Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-11-09
The Races


Bullet.
The Races
The fifteen-mile auto race was run
in three heats of five miles each, the
first contest taking place before the
football game, the second one be-
tween the halves Of the game, and
the last heat at the conclusion of the
football excitement In the first auto
heat Prothero got the lead on Gray
at the start and held it to the end,
although closely pressed by the latter
throughout the race, and won the
five-mile heat in 6 minutes and 43
seconds, four seconds faster than the
track record.
The second race promised to be
even more exciting than the first,
Gray getting the lead, closely follow
ed by Prothero. Before the race was
half over the car driven by Gray threw
a tire, which put him out of the run
ming. PrOtherO was close behind Gray
and the rim that held the tire on
Gray's car struck the Baby Buick as
the local driver passed within a short
distance of the disabled car. It was
provided in PrOtheros acceptance of
Gray's challenge that if any accident
occurred to either car during the
races the one that finished should be
awarded the heat, consequently
PrOtherO continued around the track
until the five miles were completed.
In the last heat the spectators were
furnished with a thrill that they will
not soon forget. It occurred as the
cars were making the turn at the
southwest corner of the track in plain
view Of the grandstand. Gray had
the lead at the head Of the stretch
and as they came down past the grand
stand Prothero drew alongside of
Gray, passing behind him to the in |
side of the track in an effort to pass
him on the inside. Gray also turned |
toward the inside Of the track, fore |
ing Prothero to go up on the grass in |
order to avoid an accident. 1t was
a risky thing to do, but resulted in |
the local speed king getting the lead. |
After this he was never in danger of |
being beaten and finished nearly a |
quarter of a mile ahead of his con-
tender. There was sigh of relief !
when the races were over for many |
expected a serious accident might oc-
cur
The time of the second race was 6 /
minutes and SO seconds. The last
race was faster than either of the
other two, but the timekeepers were
so excited watching the contest that
they forgot to record it. The two
autos were evenly matched and be-
fore the race turned a mile in 1:14.
two seconds better than the track
record, which was made in 1914.
The Football Game
The BarabOO football team cOnclud-
ed it's season with a decisive victory
over Reedsburg, winning by the score
of Il to IS. In the first half of the
game the local boys were outplayed
by the team from the Second City,
but came back strong in the latter
part of the game. The Baraboo team
as a whole played we'll, the work of
Veerhusen and Rooms probably show
ing most prominently on account of
their open field running, the latter
especially shining in this respect.
Pigg, at end for Barab0o, made the
first touchdown for Baraboo on a
forward pass that was exceptionally
well executed. The stonewall defense /
of the BarabOo line at critical mo-
ments kept Reedsburg from scoring
on at least two different occasions.
Reedsburg has strong, heavy team,
and in the first half Hackett plowed
through Baraboo's line f. long gains.
Stolte of Reedsburg sustained a brok-
en- finger near the close of the first
half, but continued to play throughout
the game.
This is Baraboo's first victory over
Reedsburg in football since 1906.