Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23
MATCH RACE A
DISAPPOINTMENT
pIdsrs Misunderstood the Bell Sig
nails Crowd Disguised
LAWSON VIRTUALLY WON,
49,, pprman was Given the Itacc-
Piye Good Events Chapman
Gets n shut out.

Tho track officials down At the Salt
palace saucer last night. once more
s,l from grace. They tried TO explain
a The crowd through the mcgahpone
ii.t how Il happened but the four thou
ana odd sports assembled. would have
me Of IT, and were 20 unlSind o. to
l-snuate In unmlstakabic language and
siiest tones that an entire new nRErc-
,,iIon Of officials would meet with the
apular approval. These unklnd sontl-
-snts we're the outcome Of the decision
Ia thr liver Lawson Furmnu match
,re. This race. In the language Of the
British crlspctte peddlcr In the grand
cheat EN- while they're 'ot between the
,asD. was "a bloody fraud" liver
Lawson demonstrated his superiority
over Furman In fashion that proved
c5neIusIycly last night that he was the
better man In the two-mllo match race.
lawson beat Furman easily by nifty
yards but owing to a misunderstanding
h rode one lap too few. fufmnu also
llt but woke up when he realized the
situation ana pcdalDd over the tape "a
technical winner
me explanation of this extraordinary
fffla IL aH follows. The race was 10 De-
i5r two miles paced by John iAwson'H
aphwiL phWit." before starting the
fders agreed 10 have the gong sounded
On the next to the last lar, instead "
he last AZ w. tho invariablc custom.
his was ngrCcl In order that the motor.
ole miEht have chance 10 drop out
ana give the men n show 90 Indulge In
a luHd finish ana n Ecnral an round
hair raising sprint John Lawson and
Oscar Julius boatrodo the informal ma
chine and centrally had considerable
trouble 90 Fct the nnalr into good rum
Hing order. IN the meantime both men
foie round the machine and iuckeycd
Coz positions. finally the pacing ma
chine weighed anchor ana sailed out
with her tOp-Rnllnnt spread lawson
tackled on at the rear with Furman In
he wake. The two lads worked Ike
ytdtahle piston rods MS they INDUCED
90 a real dizzy time around the rim N
the saucer. while the crowd INDUCED In
several remarks ~ appreciation. on the
fourteenth lap the sweet bell tangled
and the motor with a flnal snort Of
defiance ran up tho bank 10 let tho pro-
ctsslon go by. ivcr Lawson, with his
nose on the front tire simply ran away
from his opponent and crossed the tape,
sitting ~, fully nfty yards ahead. Fur
man practically quit too. but some
body shouted that hc had another lap
10 so. consequently nH Lawson rolled
down the track the sixteenth time and
dSmounted. Furmun rode by and over
The tape ahead,
Furmnn consequently won the race,
although the crowd and the major Dor.
tl0n Of the officials ana not understand
g. An the timers. save one. snapped
thelr watches on tho fifteenth Lap. ~
a. A.
iug ringing the bell. Then Announcer
Hrockbank faced the crowd and cndca-
yorcd to EXPLAIN but be- was yelled
down
How lawson came 20 misunderHtnnd
ur fOug,t was a mystery until he was
asked about Il In his dressing room.
Then be- stated that nt the last moment
be had requested Mr.. Brun 10 have the
bell runr az the regular time and sup
posed that that was the arrangement
The one timer who got the right time
ave u a. i.Os 10, which ~ "a new state
record. John Lawson says that here
amer ~ evening races the machine viii
y TUNED up by a preliminary run
ilr a few miles. lie asasrts that on ac-
count ~ the GOODNESS 81 the evening n
would not act well without warming
There was a blk crowd IN attendance
ana With the exception uf the above
fae', The events were fruuEht with In
'reft In the half-milo open. Chapman
nas shut out for the first time since he
hs ridden In salt Lake.
10 The second heat % tho mile hnndi-
GAP The Atlanta lad also fol- before he
pa gone 100 yards owing 90 hi handle.
lln twisting, consequently tho big
llnl tribute, that was IN be presented
% him by messenger boy In the om-
Uly OF certain parties. had to be- given
~ rosa IN an transformations fashion
nat robbed II OF the triumph intended.
lows!
ree-quarter-mile open,amateur.-E.
p smith won, J, W. Guthrie second,
lawrence Beck third. Tlme-i.i7I-s.
hah-mile open, profcsslonal-Ivcr
ll4ANHgn won. w q. Furman second,
VEN Turyille third. Timc-t;05
MNe handicap umnteur-J. Muuson
Wy yafdD won, y, H. Smith (scmtcm
s1sohd N w Evans tnfty yards) third
- Nile handicap. professional Clcm
tWtlle tacrutchl won, George Weller
lrHhy.uvc yurds) second, W. q. Fur
man lhlrd, llme-2;i0.
lNo'milo match racc-W q, Furman
ae1 .lVcr Lawson second. Time