Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
WORLDS RECORD

Twenty miles-By Jake DE Nosier'
1901 :-5; previous record, by Chappeh at
Ormond Beach, Fla, week ago, on
straightaway course, 17:25 10.
BY negotiating twenty miles yeSter-
day in the phenomenal time of l1:Ol 20,
at the Coliseum saucer track, JACK
De Roster the crack eastern rider, cut
down all previous records ever made
on motorcycle course, whether circu-
lar or straightaway, by any rider IN
any country. Incidentally, he JUSTIFIED
the claims that have been made of him
as the one man against whom the
motorcyclists of the world will have 10
direct their energies before they can
gain the title of worlds champion.
De Roster rode a wonderful race IN
the twenty-mile event. He rode two
of them, in fact, in both the ten ana
twenty miles, but his performance IN
the longer distance was the more
spectacular and the more telling
Loses Some Worlds Records
While many intermediate miles made
in the twenty-mile event would also
proye to be new worlds figures, had
they been properly timed, under OF
fetal regulations, by having at least
three split-second watches on them, IN
stead of only one that was held, tness
records cannot be claimed, IL is salu'
because they cannot be properly au-
thepticated.
These intermediates were the two
miles the four. five, ten and fifteen
miles. while the second miles-:A 10
was the fastest mile ever reeled on q
circular track and within one seconu
of the worlds record made by GoerKe
at Ormond Beach within the past week
or ten days. -,
1t required this phenomenal mfe,
added to the AS 1-5 made for the nrst
mile to make the time of 1:32 2-5 i'll
which the first two miles were run ana
which would have entitled De Roster TO
a worlds record for that distance, hau
it been properly timed, as stated.
Some of De Rosters Marks
The previous two-mile record was
made by De Roster two weeks ago IN
lao. The five-mile record of 4:0s 10,
made three weeks go by De Roster IN
his hair-raising race with Derkum was
clipned with De Rosters fifth mile Oh
Yesterday, the time being 4:0S To- Dut
cannot be claimed as a record. Inc
ten-mile record standing on the DOORS
is one made by Goerke at Ormond
Beach of 1857 on a straightaWay, anu
De Rosters ten miles yesterday re-
duced this time to S:24. The fifteen-
mile record Is held by an amateur
Freddie Huyck, made at Ascot park IN
this city last fall, and De Roster yes
terday negotiated the distance IN 1z:oo
The circular track record for ten nlles
was held by De Roster, MADE at SilMon'
but aiken away from him last SepteIh-
Der in Detroit by Freddie Huyck' the
two records having been ll:59 anu
GIT 2-5 respectively.
Faster Track Than StraightaWay
BY thus clipping off "a seconds from
the worlds record made at Ormono
Beach, De Roster demonstrated yestef-
day that the new Coliseum track Is I'M
uuestionably the fastest motorcycle
course In the world of any kind, some
thing never dreamed of even by JACK
prince. the promoter of the track, who
has steadfastly claimed that 1t was the
fastest circular track but who never
believed that straightaWay recorus
could be approached, much less peaten'
Those who went to the track conn-
IDENTIFY hoping that yesterday would pc
the day when Derkum would take ne
Rosters measure were undoubtedly
disappointed, although they could not
in the remotest manner blame IL TO
Derkunls magnificent work In getting
all the speed possible out of his ma
chine. The Reading Standard, when
he rides, is said on the part OF us
friends to not be racing macnine'
but hurriedly improvlsed macnih es
hastily put on the track to permit OF
that nameplate being entered In the
first races at the new track. TWO reg
ularly built motorcycles from the
Reading standard factory are said to
be on their way from the east ana
should arrive here by the 10Th or TINS
month. at which time 1t is expected by
friends of both the machine and or
Derkum that a different story Will be
told Certain it is that more bitterly
fought-out battles on the new saucer
track may be looked for at that time
READING Standard Never Raced
It is a well known fact that the
Reading Standard has never followed
the racing game, as has the lnuldh
machine, for the past two or three
years, and a perfectly tuned racing
machine, ready for worlds recor9
work. could naturally not be expected
to he produced on short notice, when
racing began three weeks ago. Inc
factory is said to have recently de-
termined to go seriously into the rae
ing game and have pushed work on d
racing machiro which will have some
of the advantages when experience
has shown to the Indian makers in
the past. ~ ,..- 20
Derkum is a beautiful driver OF a
machine on the saucer, holding ms
machine to- the line with remarkable
accuracy and works constantly on his
machine in an endeavor to get its ut
most peed out of it. When given the
machine that can negotiate distance IN
a scant few seconds faster time ne Is
certain to become more than local
celebrity. capable of making any mo-
torcycle rider of any section fear him
as a dangerous rival, if, indeed, he does
not succeed in placing himself at the
top. ~
Derkum displayed his wonderful
nerve in the twenty-mile race, when
horror ran through the frames or
every spectator as his wheel came IN
collision with that of Samuelson, rid
ing a Thor when both machines were
travelling at a terrific speed. Samuel
son has been accustomed to motor
cycle pacing for bicycists, and not to
the faster speed necessary in motor
cycle racing. Because he works hard
every day at his trade he has not had
the opportunity to practice as he
should have, and, first in the ten-mile
and then in the twenty, he found 1t i'm
possible to hold to the foul line when
rounding from the straightaways into
the curves. In the ten-mile race this
difficulty, which operated to make 1t
impossible for Derkum to pass him
for fully fifteen laps, made it look 10
the spectators as if Samuelson, who
was riding an Indian, were endeavor-
ing to purposely force Derkum to ride
high on the curves with a view to
keeping him from passing. Some even
went SO far as to think that Samuel
sons object was to so pocket Derkum
as to make 1t possible for De Roster,