Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20
SAMUELS0N LOSES
At HIS UWN GAME
Kramer Shows He Has Great En-
durance As Well As
Speed.
GREAT RACE ON SAUCER.
Champion Wins Unlimited Australian
Pursuit by Fast. steady Riding
Distance miles, 4 Laps.

Nearly 600 persons saw Frank kram-
er champion OF the world. defeat w. II.
Samuelson, the human motor" In an
unlimited Australian purtuit race at the
saucer track last evening They saw the
colors OF the heretofore unpaced king
lowered In two miles, four laps and liz
yards, The surprising feature OF the race
was the fact that hramef did not wan
by great burst of speed for which he
Is noted. but by steady, consistent riding.
lie adopted the style used by Samuelson.
A fast pace and steady grind. A majority
OF the race fans present believed samuel
son would win unless Kramer caught him
by q sprint early IN the race. Tho cham
pon demonstrated that he has endurance
and determination IN addition to speed.
He defeated Samueson at the iatter's
own game
GREATEST EVER WITNESSED.
1t is not too much to say that the race
was the greatest Of Its kind ever wit
messed at the Salt Palace track, and the
thousands cheered the victor ana threw
their hats in the air as he slowly, but
surely, crawled nearer and near and final
~ passed the Provo boy. II is doubtful II
there is another rider in the world who
could do what Kramer did last evening.
RACE is ON.
Samuelson won the toss for position and
took the west side of the track. Kramer
was on tn6 east SlIt. BOtI GOT " kOOu
start at the crack Of the pistol and the
gruelling contest was on II was expected
that Kramer would jump from the start
and ride as though IN handicap race.
The spectators Were surprised TO see him
follow the tactics of Samuelson. Al the
end of the first four laps Kramer had
a lead of perhaps ttve yards, When a
mile had ben covered SRmuelson was 1--WE
yards In the lead, With the regularity
of Il machine the Provo boy SKINNED
around the saucer's rim. After him
came Kramer, with teeth set and head
lowered. Not once did he falter but rode
on and on in the same steady way
KRAMER WINS
At the end OF a mile and a half there
was a roar OF applause when the specta-
tors saw that Kramer, instead Of slack.
ing his speed. began 70 increase II. AT
the end of two miles he had Samuelson
In sight. Sammy made a desperate effort
to widen the gap between them He rode
a game race, There was no quitting on
either side. Kramer cool and calculat-
ting. increased his speed in response to
Samuesons effort 10 shake him on One,
two. three four laps 100 yards. sharp
report of tho starters pistol and the race
Before the start Floyd Mcfarland want
ed to make wager that SamuelEon
would beat the champion. Asked why he
Samuelson can do. i have been pltted
against him In this kind OF n race and
he rides YOU TO death" opinion was d.
vided among spectators and riders. When
the time was figured up It disclosed the
fact that Samuelson rode at 2:cS clip
while Kramer's time was 2;0.
EQUALS WORLDS RECORD.
In the quarter-mile record trial Kramer
again demonstrated his superiority over
all the other riders. He equalled the
worlds record, held by himself. He would
have broken It had II not been for the
stiff breeze blowing down on the track.
thus preventing fast time. He made the
quarter in :2s As. The big men, except
Clarke, were out of the mile handicap and
this event was captured by Dorian from
the 40 mark.
THE SUMMARY.
Quarter mile record trial, professional
Kramer. 20 4-5: Lawson, "A fiat Samuel
SON "a 10; Pye and Downing tied, rs 10
Half-miue open. amateur-Demara.
Crebs, Murphy. HOLSTER. Tme-1:oo
Mile handicap, professional-Final: Dor
Ian. 10; Wilcox. 100; Downing 60, Clarke,
scratch. Time-1 :46 S-5.
Five-milo lap, amateur-Schnell, Mayer,
Demara, HOLSTER, Wright. Ttme-1o;4o 20.
Match pursuit race-Kramer beat sam
nelson. Distance, miles, laps, ITO
Yards. Time-S5 20 10