Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — Delos Thompson Not to Enter Chicago Amateur Races. [ARTICLE]

Delos Thompson Not to Enter Chicago Amateur Races.

Delos Thompson, whose name was published in The Chicago Tribune as an entrant in the Chicago amateur 100-mile race, was not entered in the race at all, but was a victim of a Chicago reporter. Mr. Thompson simply drove around the track a time or two but with no expectation of entering the race. A reporter, however, wrote a paragraph stating that he had reported for practice. Delos states that he would under no circumstances risk his neck in an automobile race. He is a good driver and don’t mind speeding up a little on the road, but he is not looking for any honors on the speedway. Mr. Thompson was somewhat surprised to see his name mentioned as an entrant in the races and before leaving for Winona, Minn., where he and W. F. Smith have a stone road contract, he left word for The Republican to correct the report.