The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-16
REDMAN MAKES
ANOTHER MOVE
Announces That lie Will Give
Races at Salt Palace on
Thursday.

The local cycling situation continues TO
boil and yesterday moves and counter
moves were in the air 10 attract the riders
and at the rival Salt Palace and Saltair
tracks. Unless one management or the
other backs down it will be interesting
to sit back and watch the final outcome
of the fight, which viii not do the game
any good.
The announcement made in The Herald
yesterday that an effort was being made
To withdraw entries from the Salt Palace
created considerable connection, but
Manager Redman of that track believes
he has the situation well in hand now, ana
is not fearing that this viii be done. KEEP
resentative Gardner stated yesterday that
he would as far as ii was in his power
compel the riders 10 stay by their con-
tracts and Redman has practically all OF
the riders signed Up.
on top of this Redman threw a bomb
shell into the Saltair camp by announc-
ing a race meet for Thursday night in ad-
ditiOn 10 the regular Friday night pro-
gram. Thursday night is L. G. I, nlght
at the Salt Palace, and Friday is L. 1. l.
day at SaltaiT. Some time ago Manager
Redman approached Manager Chapman
and suggested that the Salt Palace give
up Friday night to Saltair, as that was
the big day out there, ana Satan give
Salt Palace L. G. L. day at salt Place.
Chapman said no. that Saltair would run
races both nights. and all efforts to come
TO an agreement failed. Now Redman
comes forward with a meet on Thursday
night as we'll as on Friday night.
Rival Meets Announced.
This means two meets scheduled for
Thursday and Friday, and as Saltair opens
on Wednesday and Salt Palace runs to-
night, there is plenty of money up for
the bicycle riders. one of the arguments
used TO get the riders TO Try to withdraw
their entries from the Salt Palace was
that there was more money for them al
Saltair. According 10 the figures given by
Manager Redman and Manager Chapman,
Salt Palace gives the bunch of riders Stl2
against $40 al Saltalr for these two days.
To the SaltaiT purse is added 81 800 which
is given to Clark and Mayer for a match
race. Neither of these riders, however.
figures in the controversy and neither one
rides at the Salt Palace. The amounts
compared are for open competition. In
which the entire bunch gets chance 10
compete for at either track
1t is claimed move Will be made by
the leaders i'm the effort TO get the riders
away from Salt Palace 10 have Redman s
contracts Cancelled by the y. c. y.
Whether this can be done or not is not
known, but Gardner said yesterday no
such effort had been made up TO the time
he was seen.
Al any rate there will be races at the
Salt Palace as per schedule tonight and
tomorrow night at Saltair without cOmpe-
tition. Then comes the big fight for
Thursday and Friday, unless one manager
or the other backs down from his stand
and announcements made to the press.
The races at Ogden were called off last
evening on account of threatening wealth
er. Manager Heagren says he viii an
nOunce the date OF these races later,
Manager Redman announced his pro-
gram for Thursday and Friday nights yes
terday as follows:
Thursday, June 10.
Salt Palace miss and out race, profess
sional
Half-mile handicap race, professional
Unlimited Australian pursuit race. anna
teur.
Two-mile open lap race, amateur.
Friday, June 10,
FiVe-mile open motor race professional
TwO-mile lap handicap race, profess
siOnal.
Half-mile open race, professional
Five-mile open lap race, amateur.
Quarter-miie open dash. amateur.