Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-24

! A new worlds record of 6:2S for
| eight miles, a new record in competl-
| ton for twenty-five miles, in 24:lO,
| both won by Lingenfelder, new pro-
| fessional star, a new amateur record
for ten miles in sos 40, by Ward an
! other new star, were the features OF
/ the unusually high class program at
! the Coliseum saucer track yesterday.
| Whatever might be the real reason
| for it, which the public may not know,
the public yesterday afternoon felt
| that Jake De Roster was afraid TO
meet Eddie Lingenfelder and the re-
| mainder of the bunch of professional
motorcycle fiends in the eight mile ana
| twenty-five mile open events, De Ro-
! sier falling to come to the tape in
| either event when the races were
| called and 1t was said after the races
| last evening that he will leave 1or MS
| home in the east today.
Had he entered either of these events
or at least the eight mile race, 1t was
| freely claimed on many sides that ne
would have been soundly defeated by
! Eddie Lingenfelder, who hencetorth
must be figured on as one OF the
| brightest stars in the entire flrmameht
| of motorcycledom. Ltngentelder proved
! to himself and to the crowd OF tans at
the Coliseum that all he had hereto-
| fore lacked to be among the very top
| notchers in the game was a machlne
that had the same horsepower and the
same speed as his fellow riders. lie
has shown on more than one occasion
that he is a remarkable rider, his per-
Torrance during the hundred mile race
a few weeks ago, in which he ran sec
| ond IN De Rosters first, proving In
the minds of the fans that he is a
wonder On that occasion, as on every
other occasion when he has been pit
ted against the stars, he had ma
chine three horsepower less than tnose
of the other riders. He on more tnan
one occasion has said that whenever t,
he could get the machine that was the
equal of these riders he would snow
them, and has always said 1t with that
peclliar infection of voice and COM
nression of the jaw that no one has
suspected him of over-bragging'
Linqenfelder Realizes Dream
Yesterday afternoon, in the open
eipht-noile professional race he was
able to straddle a racing machine or
seven horsepower for the first tlme III
his life, and his dreams of months was
realized. His face beamed his poorly
disguised pleasure and as he opened
In his throttle in a preliminary tryout
sneed around the track there was
feeling running through the crowd that
the smile meant something.
Perhaps Jake De Roster saw the
smile and the extra clutch OF uetellllI-
nation with which Lingenfelder grasp
ed his handle-clips. NO one VINO IN mas .
known De Roster we'll has ever Tor a
moment felt that he was AFRAID 10 meet
a contender in fair open race ana II
mechanically would be doing him an
Injustice to say that De Roster Iearct.
the issue. But the fact remains tIial
he would not come to the scratch W,leil
| +be first professional race was caIleu'
| nor did he respond for the second race.
| on fine other hand he donned his street
clothes instead, took all of his ma
| chimes from the track and gave 1t out
| that he was going back east today
LinuenfeIder Like Machine
Tjngenfelder weeks ago won the
crowd for his modest ways, for ms
consistent riding and for ms cleaH
work on the track in competition, put
he twice won it yesterday WIN h ne
demoniacal speed and his perfectlon OIL
| form, in negotiating the speedy saucer,
! foiiouing his line with an accuracy
! that no one has ever seen eXcelled ana
hut few eoualed since the track
onened The crowd naturally was al
vided between Derkum and Lllsen-
! fielder and whenever these two FAVOR
| ties gained any temporary aoVan 4Il;, :.
they were literally applauueu pS '''ei'
| adherents. .4o,,, i, tho
first professional race. an elght-nli93
omen = Lingenfelder, Derkum an"
NfitnheIl-Derkum on a Reading Stand
ard and the other two riders on N D.
U. machines. z4n4
They cot away to a pretty start
Derkum in the rear but coming Las a.
He caught Lingenfelder WITHIN rev
| lengths and together the two raced
! haIf around the track as If tied to-
| oether. For a moment the old tnrlllS
| returned to the crowds that they nave
| experienced in former meets when Der
KUN and De Roster have been the duel
| lists fighting for the others honors,
Mitchell trailed Wei peniho anu , Teio
| never a serious contender, LlngehIel-
der and Derkum soon overtaking and
tapping him.
LingenfeIder Shows His Form
I.ingenfelder gradually though SLOWLY
drew away from Derkum, every zap
of the track that he made being raster
and still faster, the intrepid little game
ster evidently learning with each iaI
to have a greater confidence in ms
machine and also feeling surer OF NM
| self while going at top speed,
| AS he increased his speed 1t looked
as If he must have reached his top
capacity, although he whizzed through
the straightaway, tore into the curves
! and flashed back into straightaWay
again with a regularity that challenged
! the enthusiastic admiration of the sew
| eral thousand spectators in stands ana
| arena Finally it dawned upon the
crowd that something out of the ordl-
nary was happening-that this game
| little rider was tearing off speed at Il
rate that approached the spectacular
and that a worlds record was being
| threatened, if, indeed, a new one was
not being made. Without faltering,
true as a die he rode, steadily draw
| ing away from Derkum and finally
passing him with a gain of lap in
the twenty-third circuit of the course.
As he went past the local daredevil the
| crowd realized how fast Lingenfeld
was riding, the machine ridden by
Derkum, although travelling lightning
fast. looking really to be slowing up,
| so great was the contrast in the two
! speeds.
Ovation to New Star
When the pistol cracked and the
scoreboard showed the time-6 minutes
| % seconds-the crowd again broke out
| in enthusiastic uproar and Lingenfel-
| der was given an ovation as he con-
tinued another lap or two around the
track before coming to a stop.
Again in the twenty-five mile pro-
| fessional race Lingenfelder upheld in
| championship style the honors he had
attached to himself in the shorter
event. The field was the same-Lin-
genfelder, Mitchell and Derkum. Again
| Derkum went to the fore for the mo-
ment and again 'Lingenfelder opened
up his machine as he began to get 1t
| into action. In really more runaway
! fashion the new star called upon his
| snub-nosed little racer for the best 1t