Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-10-15
CYCLE RACES
were INTERESTING
Events and Prize Winners al
! The Meeting Held at
4. Race Track.

Pus Wy W ZIG AAu0Ao. MOoI VI Tic
honors went to local riders while two
from Atwater represented that place.
While out warming up previous to
the races Art Halvorson had the hard
luck Of having an accident happen to
his machine which rendered it use
Jess for the afternoon. AS the ma
chine was all tuned up and running
in fine shape at the time of the acct
dent this was hard luck. Art was
forced to ride aHHarley Davidson ma
chine and being used to Pope was
at quite disadvantage and could not
do himself justice.
The first race on the program was
half mile bicycle race in which Rich
ard Taylor won first prize in a close
fight with Harold Larson. They came
| down the home stretch side by side
but the latter's foot slipped off the
pedal and Richard won. Earl Frye
| was third
The first motorcycle race of the af-
ternoon was two mile single cylin-
der. Art Halvorson won this race,
riding a Pope machine, in 3:34A. Al
bert Anderson was second; Martin
Fixen, third and Emil Aim, fourth.
The first heat Of the five mile
''Twin" followed and there was
lot of interest manifested in this, as
in the warming up, Lindholm of At
water, riding an Indian machine,
looked to be some speed merchant,
and the crowd looked for a good race
and they got it. After start, all
the contestants settled down for a
grind, with Albert Anderson in the
lead, while on the third lap, he had
tumble and lost almost three
fourths of a lap dropping to third
place. However, he was up in flash
and after getting started again, pro-
ceeded to overtake the two ahead. In
less than a lap, he had passed the
first one, going into second place, and
with but six laps left, he set about to
overtake Lindholm. He gained rap
idly, giving his machine a wide open
throttle on the straight stretches, and
taking turns like a veteran. With
but two laps to go, it seemed certain
! he would win out, when a connection
on the machine went wrong and he
had to be content with second place.
1t was a game try against great odds
and the crowd appreciated it. Lind
holm won first place, the time being
7:45R. Albert Anderson was second,
Art Anderson of Atwater, third and
Art Halvorson, fourth.
The three mile single cylinder was
the next event. This was interesting
for two laps only. An entry, Rollins,
by name with beautiful start took
first place with Martin Fixen second
On the third lap, Rollins in making
one of the sharp turns, ran off the
track and was out of the race. Fixen
won first place in the fast time OF
1902. Art Halvorson was second, AL
bert Anderson third and Rollins
fourth.
The second heat of the five mile
'Twin" proved the superiority of the
Pope machine and the local drivers
when Albert Anderson carried of
first place in 1928, fully twenty sec
onds faster than Lindholm covered
the distance in the first heat. Art
Halvorson finished second.
| Martin Fixen won the 3 mile single
cylinder event in Asst; Halvorso1
was second and Anderson third.
The third heat of the five mile
"Twin' was a repetition of SECOND
heat. Albert Anderson won frs
place in faster time yet, z minutes
: Is seconds. Halvorson was secont
and Lindholm, third.
Art Halvorson won the three mil,
single event.
The three mile twin event was VOL
by Albert Anderson with Lindholm
second and Art Halvorson, third.
The races were very interesting
, and were a huge success in every wa;
except financially. There was larg
crowd, but as usual where no fenc
is up, a lot Of dead heads don't pa
). and it was impossible to make ther
= do so.
' Following is summary of tn
events:
!. Half Mile Bicycle Race-Richar
Taylor, LIST; Harold Larson, End; Ea1
Frye, third.
Two Mile Single Cylinder-Ar
= Halvorson, Pope, 1854; Albert A,
y derson, End, Harley Davidson; Ma
d tin Fixen, Indian, third; Emil Ain
Pope, 9TH.
Five Mile Twin Event-First Hes
l. -Lindholm, Atwater, Indian, 7:45H
J. Albert Anderson, Pope, End; Art Al
derson, Atwater, Harley Davidson
l. third.
It Five Mile Twin Event-Secon
/. Heat-Albert Anderson, Pope. 7:2E
Art Halvorson, Harley Davidson, End
l. Lindholm, Indian, 3rd; Art Anderson
Harley Davidson, 18th. -
n Five Mile Twin Event-Third He.
d ALBERT Anderson, Pope, 7:16; A
Q Halvorson, Harley Davidson, 2nt
Lindholm, Indian, 3rd:
It Three Mile Single-Martin Fixe
r Indian, 4:02; Art Halvorson, Pop
End; Albert Anderson, Harley Davi
It son, Bird.
e Three Mile Single Martin Fixe
10 Indian, 4:57; Art Halvorson, Pop
End; Albert Anderson, Harley Davi
n son, 3rd. u T. :. ~ :.
COMING OCT. BOTH.
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