Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-14
Echoes OF the Saucer Track

him out must be made of steel and
iron bands
Hoag is probably as well acquainted
with the operation of the machine un-
der him as any man who will straddle
a saddle this after and for this
reason may be expected to get the
most out of his engine. He is not,
however, dependent upon his knowl-
edge of the mechanism of the machine
for his hopes of winning any event he
enters as he has already won his spurs
in actual competition. and has already
proved himself dangerous in any kind
of amateur company.
De Roster a Daredevil
In the lower picture are three other
men of whom the world has already
heard, and of whom it will hear again.
They are the Indian team. with Jake
De Roster the bright particular star,
at the head. and with Freddie Huyck
and Theo Samuelson as mates. De
Roster is known as a daredevil on
many of the tracks of the country, and
has more scalps at his girdle than any
other motorcycle rider on this conti-
nent at least. While he has been beat
en- on one or two rare occasions, his
explanations of these defeats are en-
tirely plausible and are said to have
been due TO some defect of the machine
under him rather than to his riding.
He holds the worlds championship
marks for a mile and for a number of
other distances. and it is his defeat
this afternoon against which every pro-
fessional will direct his most intense
efforts, because to defeat Jake" De
Roster will be to occupy a scare head
line in the largest newspapers of the
country tomorrow morning. Jake"
realizes this, and if he does not pass
the tape a winner in every event he
enters it will be cause his throttle won't
open any further.
Huyck a Wonder
Freddie Huyck, another of the In
dian team shown above is admittedly
the best and fastest amateur motor
cycle rider in the world. or at least
holds the worlds records for every mile
from one mile up to sixty in the s-
mon pure" class, and has come across
the continent to defend his title. and
incidentally to pull down some of his
previous marks. Some of Huycks
track opponents claim that he is really
d professional because of his connection
with the Indian company, but this mat
ter has never come up for adjudication
before any competent board. But either
as an amateur or a professional, he is
one of the cleverest riders yet seen in
practice on the local track, and some
of his work today may easily prove
faster than any other riders. BY this
il is not meant that either Hoag or
Seymour is not serious contender, as
they have a great reserve of possibil-
ties which has up to the present been
only latent because of lack of oppor
tunity.
SamueIson Is Here
TheO Samuelson, the third of the In
dian team, arrived in Los Angeles the
past week from Salt Lake, where he
has been a star at many of the thrill
ing races held on the Salt palace track.
Samuelson, with his brother, has fig
ured in many of the worlds motorcycle
paced bicycle records, the brother fol-
lowing the pace set by Theo. This
brother is also expected to be at the
track this afternoon and give a two
mile exhibition of a pace drace behind
the motorcycle. and it is not unlikely
that the bicycle may reduce the world S
record to down around the LA or 1:15
mark Samuelson has Joined the In
dian team and is bound to figure close
up in today's finishes.
Mitchell After De Roster
Arthur Mitchell. the n. S. L. rider,
who has come to this track with the
aVoWed intention of getting De Rosters
scalp or forcing him to ride the race of
his life. together with M. j. Graves, the
sent the n. S. L. colors today Mitch
ell has on one or two occasions beaten
De Roster in the east, and with what
he claims to be a faster and more pow
erful new seVen-hOrse power machine
figures that he can show Jake the way,
and in this effort will only be endeav-
oring to do what every other profess
sional this afternoon will undertake
Graves is one of the best touted boys
i'm the amateur ranks as conner. of
whom no little has been predicted
and his riding fully justifies all the
good things said of him. The older men
in the game say that he has the maxi
ing of great rider some day, if he
keeps up his present work, and his
meeting with Huyck Seymour, Hoag
and other simon-pures this afternoon
will insure a battle yal.
Ben Bresee, the Fresno pro, who
came down last week, has been called
home on account of urgent business.
and il is quite likely that his local