Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-16
As Seen by ! S. Sears Who Was
Johnny on the
Spot
THE UTAH RIDERS POPULAR
Williams Rode a Great Race, and
With SamueIsOu Worried the Lead
ers Throughout the Contest

Tho following interesting account Of the
snlsb Of the sx-day bicycle race In New
york WAS written Tor the "News" by j. 3.
ssars the popular young cartooniEt who
4 now studying In New York. The ac-
count was received by the sporting edl-
tor this morning
was down at Madison Square Garden
sst evening to witness the finish Of tho
Great slr.day bicycle race, FOR I was GER.
mlply interested In the Utah boys, or
mlebt say all the boys whose faces arc
20 familiar at the saucer track In Salt
lake bat In samuelson and Williams In
particular Hopper was great fayonte
and made many friends by his clcan.cut
riding and was sorry he was compelled
10 drop out on account Of his partner
taking sick During the week OF racing
was 81 the garden as often as | could get
there and IL did me good TO see Samuel
s1n and Williams not only holding their
own, but they kept the whole bunch OF
speed merchants guessing, Many people
question whether Root and D0rlOn and
e0 and Vanderstuyft really gained the
lao they were credited with In the early
nart of the week and for which Walth0ur
and his followers kicked, and were finally
ruled out Of the race. The judges ruled
In favor Of the above mentioned teams
and II must haye been square and when
Walth0ur ana the other four teams were
moi willing to abide by the decision the
best place for them was TO try the Sim
pie life one reads so much about. They
certainly played the baby, and lost thou
sands NJ friends. 10 was the opinion Of
mani New Workers | talked with that
TIER, was not a better team on the track
thar samuelson and Williams, II was no
unusual thing for Sammy and Williams
the Mormon Team, as they were called,
TO sprint ahead and lead the bunch a
merry chase for a number OF laps. To
Williams we must take on our hat for
No was always worrying the leaders and
was regarded As a dangerous man, and
one who must be watched About ~
o'clock Friday night, when the riders were
pegging along at sleepy pace, Williams
brought the thousands I'm attendance 10
their feet by mighty sprint and before
anyone realized what had happened he
was nearly half Il lap away from the
the others after him, but try as they
would FOR four laps not an inch could
they gain, Agraz Jumped In and pulled
Williams around for two more laps dur
me which time trainers rushed IN to get
men TO relieve their team mates Samuel
son had Just finished hard, long grind,
and was taking a nap on his couch near
the track He was picked up and placed
on hls wheel 70 Jump out and relieve VIII
lams who was going the pace that Kills.
The trainers had trouble In fastening the
Toe clips and before Sammy was off well
ihe riders had caught williams. but they
were tired bunch and were quite willing
70 so slow for some time. But Sammy
had been rudoly awakened and he gave
The rest no peace for he was continually
sprlnung and was a source OF worry 10
many who would rather 20 slower after
The hard chase after Williams Sammy
and Williams. while riding, were always
boxed upon as dangerous mon, by all the
teams and were watched at all times by
he leaders, Williams certainly surprised
ne and when the race was over not one
fder was as fresh and the long grind dl1
not use him up as II did some, Sammy
contracted a very sore throat during the
early part Of the week and coughed con-
Siderable. but was game always, The boys
made a good impression and the fact that
they finished only one lap behind the two
teams tied for FIRST place speaks well for
them. let Utah take her hat of to Sam
uelson and Williams the boys who finish
ID third In the great slx-day race, tho
boys who never Kicked and made many
Trends by their clean riding.