The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-27
CARD
At SALT PALACE
All Sorts of ThriIlers Scheduled
for the Saucer Track
Tonight.
ELECTION RESULTS WILL
BE ANNOUNCED TO FANS
Hardy Downing viii Appear in
MotOr-Paced Match Against
Ernie Pye.

At the Salt Palace tonight the bicy-
Gle race programme is made up almost
entirely of feature events. There will!
be paced race, n tandem race and
single machine events All OF them
arc full of interest. Then there will
also be novelty race from Australia.
1T Is called the musical chairs. Not
only the bicycle riders will compete in
this event but also all of the trainers
will be out in full force.
One OF the big features will be the
return of Hardy Downing Hardy is
as popular with the fans RS any man
who ever pedaled bicycle on the local
track. Not only has he always had
plenty Of speed but also plenty OF
steeled gameness. He never knows
what it is to quit. Downing will ride
five miles behind the motor in compe-
tition with Manager Pye Downing be-
lieves that he still has the old kick in
his legs and has given Pye handicap
of one lap in the FIVE miles.
Professional Tandem Race.
The professionals will have a two
mile open tandem race. Seven teams
are entered in this event. Always n
great deal of interest is centercd in Il
contest where the contestants are
paired off. Especially so is this true
Plenty of speed is burned up in these
races. Nearly every time one has been
run on the Salt Palace track world 'S
record has gone glimmering-ever since
the time when Johnnie Chapman and
Iver Lawson pedaled the two-man ma
chimes around the board path.
In the three-mile western champion
ship race the professional riders will be
IN contest for blood. 1t is hard to
figure who should cross the tape first
in this event. 1vor Lawson has always
been able to show strong sprint az
ter any hard race up to five miles dis
tance. The "E'lying Swede" is riding
without any assistance now. though,
and 1T is conjecture as to whether
or not he will be able to show his ia
nous sprint when the bell rings If
he has the sprint at the gong he should
place well The Australian riders de.
light in this race. All Of the Anti
podeons should give a hard contest at
the tape. OF the other riders, Halstead,
West. Thomas, Drobach and Anderson
should give good accounts of them.
selves. All are riding fast and are
showing quick jumps TO long, fast
Sprints.
The simon pures will have a half.
mile handicap and two mile open
race. Among the amateurs the Smertz
brothers, Colvin, Brazier and Huey, are
all riding strong They have all given
good account Of themselves in both
handicap ana open races. All told the
card tonight is probably filed with
more features than any other meet that
has ever been held on the famous track
Demetral and Devonevitch.
OF almost equal Importance with the
bicycle races Is the engagement of
Demetral, the Greek Demon, at the
open air theater on the Salt Palace
grounds. The swarthy man has con-
tested with the big wrestling stars the
world over. And in most of them he
has been returned the victor. With
Gotch he has lost a match and won a
handicap. He has won and lost TO DR..
Roller, Amcricus, the big man who
startled the mat world with his bril-
liant work, proved an easy victim to
the man from Greece.
Demetra] has already appeared here
IN a series of handicap matches None
of his opponents were able 10 stand his
bearlike rushes and all of them soon
toppled on the mat In his engagement
this week Dcmetral agrees tc meet all
comers and throw any man in fifteen
minutes. Should he fail to throw his
man he will forfeit $50. If wrestling
menu appears WIN cdn IDTo" DHlHeIra!
In the same length Of time he Will re.
ceive $1,000.
In tonight s contest Whiskcrs'' De
vonevltch will appear against the
Greek. Devoncvitch appeared against
Gotch in Salt Lake in 1909. He is /
not world beatcr but is hard to beat
Whiskers'' believes that he can STAY
fifteen minutes with "The Demon. -
Manager Pye has arranged to have
the results of the election announced
to the fans during the race meet Tn,
yelling or sobs can be given at th,
same time favorito rider is being
rooted for, so that one session will at
tend to both.