Arizona republican., 1913-10-06
Heating Keeps Close in Every Event, But Irish man WOrsts Him by Short Margin - Thomas Un- luckily Smashes Mount
RTTDDERROW WINS
 TEN-MILE EVENT
Ellie Wilson Sets New Sin gle Record by Clipping Nearly Two Seconds from Mark Established Two Years Ago


 ever has reigned on the state fair grounds mile track four motorcycle records of recent setting were smash ed and one established, all in the course of the fastest program Of races e,-ar held in Arizona. Joe O'Connell, the. wild Irishman, pacemaker m dczen exciting road ana track events trimuDhed in every race he entereu' As a. new recruit in the Indian camp he turned mile after mile in tune ap- preaching the records for the us tance and cleaned up the 1ouF races in which he entered by close fast riding. In one case only dld lie ldii' and that was his time trial for track record his official score being just one second slower than the mark es- tablished by CurIey Thomas in the races of September 12- In three or the races. Paul Heating, star in the last program. finished within second If O'ConnelTs time, failing after spectacular trying, in which ms weight and an injury to his hand were handicaps.
 Bv far the most thrilling race was the ten miles for singles, in when Ellie Wilson and Joe O'Connel pat tied the ten rounds almost neck ana neck, first one and then the other scoring ahead under the wire At the end of the race O'COnnell reeled across the finish in II minutes Il P seconds with Wilson just the hall second behind. It was an almighty hard grind, and only the edge gained by the Irishman on the last turn ana the revolution or two he accom- plished on the stretch enabled him to flash under the wire a wheel m the lead The same two fought It out desperately in the single race of five miles, O'COnnell winning as in the ten miller by few feet. Both the mounts were Indians, of exactly the same model and stripped and equip ped in exactly the same manner. There was not a hair to choose bet ween them until the very finish. when they crossed the line. shooting wide open and jOcSeyed up to the last inch of speed.
 After trailing most of the way, Rudrow escaped from the press and took a long lead in the last mile of the ten mile road machine race. lie rode Paul Keating's private machine, the one with which he took the Prescott loop race on July ,. making the 45 miles of rough mountain road in 5S minutes and 20 seconds. Rud- row was opposed by A. R. Renner cn- fast Flying Merkle and George Meredith on an equally speedy stock Excelsior
 Rudderow lost the three mile relay to Wilson because of a bad change in the last mile when he overrOde the finish line and had to run back to get his third mount. Meanwhile Will son was getting the first few prelim- mary barks out of his twin. before it struck the steady roar around the first turn, and with the lead he had gotten on the change he was never in danger This even gives Wilson the club medal. held since September r. by ThOmpkins.
 Race Summaries
 Event l. Five miles. singles, won by Joe O'ConneH. Indian, time 5:3S, best lap, 1:O4; Wilson. second; form CT record six flat. held by Thomp kins.
 Event 2 Ten miles. for twins, won by O'Connen Indian, time 9:50. best lap g seconds; Heating, Indian second; Thomas, Excelsior, out in eighth lap; Lane, Harley Davidson, third; former record 10:04. held by Heating. C. Gardner made this in 9:36 a year ago fair time but the time is unofficial under club rulings
 Event 3. Ten miles for road ma chimes; won by Rudderow, Indian, time 11:2O; A. R. Renner. Flying MerIle, second; George Meredith, Ex- celsiOr, third.
 Event 4. Fifteen miles, for twins; won by O'Connell, Indian, time 14:3O, best lap 57 seconds; Keating second on Indian; Lane third on Harley Dav- idson; former record, 14:56, held by Heating.
 Event 5 Ten miles for singles won by O'Connell, Indian, time 11:11K Wilson, second. This is a new estab- lished record, the ten miles never having been run for singles
 Event 6. Three mile relay, first on twin, second on single, third on twin; Wilson first in 4:55 4-5; Rud-