The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-05

John Chapman suffered a sounding de.
feat at the hands Of his old rival, John
Lawson. ''the Terrible Swede, last even
ing at the Salt Palace before crowd OF
nearly 5000 people. IN their twenty-rnlie
match race, Lawson simply rode rlnss
around Chapman and won by over a 4. I'M q Z
Lawson rode the twenty miles IN 44.4zS-o
while Chapman's time was Ai;vo.
Although all credit should be given u
John Lawson, for he made DeautlIul
ride covering no less than four of the
miles in two minutes or under, sun theIe
We're very many inthe crowd VINO claimed
that the race was a fake, ana mat ChdP-
man purposely threw IL ana ADVISED ms
friends TO bet on Lawson. So well defneu
was this rumor that the judges decided
TO withhold their decision pendlne an m
Vestigation of the good faith Of the RID
ers The betting on the event was one oil
the most suspicious circumstances. De
spite the ease with which Chapman de-
feated Lawson last Friday night there
wee at least a half dozen men in the
crowd with large rolls OF bills, and the
betting was very heavy, even money be
ing offered in all cases, and one OF two
bets of $500 even were made by well
known gamblers.
Chapman Was III.
Chapman was certainly sick during the
race for he VOmited number OF times
while he was riding about the track, but
whether his illness was genuine or not
there was much diversity OF opinion IN
the crowd. 1t is known that he has been
dissipating very heavily of late, and IL
was said that he was not entirely sober
when he mounted his wheel. He rode a
wheel geared to JIG, the same one he used
last Friday behind the motorcycle. any
one acquainted with cycle racing would
call it criminal folly 10 ride so high a
gear behind tandem pacing.
Lawson had by far the better pacing
tandem team. Caine and Chaffee, and
IVer Lawson and Julius did his towing,
while Chapman was paced by Turvllle
and Ensign and Weller and Emery Caine
and Chaffee are about The best tandem
mates on the track, while lver Lawson
and Julius are 5ood match Tor them
This alone gave many Of the best in
formed an idea that the race was not OF
the square, for. they argued, why did
Chapman choose tandem teams so mani
festly inferior to those his rival had en-
gaged2 The question whether the race
was fixed or not will be settled by The
judges within the next few days. After
the race. many people We're emphatic III
their denunciations of Chapman.
The big race was preceded by a mile
handicap, amateur. which went as usual
TO Eddie Smith from scratch. The race
was of the stereOtYped variety, for Smith
easily caught Beck go yardsl, Lucas go
yards and A. w. Smith as YARDS. Then
the four had a long pull after the long
mark men, a. c. Husbands Ql0 YARDS, 5.
Ganagner Q35 yards). A. +. Wilson l25
YARDS and J. Munson Q45 yardsl. On
the bell lap MunSon still had a good lead
and with Beck, A. W. Smith and Lucas
trailing him, ran away with the race with
the greatest ease. He won by quarter
lap with Beck second by a tirewidth over
a. W. Smith. Time-2:12 2-5.
Delay In Starting.
There was a half-hour wait while Chap
man fixed tire on one of his tandems
and then the race was called. The race
was an Australian pursuit, the two men
starting from opposite sides of the track.
Lawson started on the east and Chapman
on the west. Chapman got the better
start and his tandem team. Turville and
Ensign, carried him at a good gait for
half a mile. Then Weller and Emery
picked up Chapman and did the trick SO
poorly that Lawson soon regained all his
lost territory. Chapman won the first
mile in 1853 30, Iawson's time being two
nfths Of second slower. On the second |
mile. Laws0n's tandem teams began 10 /
reel ii out very fast and Lawson made |
the second mile in 1:5l, beating Chapman |
by some distance. The SWede'S pace be- /
came terrific in the third mile. He gained |
4 quarter lap on Chapman and then by |
Il magnificent burst Of speed by his pace /
makers. Game and Chaffee. he caught |
ana passed Chapman in the fifth lap. !
Chapman's pacemakers had run away /
from him. for ne apparently could not |
ride fast enough TO keep with them.
Crowd Delighted.
The crowd went into a spasm of delight
when the Swede rolled around Chapman
and for a moment the race seemed about
10 come to an end right there. A large
crowd of people ran down onto the track
and the air was hideous with cheering
Chapman anC his pacemakers seemed in
a panic and while Lawson was still speed
ing away, Chapman was trying to get his
pacemakers to understand that the race
was not over. As result, Lawson passed
Chapman the second time.
The riders get settled down to business
after time, but II was only too evident |
that Chapman was done for. He could
lot keep up with the pace set by his tan
lens and more tlan once they had to
irOp back and wait for him Every few
niles Lawson made a. squirt and passed
Chapman. In the twelfth mile he did this
rick twice, riding al the wonderful gait |
IF 1:43 Tor the mile.
Could Not Catch Up.
ChSpman never made up an inch of
he distance be had lost. and the Swede
passed him nine times in the twenty
niles.
When the bell Jap came. Lawson sprint
ID Yaliantly, beating out his tandem and
lding an extra lap or two to show how
veil ne felt lie came up to the grand
tand with d broad grin on his face and
he crowd cheered him fraut;cally The
liners caught his time as 44:42 ia. Chan
nan kept on riding and finished a few
minutes later in 47:O0 fat
The summary OF The race follows:
iiles. Winner. Time.
CHAPMAN 20