Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-08
CARMAN-WILEY
WALK AWAY WITH
100-MILE RACE
American Motor-paced Stars
Win by Eight Laps
in 1882 2-5
wALTHoUR-DIDIER SECOND
By sPICK HALL

Clarence carman and George Wiley
pedaled their way 90 a victory in the
ioo-mils motor-paced team race at the
Point Breeze track last night before an
other capacity crowd. negotiating the dis
tance In hours 3 minutes and 80 Us sec
onds. CarTnan and Wiley represented the
American team, ana after the first ten
miles never were headed. and. riding away
without accident. led Didier and walthour.
representing the French-American contin-
gent by eight laps. Madonna and Column
batto, the italian team. finished lest, five
miles in the rear OF Carman and Wiley.
Getting away to a good start. Didier and
walthour took the lead, and, each taking
his turn. were well ahead Of the other two
at the hve-mle turn. Carman and Wiley.
alternating frequently. went after the pace
settlers and at the ten-mile mark were right
on their heels. Then the American team
began to show form. First Carman spurted
and the champion set sucn a dizzy pace
until he was fatigued that he virtually
wore down the leaders: then Wiley took
his turn and. going well behind some fne
pacing. wrested the lead from the Franco
American combination a few laps after the
ten-mile mark had been passed.
Americans Never Headed
From this point on Carman and Wiley
rode a careful and heady race. readily meet
ing and ofrsetting any challenges Of the
speeders were setting scorching pace.
Car1nan and Wiley had the lead by a couple
of laps, but the riders became punched, and
for ten miles they speeded around and
around, at times averaging mile in sixty
seconds.
Didier and walthour lost what chance
they had early In the race. After setting
the pace for ten miles. tire trouble and
several accidents set them back five laps,
and before they could recover the Carman-
Wiley combination had shot by and into the
lead. Columbatto and Madonna never were
| dangerous.
From the sixtieth to the ninetieth mile
the three went along at a steady pace, first
one, then another, of the trailers shooting
| by in the hope of cutting down a lap, but
| the other two always were careful to spurt
at the same time. and II was impossible TO
| make any gain.
Italian Team Disappoints
Carman thrilled the gathering by riding
| the last ten miles for the Americans and
negotiated the distance in the fast time of
| 10 minutes and 2 seconds. His team was
| enjoying such a big lead at that time that
| he in no way was endangering the chances
Of coming out victorious by making the
| Finish alone
Columbatto and Madonna were not up
TO form. Much was looked for from the
| italian pair, but they could not seem to hit
| their stride. They were slow in getting
away and lost a couple of laps before
| they had gone ten miles. They continued
TO drop lap by lap right up until the finish.
| Every attempt they made to reduce the
/ lead was smothered before II hardly was
| under way. and while not discouraged they
were not overzealous TO keep 1t up.
Jimmy Hunter acted as pacemaker for
| Carman and Stein guided Wiley With this
| experienced pair of pacemakers the task
| OF Carman and Wiley was greatly lessened
| and they seldom lost their pace long enough
to threaten or endanger their lead.
Summary:
| Ftve-mile professional motorcycle race-won
by Herman Veditz; second. Will Vanderberry;
third. Billy Armstrong. Time, minutes A s-5
/ seconds.
Fiyo-mile professional motorcycle raee-won
sirons, Tine 8 minutes al 81 .eeonds sn1ss, Arm
i00-nile professional motorpaced team race
Won by Clarence Carmen, paced by Hunter.
and osorso Wiley paced 6y Stein; second.
Waithour, Atlanta. paced by Senhouse, and
| Leon Didier. France paced by NORM; third.
0eorse Columbatto. paced by 81. Yves. and
hours 8 minutes So 20 seconds -'"''