The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-08
Cycling.
TDRVILLE Won EASILY
Gus Lawson Would Not Change
His Pace.
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COULD HAVE HAD 1T
CHAPMAN'S MOTOR BREAKS A
WORLDS RECORD.

A sensation from start to finish. an
event that thrilled 5000 people with
faar and delight and brought cheers
from that number of threats. was the
furious twenty motor-paced
contest on the saucer. track between
Charles Turville and Gus Lawson last
night TUrville won. He had the race
from the start, for reasons. First, the
Lawson motor gave out: at anv rate
Il did not move as swiftly or as
smoothly as the other; and then il was
his misfortune to puncture a tire. Rut
even after he was a mile behind, Gus
sic could have made it a greater race.
and perhaps have won, had he so elect
cd 20 was a question of which he val
ned most. his reputation and glory or
his earnings, and he chose the latter
Incidental to the race, John Chan
man and G.. r. May rode q mile On the
motorcycle in 1:29, being the fastest
mile ever ridden on an eight-lap track
The nearest approach TO the record is
l.5&
oscar julius and Glenn TurvtIIe
manned the motor that paced Tur-
Vile while Billy Vaughn and John
lawson rode the losing machine.
Turville Gained.
They Whrled around. the familiar
"pf-pif' Of the motors running into
one continual roar at the speed of the
pace TurVille was gaining steadily
from the start, and on the second mile
his motor ran alongside the Lawson
machine. 1t tried to pass. and while
they ran neck and neck for a half
mile, the crowd rose to it's feet as one
man and yelled. Never was greater
enthusiasm witnessed at the Salt PAL
ace track, and never perhaps was there
such a race for blood until accidents
came with such frequency as to dis
courage the great cOncOurSe of specta-
tors.
Turyile did not succeed in passing
the Lawson team on his first ATTEMPT,
bur along in the fifth he did. Lawson
had tried to make up the half lap his
competitor had gained, and was maxi
ing a magnificent effort, when his tire
went fiat.
Got Another Wheel.
The plucky little Swede jumped off
and ran iltO the training quarters.
grabbing the first bicycle he came 70.
He appeared on the track a few mo-
meHtS later with a wheel geared en-
tirey too low to be Of any service.
and he had lost five laps in making the
change. But he tackled on TO the mo-
Tor and held the pace while his wheel
was being fixed When he got back
his original mount Turville had covered
eight miles to his seven. Gus made d
tack on to his pace that brought the
crowd again to its feet.
Anon the motor was going ont an
Iar-ntIy. and John Chapman and c.
E May brought out the Chapman tan
dem for the purpose of pulling Cussie
out They could not persuade Gussie's
PAGERS 90 fan out. and the little rider
refused to leave his brothers heels.
Chapman Helped Out.
Then Chappie concluded Gus would
have to be- shown. He turned the pow
-r into his red devil on the fourteenth
nile. He passed Lawson, then Tur-
vile. then Lawson, then Turville, on
an average of three times a mile for
Probably four miles. While the crowd
yelled itself hoarse at Gussie: Tack
on Take your other pace. Go on and
win. Then there We're cheers for
chapman and his motor. for he was
running oil miles right along dt pace
America never before has seen.
FIls.iE. John Sharp, representative |
H .fa National Cycling association. |
VINO has charge of the races baWled |
olj through the magaphOne to the |
terrible Sue3e: Come off, or you'll |
Do disqualified let Gus take the |
'1NI man race" Even that had no |
elect though it was repeated several /
times
Lawson later explained his refusal |
u. Jake Tine Chapman pace. as follows:
The men VINO rode the motor for me |
We're foo SET half my winnings. and / |
!t,t vaughn an extra SO for steering.
" had taken ChaDman's pace he !
would nave taken the other half Of |
-F winnings. and / would have been |
"1- y. IN the race. That | could not |
@,".. 4" do. so I held on to the motor |
lsl contracted for"
lawson lost by perhaps mile and !
quarter The time was 45:46. thir- |
seconds slower than TUrVille rode |
"'' same distance a week ago.
1a.uau motor made one mile, the /
.'Nr being caught by an official. in the |
...ais...e time of %. being the fast /
~. AI.- eyer ridden on an eight-lap |
.@'A At Omaha the other day a mile |
r nun off i'm 1:33. supposed to be the |
-.%' best time. For one lap Of their
..'.",, mile. Chapman and May moved /
=. l--r oliu.
The ether event of the night. the
-.--Hir professional handicap. re-
,-..i as follows: Vaughn, forty /
'a.lS. first. Tod Caine. seventy yards,
r..'A'. Ben Green, 80 yards, third;
..inau scratch. fourth. May, Emery
.'l Ensign finished in the order
'a''u.-.s time by miles was as fol-
..- Isl. go, 30. lib. 9:02. 1852, |
~ 1913. 'G.iN. 17:41. 1916 p :26. 23:22.
,. ... -.-l@. 1905. BIOS $500. 34:51, 36:41,