The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-31
SAUCER OPENS
WITH BIG CROWD
Hungry Bike Fans Brave
Threatening Weather to
See First Races.
MANY 0LD-TlME FAv0RITES
WILCOX MAKES SENSATIONAL
RIDE OF EVENING.

The dizzy whirl at the Salt Palace
saucer track is on again. Last night
the same old crowd. hungry bike fans.
braved the threatening weather and shiy-
ering cold. and packed the saucer from
rim to rim, to witness the opening of
the season for 1893. The same old faces,
greeted the fans and. as the favorites
were cheered again and again, it showed
plainly that the Salt Lake public has
not forgotten nor lost interest in the bike
races. Here and there a new face ap-
peared and from the manner in which
some OF them, especially in the amateur
class rode. there are liable TO be some
new names in the headlines.
The racing, on a whole, was good. up
10 the average OF the past. and in one or
Two events at least il would be hard to
dish up better sport. This was true in
the finals of the mile handicap amateur
ana more especially so in the tWO-mile
handicap professional. In the latter event
the race quickly developed into two
punches, both working hard to land the
money for one of their number IL looked
very much as if BurTis had taken place
IN the back bunch TO stall, but this might
not have been the case. At any rate a
mile had gone by without the rear rid
ers making any perceptible gain on the
leaders Then Mcfarland went out and
pulled for three laps. He dropped out
and SamueisOn took up the pulling game
uelsOn almost had the leaders caught.
Then Wilcox, with as pretty d sprint as
nyoody ever saw, jumped from the rear
spreadeagled the entire field and won
with a jump that would credit a cham
pion. West came out from the front bunch
Tor second and Morgan pulled into third
from the leading bunch.
Amateur Shows Up.
Young Lawrence from San Francisco
showed class by winning both the anna
teur events. He did not have an easy
time OF il, however, as several of the
simon pures fought II out with him to
the tape
1t was an off night for the motors.
Three started and one finished. For
time Duck Soup Turville made il in
teresting for Whittier but Turville's ma
chine went to the bad and Whittier fin
ished alone.
There were. many new faces seen in
the official lineup last evening 1t was
headed by R. l.. Conely, the referee. who
is the kingpin of the bunch II appeared
upon the face OF things that the Off
Gals are going 10 turn over a new leaf
this year and try to put stop to all rough
tactics. As starter Brodbeck was sus-
pended for fifteen DAYS for punching
Mayer i'm the snoot." The boys came to-
gether on the track and both went down.
BrOdbeck jumped TO his feet and hit
Mayer. Referee Conely said suspension
for the night. Representative Gardner
added fifteen days to it.
Later in the evening Mcfarland was
disqualified for crOWding SamuelsOn. IL
happened in the final of the half-mile
open. They were riding neck and neck
ON the south bank, when Mcfarland rode
high and threw Samuelson up the bank.
The summary:
Mile handicap amateur-Final: Law
renee tscratCh), Robinson go yardsl, Nor
ris 80 yaTdsl, Giles 60 YARDS. Time
2:O2
Half-mne open, professionalism:
Downing. West, Wilcox. HOLSTER Time
SO As. Mcfarland finished second, but
was disqualified.
FlVe-mile open, amateur-LaWrence
Giles. Mccormack. Mayer. Time-lO:49
TWo-mile lap handicap, professional
Wilcox go yards), West (55 yards), Nor
gan tl00 yards), Demara GO yards). Time
-4.02.
Five-mile motor race-Whittler Won
Time-6.3f.