Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-29
FIRST RACE MEETING OF MAR.
sHALLToWN MOTORCYCLE
CLUB VERY SUCCESSFUL.
iHUBLER AND MILLER
SKATER TRACK RECORDS
Old Mark Of I :25 For the Milo is Twice
Broken-Local Riders Outelass Visi-
tors Friend Defeats Shugart in
Auto Race-Huber and kinsey Win
Principal Events on the Card.


was decided success, the small crowd
present to witness the excellent sport
being the only disappointing feature.
The races were all interesting ana
there were no accidents to mar the al :
ternoon's sport. l. E. Huber anu
Ernest kinsey were the stars OF the
meet, and the local riders had the Wis
iting motorcyclists sadly outclassed.
Huber and Miller, going against the
track record of 1:25 for the mile. sue
ceeded in clipping several seconds from
the old mark. Miller, who made the
first attempt, lowered the record to
1.21A, and Huber then established a
new mark of 1920 H. Jordan, of Des
Moines, also rode against time, put
failed, his mark being 1884.
The meeting was enlivened with an
auto race, Hardy Friend, in a k1ssel
thirty, defeating G. q. Shugart, driv-
ing his 'Halley's Comet, in tnree-
mile race.
Club Members Parade.
The members of the clup, neaueo py
a band, paraded the streets before the
meet, and made a good showing.
Twenty-Five or thirty boys on bicycles
aided in advertising the event by join
ing in the procession
The crowd at the grounds was not
what it should have been considering
the excellence of the program given.
The meet was the first given by the
club, however, and few realized that
the matinee would be of such excel
lence.
Opening Event Thriller.
The opening event on the program
one-mile straightaway. with standlns
start. was a thriller, and was hotly
contested from start to finish. Seven
riders entered, but Percy Everts failed
to get away In this event, as in all
Of the other numbers only slhsle
cylinder machines were permitted
Kinsey led the first half, when
The surrendered the lead to w.
IL. Miller. The latter held hrst
position to the stretch, when he
was passed by Huber. who won the
race In 1897. Miller was second and
raw. J. G. Bobzin, of Gilman, and H.
Jordan. of Des Moines, also competed
The purse was s25, the winner re-
ceiying SIS, and the second rider slo.
Go After Track Record.
The second event was one mile TO
establish a track record, open to ALL
The purse was SIS. w. B. Miller sue
,ceeded in the first attempt In shatter-
ling the record, setting new marx "
l1:21A. E. Huber was then SEM
ngainst Miller's record, Which ne
lowered to 1920 fiat. II. JORDAN, the
Des Moines rider, who has just com
p1eted a trip from Des Moines to New
york City and back on motorcycle
called to touch the old mark.
Ten Riders in Five-Mile Event.
Ten riders were entered in the hVe-
mile -for-all, which was Won d.
Kinsey. in 7:Osk. The race was
rruelling one and Bobzin dropped out
on the fifth lap. Jordan had trouble
with his machine and was out III tiie
fourth mile. The others tnlshed 'he
race.
Hubler won second money, and Bas-
com Miller finished third The purse
was s25, divided S15 and $40. Everts
w. B. Miller, G.. Merrill, A. S. Long
and S. Fawcett, the two latter from
Cedar Rapids, finished behind the
leaders.
That all Of the riders participating
In the meet wehe classy was shown in
this event, as the last rider was within
the quarter when Kinsey finished.
Pursuit Race the Feature.
The Australian pursuit race was the
feature of the program. Huber was
started at scratch, Kinsey at 200 yards,
Bascom Miller at 800 yards, w. B. Mil
G. Starkey, OF Beaman, at $40 yards.
Bobzin. Starkey and W. B. Miller were
soon out Everts remained until the
sixth lap. and Huber caught kinsey at
the finish of the fourth mile.
With Huber and Bascom Miller
about one-fourth Of a mile apart at
the beginning Of the fifth mile, the race
settled down to a test Of endurance.
For several miles Huber could not
I,
markedly fast. Miller rode the seventh
mile in 1:19. which was probably the
fastest mile of the race. The time for
the mile and a half was caught at 2: 100
fiat. Huber negotiated the twentieth
and twenty-frst laps in slightly I'M
der 1920, and the twelfth mile in 1920
fiat.
Huber began to cut down the lead
materially in the twentieth lap and
from then until the finish of the race
he gradually crept up on Miller. The
twenty-siXth lap was caught in :3S
fiat.
At the finish of the twenty-seventh
lap Hublers front wheel Tapped Mil
ler's rear wheel, but the leader shot
away and gained a few yards. At the
first turn he was leading by ten yards
He led to the wire by a few feet and
was not overtaken until he had passed
the wire 100 yards. The distance Of
the race was fourteen miles and 100
yards.
Friend Wins HandiIy.
Hardy Friends Kissel thirty won the
fhree-mile automobile race from Shu-
CARTS "Halley's Comet" an auto manu-
featured in this city by the Johnston
Auto Company, rated at twenty-six
horse power. Friend displayed good
judgment on the turns and maintained
speed Of slightly better than thirty
miles an hour turnout He crept away
at the start and kept his advantage for
the entire distance He slowed up on
the last lap and finished 400 yards in
advance Of Shugart. The time was
b:51.
Ten-Mile to Huber.
Bascom Miller, Bobzin, Everts, w. B.
Miller. Kinsey and Huber started in