The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-26

A short but snappy card of bike races
was offered at the Salt Palace last night
but the crowd fell short Of the usual
Sunday night attendance. The big fea-
ture OF the evening was the international
series. Teams representing Australia
and America were pitted against each
other and the pedal pushers from the
antipodes won the series by the close
score of 9 10 ;.
The Australian team was composed or
Goullet, Clarke and Walker, while Law
son. F'ogler and Root upheld the honors
of the American team, The series was
composed Of three half mile French style
races. a onernle match team race and
an unlimited pursuit race. The winner
OF each hail mile match race counted
one point for his country, the winning
team in the pursuit race counted three
points while the points In the match
team race were divided 8, g. . and 1.
The first match race, French style,
was ridden between Goullet and lawson
The Australian took the lead at the gun,
make Lawson take the pace. The latter
refused TO do so, and at the end OF the
first lap Goulet quickened the pace a
cat. Al the end OF the second lap
Goullet started a sprint and Lawson
tackled onto his wheel instead OF trying
10 go round; With one lap to, go Law
son sprinted, but when nc drew up
beside Goullet the latter unwound
sprint that brought back his big lead
and he crossed the tape a wheel Length
to the good. This gave Australia one
point
The second race was between Root and
Clarke. Root took the lead at the gun
and made the pace fast from the start
With two laps to go Clarke sprinted from
behind and passed Root. but il was only
in the last few Yards that he was able
to get good lead and then he shot
over a wheel ahead. This gave the Is
landers another point.
The third heat was easily the best heat
OF the three. Fogler was opposed ny
Walker He started out in the lead ana
with two laps 10 bo began a hot sprint
IL looked as though the BROOKLYN ma
would have things easy, but on the last
half lap Walker began TO crawl up on
him and with a desperate effort pushed
himself over with barely six Inches to
spare This gave the Australians all
three match races and three-point ad-
vantage. .
In the match team race for one mile
the Americans got back at their oppo-
nents and captured first and second
For the first lap nobody was willing 10
take the lead and the men were well
punched Al the end OF the second lap,
however Eddie Root went out IN front
with Lawson on his wheel and started
killing pace. JIe rode like an iron ma n
for three laps and pulled Lawson and
Fogler into the lead and then dropped
back with a little over lap to go.
Goullet and Clarke sprinted their pest;
but the Swede was In fine form and
won with d length lead at the tape;
while FogIer tackled onto his wheel and
refused TO be unlocked. finishing. good
second Goullet was forced 70 take third
and Clarke fourth. This gave the Amer
leans eight points and the Australians
three. making the score eight to SIX In
favor of the Americans.
In the unlimited pursuit race the Aus
traiaus won, giving themselves three
points and the series The men started
from opposite sides OF the track and for
several laps the advantage alternated
between the two teams and ii looked as
though IL would be difficult for either
team TO win. This aspect cha uged, how
ever. for Goulet with Clarke on his wheel
passed over the tape a winner.
The five mile motor race between
Freddie Hill and Downing was the best
OF Its kind Of the season. The men rode
ehou: evenly all the was until the last
hplf mile when HIll lost his pace for an
instant and the former pace-followng
champion gained enough advantage 10
put him over the tape winner by about
thirty yards.
In the two-milc professional Freddie
part CT the race and took nearly a lap
lead The back men loafed along for
several laps, expecting that they could
catch Hill and Thomas at any time. but
when they tried they found that the two
''Dilferers'' still had a sprint left and
Hill won sitting uD. while Thoma !:
easily beat Goulet out for second.
Young won the miss and out race anna =
tcur without difficulty but the handi-
caps were SO large in the threc-quarter-