The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-26
SENSATIONAL BIKE
RACES At PALACE
Paddy Hehir Shows His Heels
to Lawson in Fiye-Mile
Race.
BAD MOTOR MARS TEN
MILE MATCH EVENT
Mayer Beats Wright in Austria
liam Pursuit in Record
Time.

Before an enormous crowd that filed
every seat on top and jammcd the arena
below, two great sensations were pulled
off at the Salt Palace saucer Friday
night, one of which turned the women
sick and brought every man screaming
TO his feet.
In the sixth event, the fvc.mile open
lap for professionals. Paddy Hchir. the
Australian daredevil, cut down on the
cement, dropping at least five feet in
an almost straight line, coming into the
last turn. with W, T.. Samuelson on Iver
Lawson 5 rear wheel, fighting for the
tape. Hchir barely got away with the
trick, as he sped on the inside OF both
men, as they were hugging the margin
very close. Il was the greatest jump of
the year, and set the crowd wild with
enthusiasm, after they had recovered
from the frightful suspense caused by
Hehir s exciting effort.
In the fifth event, the Australian pur-
suit, amateur. Il. Mayer won laundering
applause during the last four laps,
while he ground down Phil Wright, and
wound up with art-breaklng sprint
TO victory at the finish.
Wilcox Has Had Bad Luck,
The other races were good, with the
exception of the tenlnlle motor paced
race at the tnd, between Bennle Mon
roe, paced by Samueson. and 5. II. Will
cox. led by Mccormack, which was won
by the former because Wilcox dehber.
ately blew up IN the middle and and
stoppnd Wilcox made the excuse that
his wheel had gone wrong, and asked
for wrench. After tampering with
his wheel few seconds, he went back
on the track and started anew, but was
una Bile 10 make the event real race in
any respect 1t looked as though Will
cox coudn Z face the pace, and NcCor-
mack pulled down repeatedly IN order
to give him a chance 10 get on, but he
constantly swerved out Of the current,
and wobbled from side to side. Inc
Wise ones accounted for his actions
from the fact that on the sixth lap of
the fourth mile he ran into the motor,
and the jar. which was easily pereeptl'
BILE from all points, undoubtedly took
the heart and courage out of him.
In the final heat of the threc-tourths
mile handicap, protcsslonal, Downing
got ont aud pulled Walker, but couldn I
get him up. Walker had TO ride lap
unpaced. The upper-mark men had too
much mark, and they went from the
crack of the gun Walker started from
scratch, and under Downing's late pull
ing was unable TO make mp the heaTy
handicap. Hopper, with htty-nye yarnS
to the good. won stiH hmsh from
Schncll. with sixty-fvc, and Senhouse,
with sixty yards.
Record Not Allowed.
The Australian pursuit, amateur, vas
made in faster time than tho rlding
done for the world S record, but as u
went five miles, one lap and fifty YARDS;
the distance being uneven, no rec9r9
conld stand on it. T.. Mayer travelled
~, | D,iDiltpS ana ID ser
onds, which is faster going than was
made nv Giles, at Ogden, on his record
trial IN IL minutes for the even hVe
This pursuit was a great race !,
was the first time that Phil Wright hd9
been beaten this year, and inc SI S[oMu
cheered the victor hysterlcaily. MaySfi
went after Thomas and put MN OUT an an
ter hard ride, This left Wright sun
fullv. three.ounrters of lap ahead.
But Maver, with what looked IKE an
almost hopeless uphill fight ahead Oh
him. cot down and ground like an au
tomato coffee-mll He hung on 70
terrific pace like bulldog. creeping
up. lap by lap. or the hitherto lnNln.
chile Wright, 1t was not case oi
Wright s slowing down. Mayer S!,ll, ,!il
ply kept coming faster ana fnsteE' Ians iaMe
an iron man. IN the last three iaps
he cut down 300 feet like lightning,
passing Wright in final burst, ana
beating him fifty feet from the last
turn.
This race made such hit that 1t was was
announced that Wright and Mayer VIII
ride pursuit race next Tuesday night'
Hehir Beats Lawson.
The other fine feature of the even
ing's sport was the fve-mile open zap
professional. w, \. Bardgett and cor
don Walker rode as a team. as dld lNeI
Lawson and T.. \, Pye. Walls, tue New
Zealand champion, tried to steal Il .ap.
but couldn t stay with 1T, ana allei
coming n few dollars on leading laps;
quit cold. Devonovitch showed MS leu
brush over the tape first several tirles'
and the pace killed him, too, ,....
The finish was one OF the hotIsas
things ever seen at the saucer. rye
came up. four laps TO go, ouI no
couldn t get Lawson to the tront, Law
son dropped on to the pole, on 20 Satt Iaa,
uelson, who was on Walker.
turned Walker loose TOO quickly, anu
Walker couldn't hold the sprint 1of
two laps. Samuclson went around nln,
and Lawson got on Samuelson Tea, n
wheel Then Lawson and SamueIson
ought for the tape. both hanging cIoSs
TO the pole. Paddy Hehir, VINO I;i.a Hau
been hugging pretty near, swePI up ptn1v tdI
fash at the hnlSh, ;crbt
swooped straight down FIVE feet, HSn5 Sn5
on to the cement, at the last turn; anu anu
shot ahead of Lawson in one OF 'n
most reckless sprints ever seen u
wheel race at the Salt Palace
Following is the summary;
Three fourths mile, handicap. prolees e.
sional-Hopper, %, won; SchneI!,, oy
second; Senhouse: 60, third; "aiA'''
scratch, fourth Time, 1'24 10. ors
Unknown distance lap; amateur, ,Gnr. on.
mile, four laps-Brodbeck won; MSGoa' S;
mack. second; Wright, third. lihe'
3:57, FIVE
miles. one lap, fifty yards-Mayer, a.
yards, won; Wright l2o Yards. rndEss.0baeher' iusI"a
Thomas, 10 yards, third; Dle1eho"'
60 Yards, fourth Time, ll;l9. ,1
Five-mile open lap, profesIsionnaa'w. naw.
Samuelson won; Hehir. second; Law Law
son. third: Walker, fourth; fai'n''s
firth, Time, 1907.
Ten-mile motor paced. protesslo1HS HSA.
Monroe (Samuelson):, won; WiiceA