Arizona republican., 1915-01-18
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'' SideIincr' Contributes an Account of Hour Race as It Appeared to Grand stand-IIe Also Describes the Cul'tain-Raisels
BY A SiDElINER

Thrills galore, spills none, but sen sations plenty were the dues met ed out by the riders in the hour race at the fair grounds yesterday
 At the crack of the gun in the capable hands of bcwhiskercd Herb ! Worcester, seven nerVeless riders of the two wheeled streaks started out | to chew up the soil. covering the track and incidentally to break a worlds record
 ! From the sidelines, the race was a ] thriller from the start and if such a thing is possible even before the start, cause to see the efforts of the officials to line up the checkers /. and give them instructions and the jostling noisy crowd and many un- derfect boys, who mOmentarily threatened to get in front of some unthrottled machine, was certainly eXcting indeed.
 The race started out finally after every one had placed their riders, and several lusty lunged pushers had done their best toward helping the riders toward the first mile. Creviston jumped into the lead inn mediately, and never lost the place. He made sensational turns. using a style distinctly his own, and making skids at every turn, that threatened to disestablish the balance of the rail birds, if not his seat on his machine. The rest of the riders set xI if possible keeping him from lap ping them. This in some cases was out of the question, for in spite of the efforts of some of the riders to push their machines to the utmost, he seemed to be able to push his d | little faster
 The feature thrills of the day were furnished by young Bill Gerig the youngest entry. and mounted on the | oldest machine. "Old Blue" reno vated from the junk heap and put in repair for this particular race. | He was sensation from the start although his machine did not have the speed of the other boats, he managed to keep in the running fin ishing fourth. He nearly had his heart broken. when in the twenty third lap he burned out spark plug in his rear cylinder and had to stop for repairs Bill had tears in his eyes when he pulled up in the pits, but that was excusable, as it has been known of many an older rider iboth in the auto and motorcycle game. Bill soon managed to secure Ia plug for his machine, and was laway again. skidding at every turn, land several times making the hearts of the spectators jump by his spectacular riding. Lorenzo Boido the winner of the Los Angeles Phoenix road race, was there mounted on an Indian. He gave an exhibition of good conserva- tive riding. sticking close to the lead ]. CT. but in spite of his efforts to hold on to his position he was Iapped , both by O'Connell and Creviston. He , had an opportunity to make up this lost distance. when Creviston went , out for repairs, but was unable to make the laps before Creviston was back on the circuit
 | nell who finished second were as nervy as the winner, but for un- adulteratcd. condensed nerve. the for eigner had it on them all. The crowd enjoyed the race from start to finish. and gave evidence of want , ing more. several complaining of the shortness of the program.
 Tho PreIin1inaries
 Three fully equipped stock ma chimes going five miles in five min = utes and five seconds an average of one minute and one second per mile, started the racing Ellie Wilson on an Indian. O'Connel on an Excelsior and Rudderow on Scoops" Harley were the riders who did this stunt O'Conncll finished first. way ahead of the rest of the field, with Wilson second and Rudderow bringing up the rear
 The bicycle race. was a comedy after the speed developed by the motor equipped machines. The riders iockeyed for positions during the first mile, and managed to work up a sprint during the last quarter mile Ward Sbffer winning. after being forced to his best by the rest of tho pcddlers. Time, 6:43
 The relay race was the heart breaker of the afternoon. It seemed sort of heartlcss of the officials tt make a rider get off of his machine and surrender it to a waiting team mate. but that was the rule of tho
 race. Crandall and Butler mounted ,on a Mcrllcl won in 5:44. Wilson and OConncll on d Thor. were sec ond Breunigger and Foglc. the gentlemen racers (by gentlemen is meant that they were not in rac-
 ing togsD made a good third, in spitt
 of Breuniggcrs apparent unfricndli- ness with the Harley. Dye and Rud- dcrow brought up the rear. their In
 dian. evidently not being as speedy as the other machines.
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