The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-07
LAWSON Still
SHOWS CLASS
FLYING swede" Defeats Paddy
Hehir in Exciting French
Style Match Race.
GORDON WALKER VICTOR
IN WESTERN TITLE CONTEST
Defeats Fast Field in Exciting
Battle at Salt Palace
Saucer.

Iver lawson. the Terrible s~ede,
der,,o,s,rated his superiority over Paddy
n,su,liyan Hehir in racing at the French
style before 5000 people at the SAT- re'
,ce Tuesday night hut il took three
heats to do It and the finish III the 'n''a
heat was remarkably close Lawson won
the first heat Hehir the second neat @''u
the Swede the third heat
In the first heat Hehir suffered pune pune
turcd tire and the heat was run over
Lawson took the lead and at the oesih
ming OF tho third lap unwound sprin'
that carried him over the tape hrst
In the second heat Lawson puhclurea
a tire and this contest was run over.
Hehir both outgeneraled and outrode the
Swede in this race. In the fourth lap,
with Lawson leading riding high. ienir
shot underneath Him and unwound g
sprint that was too fast for the Swede:
although he tried desperately. Hehir beat
by a half wheel ,
heat Taking the leaSl ho rode hlsh Tor
two laps and then he Shot down and un-
wound his sprint. In trying TO come up
remarkable kick but the Swede was
nyiny and the Australian could not go
around Al that the finish was only a
few inches apart
teurs was a pretty contest between
Oberg. who won. and Colvin who hnished
second, with Cupid Huey third. Gem
pie fourth and RodberG fifth. OberS was
flying when he passed Colvin,
Diefeno oacher won the half mile handi-
cap for professionals, with Stein close
second. IN a pretty ride. Thomas was
third and Carslake fourth.
Smertz won the two-mile lap handicap
for amateurs In strong finish. with Col
vim second, Gemple third and Cupid Huey
fourth.
In the hve-mile western championship
for professionals Walker showed good
head work and strong Kick sent him
over a winner, with Drobach a close sec
struggle for first place in the stretch
Wright. Salt Lake boy, was third and
Stein fourth. With five laps TO go Law
son received puncture and dropped out
but Hehir, his competitor IN the French
| style race. remained in. but could not
get in the prize money.
To give Lawson and Hchir a breathing
spell between this ride and the last heal
| OF their match race 'Whiskers" Devon
ovitch rode an exhibition quarter mile
behind a motor driven by Mccormack
| Considering that "Whiskers' is unusued
to riding such races and following a mo-
| tor on which there was no back roller
and using an ordinary sprint bicycle. his
| time, rs, was excellent.
The Summary:
Australian pursuit race. amateur
l mile. laps, II yards Time 3:27
Half-mile handicap, professional-Dief-
enbacher first, Stein second. Thomas
third; nd,; caTslake fourth Time, 90 10.
| Shertz. first; Colvin, second. Gemple
| third: Huey, fourth, Time. I:05.
| tfve-inile western championship, pro-
| fessional-WalkeU, first: Drobach, second
Wright. third, Stein. fourth, Time, 1911
| Thomas, II laps; Wilcox and Diefen-
bacher, laps each; Crebs, laps: Hal
stead and Devonovitch. 5 laps apiece
Walker, | lap; Anderson. laps.
Quarter-mile exhibition, motor paced
rsce-DeVonovitch. Time. :26.
Match race. French style-Frst heat
Lawson. first: Hehir. second; distance
half mile; time. 1:27 Second heat
| Hehir first. Lawson, second: distance
three -fourths mile, time. $50 1-5 Third
heat-Lawson; first; Hehir second; dis
tance. one-half mile, time 80 4-5
Manager Pye promises an interesting
card for next Friday night. Ladies viii
be admitted free. One OF the feature.
viii be an Australian pursuit race be
| tween Colvin and Smertz of the ANA
| teurs. Another feature will be an Aus.
| tralian musical novelty chair race Sill
another feature will be a motor paced
struggle between Halstead and Drobach
| In three heats of five miles each prob
| ably.