Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09
WHO IS THE FASTER?
Sports Hope to See the Two Crack
Blcyclists Meet,
BUTLER OR COOPER, WHICH,
NJ g. A. and O.. A. W. Both claim tho
Honor Of Having the champion
Records OF the Wen.

AANf0fua OF tic NNNna
II the Two rival organizations the l..
a. W. aud the ~. g. a. can bury the
Ratchet long enough o., bavo n friendly
.'Ni'ilhce race between Tom But
lor ana Tom Cooper FOR the national
mile uhamnlonnhtp may rssuit This
race be r.r,,t,t,. a., - a. ,t..
r,i.r5i, -,l ." "'.
i.'N'N Hh""lhk made by the riders
"' ''a'oh ana Manhattan Beach. ~ J.
Cooper won the chnppionsbtp nj tho
tatt.r ,t.,.. 49,, -
UNIV anu the ~ g. a. pevpie
tAy thlH ~ the premier honor. Butler
gained the same title at iinaton. and
the l.. A. W. poopio saw uutior ia tho
-. f1'l'' wy huVyl ~ '"u
only real champion. With both orr
EnhlHauona claiming tho honor, the
only plausible way 10 sottie the dlsputo
that nous ,t,,,..,. a.. D.. ..-.....-. -.
~. "'''H' '''
'"eo o't"eeh tue tidcrn on neutral
kfoulds' such a. race could DE- run at
who're the lntcrnntonal meet was held.
ana the match 60 be- governed by the
rules N the Canadian Whoolmon'H na-
ISOLATION, Apparently tho only thing
that could prevent such O. match would
~. t'NH Ni NII' OF NnlN OF IhN Naa
aociauonH N losing the prestige that
the loss OF such a match mlEht bring
about,
\ description of tho two national
chhmpiunHilp events may possibly uor-
nv some people 20 determine which
tilcr would likely De victorious in such
match
AZ Manhattan Beach two doughty n.
g. ~ riders, the only ones Of large
uelh sun IN the mile championship
Iu'e oVme ped1ltnE down the home
Hli'leh ~ thoush their lives depended
oh thclr EFFORTS 10 hc irat across the
tApc' ~ they passed the line only
low lhohrH N lead gave to Tom
cooper the y. o.. a. champion. while
Earl klser. although defeated. had Mn.
iahed so. close that oily tho eagle eyes
or inc Judges Wvru unlu 20 pick tho
winner ,
49," W., "nslh or we back stretch
~ ~ ln, WY AROUND m. last turn
v.ii.N' "'t lNg,l Nlt'l, mn thr lhlier
,,i,'n,, a'',e htiuss,, 90 pass NE op-
N'"H u"A uNl'r sun hhi sprint IN
ih ,., ~" ~, LII, W., u,,l'lun OF tho judge,
'"a p" ""'' h''A advantage no used
VIII, t,,,. 49,. H.,
b,'t tit,,iJ. w. Is . ,l,' up tor ,he hn,l
ifiet. ~ NY w, rue, Wnn W, ~
r tsce NJ va. pln.el IN front 10 max,
an The b'ii Ia, y, ~. Wv nu,
down. WITH to, 'g ' .n ' ii, sl'wsl
i",d sndJ.niyg n i,,,, lnI hl,'r w nc
\, ~. ,,t,,,.', nv. n"u Iluueu
M nv bbnrt - ,' 'n, pai,h, ahot out
H. ,' ~. I n,,t IVY ~. ~, 9ttnishteno9d
a0 v,rJs S',,,.', ~. KY. ~ ol luiy
rim. and tSisir tarl..i ~, I.ti,,lt IL
iba t',,,,,h ~ 49,. ~, 49, on p,nihi; for
strninsd cvcry r5y.e ".n :, s,t,lSh ,29per
bio. while Kiser glrnpi,, ci,,,,.. ~
pnce ~ Ia, bt. atl,,s,,,, " ". ~.
sprint began 10 lag In m. tnrn N mn1 ~
was caught a. he gtrnirhtsnod into tSe
home gtrctch Tben iyis.r Sr..h go, ~.
his "alelrh ride" drsv, nio1r,stdo s',,,,,l
~. and ATTEMPTED 10 Mas him In tb.
nnish. already dascrIbsI isi,nbi" M
ishod third, about two ienethH b.bind
Kiser.
Coopcr'a finish was a wonderful feat
and elbows the good nerve and cndur.
anco Of tho rider. The fact that he cot
the pace for KiHcr for almost IA ian ana
at the same time rode az fact a. ii M,
Possible for him 10 10. and then de-
fcnted his opponent. "a considered phen.
omonal hy some crltlca
The story OF intlsr'a victory M uoa-
ton differs very much nom thnt IN
Manhattan beach The lnpa procsdinr
the bell Ian were run In an. r.ptiistInr
way. the riders being punched AMI foi-
lowing tho pncemakar closely. A. no
| bunch Htralrhtaupl into IN,
stretch Hutlrr. who Ind baDn
| riding high up tho bank. AUDI
denly shot out and got Zig
lead on tho other riders Taylor saw
Butler start, but tho colored Rider was
GLOW 90 stArtlnr and ana not rat under
Roadway In time TO catch hls spcedy on,
ponent
Butler maintained the lead he had
gained by the same clever ruso used by
kimble In tho n. g.. A. rurcs. ana
crossed tho tape FAR IN advance of
"Mni1h." who had been picked by tho
critics a. q cure winner.
Some OF tho T.. A. ". mon VIII, had
attended the Boston m o. aud also have
followed tho ". q. a. races closely. ,ttv
that race between these two riders