Baseball History and 11 o'clock, and will clote at 11 at night. Become a Balti- St. Sided Overland Wind Wagon. Has Frank Lynch, of and Comparative Figures to Louis Browns, wind wagon Is expected The Overland Necessity. more Here. -- "EVERY KNOCK IS A BOOST.' Recalled. "With Old Manager. to attract much attention at the show. It forms an Interesting part of the ex- hibit of he Overland-Washingto- n Motor By ALFRED REEVES. Washington's welter- Automobile show opening. of veterans from last iear. Coach Feb. 13.- -A 300 batting NEW YORK, Feb. 13. The disposal of ( ompnny. In the rear of the big ma- -i IJob Rn Mackev, CLEVELAND. chal- Sprlgman and Captain Hltteidlng will Third Baseman Austin and Utility Play- es weight wicstler. has accepted the outfield is indeed a rarity in baseball. bine is a giant propeller, which Making strides of a gigantic nature, be Convention have much with great rapidity when the lenge of Frank Lynch, of Baltimore, to All motordom will at available piomlmng material It is one of those things that big league er Laporte to the St. Louis Browns by the motor cat. since the .'list automo- tonight see the Inauguration of which entered last fall. League iraihin6 Is in motion, and adds to the years a handicap match to take place early Hall to managers dieam about. Seldom aru the New York American club, it speed of the car. bile show in Xew York eleven the annual automobile show. Tile catchers and pitchers will be develops, was due to Manager Chase's many ago, has traveled from a place where It next month In this city or In Baltimore. their dreams realized. Detroit fans Automobile dealeis from towns I was up at Convention Hall late kept at work In the Ryan gymnasium .3H) oetermlnatlon to rid the Highlanders of In Maryland and Virginia are expected was the toy of the rich and a vehicle Lynch, who claims the middleweight know what an outlfeld that can bat yesterday afternoon, and judging by until It is warm enough to practice on all players who sided with for- to the show during the week. pleasure use only to Its present en- championship of the South, offers to looks like, as Ty Cobb and Sam Craw- those viit for cars were being placed the ex- Georgetown Field. Every effort will Manager Stalllngs in row be- position in our life, gain two falls in an hour or forfeit his the that be ford have always managed to carry the mer the viable industrial hibition should be by far the greatest made to have the team primed for the Stalllngs and Chase season. It can truthfully be a tool share of the purse. He Is the training third man along. tween last Fletcher's Third League where called the dealers here have ever held. game with the Nationals here on As is generally considered one be- partner of the heavyweight Americus Cleveland fandom of a decade back Austin of civilization. Instead of motoring doing away with the aeronautical April 1. most promising young players in now neces- and is in shape for the bout. The can recall how the Naps' fly chasers of the Has Gone Glimmering ing considered a fad, it is a department means the confinement of the American League, and Laporte's big sity, like any other means of transpor- This match, if staged at the scheduled Chance for wrestlers. oombarded the offerings of ail pitchers won many games pass- whole show to automobiles and ac- black bat for the YORK, 13. time-sav- er time, will be a bout of more than the -- - ' pulled hefty Highlanders protests are dv NKW Feb. When Jack tation, and Its position as a prove advan- far and wide and down last jeur, mat cessories. This should an I being over Knight's optional contract with D. A. answers fully any question as to Its ing Interest to followers of the expect to see some real sport aveiages. In IS;. Congalton, Flick and herd the transfer. get tage to the exhibition as It means that at the Fans who compared the record") Fletcher expired at midnight Friday he future. game here, as It will enable them to Center Market Armory tomonow even- Bay traveled at a fast pace. Those were ''ae com- will have full sway. The show of Austin and Roy Hartzell, who was sat down and signed a (ontract with the It has performed in most loyal fashion a line on Mackey's chances in his the cars ing, when the wrestling preliminaries glorious days. The fans love to hear traded for the Highlander, find that the lat-t- ei was success, but I believe Yankees foi three years. ever since it came into general use, and ing bout with Joe Turner, as the last year a for amateurs Is held under the auspices the music of the bat coming in contact latter excelled in most departments last plaver.s was thrown by Lynch In a straight the one opening tonight will be even year. Baseball all over tile country certainly no other Invention of which Baltimore last year. Mackey of the National Guard Athletic Asso- with the ball. With Joe Jackson and ' match at more so whii were tempted into Fletcher's third we have record has traveled the pace Is confident' that he will he ahlc to stay ciation. Ted Easterly In the outfield the coming leagui bubble will piobably follow suit, i which mat Its the advance of the motor off his heavier Baltimore opponent for Judging by the number of entries that season those fair old, rare old days may and now that the date for the launch- - ' past an hour and h.is commenced serious Protecting the officials. are being made, the number of amateur car during the ten or eleven years. grapplers year be with us once again. ing of this big scheme is passed, To ogress tiaining for the bout. A. A. here this is unusually appreciate the pi which lias t time and plaee of the bout Mike Stuart, chairman of the l large, and as most of the coaches are 'Way back in 1W1, when the American J l i will no more. The exat Troubles be heard of brought the gasolene-fe- d vehlde to its will be dc .dec! soon. It Is likely that registration committee, was thoroughly expei lenced professionals the bouts League was "still in its infancy," Har-- Motor Hi, good. ( baseball dieam was a gigantic af present high position, one has but to It will take place the first week In Justified In Indefinitely suspending J B. should be Fnless Memorial. ey McCartln, Pickering and O'Brien Carbon tn motor cylinders is fair ii(. asvprted that he had corralled March. , unbecoming actions in the Royal, and Gallaudet furnishes more up outfield. They consider the short time since motor cars Hlhn for than one winner apiece it will be a dis- made Cleveland's the cause of most engine trou- tilnetv of the best playeis in the Sa-Uun- al were regarded as experiments and curi- Indoor meet at Baltimore Saturday. appointment to those who have seen garnered averages of .S3i .3M, .COS and misfiring, pounding and and American Leagues, and held . man would not take squads. .271, respectively. bles osities, for such was their status when Football Best Sport The Baltimore these of efficiency. them under optional contracts until the first automobile show was held in orders in the proper manner from the Flick and Bay.