Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-02
BICYCLE RACES TONIGHT.


oscar Julius has issued a challenge
u j. NJ. Chapman. tho winner OF the
Chapman-Lawson nifty mile race on
Friday night. for the same distance.
Chapman has accepted tho same and
tho race will come on next Friday
night. owing TO the unpleasant fea-
lures ~ the last race. wherein II was
alleged that FurmaD favored Chapman
IN the pacing 10 the extent OF coaching
the rider and hitting M the pace when
ever Lawson oanayed to ride round the
motor. each man N 20 have two tandem
teams TO pace him and they will start
from opposite sides u the track Law
son wanted 20 ride Chapman IN that
Kind OF a race but the Atlanta boy re-
fused. a good race ia assured; julius
says he will defeat Chapman, II he has
"A clear Held and no favor. while the
latter thinks he will have no difficulty
In riding away from swedc number two.
The star event in tonighra program
on the Hugarbowl track at the Salt
Palace will be the twO-milc match race
between liver Lawson ana Glen Tur-
VILE, paced by Lawson'a motorcycle.
Chapman was TO have ridden an exhibit
ton mile but the Salt Palace officials
evidently thought Il would draw too big
crowd and were not prepared to put
up the extra purse for tho event. oonse-
quentiy the same II called on. The fol-
lowing ~ the program tonight IN which
neither Of the drawing cards-John
Chapman or Lawson appear
Ono-mlle handicap, professional,
Clom Turvlllc. liver Lawson, scratch;
George Weller, IS yards oscar Julius,
% yards. o, n. Emory, 70 yards; Tod
Game, IS yards; @. T.. Chaffee. 100
yards.
SO. so and l5-E. y, smith, scratch;
Lawrence Beck. 20 yards; NJ. Holllater,
30 yards. A. W, smith, 10 yards: a. G,
Husbands. 20 yards g, l. Sturrock, 90
yards. J. Munaon. IS yards.
Twu-miie match race-Clcm Turvillc
Va liver Lawson. Prizes. nrat $50 sec
ond so. Paced By motor tandem.
There was quite a furry In cycle
circles on Saturday evening owing to u
rumur that racing ON the salt Palace
track would be- suspended until the
amateur prizes had been paid for A bill
OF sea- 80 from George Mullet q Co. and
one OF $50 20 from browning Bros,
which represented amateur prizes
which had not been paid for by the
Palace management. were sent In TO j,
w. sharp Jr., the local N. c. A. repre-
sentative. with the request tina the act
IN the UlhNAft hAAhNAANh W ~ - ~
rules, In order that they might be paid.
when Manager Schefski made appli-
cation for sanction for tonightH meet
to Mr.. sharp he was turned down cold.
Director Colburn Of the salt Palace was
notified and conference was held with
the outcome that the matter was Hntls-
faotorily adjusted and the sanction
granted
The racing men are very bitter re-
gnrdlnR the prize list offered by the
Salt Palace management They rightly
say that the races are the drawing card
aud apparently the officials expect the
receipts 10 pay for the major portion of
the Palace expenses. John Chapman "
credited with the following sentiment
There Is that HaEenback show" They
are paying for these animals SSi5 a
week, Just about twice as much Ms all
the prizes they are Offering 20 the rae
ing men We would not kick II the
animals were drawing card, but they
are not Everybody knows that Il Is
the races that draw the crowds, Here
We poor devils pull our lungs out every
night and draw thousands Of people 10
see uH DO II. and those people up In the
salt Palace got all the money. II Isn't
fair al an and we've got a good right
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