Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-13
COLISEUM PLANS BIG
RACE NEXT SUNDAY
AGRAZ WILL JOIN LOCAL FIELD
OF RIDERS
Fifty=MiIe Event Between Lineen-
felder,- Derkum, Mitchell and
Agraz Should Prove Very
Exciting Race

Motorcycle fans are anticipating
many thrills in the 50-mile race TO be
pulled off Sunday next at the Coliseum
track. A new daredevil motor rider
Agraz of San Francisco, has been add
ed to the ranks of the fearless bunch
of professionals already well known to
the Los Angeles public. AgraZ says If
he does not win this race the man who
beats him will have to make the ride
of his life. Lingenfelder, who made his
first appearance Oh horsepower N.
S. u at the Coliseum's last races and
who did such remarkable riding as to
break three worlds records. is picked
by most of the knowing ones as the
most probable winner of this race.
If Derkums hoodoo, which has long
pursued him, will have left him by
next Sunday, his scores of friends and
admirers will assuredly see him ride
one of his old-time races which will
demonstrate to the public that he is one
of the greatest motorcycle riders in
the world, and Lingenfelder will no
doubt be compelled to break many
more worlds records if he is able 10
defeat Derkum in this race.
The Reading STANDARD factory has
now supplied Derkum with three I
horsepower racing machines, and with
these tuned up to their best he will
surely be able to do himself justice
Mitchell, who is riding the fast Z
horsepower Indian upon which DeRo-
sier created so many worlds records at
the Coliseum, will not doubt be a great
factor in this race, as he has been
showing wonderful speed on this ma
chine i'm the past few weeks. With this
quartet of riders the management is
sure it will be able to pull off the
most interesting event ever witnessed
al the Coliseum. This will probably
be the last race In which Derkum and
Lingenfelder will compete at the Coli
scum for some time. as they have been
ordered by their respective factories to
go to Indianapolis to compete in the
national championship races to be held
there some time in July.
The 50-mile race will be run in Eu-
ropean style, called a point heat race
that is divided into three heats of ten,
fifteen and twenty-five miles each. The
winner of the first heat (ten miles) will
receive ten points, second six points.
third four points and fourth two
points. The distance of the second heat
will be fifteen miles, the winner receiv-
ing fifteen points, second ten points,
third six points and fourth four points
The third and final heat will be twenty
five miles, the winner to receive TWEEN
ty-five points, second fifteen points,
third ten points and fourth five points.
The rider receiving the highest number
of points in all three heats wins first
prize. which will be $3.50. the second
highest score will get 500, the third
prize will be SIS and fourth prize $50.
Besides this big professional race
Fearless Bake. Graves, Seymour and
Ward will compete in a number of sen
sational amateur races. AS Ward has
succeeded in writing his name on the
record table, cutting down Huyck's ten
4 o -. 4 n
to minutes 4-5 seconds, the public
will no doubt see a very interesting
race between him, Graves and Seymour
on their big Z horsepower machines.