The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-17
SWEDE WON EASILY
TOOK TWO MOTOR-PACED FIVE
MILE HEATS FROM EATON.
INDOOR KING" 0UTCLASSED.
coULDN,T KEEP HIS PACE, so
LAWSON RAN AWAY FROM HIM.

second Heat of Five Miles Ridden
nv Lawson in 1851 4-5-The First
Half Mile Made in AZ 2-5-CalIahan
Won From O'Neiu in Mile Motor
Race, Time 1 ;25 3-5-Beckett Clip
ned OF 20 Seconds From His For
mer Mile Record of 1;49-Prince to
Leave for New York To-day to Get
View lunch of Riders-WnIthOur,
Lennder, Caldwell, Butler, Free
man. Nelson and Mcfarland
Among Those to Come.
The first series of motor-paced rae
ing came to an end last night with a
fair card of events. There will be
nothing doing at the Coliseum for the
next week or so, until Prince can get
10 New York and get back with an
other bunch of riders. Jack will leave
for the metropolis to-day, and hopes
70 be back in time to put on a fine
series of sprints Tuesday of next
week.
OF the events last night, the chief
was, of course, the three fve-mile
heats slated to be ridden by Gus Law
son. 1.-The Terrible Swede," and Jay
Eaton, 1.-The Indoor King" 1t was
stated that Eaton had bet Lawson
two out of the three heats. If he did,
Eaton is out $3.50, for he failed to make
good, and Lawson simply ran away
from him.
Before the match was over the men
were not only provoked with each
other, but with Prince as well. They
finally had to quit their efforts for a
start and get together and argue the
question out. The cause of the trou-
BILE was that Eaton had allowed Law
son the pole in the first heat, and
thought that he himself ought to have
it in the second heat. Lawson, though,
claimed it in the second heat as his
right, secured through winning the
first go.
Lawson Rode to Get Even.
Prince put it up to the men to settle
the matter between themselves. and
Lawson put an end to the discussion
by giving Eaton the pole. The 1.-THE lit
tie Swede was thoroughly mad, though,
and so soon as the pistol crack an
nounced that the race was on, he set
out to show Eaton that he could con-
cede him the favored place and still
beat him.
The Swede rubbed it into Eaton by
riding as he has never ridden before
on this track. The men got off with
Eaton slightly in the lead Lawson
passed him before the track had Eeen
half cricled, in the first lap. Eaton
never caught him nor even pushed him
close. Lawson rode the first lap, an
eighth of mile, in IL seconds, the sec
ond in II As, and the third in II 3-5.
The half mile was done in 81 2-5 sec
oL6s, and the mile in 1874 1-5
In the third mile Eaton lost his pace,
and before he could again get going
well, Lawson passed him, putting him
self one lap in the lead. Eaton lost his
pace again in the fourth mile, and was
then practically out of the race. The
spectators, quite a fair attendance,
cheered warmly both Lawson and
O'NeilI
The first heat proved fairly interest
ing, but would have looked very tame,
indeed, had it followed instead of pre-
ceded the second. A clever race that
came after this first heat was mile
motor dash between O'Neill and Gala
han, the start being made from oppo-
site SlQeS OF the track. lne llIue was
the best that has yet been made in any
race of this sort. The first eighth mile
was ridden in IL seconds, and the sec
ond in 10 is, the half in 43 and the mile
in 1:25 3-5. Callahan won the race,
having gained half a lap on O'Neill by
the last lap of the mile.
Still another good race was that of
Beckett in a mile dash, motor paced,
against his former record of 1:49. He
managed to clip 2-5 of a second from
this time, really a better performance
than the figures show, as strong east
wind blew across the track, disad-
vantage that was not present when the
former record was made.
Men Prince Has Coming.
Prince received a telegram last night,
stating that Joe Nelson and Howard
Freeman, now at Baltimore, are ready
to leave for Savannah, and that each
will bring with him a pacing motor.
The other men that Jack will bring
here to ride and train until December
are Bobby Walthour, Caldwell, the
man that beat him night before last;
Nat Butler, Mcfarland and Leander;
every man of them a crackajack.
In his announcement to the specta-
tors last night Jack assured them of
the coming of these men, who, he said,
VIII remain on this track and others
of the Southern circuit until December,
days race in New York. Prince told
the people, further, that when this
crowd arrives they will see racing as
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