Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-22
LAWSON WINS
FIVE MILE RACE.
Exciting Finishes at the Saucer
Track Last Evening
HODGERTS PRETTY SPRINT.
Er.tvhIIe Amateur surprises Every
body by Runnlng Away from
crack Professionals.

The events on the saucer track last
evening were spirited and the manage
raDt deserves credit for the prompt
manner in which they were handled
There was but little loailng and the
,ulsh Of the qualifying heats as well as
tbe finals were, 10 quote u wheelman,
"full Of ginger" and kept the i,4OO spec
tators present IN a state Of enthusiasm.
There were no accidents, although sew
eral times a "spill' seemed imminent
The feature Of the meet was the Ave
mile motor paced professional, and the
surprising sprint discovered, but here
tofore unknown In one Roy Hodgert,
an erstwhile Salt Lake amateur whose
bicycle cognomen is Hodge"
The FIRST event was q half-mlle hand
ieap professional. The first heat was
captured by Johnnie Chapman from
the thrty-iive-yord mark by one OF
his brilliant spirits In 81 2-5 with Ruiz
a close second Vaughan third and Glenn
Turyiile fourth. In the second heat
liver Lawson started from scratch and
caught the bunch I'm a lap and half.
All indications pointed 10 "A close finish
when liver was thrown out by pune
ture 10 his rear wheel As soon as lyer
was discovered TO be out Of the race
the y0ungster Hodge above referred
10 began sprinting, and II was as pref
ty a sprint as one would care TO see.
Those who followed him vainly en-
deay0red to hang on but were shaken
and Roy came galloping home first
with several yards 10 spare. This was
a chance for applause, and Roy got a
generous hand The time was exactly
the same as the first heat Gussie
Lawson got second and Hausman
third. Better time was made in the
final. Il being 81 As, and the finish was
Very close. almost constituting a dead
heat. Rutz got first, Vaughan second,
Hoigert third and Guss Lawson fourth
There was trouble In the two-mile
open amateur motor paced. Fred
Meakin A. W. Smith and King got
away with the first heat In the order
named time 2.l3 Pa. The second heat
went 10 Samuelson, Burris and +. b.
Heagren In the final there was con-
siderable jockeying for position behind
the motor and after a hard fight Burris
got It. Fred Meakin made a pretty
sprint around the motor and was cut
ting IN from the pole for pace when
Jack Burrls did a very improper thing
by forcing Meakin down and out Of the
place he rightfully held Meakin was
forced 20 drop out Of the race alto
gether. Samuelson then tried Meakins
plan but Burris deliberately forced him
down. Burris finished first but Referee
John sharp promptly disqualified him
and the race went 70 Samuelson, King
and Smith. Eddie and A. w. Smith,
not brothers and no relation won the
0ne-mile tandem handicap from the
slyty-ive-yard mark. The Heagren
brothers got second and SamuelsOn and
Meakin third,
In the final OF the fve-mlle profess
sOnal Iyer Lawson made a pretty and
difficult ride. Chapman got first place
behind the motor and held IL until the
last lap, although the other riders
yainly endeavored 20 wrest II from him.
liver rode the entire distance at third
place but on the last lap jumped out
ahead Of everybody with Chapman at
his heels. Gussie got third and Rutz
fourth. Time 1918 2-5. In this one
race Lawson and Chapman made slJ,
good nights work.