The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-21
LAWSON Wins A
FEATURE EVENT
Aided by Pye and Hehir He
SmaSheS the TWO-Mile
Record.
MCCORMACK TAKES DASH
BARDGETT AND PARTNER WIZ
PURSUIT RACE.

Pulled like a rocket through a scat
tered field of desperate spriuters by
Paddy Hehir and Ernie Pye, Ivor Law
son last night won the title Of two
mile western Champion The time OF
$40 2-5 breaks not only the tWo-mlle
lap record, but the handicap record Tor
two miles. The former open lap record
was held by Lawson at 3;43, made July
IS this year. The handicap record is
also held by Lawson at 3:4l. made July
-. 1906.
The race was pretty sight from the
l-start, with the lap man setting stiff
pace from the crack Of the gun. After
the mile. about half of the twenty start
erS had dropped out Here Williams
pulling Walker. tried to round the
bunch. but Williams scared up and
down and Walker could not hold on.
Walker dropped down to the pole ana
rode Hehir so close TO the cement that
Paddy stuck out his arm and showed
Walker up the bank. Walker claimed
a foul but it was not granted.
Two and half laps to go Hehlr was
leading. pulling Pye, who in turn had
Lawson. with Hardy Downing hanging
on to the former champion, with Hop
per fifth. A LAP to go Hehir had pulled
himself out and Pye sailed by with
Lawson. who protected his man in
great shape, STAYING off an attack from
Downing in the rear The finish was
Lawson. Pye. Downing and Hopper
Downing Protests.
After the race Downing entered a
protest against the thTee-man COmbina-
tiOn he and the rest were compelled to
fight and many of the fans sided with
him. With Hehlr and Pye pulling Law
son at the rate the three are travelling
now, il is pretty near ciuch for Law
son to be first and one OF the others
second. The officials don't seem very
anxious to limit the teams to two men,
they should.
Next i'm interest came the quarter
mile western championship, amateur. II
a. ~ Ira.
ptons hips have gone so far. with Bur
giar" Mccormack fTst. The Burglar
will soon be given credit for having
other ability than a clear head The
time of rs 40 was within OHe-htth
of "A second of the record. There was
added excitement to the race in the
spill of Jack Hume. who fell heavily
Just upon entering the stretch Hume.
from high up on the bank. had the best
of the start and led by two lengths for
the first lap. He looked like winner
until the back stretch. when MCCOr-
mack and Wright closed the gap with
"a surprising rush. The Burglar had
tied Hume's front tire on the home turn
and was going by when Hume's pedal
struck the cement and down he pitched.
Hume was uniniured.
The match team pursuit was easy for
Bardgett and Hehir. against Wells and
Hopper. Bardgett set the pace for his
against an uncertain and decidedly
hucking- pace set by Wells for
Hopper. Hehir won both the half-mile
and three-QuaTteT mile heats, Hopper
pushing him close i'm the alst heat.
Too Much Handicap.
The front combination had everything
its own i'm the mile handicap prOfes-
SiOnal, and il pulled down all the
money Nesbitt. Burris. Crebs and Cars
lake finishing i'm the order named. The
time of l.46 As easily explains why the
scratch men could not set up.
The Brodbeck and Mccormack team
performed in nice shape in the nVe-mile
open. amateur, the Burglar "shooing'
i'm BTodbeck first, himself second, leaV-
rode a fast race.
Tuesday night viii see Whittier and
SamuelsOn fight il out again for the
motor laurelS. The race Will be in three
heats. two heats at two miles with the
pole split and a pursuit race. There
Will also be hvemile western cham
pionShip for the professionals.
The announcement of the sermon to
he preached sunday evening at the
First Methodist church by Rev. Francis
Bursette short, d. d., for the bike riders
and their friends. was received with APP
plaUSe. The text viii be Clean Sport" {
The summary.
One-quarter mile western champion
snip, amateur Mccormack, Wright, |
DiefenbaCher. Mccarthy. time. .2S As
Fivemile open lap, amateur-Brod-
beck. Mccormack, Wright Mayer; time /
10.1S %.
one mile handicap, professionaI-Nes |
hitt (lo0l. Burris 600, Crebs (S0), /
Carslake (15)- time, 1:46 As.
Two mile open western championship, |
decentralization. Pye, Downing, /
Hopper, time. $40 % (record)
Match team race-Hehir and Bardgett f.
first; times of heats. half miles O:5S 2-5. (
three-Q quarter mile 1899
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