Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-01
ACORN CAPTURES
BICYCLE FEATURE
HOT WEATHER KEEPS DOWN
ATTENDANCE
LIST OF ENTRIES AT STADIUM
is SMALL
Hoffman Wins Professional Half-Mile
Handicap-MitchelI Beats Linz
qenfelder in Three-Mile
Motorcycle Race

Old Sol kept away the usual large
attendance from the motorcycle anu
bicycle races at Fiesta stadium yes
terday afternoon. Few close finishes
resulted.
The entry list was smaller than Tor
previous races, perhaps owing to the
many entries Sunday, the contestants
being tired yesterday.
The first event on the program was
the novice one-mile race, when was
captured by Charles r. Mitchell. Clark
Way of Los Angeles finished second
and c. B. Burns, also from Los An An
geles. was third. The time was 2:4O.
This race was more of junior class
event than q senior race.
The professional one-haf mile han
dicap, which was run off in two heats,
went to Frank Hoffman of Los An
geles. Hoffman was allowed a handi-
cap of ten yards. w. Audkirk, from
Australia, finished a strong second
with handicap of 80 yards. j. %.
Acorn of New York came third with
a 25-yard handicap, and j. p. Gun
fourth. with a S5-yard handicap. The
time for the first heat was So 3-5 Sec
onds.
Amateurs Run TWO Heats
The half-mile open amateur race
was run off in two heats. In the first
heat e. J. Carroll of Oakland won, J.
A. Mcneil of Canada was second, w.
Bryant of San Jose was third and Will
liam Long of Chicago was founrth.
Time, 1:10.
The second heat went to George r.
Smith of Los Angeles J. Berryessa of
San Jose was second and Fred Jones
of Los Angeles third. The time in the
final race was iii is seconds.
A three-mile match motorcycle race
between Arthur Mitchell and j. Lin
genfelder resulted in a runaway race
for the latter up to the second mile,
when Mitchell put on more speed and
overlook his opponent during the last
few minutes of the race and won by a
safe margin in the time of 4:01 rs.
With the exception of the high speed
motor races, the entries were the same
as last Sunday. The national commits
sion refused to permit the high power
motorcycle races, on the ground that
danger of accidents on a five-mile lap
track was too great
The final race in the half-mile open
amateur race resulted in McCarron
winning, Mcneil second, and w. Bryant
third. Time, 1909.
The professional two-mile point race
on bicycles was run off in rapid order.
In this race the riders rode ten laps,
the end of each lap scoring various
points. Inc race was won by j. II.
Acorn with 80 points. Ray Duer was
second with 26 points to his credit
Emil Agraz was awarded third position
with 16 points, and Frank Hoffman
fourth with 10 points. The time was
APO.
To Put on Night Racing
A three-mile match race on motor
cycles between Coil and Ward fur
nished great excitement, Ward winning
in the time of 1855 seconds.
The last event on the program was
the amateur two-mile handicap, which
was won by William Long M. Monier,
a lad not over IS years of age, gave
Long the race of his life at the start,
but owing to the fact that he gave out
through sheer exhaustion during the
finish Long won. Monier received great
applause from those present for his con-
sistent riding. William Anthony came
second, and j. Berryessa third. The
scratches in this race were j. Dye and
Fred Jones.
The management made the announce
ment that starting next Saturday even
ing there would be night racing during
the summer months This should af-
ford great pleasure to speed maniacs
who cannot witness their favorite sport
during Sunday afternoon and holidays.