The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-11
EDDIE ROOT IS
FIRST IN RACE
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posed on Clarke. Moran and HILL Cam
eron and Moran were mixed UP In tum-
BILE I'm one of the early spriuts, but neither
was badly hurt. Drobach earlier had his
collarbone broken and the Collins -Dro
bach team was withdrawn.
The Big Sprint.
The jam" came at a. m. but there
had been short Jumps from O'Clock on.
Walter Rutt again LED the pack and
gradually drew away and he and Clarke.
IN two charges, gained the coveted dis
tance amidst one Of the widest scenes
ever witnessed at Madison Square Car
den Continuing, they slowly but surely
gained the next lap. which put them into
n tie with Moran, Root, Fosler. Hill and
one lap behind the leaders. The task
finished the majority OF the riders who
had settled down 10 about fifteen miles
en- hour.
Betting that was being made on the race
was 40 TO 20 on Rutt-Clarke. Root and
Moran were 2 TO 1. Hehir and Goulette
10 /, Fogler and Hill to l. McFar-
land picked Rutt and Clarke TO win, and
derful ride in the early morning hours
Factional Feeling.
The race has peen hard one. caused
by the factional feeling which cropped
out before the start. The scoring has
been far from, satisfactory. one team
II had been penalzed lap unlawfuliy.
The crowd, portion OF which had
been In the Garden since WednesSday, sd >.
swept w out. it It needed it. W
There have been a great many out
standing features 10 the grind.
AS was freely predicted. all week Floyd
Mcfarland and John Stohl quit the race
to let their respective partners, Rutt and
Clarke. form a team. At p. m. Thurs
day the. new team was announced, and
would gain their lost ground OF two
laps and win, The new team took Rutt
and Stohl's score. Mcfarland and Clarke
lost their lap Wednesday morning. when
Clarke claimed he had n puncture. The
claim was not allowed and the lap was
counted against them. Many believed
that Clarke should have been penallzed
for all the laps that ne was vas, on the th
fact that II was held that he did not
have puncture Stohl also got off and
the officials penalized the Rutt- -Stohl
team two laps when II was generally be-
liered that two miles should have been
the penalty
Wiley and Lawrence claimed that they
were treated unfairly In being penalized
Wednesday morning
Lawson's Hard Luck.
Iver lawson fell with Hill and Halstead
Just before the big jam on Wednesday
morning and wrenched his left shoulder
as we'll as received a hard bump on the
head. 1t was bad spill. but fortunate
ly Lawson was not seriously injured, al
though he was unable to continue. At
tempts were made to pair his partner,
Bobby Walthour,. with Calvin or Law
renee; but ne asked $500 to do so, and
as Powers and Pollock could not see II.
Wathour left the Garden.
Iver Lawson left later In the day for
and has been watching the grind ever
since,
At 1o:45 p. m. on Wednesday Walker
and Mitten collided and Walker was so
badly shaken UP that II was thought at
first that he had been internally injured.
When informed Of his injuries he pulled
9; little smile and said, "Ill go through
bur was forced TO drop out, and the team
was Officially declared oit OF the race
at 1882 Thursday morning.
Eddie Root gained lap alone at $40
the officials claiming that the rest Of the
field had stalled for him. Shortly
after the new team OF Ru:t and Clarke
not Intentional on Moran's part. but he
was roundly. hissed. by the crowd:
The foreigners imported by Powers
the week sailed for sunny France on the
French liner La Savoie Thursday. and IL
is hardly possible that they will get an
other vacation at Powers expense.
Some Hourly Scores
The score at O'Clock Saturday MORN
ing, the end OF the 125th hour. was as
follows:
Hehir -GoulIet. Foglcr Hill Root Moran
2275.4; Mitten- Thomas, 2276.3 Rutt-
Clarke. West -Demara. 2375.2; Cameron
Halstead. 2276.1.
The record is 2417 nrftes and 8 laps.
made by DemarR and Hill in 1908.
AT o'clock the end OF the ioeth hour,
after series OF wild sprints, Rutt and
Clarke overlook the leqdin1
when they essed up .wero on equal terms.
with 2291 miles and s laps to their credit
At 12 O'Clock. the 1s2d hour, the score
showed the four leading teams still tied
at 1882 miles. laps: Mttten and Thomas,
23S2 miles, laps. West and Demara,
1882 miles. lap; Cameron and Halstead,
1882 miles.
The record is 25ts miles. laps. made
by Mcfarland and Moran In 1905
Short Fliphts Mada