AUTOMOBILE NOTABLES TO ATTEND BIG CITY RACES

NAME OFFICIALS FOR MOTOR MEET NEXT SATURDAY

Many Prominent Autoists to Invade City - Precautionary Measures Taken

BY SAM ABRAMSON

A notable array of automobile men will be in Des Moines next Saturday to attend the first 300-mile automobile race ever held under the auspices of the Des Moines Automobile Speedway association.

Richard Kennerdell of New York, chairman of the contest board of the American Automobile association, and Fred A. Wagner of New York, official starter, will be present. G. Decker French of Davenport, good roads booster, will be the representative of the contest board on the track. Frank Gotch of Humboldt, wrestling champion, has been selected as assistant starter.

Every precaution to prevent accidents and to maintain order at the track will be taken. Militia and deputies under the command of Captain C.C. Koone of the Iowa national guard will police the track. A squad of physicians will be in readiness to handle any emergency situation that may arise in case of an accident. Dr. C.W. Burt of Valley Junction has been designated as chief surgeon.

The list of speedway officials for the big event follows:

Speedway officers - Henry H. Gering, president; Samuel Orloff, secretary and treasurer; John S. Prince, general manager.

Director of contests, C.L. Herring; publicity director, Geis Botsford; track engineer and mechanician, Harry Masters, Detroit, Mich.; director public safety, C.C. Koons; chairman contest board, Richard Kennerdell, New York; representative contest board, G. Decker French, Davenport; referee, W.W. Sears; technical chairman, Fred Claiborne; starter, Fred J. Wagner, New York; board of judges, Alshton Clemens, E.T. Meredith, Henry Frankel, Frank C. Waterbury, H.H. Polk, Ernest Spaulding, James R. Hanna; head umpire, E.C. Raffensberger; clerk of course, Cornie Van Vliet; assistant starter, Frank Gotch, Humboldt; chief surgeon, Dr. C.W. Burt, Valley Junction; surgical staff, Dr. Wilton McCarthy, Dr. J.C. Rockafellow, Dr. T.F. Duhigg, Dr. W.S. Conkling; technical committee, Fred Claiborne, Dean Schooler, Bert Heath of Fort Dodge, Arthur Hultman of Webster City, Vern Russell of Adel, L.G. Marsh of Marshalltown; umpires, Orin Schee of Oskaloosa, Ross Clemens, Harry Keister of Waterloo, E.W. Besaw and LeRoy Dunn; scoreboard manager, Fred Wagner; paddock manager, John Prince; ambulance service, Elmer E. Samuels; superintendent of concessions, H.S. Masters.

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