Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-13
4O-MILE RACE AT
DROME TONIGHT
Clarence Carman Will Make
His Final Appearance Be-
fore Entering Service
PACEMAKERS TO MEET

Jack Roden. manager of the Point
Breeze Motordrome, announced late this
afternoon that the wooden track was in
which fell this morning and early this
afternoon. The feature event will he
the forty-mile motor-paced race. This
will no doubt mark the final appearance
Of Clarence Carman, and his friends and
admirers are planning to make this a
gala event.
Carman is anxious to win tonght's
race. but he will have to pedal some. for
Percy Lawrence announced last evening
that he wasn't going to play any favor
ties and the man who beat him to the
finish would know he was in a race. The
other riders in the big event tonight are
Elmer Collins. the sensational siX-day
bicycle rider, who was worlds champion
in 1900, and Menus Bedell.
New Pacemaker
Glen Turkey" Thurnvile. the old
time Philadelphia champion bicycle
rider of yesteryears, will make his first
appearance in his home town tonight as
pacemaker. The last time Turkey
was on local track was way back In
1906. when he rode in several bike races
against Judge Rogers and other old
time stars. o..
During the last seasons he h1s been
competing as a pacemaker on Boston
and Detroit tracks and has made q
great" reputation He, however. Will
have to go some to down such stars as
Peerless Jimmy Hunter, Speedy Wander
berry and Rody Lehman.
Another big event on tonights we'll
balanced program is the second heat oil
the five-niie championship race for
pacemakers Rody Lehman will be pitted
against Speedy Vanderberry. Wander
berry has been riding in wonderful
shane during the last month and last
evening expressed the opinion that he
would surprise Lehman. TIE winner OF
this heat will meet Jimmy Hunter III
the final heat next Thursday evening.
In addition To the above two races
there will be n two and one mile race
for professional motorcycle riders and
a one-mile bike race for amateur riders
The old-time Jinks. hoodoo or som"-
thing stili is hanging around the POM
Breeze Notordron<e. Manager !a't
poden and Tim Buckley had huncf
of oeadheads and their assistants ou
on the track and elsewhere last nigh
searching for the gloomhringer. but ever
though they looked carefully under the
bleacherS and grand stand they were
unable to find him. Manager Roden !!
hopeful that the bright sun may shin'
ALI day ard thus chase the iinks away
On Thursday evening the annua
American champ 'onship motor pacet
race at 10I kilometers or sixty-two ant
a half mi,as was scheduled to have beer
run off but the skies opened up hal
hour previous to the starting and didn'
close up again until half hour ate,
the event should have been started
Meanwhile the track had been out o
commission for the night.
Hold Race July 90
Last night the same thing happened
Instead rf holding the race next Thurs
day o..> ring. Roden decided to take g
Steve Brodie and run the American
championship last evening; but hi
couId..'t fool the Old JinIss, and after
allowing the sun to shine all day hc
opened up the skies and allowed ths
rainfall to descend or something The
rain fell only three-quarters of an hour
but 1t was long enough TO force Roder
to call off the race.
The postponement last evening was q
great disappointment to Clarence Car
man, the sensational rider, who wa:
the former American champion. Carmar
has been ordered to report at the nava
training station at Newport News or
July 20, and as the only available nigh
which all the riders can compete on thu
local track is Monday. July %, it ap
pears as though Carman will have t
enter the service without realizing hi!
ambition of regainng his title from
Percy Lawrence.