The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-03
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET.
Bicycle Races at the Hot Springs
Track.
SOME EXCELLENT SPORT.
THE STRONG WIND WAS AGAINST
RECORD SMASHING.
IE EXCELLENT SPORT,
Weller, Thatcher, Smith, Hyde, Fow-
Ter, May, Jensen. Liday and
Freeze Among the Winners-DeII,
of Butte, Not Allowed to Ride.


There was q. fair attendance at the
state ampionsllip meet yesterday, al
though the crowd was not SO large as
at the former holiday events. While
the races were not altogether satisfac-
tory the sport on the whole was good.
There was a strong wind blowing
throughout the afternoon and of course
this made very fast time impossible.
Then there were several spills, one be-
ing quite serious, and whenever men
are injured it dampens the enthusiasm
of the crowd.
Dell, the Butte flyer, was ruled off
by Mr. Emise, and this caused more
dissatisfaction, although if the audi
ence had understood the facts, the mat
ter would have been looked upon diff
ferently. 1t seems that Dell is charged
with riding on a Sunday meet, in vio-
lation of the L. A. W. rules, and that
Mr.. Emise was simply acting in &C
cordance with instructions from Chair
man Gideon in the matter. Dell, who
had come down from Montana ex-
pressly for the meet, and had been ex-
tensively advertised, was very indig-
nant, and after expressing his opinion
of Mr.. Enise rather emphatically, re-
tired ITO his room, refusing to offer any
explanation.
DR.. Mayo and William Iglehart, two
of the best judges in the west, failed
to appear and their places were taken
by E. B. Wicks and Mr.. Stevenson.
The other officials were A. F. Holden,
referee; r. L. Cone1y, starter; G.. c.
Mcintyre, M. J. Kennedy and c.. E.
Stanton, timers; W. c. Shoop, George
Westervelt, W. D. Brown and c.. H.
briggs and H. L. Nelson, scorers; n.
w. Hewitt, clerk of course; c. A.
Emise, announcer.
The Novice.
The races were called on schedule
time, the first event being the usual
one mile novice. The field was small
for a wonder, and the spill that has
become a sort Of fixture in the novice
contests did not take place. The boys
went at lively clip except when the
gale caught them on the back stretch.
and the racing was all at the finish.
frank Freeze, who was trailing the
bunch, came up with a squirt at the
finish, winning easily, with j. S. Sears
second and A. Reiser third. Time
2:40.
Third Mile, Glass B.
The one-third mile scratch, class B.
brought out about all of the local flyers
except Evans. This was race from
the crack of the pistol. After the
punch Strengthened out, George Weller
shot 10 the front and won in grand
style, with Schefskf second and
Thatcher third. Time-:43 80
Half Mile Championship, Class A.
Then came the half mile state cham
pionship, class A, which brought cut a
big field of fast men. On the start
McConahay took the lead. with
May second and Hyde close up. Near
ing the turn, everyone spurted. but
Charlie Smith Whizzed by them all,
winning after a pretty finish in 1907
10, establishing coast record. May
took second place, with Hyde third.
IN this race, Hazel, McConahay and
Colllnson were Thrown, and the first
named was injured pretty badly.
Half Nile, Class Il.
For this event, Fowler, of Ogden.
Schefski, Thatcher, Weller, Connebear
and Hassard were entered. 1t looked
as though this would be one of the
finest contests of the day, but unfor-
tunately, just as the men were begin
ming to get in position for spurts. Has
sard tried to cut in front of Weller.
and il is said that Thatcher accident
ally touched some one. Be that as it
may, Weller and Hassard went down.
the latter being badly hurt. The force
of the fall stunned him for a few sec
onds, but he soon came around. Wei
Ter was not injured much. but his
ri
The finish was between Thatcher,
Schefski and Fowler, and the first
named, by a magnificent squirt on the
stretch. won easily, with Fowler sec
ond and Schefski third. By some pro-
cess Of measuring known to Them
selves. the officials gave the race to
Fowler, their action greatly dlsap-
pointing the audience. Tnatcher's time
was 1:09.
One Third Mile Scratch, Class A.
On this event time limit of As sec
onds was placed, although such ac-
ton was hardly fair considering the
strong wind that was blowing at the
time. It brought out all the racers,
May, Hyde, Jensen, Smith and others.
Ut was anybody'S race up to the
scratch, when Smith let himself out
and just ran away from the bunch.
Fl. O. Jensen second and Hyde third.
Tine: AS
TNais was two seconds above the lin
it, but was fast time considering the
conditions, and sfrs1lG nave stood.
Smith received an ovation when he
came back to the stand, and the crowd
was not particularly pleased with the
notice placed on the board: mo race
will be run over"
On the run over, which came later in
the afternoon, Smith remained out and
the same limit of 46 seconds was placed
on it. 1t was won by Hyde, H. o. Jen-
sen second and H J. Jensen third. The
time was AZ, still a second above the
limit, but the officials, in their wisdom,
decided to let it stand
One Mile Scratch, Class b.
The one mile scratch. class e created