Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-21
THREE STATE
RECORDS BROKEN
Salt Palace Cycle Races Draw a
Record Crowd,
TEAM WORK OF STRANGERS
,.h,p, Ensign Defeated-J. y. Gum
cover. IIIn.elr with ciorJ' Like
wise Emory julius bard Luck

Three new state records were cstab-
vsbsd on the Salt Palace Bicycle track
iast night They were:
one mile. unpaccd, against time-J.
p. Gum. . o. is.
One mile competition. professionals.
n. Chapman. 1906 5-5.
orc.haif mile. competition. amateur
uppaocd)-John Ensign. 1904 go.
Tbe crowd that assembled to witness
che snort was the biggest In the his
tsry 0f wheel racing In the state and
Win the exception at the turns whore
Che nrst three rows were fnlcd, the au-
dIsnce was stacked like sardines way
lack 20 the last rail. Holds band was
In attendance and set the pace with
lively tunes. with plenty u drum
tbr5vu in: the presiding genius over
the parchment following every sprint
with artistic Abandonment that caused
thp tnii-endcrH 10 got down and hump.
ME rnccs started ON schedule timo
and no treHomc waits were In evidence
mot that the crowd would have mind
"a PARTICULARLY, IN the face OF the mu-
sI but n showed that the officials who
conduct the meets are keeping up a
uBIuue record heretofore uncHtthliahcd
IN me annals " racing In Utah. The
ftrcot car service, that landed tho spec
tators at the gates ~ the enclosure.
ans also "a decided Improvement. In
fact ~ soon as the management puts Ia
another couple OF lights together with
uphoiHtrred HwlVel-chnirH for the press,
ID Wiu BE- absolutely impossible Tor the
chronic kicker TO ma any fault with
the appointments Of the fastest S-lap
In, l,,,',V tho ,,r,erribt, g,yede''
was not down ON the card from the fact
that be- ~ rcuDping In the Hhockcll
down lu Rurarpp0lis with his ole Olson
show. His absence was not greatly
folt. however. owing 60 the presence 81
Chapman, the Atlanta crack. and Frank
C0ttuf. the western Whlrlwind,' from
tho Pacific coast These two divided
Doe hHHurH between them IN the only
open professional race. which was the
one milo lap professional, Chapman
winning In state record time Of 2'0i $50,
with his team mate, Cottcr. second.
This couple OF uiilcleHs knights "
the pedals gave the spectators and
their competitors an cycopeuer In the
matter OF jnckcying ana general team
work and generally handed out a SAM
pie Of gcneralshlp that has never be-
fore been witnessed In the Beehive
state. the general sentiment expressed
being that Ia the Interests ~ good clean
sport such proceedings on the part %
strangers within our gates We're not
likely 10 ind favor IN the long run. II
o. TO be- hoped that the local talent will
not proceed to emulate the example VI
chapman ana C0ttcr but viii continue
iu the paths u rcCtitude and ride indi-
ylduaily 40 heretofore
HALF MILE HANDICAP.
To the first event. the half mile handl.
cap for amateurs, Ensign and Mcnhn
started from scratch. Eddie Smith had
th,ty-hve yards. LAWYER forty cut
tins. forty-nvc and Frolscth nfty-nvc.
The bunch were quickly caught by thu
sgrAtch men, but Meakin went over the
handle bars on the track early in Gee
rncc and was out " Il.
Ensign quickly forged ahead and
won easily with Smith second. FrulHeth
third and cutting fourth. EnHign'H
time was 1904 90, that lowered Papa"
Smiths 1896 record of 1907 10.
HALF MILE INVITATION.
The half mile Invitation professional
fur local men opened with Emory.
ttlur shurmun, Edmonda and Gum.
The race was slow Tor the first two
laps when Shnrmnn ana Gum UNDER
took 90 jump Co the front Emory
took the challenge and tackled ON and
al ihg last lap the snw-mill hand forged
ahead IN a most exciting finish. dunn
second sharmnn third with Edmunds
and caiue dIsputlng fourth place.
CHAPMAN SCORES.
The one mile lap race professional
Hm essentlally the star event Of the
evening" II WAS run In two heats and
hHll Chapman NJ Atlanta TOD
'ainc and oscar julius We're the start
900 in the FIRST heat. Chapman had an
ly time Of Il and qualified without
l.ihaulty. The hnish between Calnc
eng Julius was very close, but the
Judges gave the decision TO Julius,
hheftupon Chlno filed protest on the
decision, claiming that he won second
l.let hy i've inches. The strangers got
track.
Emery, Turvlile. and Frank Cottor.
NE man from the Pacific coast. were
M, starters In the next heat. Turyille
igle q game race and won, Cotter nm
s9lng second and Emery third. This
u.lhg TIE fastest " the two heats, all
mige qualified Tor the final.
NhApmun Turvllle. Cotter. Julius and
Emory lined up FOR the Anal. Emory
"N HW pedal ON the curve at the start
all 90 landed In the sand down below
WI q resonant thud The rest OF the
INWl Fought every inch Of each lap for
Nillns place over the tape. CHAPMAN
.l'Il over the line ahead for the first
nv al.. then he allowed his running
f .'ttor, 20 come through ON the
,-lle ~ several more. Julius How the
Ie llh am awful crash on the sixth
-k NiFlhg Chapman. Cottor and Tur-
t.g 10 hEht II out, The latter had
tNl Nlnc Of II at the hands OF the two
g'yA,l - who had him whore they
ita"Nl, nut Turvllle took his medicine
Protest 'N ''' e"'e'
N9aapmnn won with q points to his
TlI 'otter was second with 10 and
lui''''e third with ".
ENsIGNs WATERLOO.
Johnny Ensign, the auarter milo
s",Wur champion OF the State. was de-
t' ny Fred Mcakln IN two straight
U,r W the special match race En-
,rW SOY Two poor starts and WAS gem
ra, SLOW In getting away. Ensign
Ky u4Mn ana dug. hut he couldn't
FRED worth cent.
~ ~ bunn made "a fine ride nqoinst
aH, one mile unpncod state record az
Vsrgh lhls Tine was made by II. II.
Ia iEl1 or Denver on the Beck track
b' 2, Hunn rode amid enthualugm on
t5ul OF the audience ana tho paint
ma a ulusw Of Helds cornat. lie got
Iroo 'asll9n when Emiso announced Inc
EMORY AGAIN SCORES.
iv. ag iye,mlle special pursuit rnec no
lInuus ana Emory proved to be
s,tuuulug' for the latter. The com
vl7 started from opposite sidcs a.
wv track Jullua hvnisi M. 49, ~