Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-07
Motorcycle Race Made Up for All
Deficiencies,
ROY n0DGERT BADLY HURT.
Collides with A. ", Smith and Both
Go Down "DeviI Catcher" Heats
the Swede's Motor.

Last evenings bicycle races az the
Salt Palace was an occasion Tor cheers.
groans and shoulders. The crowd was a
good one both In point Of numbers and
temperament; quick 10 forget a def
cheney and applaud vigorously that
which was good The big
event Of the evening was the
race Of the motorcycles, Chap
mans Devil Catcher" and Lawsons
"Red Devil The race was i've miles
and was as pretty and Inspiring a sight
az ever beheld at the saucer At var
lous. stages OF the race the crowd grew
frantic with Joy and yelled and yelled
and yelled. Both machines behaved
nicely and the race ended without an
accident
CHAPMANs MOTOR WINS.
From the crack OF the starters pls-
tol The race was exciting A flying start
was made and lyer lawson and Chap
man soon took the lead Of Vaughn and
Gust Lawson, who were engineering the
'Iertible's' machine. They maintained
THIS position for the first mile
when the SWede's motor made
u EANNAN squirt anu NNOl
ahead OF the other. Thus Il was until
the third mile, the crowd cheering wild.
ly. Chapman and liver led them for an
other mile but Gust and Vaughn again
got the lead and gained a quarter Of
a lap. Everybody thought the race was
Gust and Naughu's. but pleasant sur.
prise awaited them. Chapman opened
wide the throttle and with Iver leaning
over the handle bars. let the Devil
Catcher 80, and IL went, soon passing
tie others and winning by nearly half
a length, Time-g:53 l-5.
MUNsON sPRINTs SOME.
In the first heat Of the mile handicap
Amateur Julius Munson developed
sprnting streak quite unlocked for and
carried of the honors in the time OF
1903 S-5. Liday second and Sturrock
third
The second heat was the fastest
and was won by W. e, Samuelson. with
A. w. Smith a close second. Time
l:o2 S-5. This was the fastest heat
King captured the third In 1907, Balm
bridge crowding him.
CROWD GREW WEARY.
In the qualifying heats OF the two
mile handicap professional, the crowd
grew weary and groaned. The heats
were two miles and We're handicap.
The first ran Chapman and Lawson
scratch, Glenn Turville 20 yards. ana
Gust Lawson so yards. OF course. liver
and Chapman won but the time. well.
II was awful 4-i2, two 10 qualify three
in the fastest heat Turvflle and Gust
did not qualify. The fault Of the loaf
ing can not be laid TO the scratch men,
for they overlook the handicaps in the
hrst mile II was therefore the fault !
OF the handicaps, who apparently were
afraid OF hurting themselves
The second heat was run In APO by |
John Lawson c. T. May second The !
United States record was demolished |
IN the third by Vaughn making the |
distance In 4:OS, Gum second and Eme- |
~ third.
The final was very pretty Chap |
man and lver overhauled the other |
men IN the first mile and held the lead |
until the home lap, when Vaughn made |
a beautiful sprint and cut Chapman out
OF second place. liver won first, time, |
4:0S.
ROY HoDGERT INJURED.
The most serious spill Of the season
occurred in the final Of the one mile |
handicap amateur In which Roy Hold
CERT and A. W. Smith were hurt. Both
We're riding on the south bank at a
lively pace. when they came together
and went down Smith was not in
lured beyond a few small cuts. bat
Hodgert had number OF bones broken
IN his right hand aud an artery severed.
he was conveyed TO his dressing room
and thence TO ST. Marks hospital I'm an
ambulance, where HIS wound WAS
dressed Later be was taken home.
The flnal was won by W. l.. Samuel.
son In 2.l5 cambridge second and Ia
day third.