Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
r,o Worlds Time Events Scored
on Salt Palace Track
TuRvILIE's GREAT RIDE
-. the Record Wade by "rerribie
,usde'' Last nonib-HiE crowd
witnesses Races.

...gsnlnr at the Salt Palace snucer
". twenty minutes before the hrst
N,tartsd. The crowd TANNED every
-, m the house swarmed poles
- their legs over the side stood on
-, neighbours pet corn. ana withal
w.. rlorlously and suprcmely happy;
~. 8J not they see two new worlds
,ls established on an eight-lap
~ and the state two miles compe-
,..,s professional record come tum-
tf-l down. They were as follows'
worlds record. one mile lying start
,,s.d by tandcms, elem Turville'
lw1rii's record. one mile competition
f-sfssslonal. John Chapman, $500 s.e.
.iafe record. two miles competition
,..fssaional. elem Turyille. 1903 go,
AMOR the rncea started the crowd con-
,t.gsI 10 arrive on the scene until u
agsrf0wed into the arena where the
mad played on and the policemen stuck
M Do the mud while cndouNotlng 10
sgtaank the invaders, II was glorious
crowd estimated at 1900, including the
ymnlpfpaent small boy with his eye
rmed tn the convenient knot hole.
on COURSE this state Of affairs was
partly due 60 the fact that the udtniH-
s1n was on the "pon- yuur-honor' or
der and Included those who were pres
ont Inc night previous when the rain
check ran out The crowd had a
splendld time and yelled themselves
boarse In q key that brought words Of
cheer 90 the track officials hearts ana
told them that bicycle racing was
sport that had come 20 stay.
The first race on the program proved
10 De-. lu the classic dictiun Of young
tffs fWftInr 0tINulnW UN tho
night watchmnn's range. "a rlng-tniled
shorter" u was the second heat OF
the mile handicap professional. the nrst
heat of which was run the previous
evening. The entries We're: J. y. Chap
man " Atlanta, Ca, tscratch); ]. 4.
yarla, j. ID. Edmonds nl0 yardal.
Chapman got away In fnc style and all
DO, caught Gum within 200 yards The
duo then ovcrhaulcd Emory In the
next lap and proceeded to chase
Elmunds The boy with his big
handicap held his own by nifty yards
until the seventh lap. Chapman jumped
out of the bunch ana went for his man
IN fashion that brought the vast audi
ence 20 It's feet with a yell. Emory
tackled on but nifty feet separated him
and Chapman at the tape Emory Just
passed Edmunds ere the finish was
reached, thus securing second place by
20 ANNNs iAIlNANAA hNil AilN NfMA III ANf
worlds record time of 300 2.i. Emory
second Edmunds third. Gum fourth.
CHAPMAN WINS FINAL.
The final heat OF this race was run on
later; the starters were Chapman
scratch, Cotter 90 yards. Shnrman Gj
yards. and calne 100 yards. There was
q tendency 10 loaf nt the beginning. but
ere the end had been recled on the
plnnks were fairly smoking, the band
played Dixie as Chapman caught
cotter. Then with a hhlr-raising
sprint at the finish. Chapman beat out
Cllnc at the goal by Inches. while Cot
ler hummed home a close third. Time
2Oi 2-5
The onc-mile open amateur race was
Won by =. Il. Smith In 2:2s SO. with
John Ensign second and II. NJ. Samuel
son Of Provo third. A. W. Smith coll
Nisl with Ensign at the start and the
eN-cantuin OF the Sociuls left a striking
Imprint " his massive form In the mud
o.. lhe arena, but no boucs broken.
ifs'En was fuvurite for the race
tal Eddie Smith had a huge sprint up
hi sleeve that nHtonished the crowd to
hs point Of delrium.
EDDIE Smith took the amateur mile
hhdlglp later In the evening In the
same Whlrlwlnd fashion. Ensign was on
scratch, Eddie Smith at forty yards,
.'.''N' HAhAAAk NA my INV lAflNt ~
W smith at seventy yards, T.. ~. Pap
worth nt clghty.nve yards and II. NJ.
slnuglson az 10 yards. Eddie Smith
passed cutting right at the Jump and
,a4shi A. w. Smith. They cut down
Y. others until on the NTH lap all were
nsl,hed save Ensign. who was coming
nail zoo the rear. A, ". Smith was
I.lng and on the seventh lap Eddie
salm pulled out with warm sprint,
Manlns by nifty feet IN gag 20. X. W.
salih gpt second By rs inches over
lalworlh who was the same distance
al.ll " cutting,
g. ", two-miie open professional was
u hfee heats Chapman won the first
ln 800 l'i and Emory captured second
re Gum lost o tire. also his eaui-
.lum 10 the sixth lap and he took a
Mtp give into the muddy arena. The
lll neat was captured by Cotter In
~, ~ with Turville second and Calne
Iui'VllLE CAPTURES FINAL.
~, hnal was paced by Julius and
.tinah On a tandem. Cotter tailed on
le rear wheel with Chapman, Tur-
at Caino and Emory In the order
,lueu az the rear, For fourteen laps
3 jug into the pedals without
I4hEe Then Turyille Jumped the
, \, Chapman ana Cotter tried
49, "Nl Jul lufNllle hNd deem there
1e aud he froze 10 the pole. A
uilslng race was the result with
llp racing neck and neck TurVille
.,,er Jumped over the tape by
WHn " an Inch or 30 while coat
'4tAlsh was about all that scparted
T9 's.rnndl and Chapmant thlrdD
,ttn' hhlt-mlle Invitation race FOR Utah
ivy, Wls "on by Emory In a length
T,A yline Sharmnn taking third
Ine, lOi1-5.
ANOTHER WORLDS RECORD.
Oem Turyllc ,hsn went for a mile
h,II'u lIlal ana dcsTite the fact that he
ipg iuh some terribly hard races dur
ip,. ,,' evening he succeeded IN lower
"t We record made by John Lawson.
III terrible SWede." last month by
seconds, Trville was paced by
IA, 'llAn ana Gum and Julius and cot
M 'Hhdems. Turville succeeded In
mss,,,lii0envor and made the mile In the
magnificent time of1;5O 2-5. w " ~
THE SUMMARY.
6' summary follows:
n VGy tlla handlcar professional j.
.Iiapman won. Is. w, Caine. Jr.,
26,al' Frank Cotter third. Time.
Won 1lle open, amateur-E. II. smith
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