The Archive · 1938

King for a Day

Pictured in a "H'Yah Folks" beside his Railton racing car is John Cobb, a few moments after he had set a new world record by driving the turtle-like vehicle over Bonneville Salt Flat at 350-2 miles an hour.

But he held the record for a day only, for Capt. George Eyston drove his Thunderbolt over the same course the following day at 357-plus miles an hour. Cobb may try again. at least two teams, one from the First Battalion and another from the Second Battalion. Capt Cronmiller's tentative scheme calls for a three-team League in which the Shanghai Civilians will make up the third entry. The series will compose of a total of four games, starting early in November and winding up probably with the annual Thanksgiving Day Classic for the Cunningham Cüp.

Officers of the Shanghai American Amateur Athletic Association are not in a position to make any decision in regard to putting up a team because they do not know how many civilians will turn out regularly for the games.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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