The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-14


and easily came in first with Foos, of
third; and Boyd, of East Greenville,
fourth. Time, 1902. In the second
trial heat Frank Pejano, Of Cleveland.
was first; Snyder, Of Massillon, second,
and Thad Solamer, Of Barberton, third.
Time. 1905. Solamer kept in the lead
the most Of this heat, but on the home
stretch Pejano overlook him and cross
ed the tape first.
The first four in the first and fastest
heat and the first three in the second
heat formed the final and deciding heat
Of the race. Boyd, Of East Greenville,
started in the lead at the outset of
this race, and kept it up to the finish
and won the first prize, a $500 diamond
presented by the Y. M. c. A. Pejano,
of Cleveland, was second and Solamar,
Of Barberton, came in third, Time,
2;55h, =,
ONE MILE OPEN.
The one mile open was also pulled
off in heats on account Of the large list
of entries, there being 25 entered for
the race. 1t took three half-mile trial
heats to decide who should enter in the
final In the first heat, Sponseller, Of
Canton, was first; Umstead, Of Salem,
second; Schumacher, of Canton, third,
and Crouch, Of Cleveland, fourth. Time,
100. The second heat was won by Eddie
Somers, of Cleveland; Merkle, of Cleve-
land, second; Wilkens, of Cleveland,
third, and Mong, of Massillon, fourth.
Time, 1:09A. The third and last trial
heat was won by Willis Covel with
Pejano a close second; Allen. of Cleve-
land, third, and e. J. Stewart fourth.
AS in the one mile novice the win
, ners of the trial heats were the con-
testants in the one mile open. Merkle,
who was third in the trial heat of this
race came in first, Umstead second and
Sponseller third. Time 2:46. Merkle
| was last at the end of the first half
mile, but by fast work succeeded in
crossing the tape first. Sponseller made
a pretty squirt in the last half but could
not catch the leaders.
ONE HALF MILE HANDICAP.
The third event on the program was
the one half mile handicap. There were
"a entries. The Canton boys who took
part and the handicaps given them
were: Schumacher, go yards; Parker, so
yards; Rea, 30 yards; Sponseller, 20
yards. Merkle and Wilkins, Of Cleve-
land, were the scratch men. Wilkins,
one Of the scratch men, fell shortly
after starting and did not finish the
race. Parker at 80 yards, came in first
with Schumacher, 60 yards, good sec
ond, and Deck, so yards, following
closely for third place. Time, 1902. The
first prize was a $500 diamond, pre-
Sented by the v M C. A.
MOTOR CYCLE TRIAL.
Between the third and fourth events
the latter the Stark county champion
ship race-an exhibition race with
motor cycle tandem was given. The
riders rode five miles and succeeded in
doing 1t in nine minutes and 40 seconds.
This was the first exhibition Of this
kind ever given in the city and the
machine was eagerly watched by the
spectators as it travelled around the
circuit.
TWO MILE HANDICAP.
Five Canton riders entered the two
mile handicap and there We're 27 en-
tries in all. 1t was one Of the most
was given a handicap Of 200 yards;
Sponseller 80 yards, and Reigler $50
yards. Merkle and Wilkens, Of Cleve-
land, were again the scratch men. At
the end of the first mile, Deck, who had
a handicap Of IT'S yards, crossed the
line first. but Eddie Somers, Of Cleve-
land, overlook him on the second mile
and came in first. He had handicap
of 20 yards. Time, 4:46. Cotell, of
came in second and A. #.
Crouch, ITO yards, third. During this
race the wind was blowing a terrific
gale and the boys made good time con-
sidering the circumstances.
ONE HALF MILE OPEN.
The one half mile open also had 70
be given in two trial heats, and final
for the decision, on account of the large
list of entries which numbered Fl.
In the first heat Sponseller, Of Canton,
was first; Crouch, of Cleveland, Sec
ond; Merkle, Of Cleveland, third, ami
Amerman, of Alliance, fourth. Time.
1:16h. In the second trial heat Will
kens was first, Covel second, Allen
third. and Frank Strauss, of Akron,
fourth. Time, 1:10h.
Between the trial heats and the final
heat, Shaffer, of Canal Dover, en-
deavored to beat the state record for
one mile, which Is 1:53 1-5. paced by the
motor cycle tandem. The strong wind
which still continued was against a
fast ride. but he did remarkably well
and did the mile in 2:02k.
The deciding heat Of the one half mile
open was then taken up. The first
three men in the first trial heat and the
first four men in the second trial heat
qualified. Sponseller, of Canton, came
in first with Wilkens, of Cleveland, only
few inches behind and Allen, of Cleve-
land, third. Time, 1:23h When An
nouncer Day informed the audience that
Sponseller w,,n the race, Wilkens, Of
Cleveland, came up into the Judges
stand and protested the race, claiming
that he had won It. He said that he
and sponselier were coming down the
home stretch min and tuck and just