Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-29
EDDIE HASHA
RIDES LIKE
THE WIND
Does Some Great Work at the
Stadium Motordrome in
Two-Day Meet.

Eddie Hasha, the remarkable and
sensational Texas motorcyclist, es-
tablished beyond a doubt Yesterday
afternoon that he is in a class by
himself among the men racing at
the Motor Stadium in vaiIsburg.
He won all the events entered and
showed that he is a lad without =
Ieer probably in the entire world on
the two-wheel '~'chu-chus."
His first event, the Class A pro-
fessional open race. was taken in
three heats with apparently little ex-
ertion. He took the match race from
Ray Peck. winning the final w
heats, yesterday. and landed the
free-for-all at six miles. In only one
event, the match with Peck, was the
finish any way close, and in that
Hasha, riding on the outside, didn't
start his sprint until the last lap.
He drew so fine a finish that it took
the judges some minutes before they
could decide the winner. :
This was in the third heat. It was
a beautiful race from the start. Peck
led all the way by the good margin
of twenty yards. He was sitting up
throughout. however, until the bell,
when. resting his body on the frame
of his machine. he whizzed past Peck
200 yards from home.
A hundred yards from the tape saw
both lads on even terms. Then anne
the sensational finish. Some yelled
Peck and others Hasha, but those at
the tape were convinced that the
Texan had Won by six inches.
The three-heat professional for
Class A riders was o by Hasha
in three straight heats, with Peck
second. Hasha took the trio Of heats
at two miles by 100 yards over his
! opponent. Larry F-lickenstein got
third in the first two heats. while
Frank King was third mar in the
final.
Most Interesting Race.
The greatest race of the day. that
Is. the most interesting one from q
spectators viewpoint, was the six
mile free-for-all. There were six
starters and all but Johnny King.
who will ride in the class A NEXT
week. finished. King was forced to
fcliIC dl l1ltt ull1tes the 6I6EII0K
gear of his machine being out OF
order. In this event Hasha displayed
some of the most daring and sensa-
tional riding witnessed at the local
stadium this season. From the start
1t the rear of the field IF six he took
a course high on the bank. and from
the third mile he simply went around
the others as though they were
standing still. He finished a lap and
a half ahead of Peck, who was Sec
ond, and close to three laps to the
good over the other contestants. HfI
time of 4 minutes and 5 seconds q
the best yet recorded in Competition
in this city, being an average oC
30 rs seconds to the mile. I'm out
! for another mile record" he yelled
as he swerved around the track on
the final mile. And he came within
two seconds of his worlds record Of
3S 2-5 seconds established at the local
track Saturday. Had he begun to put
on full speed at the start of the mile
he would have surely made the mile
In 3S seconds. He will try to estab-
1ish new marks at one, two and fhreo
miles next week.
Amateur.
The first event on the program wa
an amateur event, which was taken
by H. Brown. Of the local motorcycles
club. ]. Segelback was his opponent.
and it was a pretty ace all the q
The latter led until the bell lap. when
Brown put on a good squirt and won
by ten yards.
1t viii be a big day for the motor
fans 1t the stadium Saturday. An
Australian pursuit race. unlimited.
will be n of the features.