Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-01
WILEY WINS RACE
AT 'DROME; PACE
KILLS OFF CARMAN
Syracuse Flyer Captures
100-Mile Kilometer Event
for the Championship
WALTHOUR FINISHES 2D
By ROBERT w. MAXWELL

George Wiley outgeneraled and outrode
Clarence Carman at the Point Breeze Mo-
| tordrome last night and won the 100-kilo-
meter race for the international champion
ship of the world. The Syracuse flyer COW
| cred the distance-62h y miles-in ! hour IT
| minutes 43 2-5 seconds. Walthour was sec
| ond, two-thirds of n lap behind: Carman
| third five laps in the rear. and Didier and
| Llnart trailed behind. and miles to the
| bad
It was the greatest race ever held on the
| local track. and the huge crowd, which
| packed the gigantic stands and overfowed
on the field, was almost wild with excite
ment The winner was in doubt up to the
| forty-fifth mile. and that is what made It in
| terestlng. Wiley, Carman and Walthour
were punched in the lead, with only few
yards separating them. They were riding at
a furious pace-nearly go miles an hour
each striving to gain the lead. The pace
was too fast to hold very long. and the
spectators waited eagerly for one of the
| riders to falter under the strain. They eX-
peoted something to happen-and 1t did.
Wiley Takes Lead
Carman was leading at the fortieth mile
| with Wiley a close second. Suddenly the
Syracuse rider increased his pace. and be-
| fore the American champion knew II Wiley
had taken the lead. Carman then started
a sprint and closed the gap between them
| until his front wheel touched the rear wheel
Of the leader. but George never faltere6.
Lunging forward and placing every
ounce of strength in his sturdy legs on the
pedals, Wiley kept In front, sprintlng just
as fast as the man behind him Neck and
neck they rode around the circular track,
while the crowd frantically cheered them
on.
At 45 miles Wiley led by l5 yards, Car.
man was second and Wathour third.
After the next mile, Carman, evidently tired
of being In the rear. started out to overtake
the leader, and the real excitement began.
He crept closer and closer as the laps flew
by. and at the forty-eghth mile was only
two feet behind. Like two flies glued to a
wall. the riders flew around the track, trav-
cling as they never Travelled before.
Carman Drops Back
Then came a mighty roar from the crowd
as Wiley slowly drew away from his rival
1t wasn't much, but II could easily be seen
that he was gaining. A few seconds later
frenzied cheering came from the stands as
Carman was seen to falter He tried hard
to keep up the terrible pace behind Jimmy
Hunter, but his tired legs would not re-
spond. He made a heroic attempt to put
on one more sprint, but he had given all he
had. He swayed on his wheel. lost his pace
maker and from then on was out of the
race,
Carman was "ail in" For once in his
career he was outridden. but 1t cannot be
said that he was outgamed. After picking
up his pacemaker again, he rode Just as
hard as before, but he had lost too much
ground. II was the first time the speed
boy ever broke" during a race through
exhaustion at the local track.
From then on Wiley had things his own
way Walthour was 100 yards behind and
riding beautiful race. but he too, was un-
able TO make up the lost ground Bobby
deserves lots of credit for his wonderful
work and had he not been troubled slightly
at the start Wiley would have been forced
to make faster time in order TO win
Dldler. the French champion. took the
lead at the start. with Wiley second, Wal
thour third and Carman fourth The
foreigner did some fast riding. and at the
end of fye miles was leading by a good
margin. Walthour, in the meantime, had
taken second place. Llnart had trouble
with his motor and dropped back at six
miles, and soon Columbatto had his usual
hard luck, and retired from the race after
his motor went bad.