The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-10
CONLEY'S RULINGS
STAGGER RIDERS
\. G. A. Rules Laid Aside and
New Code Put Into
Practice.
AUSTRALIANS FINED in
RECORD BREAKING RACE
Monroe Is Given Thirty Days
Because He Cannot Hold
Motor Pace.

When it comes 10 rendering bicycle
racing decisions, Referee Dick Conley
takes the cake, but tho referee is prob,
ably keeping pace with the times and
is working up a set of new bicycle
rules.
The filming Of Paddy Hehir $40, and
Herbert Nesbitt 81, for not making
pace, after these Two boys helped make
he three lap handicap professional
the most sensational race ever wit
messed on the Salt Palace track, Fri
day night, at the Salt Palace, is con-
sdcrcd the biggest joke in cycling his
tory In the first place no rider is
compelled to make pace in handicap
lap race; no rider is allowed to go to
the lead and slow up tho bunch; but
that a man must take turn in pacing In
a handicap lap race Is n new gag and
ono which viii never work out. Prize
money is put up at each lap as an IN
centive to make the race fast, and the
public has never seen loaf IN lap
race, and never will.
Decision staggers Riders.
The thrce-mle professional race
brought out all the ''pros', with Law
SON and Walker on scratch and Devon
ovitch at $50 yards, as the limit men,
with twenty other riders handicapped
between. At the crack of the gun.
Pye's rear tire exploded and the race
was run without him. This left Law
son without a team mate. The limit
markers set the pace so fast that Law
son and Walker gained but very lit
tie. The race finally resolved itself
I
Bardgett Samuelson, Hehir and Nesbitt
Crebs, Williams, Wilcox, Scnhouse, Bur
ris, Schuell Wells. Carslake, Morgan,
Mackay and Devonovitch in the front
bunch.
For The first mile and half it was
about an even break. Bardgett rode
himself all out in trying to pull up
the back markers. Lawson came up
and took his turn and Nesbitt closed
a half lap gap nearly two-thlrds and
had to quit. Samuelson did the sleigh
riding. Hehir finally pulled up the back
markers with SIX laps TO go.
Sensational Ride,
The ride of the back markers will
probably never be equalled this season,
and the time Of the race, 5:45 %, has
been equallcd only once in the history
of the sport. Hehr was the only back
marker that got in the money, taking
third place Saxon Williams went out
the last lap and won, with Senhouse
second. When Referee Conlcy an
nounced the fines, it not only staggered
the bicycle riders, but the crowd as
well.
In the fve-mile open amateur IN
which event 50 prize was given to the
winner of every half mile, Brodbeck
and Griguhan were suspended for one
week for not taking pace. AS there is
a continual fight for the extra lap
money, no pacing rules need be applied,
such rules, strictly speaking. are only
used in open races where no pace max
ers are put in to make the events fast
Monroe dead One
The climax came in the five e-mile
motor match race between Hardy Dow
ming and Bennie Monroe. At the crack
of the gun Downing shot out with his
pace maker at a / 30 clip and of course
Monroe was lost in the shuttle. On the
second lap Monroe lost his pace maker
on the first turn, but caught up and lost
out in the next lap altogether, not be-
ing fast enough to follow the fast flee
ing Downing. who seemed to have no
greatly perplcxed and tried TO make it
appear that his motor was wrong, but
the boy could not hold his pace. In the
first place. the match was a very poor
one and should never have been made
Downing continued and finished the five
miles in a pretty exhibition. After the
race Referee Conlcy suspended Monroe
for thirty days, because he could not
ride fast enough and then refused to
continue the race,
The rulings made by Conley are with
out precedent in cycling.
In the half mile open professional,
Lawson failed to qualify. The race was
won by Walker. who was given n sleigh
ride by Bardgctt all the way. Hardy
Downing tried TO get in on the combi
nation, but was bumped off by Paddy
lIehjr unintentionally, and after riding
the banks for two laps. Downing was
satisfied TO take fourth place. Pye beat
out Palmer for second place,
The summarizes:
Half-nilc open, professionaI-Walk
won, Pye second. Palmer third. Down
ing fourth. Time, 30 1-5 seconds
Three mile lap handicap. professional
Williams (s0), won; Senhouse 600, sec
ond: Hehir 40). third Palmer (70)
fourth. Time. 5:45 1-5.
Fivc-milc motor paced ma tcf race
Downing Won, Monroe (quiD. second
Time, 7,l1 90.
Fvc-mile amatcur-McCormack won.
Wright second, McNiell third Hume