The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-16
LAWSON WON RACE
1oDE TWENTY MILES, MOTOR
PACED, IN SO MINUTES.
BEAT EATON AND TURVILLE
THOUGH EATON STUCK TO HIM
CLOSE FOR EIGHTEEN MILES.


Eaton and Lawson to Ride Again
To-niGht-Eaton Thinks He Has
Retter show in shorter Distances
and so Has Arranged for Three
Eixe-MfIe Heats-Has Bet $3.50 to
400 That He Will Take Two OF
Them From the Swede-Henry
RecLett Rode Against His Record
and Clipped 1t by Four Seconds
prince Off to New York To-mOr-
raw for Bunch of New Riders.
twenty miles in SO minutes, / At
seconds was the record made by Gus
lawson, the Terrible Swede." in the
three cornered, motor-paced race that
WAS the chief attraction of the Dro-
eramme at the Coliseum last night
Law Eaton finished second, two laps
behind, and Topsie .Turville, third
some six laps to the bad.
Between Lawson, paced by Charles
O'Neil, and Eaton, pulled around by
Callihan, the race for eighteen miles
was as pretty and close as could be
wished. First Lawson would have
the lead and then Callihan, by a squirt
would get to the front and hold that
place for a lap or two and then be
forced to take second place, while
Lawson lead the way again.
The men started off, Turville first,
To
maintained these positions until the
last lap of the first mile, when Eaton
passed both Lawson and Turville. This
position was kept for some time, but
by the fourth lap of the third mile
Eaton had gained a lap on Turville.
He passed Turville on the next lap and
still later Lawson caught and passed
Turvile In the fifth lap of the fourth
mile both Lawson and Eaton had lap
ped Turville for the second time. The
four miles were ridden in minutes
and 26 seconds.
From that time on Turville was so
completely out of the game that all
interest centered in the struggle of the
two other men. 1t was worthy of the
interest for it was a splendid fight,
the men see-SaWing to the front and to
the rear again every lap or two, while
every time they swept by the grand
stand some admirer would plead with
them to hit it up" At the end of the
tenth mile the time was Is minutes,
% rs seconds. Eaton was slightly in
the lead.
Rode Like IA Demon.
Lawson passed Eaton again in the
fourteenth mile and for lap after lap
led him by the distance of half the
track, but in the seventeenth mile Ea-
ton, by riding like a very demon, not
only closed up the distance between
himself and the Swede, but actually
went by him and maintained the first
place for several laps. In the next
mile, though, for some reason, Eaton
lost his pace, and before he could
catch it, Lawson had run away from
him and put. distance between them
that there was no possibility of bridg-
ing during the short time that remain
ed before the completion of the race.
Though the end was clearly in sight,
and he saw himself an easy winner,
Lawson lost no time, but, if anything,
rode the harder. In the nineteenth
mile he Tapped Eaton, and again in the
last lap but one of the twentieth
mile, he passed him again. Lawson
and both he and Charlie O'Neill, who
yanked him around the big bowl at a
winning clip, were cheered heartily
when their victory and the time it had
been made in, were announced.
Eaton, as Prince explained to the
spectators Immediately after the race,
has not been riding recently in the
National Circuit, and for that reason
is not in condition to stick it out in a
long race, therefore, both he and
Prince think he can make a much bet
ter show in a series of shorter events,
and so, instead of a twenty-five mile,
three-cornered match race, which had
been slated for tonight, there will be
three f1ve-mile heats between Lawson
and Eaton.
Eaton is so satisfied that he can
best the Swede in such a match as
this that he last night bet Lawson $3.50
10 500 that he will win two out of
three heats. The bet was covered
and so each will have an added reason
10 ride fast tonight.
Minor Events of the Programme.
Though the three-cornered race was
Inc main event of the programme, yet
several others proved most enjoyable
me nrst event was an unpaced halt
mile race, best two heats out of three
between Henry Roberts and William
pouhan. The race was for the anna
teur championship of Savannah. II
was thought that Roberts had a sure
thlng, but in the first heat he used bad
tdcucs, and was out jockeytd and
peaten to the tape, and in the second
neat which was a loafing match, he
again lost in the sprint.
q, Il mile motor pursuit race. in which
me entries were Chas. O'Nein and
oscar Thompson, was next run, the
men starting from opposite sides of
eIe track. In the sixth lap O'Neill
s@usht thompson, and had gained
early lap on him at the end of
we mile which was ridden in l min
Ute, S6 seconds.
race that had been slated for the
tsehlhg was between Callihan of Bal
u,lore and Henry Beckett of this city
Io We're to meet in five mile match
a aaGe motor paced. Callihan being too
o oh TO ride, however, this number was
tGHdhged to an exhibition mile race.
y, which Henry Beckett, paced by
e. Nelll, rode against his former record
III ~ me track. The old record was
20 He clipped it by 4 seconds, MAX
'g new record of LAG.
IN addition to the big race between
son and 'Eaton tonight. other
tmumoers of the programme Will be a
G G!Iee- mile race between Beckett and
,TdlIlhan, and two or three amatuer
LES unpaced. To-night's events Will
Use racing for this week, as to-
,hIoiIow Prince leaves for New York
10 close arrangements to bring
Jrn. GGinoer OF new men to this track