The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
WEST END WINS THE ROLLERMOR|LE RACE
George Button and Cam bridge Norris Winners.
 Now Possess Cup

George Button and Cambridge Norris of West End Troop No. B. Roy Scouts. are now permanent possessors of the Bir- mlngham Railway. Light and Power com panys cup. winning the annual roller mobile race yesterday morning for tho second successive year The time was 2.lo for eight blocks
 The entries were divided into fonr classes and the winners were as follows: First C1ass-Button and Norris.
 Second Class-John Hassler and James Armstrong.
 Third Class-John Darling and Oliver Thomas.
 Fourth Class-Ed colster and Bonny Copeland
 The race was run under ideal conditions and was witnessed by an immense crowd that threatened at times to interrupt pro- 1 ceedings.. The start was made from Eighth avenue and Eighteenth street, the course leading around West Twentieth street and back into Nineteenth at Park avenue and straightaway to the finish at the city hall.
 | When the starters pistol cracked the team from West End sprang into the lead and was never headed They flashed around the corner at West Twentieth 10 feet in the lead and when the turn into Nineteenth street came were half block ahead a lead which they held easily until the end without undue ex- ertion.
 For the benefit of the initiated it may he stated that a rollermobile is a glorlfi- cation of the od-fashioned coaster. Wheels are fitted to a platform with q steering apparatus the means or iocomo- ,ft,d h inc rules of the contest hold that one boy must be riding all the time, but that exchanges may be made at will. The boys from West End have roller mobile racing down to flne science They set the crowd wild by lighting change on Nineteenth street just after turning out Of Park avenue. The boy seated raised his arIn sprang out ana simultaneously the boy behind dropped into his place without slackening speed. The change was made in less than five seconds.
 While there were not so many entrants this year as last much more work was spent on the machines. Last year only one entrant the boys from West tho' had bicycle wheels. This year pfac- tically all had them. Some Of the con trIyances were quite ingenious. and it was evident that much labor had been eN- pended on the machines The summaries of the four events is as follows:
 FIRST CLASS, TIME 2:1o. B. R. l.. X P. CUP. winner-Button and Norris of West Eno Troop l3 second-Ed Searles and Perry Shilling Troop A, Birmingham. Third-Charles Hopkins and John Mont gomery, Troop 16, Birmingham.
 SECOND CLASS, TIME DO NOLAN
 MEDAL.
 v7innar-1ohn Hassler and James Arm strong. Ensley Ttroop 2l.
 Second-Edward Farr and Kenneth AcA- erman, Troop 13. >, THIRD CLASS. TIME 2:0, RlBBoN,
 Winner-Jim Darling and oliverThomas' Ensley Troop N.
 Second-Farrar Sherrod and Frank era wford, Ensey Y. M. c. A
 FOURTH CLASS, TIME THREE SEC
 ONDS. RIBBON.
 xv;nnar-Ed Colster and Bonny Cope land Newsboys Republic.
 Second-Norman Edgar and Wliiia"i Sta ok. Twenty ninth Street Boys ciup,
 Third-Pete Scott and Angel Laperts' Newsboys. Republic. an
 Oualifications-First class, over iio hounds with wheels over 20 inches' secona class. over no pounds with wheels unoer 20 inches, third class. under ll0 pounds with wheels over 20 inches; fourth class under l1o pounds with wheels unaer ~ inches.