The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-23

Owing to a MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween Referee Bruff and the riders. the
match race last evening at the Palace
track between Iver Lawson and W. G.
Furman proved a decided fizzle Iver
Lawson easily proved his superiority to
thurman, beating him by fifty yards,
out he misunderstood the number of
laps he had ridden and stopped riding
lap too soon. Furman then caught
MIN and rolled over the tape a winner.
IL happened in this wise: The race
was TO be two miles, paced by John
Lawson S motorcycle. and before start
ing, the riders agreed TO have the bell
rung on the next to the last Ian. in
stead OF the last, so that the Internal
machine might drop out and give the
riders chance 20 sprint for the finish
hhe. Jonn Lawson and Oscar Julius
We're on board the motorcycle, and they
had all kinds of trouble getting it
started, for neither one understood its
workings any too well. They got it off
at length and lver Lawson, by a quick
start, caught it. The two iockeyed for
positions by each in turn riding around
the machine while it was getting un
speed, and when it got going we'll Iver
Lawson was tackled behind, with Err
man in the rear.
Motorcycle Goes Wrong.
On the sixth lap something went
wrong with the machine. and as a re-
suit the first mile was made in, but 80
Inc second was faster however. and
the crowd got up some little enthusi-
dsfn, ana when on the fourteenth Ian
The bell tangled and Iver Lawson ran
away from both motorcycle and his
competitor the crowd howled itself
noarse- Lawson crossed the tape on
The fifteenth lap fifty yards TO the good
and then sat up, while everyone ckeered
MN Justify. But behind him calue Fur
man, plugging away for all that was
IN MN. As Lawson rolled down the
stretch the sixteenth time and dis
mounted Furman whisked by and over
the tape ahead of him.
That gave Furman the race but the
crowd and most of the Officials did not
understand it. All of the timers but
one snapped their watches when Law
son ended his fifteenth lap, as there
mad been no general announcement of
the arrangement about ringing the bell.
When Announcer Brockbank gave it
out that Furman had won, the crowd
yelled and hooted and Kissed. Law
son! Lawsont" everybody shouted
He won the racei Get some new Of
neials. An attempt was made to ex-
plain the matter through the mega
pnOne. DuI II was OF no avail. Tor the
crowd howled il down.
How Lawson came to misunderstood
or forget was mystery until he was
asked about it in his dressing room.
Then he stated that at the last moment
he had requested Mr.. Bruff to have the
bell rung at the regular time and sup
posed that that was the ARRANGEMENT.
The one timer who got the right time
gave II as 1903 1-5 which is a ne9g state
record lnhn Z = ls4r
after in evening races the machine viii
De tuned up by a preliminary run
for few miles. He asserts that on ac-
count Of the GOODNESS Of the evening it
would not act well without a warming
UP.
Immense Crowd Was There.
The crowd was vast in size, filing the
amphitheatre t. overlooking, bit it was
a dissruntled crowd after the races,
Tor that one fiasco had taken all the
pleasure out Of the evening. Yet the
other races were nearly all fast and in
terestins.
The first heat Of the three-uuarter-
mile open was Eddie Smiths by two
lengths from A. w. Smith, who loped
in half-length ahead of j. w. Guth-
RE. Time-1:4S 40 In the second heat
Lawrence Beck had rather an easy
time. julius Munson. who has been a
the amateur races, made it a bit warm
for Beck for a minute and was a good
second. Time-1:51 The final was won
by Eddie Smith without any special
exertion. Guthrie had hot brush with
Beck for second place, taking it by a
wheels length. Time-1:47 LIS.
George Chaffee ran away with the
first heat of the half-mile open. taking |
the others unawares and stealing
around them while they were asleep. |
liver Lawson beat Chapman out for |
second place. Time-1:10. Long BIZ /
Furman got the second heat by q short |
half-W heel from Turville Julius was i
third The time was 1907 2-5, and as
this was the fastest heat, three men |
qualified in it and but two in the other |
Chapman was thus shut out for the /
first time in an open event since he /
came to Salt Lake. The final was a
sensational race all the way. Turviile /
l-ad the best position for the final /
sprint, but when he tried to run for il |
he found Iver Lawson right after him.
They had it out side by side for a mo-
ment. and then, amid much cheering
from the crowd, Lawson headed Tur-
Vile and won by a length. Furman
mad been coming UP strong behind and
he beat Turville out for second place
by a tires width. Time-1:05.
Munson Wins Mile Handicap.
julius Munson won his first prize
since he has been racing, in the mile
handicap. He was placed at the lS0-
yard mark. with Eddie Smith on
scratch. Smith caught the middle dis
lance riders easily, but then there be-
gan the customary quarrel as TO the
pacing, and during its progress Munson
nearly Tapped the bunch. He won by
over half a lap, Eddie Smith being sec
on1 and Nat Evans City yards third.
The mile handicap was split into
heats, in the first of which there was
no scratch man. Iurville made a fine
after catching the others, hung onto
in in third place. Furman got first
In the second heat Chap
man iscratch) twisted his handlebars
and fell at the start. Emery CLOG YARDS
rode around the crowd after liver Law
son (twenty-five yards had punched
them, and won the heat George Weller
(eighty-five YARDS taking second ard 1.
liver Lawson third
The final came after the match race,
against the protests Of both 5Surm5n
and lver Lawson, and as a result
neither stood a show for first money. Is
rurville caught the bunch easily and
walked away with the race. George
Weller made a good ride of it nd cap
-ured second place, Furnan being third.
The Summary.
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