The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-04
SPORT ON THE SAUCER
Good Crowd Saw Splendid Races
Last Night.
rrRVILLE WAS BEATEN
,,n FALL SPOILED BEST PRO
FEsSIONAL EVENT.

..A., don't break records with such
,-..,,errv as they used to down at the
s.r palace. for the speed Of the saucer
So. bacr tested about to its limit. But
-. man who thinks d bicycle race is not
.-,rrh seeing any more should have been
s,,r1 there last night. 1t was a pro-
rrsmm. of eight events. but the riding
- praftv enough to make 2.5Ou people
s.ro.f IFS length and cheer wildly at every
finish
charley TuryilIe. the hero of the TWEEN
. t,..-fUiIa race of Tuesday right fell
dawn hard. He won place in the hearts
-, m, people after he tackled onto the
U,tor.ycIa the other night ana followed
,beavfu. pace all through, but as a COM
,s,ffiDn rider TuTville has little show
5itb rle other favOrites. He entered
,br.a events last night, but the best he
o1r WAS second place in qualifying for
''j Kan Green. the colored rider. startled
F. crowd by winning he half-mile han
5..p which he entered at the last mo-
r..rt. over all the local professionals. He
raI. like % demon all through the evening
and made the other fellows ride, when
t.G they had their way. lOafinE. bad as
II was would have been a greater fea-
trrs Green was cheeTed when he crossed
+fs tame FIRST and he deserved all the rec
ignition be- got
Spoiled By Fall.
The prettiest event Of all, the final
Hraa-0IIarter-mile professional was
yao:lcd by 90 fall. Chapman, Vaughn, Gus
lawson. En- Try and Glenn Turville had
cualifed. and ,ley iOafed until the fifth
ap when Vaughn unexpectedly shot for
ward ike a cannon ball. Chapman was
worried. so was little Gus, and they
started out to oyeTtake powerful Bill.
Then t was pretty. Vaughn kept the
lead remarkably well and Chapman
somehow got behind Gus. They had
frrr-d ON the last lap. Vaughn and Law
son leading. parallel with each other, and
chapman crowding them TO their utmost
when Glenn Turville. who had no business
being I'm the finish, anyway. turned up
th- bank into Chapman. They rolled
forty or nifty feet, and Emery, coming
Ike WhiTlWind behind, got into the
general miXup.
The spill occurred fifty feet from the
tape. Chapman got on his feet and
thiughtfUlly grabbed his disabled wheel
and ,imped down the track, securing third
money by passing over the line before
either of the others who fell had time
To- think. Chapman's body was scratched
aad cut and he did not appear again. His
injuries would not have kept MIN back
but his wheel was too badly used up for
ans further service Lawson. Emery and
TUrriile came out with a few bruises, all
riding in the succeeding events.
Chinaman Was There.
Poor Yee Wing Choy. not satisfied with
riding 70 quarter on his ear at the last
meet went out again for blood. and near
ly succeeded I'm repeating the sensational
performance He was in the first trial
heat 0f the amateur event. and was
baked before he got even with the band
o1 the other side. But Yee kept going
until someone told him the race was over
Then hr rode mp the angle at the SlOweSt
gHit possible, stopping when he reached
The bottom.
The amateur qualifying put up a good
show. OF those who entered last night
only one name was familiar-Rob VIII
LamS The uOviCes were out TO show
what they could do, and, to the delight
of The crowd. rode like their lives de-
pended uu IL for the first half Of the race
and virtually saUntered in al the finish
hirris won the final, but he had to fight
tlr IT, Bob Williams started out like a
winner but before the fourth lap the
r.., was between Eddie Smith and Bur
ri4.
Gums Fine Ride.
To- t1e second heat of the mile handicap.
Professional. Gum made a magnificent
,.-. finishing first with Green right be
hEl him. But in the final. Little Gus,
Who WAS really the scratch man. though
starting at the forty-yard line, was too
mi.n for MIN. May was on the seventy
H--} 'rd line. and he did a Tam O'Shan-
'l acc right on the start. Of course. he
could not keep up, but he did get in third
I-AHd lawson and Gum.
VITA Gum. Emery. May, Brazier
'-Hr. j. w. Ensign and Green in half
mile handicap. something was expected
az. nobody was disappointed 1t was the
rI.N race OFF The night in which lOafing
laHr. tn matrrialize. largely on account
ut 'irtn magnificent Sp2nt from the
H.aI- I1. DuluTed man did the others
'o,-.F aai perfectly, Game was second
-' HrHL.r IniTd. The half-mile was
hidden .r l..H 20
Tae tandem event brought forth cheers
-..l' smith and Jake HirSch, the
MINERS MIL the very last lap il looked
-l' hIrri- and King would win, but
"a.1 the bel rang Eddie gritted his
,,'.A and away went the team. finishing
'.7, 'l 70 lead of two yards.
Summaries.
l1" results of finals follow:
..i---"n rter-mile professional - Gus
oman third. Emery fourth. Time
.e-.uarter-mile open. amateur-John
iTIs- Er>t Eddie Smith second. W. +.
N- u'ra Time-1:i6 2-5.
handicap. professionalism
-i"-".. I Yards. first: J. Z. Gum. ~
--'s second. G. r. May. - yards. third.
r..'-WI.e tandem handicap, amateur
ss.'- l.Tsch and Eddie Smith, 65 yards.
--. 81. burris and William King 60
.-..-. second. r. NJ and w. r.. Samuel
S.- -.raf.h third.
3ar-a. emile handicap. local profess
r.. .el Green. - yards. first A. w.
... s. Yards, second; G. L. Brazier,
yards. third.