{"id":763,"date":"2022-12-26T16:56:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2022-12-26T16:57:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:57:53","slug":"national","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/national\/","title":{"rendered":"National win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Orlando<\/span>
\nBoy Wins Prize
\n<\/span><\/span><\/b>at<\/span><\/span>
\nNational Soap Box<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\nDerby<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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\n(Download PDF
\nFile)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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R<\/b>alph Schnur of Orlando grins
\nbroadly on being, presented with a magnificent cup for racing the best
\nup-holstered car in the All-American Soap Box Derby finals in Akron, Ohio.
\nYoung Schnur was presented with the cup [1] at a banquet held by the Chevrolet
\nMotor Company which sponsored the Derby.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nPicture number 2 shows a flag parade made up of the young
\ncontestants just before the Akron race<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A miniature Wilbur Shaw is young Tommy
\nFisher of Detroit [3] whose sleek Soap Box speedster won the grand
\nfinals in Akron in a field containing 129 other city champions from the
\nlength and breadth of the nation. More than 100,000 persons saw this
\nclassic and cheered wildly for their various favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Picture No. 4 deals with racing
\nofficials and finish lines-man, equipped with their flags. The course
\nwas a long slope marked off in lanes for the racers and the car that
\nrolled the farthest distance was proclaimed the winner. There were so
\nmany contestants that the races were run off in heats.
\nThe arrow shows the Orlando entry.<\/span><\/p>\n


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A sweeping view of the course and the
\nspeeding derbyites is shown in Number 5. The boys had a long way to
\ntravel but the mobility of their cars amazed the tremendous crowd.
\nElaborate preparations were made for this national feature as shown by
\nthe overhead judges’ stand with its crows nest observation tower.<\/span><\/p>\n


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No. 6 gives you a bird’s eye
\nshot of the racers as they swept under the bridge, each youthful entrant
\nintent on winning glory for his city and State.
\nThe insert shows the type of timing watch used to clock the boys.<\/span><\/p>\n


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The huge Akron Armory was
\nthe scene of a banquet of champions after the Derby [7]. Thousands
\njammed the immense room to watch the interesting ceremonies.
\nM. E. Coyle, general manager of the Chevrolet Division, W. E. Holler,
\ngeneral sales manager and father of Roger Holler of Orlando; J. S.
\nKnight, publisher of the Akron Beacon-Journal, were among the speakers
\nat the banquet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orlando Boy Wins Prize at National Soap Box Derby (Download PDF File)   Ralph Schnur of Orlando grins broadly on being, presented with a magnificent cup for racing the best up-holstered car in the All-American Soap Box Derby finals in Akron, Ohio. Young Schnur was presented with the cup [1] at a banquet held by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgschnur.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}