Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-21
HAIR RAISING IN
ORDER TODAY
DERKUM AND De R0ZIER TO
FIGHT IT OUT
LINeENFELDER ON NEW THOR is
THE NEWEST FACTOR
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Mitchell May UnIoose the Surprise
That Many People Feel He Has IN
store When He Gets His
Machine Tuned

Whoever attends the motorcycle races
This afternoon had better go prepared
TO min his hair in place, for there Is
| going 10 be something doing in the
| hair raising order, il signs 90 not 1ail'
This may not be the fact IN such
marked degree in the case OF the anna
teur events, although some Oh the poys
in that class have already pesun "
get some limelight buzzings IN incl:
heads since last Sunday. But IL VIII
be true in the professional event
Tbose who saw Derkum and De Roster
fight it out last Sunday need not be
told that they are apt to see something
better than an imitation race when
these two men meet today.
Derkum's Dander Up
Derkum cannot be reconciled that ne
did not have De Rosters measure tahSn
in the last lap of the fiVe-mlle pro
fessional event of a week ago. ana ne
believes he has his machine tuned up
enough faster for todays events as
to warrant him in hoping to turn the
trick TODAY. What these tuning Ell
forts have been is not carried in adver-
Using matter of the Reading Standard
nootorcvcIe people today, but 1T Is sara
that greater wheel size, better track
fires and more careful adjustment OF
gears are among the means employed
to get a few seconds more speed OUT
of Derkum's machine.
On Jake's side he processes no con-
Germ over what Derkum is endeavorlng
to do. He quite naturally feels that
he is the superior of any motorcycle
rider in the world, when 1t comes 10
living behind an open throttle and TAX
ing the curves closest to the pole line,
and If the throttle won't open any
wider he is perfectly prepared to throw
it away altogether, If so simple thing
as that should be the only thing 10
keep him from winning.
New Richmond in Field
| Meanwhile. a new Richmond has en-
tered the field in the shape of Eddie
| Lingenfelder, on a new two-cyllnder.
seven horsepower Thor machine, which
| has Just arrived from the east and
which will be seen on the track today
| for the first time before public. Thosa
who recall how Bake last Sunday went
out on a horsepower Thor and
showed the way to that little world
beaten Freddie Huyck, will be pre-
pared to see Lingenfelder turn up a
| Joker of the same character Wnen he
| is sent from the tape in company with
| De Roster and Derkum. If 1t was in
teresting to see two men last week
riding neck and neck at cyclone
speed, this thrill stands good SHOW
| of being duplicated in intensified form
when Lingenfelder increases the num-
Der to three. Lingenfelder endeavored
to do stunts last Sunday on Thor
| of Just half the horsepower of the ma
chimes ridden by the other profession
ais, and proved that he was a good
rider to be reckoned on. With his new
machine he should be able to multiply
the heart thrills today sufficiently. tt
make it warmly interesting for the
biggest speed crank.
Mitchell May Show Surprise
And in discussing the possibilities o.
| the professionals, it must not be los'
sight of that Arthur Mitchell is always
a likely contender who must be fig
ured on until he has been given fail
chance to show himself. Mitchell wa:
able to do but little last Sunday, one
entirely to an improperly tuned ma
| chine. But he has had too much print
ers ink devoted to him in the east mo-
to have some goods up his sleeve
which should show itself in the way
of a surprise once Mitchell can ge
into the game right. If the N. S. U
proves only half as good as the things
said of it, it has all the speed necessary
to go out and draw circles around th'
saucer not unlike a healthy sized come
might be expected to cavort around
and the spectators may have a new
surprise to carry home with them IL
Mitchells performance this afternoon
The two Samuelson brothers of Sal
Lake, who gave an interesting ex
hibition of metor-paced bicycle racing
last Sunday, are also on the card TO
the afternoon and, with these boy
more accustomed to the track and thu
sea level, it need not be surprising i
they tear off, few seconds from tn
| worlds record for this king of racing