Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-09
REAL RACING
NEXT SUNDAY
FAST CARD AT COLISEUM
RE0PENING
DERkUM'S NEW RAGING MA
CHIMES ARRIVE
Samuelson and "DaredeViF' Will Meet
in Match and Go for De Rosters
Scalp in Open
Races

The real fight for supremacy between
Paul Derkum, the daredevil motorcy-
Gle champion of the Pacific coast; Jake
De Roster, the holder of a large portion
of the worlds records, and T. M. Sam
uelson, the new meteor in the motor
cycle armament, who lowered DE Ro-
sier's colors at the Coliseum saucer
track two weeks ago, Will be on IN
earnest next Sunday, when these three
men meet on the same course at the
grand reopening.
Derkum will be astride of his new
Reading Standard, a powerful seven
horsepower machine that arrived from
the factory yesterday, and will have
Zone or two other extra machines, an
additional shipment having been made
in time, it is believed, to reach this city
within the next few days.
Samuelson will be mounted on the
lightning fast N. S. u. machine which
Graves has ridden at previous meets at
the track, and which two weeks ago
whirled off mile in the fastest time
ever turned by a motorcycle on sau-
Ger track.
De Roster will have his Indians, and
all three men will meet in one or more
competitive events
Derkum agreed to meet the fast
Frenchman in match event, now that
his new racer is here, with the full eX-
pectation of doing what he intended to
do in the match race of three weeks
ago with De Roster. At that time
Derkums machine went stale, and ne
later all but defeated De Roster,
mounted on one of the latter's Indians.
His hind tire, it will be remembered,
burst just as Derkum had gotten on
equal terms with the Frenchman, al
hut throwing Derkum into bad SPILL
Derkum since that time has not ridden
at the Coliseum.
His new def to De Roster was not
accepted by the latter, who refused TO
enter the match, and Samuelson, the
man who beat Jake in worlds record
ten-mile race two weeks ago, mas
agreed to meet Derkum instead. With
these two men mounted on what Will
doubtless prove to be two of the fast
est machines on the Coliseum saucer
a remarkable speed contest undoubted-
ly will result, which will be productive
of as many heart thrills as any event
yet witnessed.
De Roster, however, has consented
to go into the open professional events,
and thus an opportunity will be given
Derkum to measure lengths with him
again, but now mounted on new ana
doubtless faster machine.
De Roster had perfected all plans Ito
return to the east last week. but re-
the Hendee Manufacturing company,
for whom he rides, at the last moment,
that he must remain in Los Angeles
until the Indian had secured all the
worlds records.
This injunction placed upon him by
his factory may account for De Roster
refusal to enter into a match with Der
KUN, as it would quite likely result in
a new worlds record, which the indian
factory would want, and if Derkum
CHANGED to defeat him 1T would neces-
state De Roster staying longer per-
haps than he had intended, and incl
dentally increase the burden of secur-
ing all the worlds records Tor the III
dian.
In this fact may lie very interest
ing little situation which may grow
into larger proportions. If Samuelson
or Derkum in their match race, which
will be for a purse of $500 hung up by
the track management, succeeded IN
hanging UP a new worlds record, IT
will set new mark for Jake to shoot
at, and if much of reduction In time
is made it may prove sufficient or
nut for Jake to crack as to require him
to remain here an indefinite time TO
recover Meanwhile it is possible along
the highway of conjecture to conceive
of Derkum and Samuelson setting up
still other worlds records, so widening
Jake's problem as to make really IN
teresting equation.
Meanwhile Eddie Lingenfelder is fret
ting for the announcement of the ar
rival of either a seVen-horsepoWer
Thor from the factory or the receipt
of some of the machines which Jack
Price has ordered shipped from the
east for the use of the local riders
Lingenfelder has proved that he can
ride as fast as the machine can, and If
he gets fast seven-horsepower ma
chine in place of the four-horsepoWer
machine he has been riding, it is not
all outside the possibilities that he may
toin Derkum and Samuelson in steal
ing some more records away from De
Roster and his Indian.
By this line of argument it is not un-
likely that Jake may be kept here all
summer trying to get back the records
that the Indian factory demands.
at would seem that the ideal auto
mobile road map has at last been pub
lished. Every automobilist should al
l., erI1ida hnnlx with