The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-15
LAWSON'S JUMP
BEATS KRAMER
Salt Lakes Champion Flashes
Past Great New Jersey
Rider in Match.
FIRST HEAT EASY PICKING
lVER THREE LENGTHS TO GOOD
AS HE PASSES TAPE.

Picture oneself ON a hot summer after
noon, i'll some cool and shady nook in one
of the neighbol'ing canyons. where the re-
freshing mountain breezes sigh through
pine boughs. bringing instant relief to
tired and overWrorked body. and with the
faithful pipe working overtime, you doze
off to pleasant dreams the weary vision
not seeing the coming thunderstorm over
nearby mountain. AS the rain begins
TO drop and the lightning flashes from
peak TO peak, the sleeping mind. if one is
a cycle fan. turns TO thoughts of the gln-
mering wheel In your dreams a winged
cyclist resembling liver Lawson is seen
chasing the long white streaks of electric
fire. and as they approach some distant
point in their mad career, Lawson with d
mighty effort is seen to Overtake and
dash past the lightning itself. If ones
Imagination can picture such a scene, one
can have q correct imitation of the bicy-
Gle race an the saucer track last evening
between bAsar Lawson and Frank Kramer
and have a. fair idea of the way Lawson
rode.
Mighty Wizards of Wheel.
Nearly 4.Odp persons gathered to see
these mighty wizards of the wheel fight
il out in a match race. And when they
saw liver Lawson, Salt Lakes faVorite,
dash past the American champion. band
of wild derydshes after a Christian head
would have been pink tea in compari
son with the spontaneous outburst of en-
thusiasm for the little Swede Lawson
has received many an ovation after giving
the Salt Lake public an exhibition of
what his clean cut heels can do TO a
pedal on a bicycle, but never such a one
as last night.
In spite of the snail like pace at the
beginning of the mace, not murmur of
disapproval was heard. When the final
effort came, Lawson with a dash such
only as Lawson possesses, jumped past
Kramer as ii the latter was tied 10 the
track The crowd has expected such
finish and the crowd had seen their be-
Lief in Lawson's speed demonstrated to
their entire satisfaction
Start of Race.
AT the close of a good evenings racing
the big event of the year was called out
and Lawson, appearing first, was given
an ovation. A second later Kramer came
on the track, and while the reception was
not as il should be, it showed that Kra-
mer had a few friends in the stands
There was little or no delay as the men
were pushed off Lawson slowly took the
Lead with Kramer trailing. Before the
first lap had passed, Lawson had re-
duced his speed TO such an extent that it
appeared as If he would fall from his
wheel Kramer was forced in the lead
by these tactics and Lawson dropped
down on the pole behind him. Until the
half-mile was reached the pace was still
slower than person ordinarily walks
Then Kramer began to pick up. ever
keeping a watchful eye over his shoulder
for liver. Three laps from home the pace
was still slow. but there was a slight
increase with each turn of the wheel.
Kramer Begins to Go.
AS the pair reached the last quarter
Kramer began TO unwind. but still not
going at his top speed. The pace grew
faster and when the men passed the tape
on the seventh lap. Kramer was close to
his top speed with Lawson on his rear
wheel When the twenty-fiye-yard mark
was reached on the last lap. Lawson gave
one mighty jump and in an instant cut
down past KraIner's front wheel and was
going full speed for the tape three-quar-
tsrs of lap away Kramer heSitated for
an instant and was after Lawson at full
speed, but IL was no use, Lawson had the
race won and finished nearly sitting I'D.
three wheel lengths to the good
The time of the last lap was caught in
II 90 seconds, which gives some idea of
the way Lawson must have been trav-
cling
The race last night between this pair
demonstrated that liver Lawson has the
greater jump, and IL is the fastest jump
which wins Cycle races. The result could
not have been otherwise when once that
Jump was started and it is hard TO figure
where Kramer can beat Lawson at this