Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-22
THE SPORTING NEWS.
BICYCLING
LAWSON AGAIN SHOWS
 HIS HEELS TO PENN

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 of Floyd Mcfarland to aid him at
 Madison Square Garden last night. lyer Johnson added five more points
 to his score in the table by which the annual National Cycling association professional championship is decided. Ills great rival, Kramer, American champion for the past four years. had
 to be content with two points for fin ishing third, as Fenn won the three points for finishing second Kramer seemed to undervalue his opponents at the start of the deciding heat and
 made but slight effort to keep the pole and lead, which he had gained at the. very start
 The New York Athletic club team did not sweep all the amateur prizes and had to be content with Ernst's
 victory In the one mile open. George
 Wiley Of Syracuse. one of the coun-
 try's best road riders. and three Bos- tonlans turned up last night to meas ure strides with the Metropolitan and New Jersey contingent The New Englanders were Matt Downey. J. B. Coffey and A. w. Mcdonald The last named started in the second heat the 'pth idNOs uul was tuIOWu DN A. Schwen. local simon pure" who should have the track all to himself, as he is constant menace to others. Coffey and Downey finished second and third to Ernst in the open event, even if they were yards behind, and Downev outsprinted Ernst for third place in the handicap. Ernst was al- most shut out of the final of the hand icap by some more of Schwenkes rough riding" in the second heat. Hugh Mclean and Will C. Stjnson met in q ten mile motor paced match and Mclean won it by Il third cf a lap or l 30 of mile. They made standing start and Mclean caught his pace first. He was never headed, though StinsOn made several deter
 lniped efforts to dc so, losing bis pace on two occasions.
 Lawson. Fem, Mcfarland and Kra-
 mer wer the starters in the final heat
 of the championship, Mcfarland and Lawson declaring team work. kra- uler was away quickest and took tie lead. Mcfarland was very slow in getting away odt rode like man pos sessed when he did get going Law
 son tackled on behind and they raced
 into the lead before two laps had been
 ridden. Fenn trailed along behind Lawson and Kramer was last in line. Kramer did not make one attempt to better his position. but McFarland's
 pace was too fast for him. The Cali | fornian continued his terrific pace un, | til the first turn was reached in the | last lap. Then Lawson sprnted
 around Mcfarland. followed by Fenn and Kramer. Lawson kept his ad- vantage until the straight was reach | ed where Fenn gained slightly. Law son was first over the tape with four feet to spare while Kramer was a
 had third.
 Two heats reduced the field in tho | half ofnire professional handicap to
 eight starters In the final. There was very spectacular fall in which Dor
 lon. Fenn. Krebs. Lee and Fogler
 went down. while Mitchell Of New | Orleans. with no noe near him. had q | fall all by himself. Lee grabbed his
 wheel and carried it over the tape and
 Mcfarland. who had not fallen. finish ed second. Fenn's trainer tried to
 make him carry his machine up to the | line but he refused. so Herr" Krebs and Mitchell took theirs up and thus qualified for the final. The field closed quickly in the final and the Flying ! Dutchman'' Krebs. got the pole and
 lead several laps from home. He kent | his advantage and defeated McFar- 1 land by half length.
 Sherwood was thrown by KlucZek | i'm his heat of the one mile amateur
 open, but Ernst and Rupprecht were ! in the final to carry the New York l Athletic club colors. The Boston pair | Coffey and Downey. tried their best to get the lead away from Ellington. but were unsuccessful. When Ernst
 was ready he simply sprinted around
 the leading trio into the lead. The Bostonians tried to outsprint him in
 the last lap but Ernst laughed at them and won the race by six open | lengths.
 The winged foot trio. Ernst. Sher-
 wood and Rupprecht. all qualified for
 the final of the open mile amateur
 handicap and all rode from the
 scratch. The scratch men soon caught
 all their opponents hut two and then they all proceeded to loaf. George
 Pauli had started from so yards and
 he soon overlook the others and lit- file later ]. !. Forsyth. 90 yards. also gained a Iap on everyone hut Paul. Ernst underestimated Downey with
 inc result that the visitor just man. aged to defeat the tall New York X. q. rider. Forsyth easily defeated !