Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
RECORDS MAY
SMASH TODAY
CRACKERJACK RIDERS PROM
Use SPEED AT ASCOT
SOME SURPRISES LOOKED FOR
FROM HOME ENTRANTS
Local Contingent of Riders Will Be
Hard Pressed to Hold Their Own
with Upstate and Eastern
Riders

This afternoon at Ascot park local
motorcycle riders will vie with several
crack performers from other parts of
California and the east. and records
will doubtless be broken in every event
The program for the afternoon in
cludes some of the most promising
races that have ever been seen any
where in the country, and the riding of
Derkum and Bresee will be an exhi-
bition of nerve and skill that has never
been duplicated on any track.
The track is reported as very fast,
and if better time is made than in the
tryouts-and such undoubtedly will be
done-there will be a long list of world
records that will have to be revised
after today.
Derkum made a half mile on the
track a few days ago in 241a and did
rot realize that he was letting the ma
chine out very much. AS he expresses
1t, he wants a machine that will go
around the track in nothing and one
click, and then he will he satisfied.
AS yet he has not had machine that
will fly down the stretches as fast as
he would like, but on the turns he has
SO far been able to go as rapidly as the
track would allow.
Freddie Huyck has smiled himself
into the hearts of all of the local boys
who have had the pleasure of meeting
him, and has justified his claim TO
ranking in the top notch Of the anna
teur class. Just as sample of what
he intends to do today he reeled off
mile in 50 15 in practice last week, and
then the track was wet after the recent
rain.
Wilson Strong Contender
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will have to be watched, as he has
fast two-cylinder Merkel that has oc-
casioned considerable worry in the
minds of many of the boys against
whom he will ride.
On Thanksgiving day he went to Riv-
erside and won easily there in the face
of a very Unfortunte start. AS he
was pushed away from the line he col
lided with another rider who was sent
off on a tangent, and was thrown off
the wheel, which ran off alone and left
him sprawling on his back. The ma
chine was caught by the men on the
track, but by the time Wilson got away
the rest of the bunch were on the back
stretch, going like streaks. The race
was for three miles, but at the finish
Wilson led them all with safe margin.
Earhart, that little favorite of all Los
Angeles riders, says little but it has
been tipped off that the man who rides
FASTER IMAM he aces IOudy VIII nave 10
ride faster than any amateur has ever
before ridden in competition on this
coast Earhart will ride with the Thor
= camp, as does Derkum, and is counted
as the strongest asset for that machine
that can be found among the many
crack amateurs that will wear Thor
colors.
Davidson out to try conclusions with
the rest of them, and the popular belt
drive will be there or whereabouts all of
the time
BIayIock to Ride an Indian
Blaylock will ride with the bunch
from the Indian wigwam, along with
Graves, Knappe and Risden.
Bake will sit astride Merkel in at
least one race, and can be figured in
the money.
]. Arthur Scott is counting on Sey-
mour and Shafer to uphold the prestige
of the Thor in the events that they are
entered in, and judging by past per-
formances they will justify the faith
that he has in them, as their showing
on the dope sheet is first class.
Fink, Bueneman and a host of others
in the local club will ride as usual, as
motorcycle race meet is different from
any other contagious disease in that
they never become immune, and the
more times they are infected the more
hopeless they become.
Currier of San Bernardino and Che
linf of San Francisco are two other
Thor riders who will be ready for the
starters gun.
Ben Bresee came back on Friday
evening and will ride against Derkum.
He has ridden some fast races, and is
the only man who will compete with
the local daredevil, and though he is
not played as the favorite he stands a
good chance to pull off few surprises
when he begins to open UP on the Ascot
oval.
The races will start promptly at l
o'clock, and the cars on the Moneta.
san Pedro and Central avenue lines will
run to the gate beginning at IL o'clock
uptown.