Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-06
MOTORCYCLES MAKE SPEED
Croker WINS Hundred Nile Event n
Less Than Two Hours.
HRoKEH soeeLEs cAusE 80
Henry B-svSn Thrav~u Over the Em-
hankm-nf. Bur Not s~rssusIx
Hurs-Ns Had Aecf-

Driving his twin cylinder Indian AZ q
furious pnce for every one az the hundred
ATS IN the ls-Eliie e7se-fnr-AIl race for
motorcycles az the speedway TUESDAY
af-srnoon. h Crocker wen over al COM
Der.turs IN q time Of 1-sglA
The race on the winnie WIS tne most star
ring exhibition Of human sndurance ever
Witnessed ~ the speedway. wfth the ther-
nomerer standing AZ lW degrees and
hot wind keeping Ne air fnn Of the sitting
dust uhaz was thrown I'D from under tina
whir-1ng wheeiH. the contestants Stack
grtnly TO the course for UPWARDS Of two
hnurz.
Henry BrsEu. riding ms Indian nke a
wtiriW1nd, broke ths string On his goggles
and lnst them. Nsrsrrhrlsss ne kept up the
race until a. about midway On tas south
Eiie Of tne course the duEt nIled hiB eyes
50 that he lost confrol Of his machins and
he went hurting over the embSakment in a
cumpiere somersnult Though many thought
thRt he had been killed he got up cut uf
inc dust uninJursd and declaE'Nd his innan-
uun OF re-enfeT1ne- The condition Of htG
machine prevented
BrsAEez Tire Thrasss MaImquase.
On the second mile the Tire Of the indian
ridden by Malmquist burst Enc tina rider
was hurled into the ar Although the
cycle Was reduced % a twisted mAsE Of
wrsckage. Mzlmqunst was not injured be-
E0nd q few hraises.
The 1gs-Uliie race was proceeded By 4 ten
mile nAcs- In tina latter only three entered.
nsaraY AL rsssTving their MACHINES Tor the
hig rAcs. Maimquist wen the rsn-mlle race
IN l0.IB In a rEan--ey Under Indian LeIiE
Fletcher came in seunnd on n MaFksl and
I T. Huhler finished third ON single
cylinder Indian. MuimquEt la2ped Elbier
( By = length Just before he Eot the white
Gag. The msn held their respective posi-
tons throughout the race
The Do-mils race was really made ID Of
/ four Different races al run AZ the same
time. The professionals On single and twin
/ cylinders started only nreen minutes be-
hind the anuceurs. who Wers also entered
: IN two Glasses according 10 the number Of
Cylinders On thsir Cars
Crocker, VINO won nrst time IN ths EnaA-
teur race. twtn-eyllndsr clAsz. and Wha
made the best time Of any. ran sealf1fuI
race clipping ON many Of the laps ~ q
u1le-a- minute pAns E1E nearest competitor
wAs J. Hatn- also On an Indian, VIM won
second IN ths anA1eur tTin-eylindsr, Grass
ing the line Eve minutes later. Cr0cker
easily led Throughout rhs race In rhiE
3 Nle-on a1aAE A-HI On an AnGA1s won
third Waiter Bel. on an EKrelEa0r. had an
sKesilsnt chance 70 win. but suffered q
I broken exhaust valve
In the sing1s cylinder a-nazsur rzns Il
Z Wilson came in nrsr in s-IRm on a Rsad-
I ing Standard Clyde Nickel second ON an
EKcslEi0r and n r Dorr third IN Al
Indian
Among the professionals In the single
cylinder race E. kahler won first on an
Indian IN I-K=sz c. Noah took second on
Al Lndiaa and Joe KAline cniEhsd thir-a On
Al Hxnslaor
Among uhe professionals an tE1n-cvunder
cars Ln0iE Fletcher was the only one u
anlHn-
Charles Peterson q u-year-obd boy. ~
esiped the applause Of the crowd Tar ths
ptnchy race be put 10 on a Yale Psderaon
WHO lOohsa hardy large enough 10 ranct
his haDdiehaTs- drove along steadily Al !
zaodsrats speed and when the smoke hae
Cleared away Was found 20 be the Wilma
Of a diamond ring. tina prize Tar ths she
ca1@ful private owner o. 8 aagis cylinder