The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
CLOSING CARD Of
SEASON TONIGHT
Sprint Races and Great Motor
Paced Struggle Offered at
at Saucer.
LAWSON AND WRIGHT LEAD
EACH WINS CHAMPIONSHIP BY A
BIG MARGIN.

Tonight at the Salt Palace saucer track
the closing card Of the year will be Of
fered and all indications point to glor-
ious close for a season which has been
a success from every standpoint.
At 10 p. m. sharp the big 24-hOUr motor
paced race, in which W. +. Samuelson,
Hardy Downing and II. X. Wilcox are
pitted against each other. will get the
starting gun. Preceding the start a pre-
gram Of regular sprint races will be held
in which all of the professionals and anna
teurs, except the motor riders, viii com
pete. The program includes a One-mlle
handicap professional, three-mile lap pro-
fessional, five-mile lap amateur ana an
attempt on the part of Saxon Williams to
lower the worlds record for twO-thirds
of a mile unpaCed.
Yesterday the 2l-hour racers announced
themselves in fit shape for the long grind
and each was confident Of victory. Sam
uelson is the pace maker for the Pride
of Provo Whittier is looking after
Wilcox, and Mccormack will handle
Downing's pace. Each pace maker has
secured two extra machines and riders
TO relieve them
To handle the race the saucer track Of
ficials have been divided into shifts and
there will be plenty of work for all w.
u. Rishel, former manager of the track,
will be on hand as a special manager.
Bill says he can stick out the day if
anybody can.
one admission tonight will take in the
sprint card, the start Of the big race and
as long as one cares to sit 1t out. Mon
day q second admission viii be charged.
All day long the benches viii be OccU-
pied and the close Of the race will un-
dOubtedly be marked by one of the great
est crowds this year.
The riders in the struggle Will be given
their meals while riding and all announce
their ability to fight il out all the way
through. After the finish will come the
big sleep"
Lawson Is Champion.
With but one more open race in each
division the championship tables cover
ing the races Of the past week show pref
" near how the riders viii finish the
F season. In the professional class Iver
Lawson stands out as the champion be
yOnd any doubt. He has % firsts TO his
credit-mOre than twice that Of any other
rider Gordon Walker wins second place.
while Hardy Downing is third. Downing
J has 10 second places won by hanging on
TO Lawsous wheel through thick and
thin. SamUelson and Hehir ara close for
fourth man, The Pride" having the
edge by four points.
Ray Duer. the pace follower, is the last
man on the table, with one third to his
credit. Whiskers DeVOnOvitch does not
appear, although one Of the decided cards
Of the season, He says that he Is going
70 make the ride Of his life tonight TO
get in the point table.
Wright Best Amateur.
with the amateurs Phil Wright is
easily champion. He has won more firsts
than any other rider IN either division.
For a time II was thought that Burglar
Mccormack was going to push close, but
IN the last two meets Wright demon
strated his claim TO best man The Bur
glar was an easy second, however, and
has shown better form than in past sea-
sons.
In third place IS Jack Hume. who
showed steady glimpses of his 1906 form
right along and rode 100 per cent stronger
than last year. Mayer and BrOdbeck were
also Contenders for the money right
along. The amateurs as a whole offered
great races, and time and again their
work was the feature Of the evening.
The table follows;
Professionals.