The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-17
may STAGE BIKE
meet LABOR DAY
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Several Local Riders Anxious To
Show What They Can Ac-
compIish AWheel

Honolulu proposed motordrome
will be one Of the few quarter mile
tracks in the United States, the usual
run of tracks being six and eight laps
to the mile. The great advantage is
in the quarter mile track, though, and
riders can get far better speed on a BIZ
cycle and motorcycle on this size track
than the others. b.a.....
There Is also a vast difference in
the distance rider can go in an hour 3
tune when mounted on a bicycle and
where he has 10 furnish his own power
than on motorcycle. George Wiley
of Syracuse, New York, holds the rec
ord for an hour ON bicycle motor.
paced, having covered little more
than forty.one miles at the Sleeps
head Bay Veledrome, July 81, 1915.
ON motorcycle, Bob Berry has travel
ed twice this distance and almost half
again. He is rated one Of the fastest
riders in the game, At the present he
holds the following worlds records:
One mile, SO seconds; two miles,
minute IL AS seconds; three miles,
minute so 3.5 seconds; miles, 3 min
utes 7 3.5 seconds; 10 miles, min
utes Is seconds; so miles, 33 minutes
$50 seconds; rs miles, SO minutes
552-5 seconds, and 100 miles, hour 8
minutes 14-j seconds.
walker Is Speedy
Otto Walker of Oakland, California,
holds the outdoor records, having
covered 300 miles at Dodge City, Iowa,
July 4, 1915, at an average speed of
q mile in As seconds. @ a@
While Honolulu cannot boast of
riders capable of Keeling on the miles
at these clips, there are, nevertheless,
several fast men here and when they
come together, followers of the game
are bound to witness some excellent
riding. . ...-..
Even at this early date, with the
plans of the motordrome but tentative,
there is plenty of talk in motorcycle
circles regarding an endurance race,
with Steve Campbell riding Harley
Davidson and Frank Tavares riding
an lndian. Both these men are ex-
perts awheel and each is anxious 10
prove himself better rider than the
other. So anxious are the men to get
together, they are talking of holding a
race at lKapiolani Park, Labor Lay.
The track there is not in the best of
condition for high speed, especially on
IL
wilson's will permit the banking Of
these turns, there is possibility of
the race taking place.
Would Race Tavares
Campbell is also anxious to meet
TayaTes in an around the island race.
Last year, Tavares circled the island
and established a record in so doing.
Several motorbike riders, have since
Nren A.. no I'll hut not
with failure. Campbell, though, is
confident he can reduce the time made
byfTavcras.
There are several riders of the pedal
bicycles anxious to race and it is pos
sible arrangements will be made for an
afternoon Of races at Kaipiolani Park
Labor Day. Last January, The Ad'
veTtiser held race meet there. That
is,ide yeral riders finished in a twenty,
five mile event and several thousand
persons attended. During the Carni
val there were also several distance
+ races at the racetrack and an even
greater crowd took in these events
which was proof enough that the sport
is popular one here If carried along
on clean. lines.
Would Use Motordrome
yIorrin Andrews, secretary of the
Hawaiian branch of the Amateur Ath
letie Union, thought the motOrdromt
idea good one. 1t was his opinion
that the public would support the bi
cycle and motorcycling game and h
likewise approved of the idea of build
ing a cinder track within the saucer
,tr" Such a place would be boon TO
athletics, said Mr.. Andrews" and tn,
A. A. U. will gladly do all within it,
~ power to help. With a real athletic
fpld where our meets could be hell
y and, a small admission fee charged
ht the Amateur Athletic Union in Hawai-
would become selfsupporting. Anoth
70 eE thing, an enclosed track would pei
NIT of the A. A. U. holding indOo
meets at night, which / am sure woul
prove a novelty to the public of Hs
waii. Again, the field could be ar
ranged for basketball matches an,
the promoters could likewise build
portable stage and have outdoor thei
tricals.
rs t'The motOTdrOme would also eom'
in handy for the Mid.Paciie Carnivj
and could be used during the celebr
ton for many purposes As one
= favor of sports of all sorts l sincerel
hope those who have the idea in min
can secure ground enough to carry OF
their idea, for ! am sure bicycle an
motorcycle racing are what the publ
want and these sports are of such
nature, they are bound to prove e
tertaining''
ga Others keen for outdoor sports a
in favor Of the idea and there is n
doubt of the drome being success
once il is built and the men benin
the project begin pulling of races.