The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-14
A WINNER
oEFEATED CHAPMAN IN THE FL
NAL AT THE COLISEUM.
CROWD SAW GOOD SPORT
.rI,E TERRIBLE sWEDE's" FAST
NILE on Ills MOTOR.

,. Men Who Followed Lawson
Won Every Race-Freeman De-
teoted Lake and Chapman Bent
calvin in the PreIiminaries-7:40
4, the Best Time for Five Miles.
Reckett Defeated Roberts and Won
amateur Championship of the City.
accidents TO Motors and Resulting
Delays Interfered With Enjoyment
aof Otherwise Excellent Sport-WaI-
thOur and Butler on the Way.
Howard Freeman of Portland, de-
feated John Chapman of Atlanta in the
winners final of the motor-paced five
mile races at the Coliseum last night.
FREEMAN, following his motor like
shadow, ran away from Chapman and
won easily by two laps. Time 1871.
The races were largely attended, the
Grand stand being comfortably filled
and the arena literally besprinkled
with spectators. A number of uncom-
Portable waits and delays, due to what
lack Prince has denominated the
mulish propensities of the motors, in
terfered with the enjoyment to very
marked extent, but Notwithstanding
this defect the races furnished the ex-
element they are warranted to supply
and while they were in actual progress
kept the more easily moved portion of
the audience on its feet.
feature of the racing was the
magnificent pacing of Gus Lawson, ev-
e.v man who followed his motor win
ma ru~in
rible Swede" did a mile exhibition on
a motor cycle in 1925, reducing the
track record by a second and causing
the pulses of even the most Indifferent
witness of his skill and daring to beat
at a faster clip.
Freeman Won From Lake.
The first event on the card was a
tye-mile go between Howard Freeman
and John H Lake, which Freeman
won hands down. The motor Lake
was following went to the bad before
it had covered half the distance and in
consequence he was a dead one, with
out chance to score, from that time
out He kept gamely at it, but Free
man. paced by Lawson, never relaxed
his stride and went finally across the
tape, a mile ahead of his opponent in
the fastest time made during the even
ing. The time was 7:45 40.
The second race offered more excite
ment. The entries in this were John
Chapman of Atlanta, and Frank Gal
win of Newark, and though Chapman
finally won out, by a magnificent squirt
that began with the fifth mile, Calvin
led from the start and made a game
and stdlWart effort to cross the tape
ahead of his older and more expert
enced antagonist.
Calvin crossed the tape at the start
ahead of Chapman, and before the first
mile had been run, had increased his
lead to a lap. This, through the three
next miles of the race, he steadily
maintained and for a time it seemed
that the Newark boy was going to be
the victor. But in the final mile he
lost; he was going his best ard Chap
man, increasing his speed, run past him
as though he were standing still on
the track. Time 2:S.
The third race was a twc-mile go
\ between. local amateurs, Beckett and
n Roberts, paced by motors. Roberts is
nothing but a youngster and worked
+ himself out in the effort to steam up
and catch his pace. AS a consequence
he did a game mile in good time, ard
then went to pieces, losing the race by
two or three laps. The victory, which
was supposed to carry with it the anna
teur championship of Sa Saunah, went
. ~ DNNhOlb. line 80. 90.
Exciting Winners Final
The fourth and most exciting event
was the contest between the winners
OF the first, Freeman and Chapman 1t
is but fair to say, however, that the
race did not measure up to expeeta-
tons 1t was generally felt that Chap
man and Freeman were more evenly
matched than any of the other pairs of
contestants, but in the result, for last
night at least, Freeman exhibited an
M easy superiority
Chapman seemed to be afraid to fol-
n low his pace the injuries he received
night before last possibly being as
"a fresh IN his mind as they were on his
arm. He was stiff, too from the jolt
' ne received in his fall and this very
likely had something to do with his
performance. Never following we'll, ne
al one time lost his pace compile sly
ana valuable time and ground in the
effort to recover it,
IN the meantime Freeman forged
steadily ahead, adding a lap and then
ahother to the lead he easily secured
Il dl the start. In the fifth mile Chap
man apparently dispairing of his
finances of winning behind his own
motor left it and spurted ahead clos
ing up the gap of half a lap between
nm and Freeman and crossing the tape
ABREAST of the winner, but, unfortu-
ndtely, two laps behind. 1t was a slow
race and the timers called it 1871.
Inc purse for the professionals last
81 Hight was As per cent. of the gross re-
vtlpts and of this amount Freeman,
winner of the preliminary with Lake
ana the final with Chapman, carried
M away 40 per cent The rest of the
purse was divided among the others.
M
Inc performances of the motors now
III savannah has been a constant
source of annoyance and disappoint-
.'ehl TO the management and of vexa-
u.H 10 the spectators. The machines
.eii TO be possessed of a blind per-
81 ,SSity' that induces them to display
ne most unpleasing attributes at
"e most critical times
=. me races of next Saturday evening,
Is hoped. will be free from this an
tboyance Walthour and Butler two of
H4 e greatest cracks of the continent,
H oe mere on that occasion, and the
o oeeiIIest between them will be the event
me evening. They will race three
r1S' OF three, seven and ten miles,
rooctiscUVely. each paced by his own
There will be new motors on
IT, Ior other events and it is be-
rl mat the distressing delays, in
The baby fat and healthy
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