The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-17
RALPH HUGHES WINS l
 BIG BICYCLE RACE.
George Fluker Is Winner of Boys Race-MOtors Also
 Have a Try

D6SDll6 Illt 1dCJ ludt UuC weather looked doubtful at East Lake late yesterday aft ernoon, the Hickman bicycle race was, pulled off in great style. There was no doubt about the weather in Birming- ham at that time, consequently the crowd was not present. George Fluker, with a handi- cap of 200 yards, won first place in the boys race, and Ralph Hughes, starting from scratch, came first in the men s race.
 The races were delayed half hour on account of the raln in Birmingham, delaying several of the racers, but promptly at 6:so the boys were lined up and their handicaps set.v When every thing was in readiness, Ed Spencer, who had charge of pulling the trigger of the starting pistol fired the shot that was heard around the lake. All were off at the sound of the shot
 This race was for five laps. or a dis tance of about six miles. The time was i5 minutes and seconds.
 A peculiar feature of this race was the fact that the scratch men were distanced by those who had handicap to their credit. Charlie Mclaughlin set the pace for the scratch men over the entire course, and finally came out first of these. J. B. Cawley came second in this race, and Clyde Lafan came third.
 Leon Hancock is to be complimented on his work in this race. Although suf- fering from badly bruised knee. he fin- ished second of the sratch men. and fifth in the race. Hancock. Cawley and Webb are boys who rode for the Besse- mer Bicycle club. Ralph Hughes, who started from scratch in the mems race, oyercame the greatest handicap of 900 yards, and came out winner. He not only distanced the scratch men, but also defeated the ones with the advantage of a handicap. Joyn Bailey ran Ralph Hughes a close race. losing by a margin of only a few feet In this race Clem Laughlinhouse ran into little hard luck. He puncture6 his tire while well around the course | When ne had covered the distance to the | starting point and gotten another noun | he had lost a lap to the other racers. He made a gallant try for first place, bu l his luck was against him. | To cap the end of perfect race, Jo'
 Miller. Bob Stubbs and Jack Horton 1 treated the crowd to a race with bicycles
 equipped with little Johnson motors | Those boys cut up around the lake, aver 1 aging about s miles an hour. Mile l gained the lead in the second lap, an' | held in during the remainder of the race ' Despite the bad weather there wer l about 500 people present to witness tn race. Everybody enjoyed himself, thu
 racers especially. Prizes will be donatei
 today at the Hickman Cycle company, | The following are the ones entered il 1 the boys race, and the position held b!
 each, with their handicaps: | George F'luker, handicap, 200 yards l first.
 J. .Cawley, handicap 100 1nrds, sec | ond
 Clyde Lafan. handicap 100 yards. third l Charles Mclaughlin scratch, fourth. l Leon Hancock. scratch, fifth. l Bayliss Adams, scratch, sixth. Ebert Woodin, handicap 3W yards | seventh.
 NorbIn Jones. handicap 200 yards l eighth
 l John Leslie handicap 400 yards, ninth l George Carlisle, handicap 4o0 yards | tenth.
 l Bascomb Webb. handicap 200 yards l eleventh.
 The following are the ones entered fl
 the mems race. their position and thei | handicap:
 | Ralph Hughes. scratch, first. 1 John Bailey, handicap, 200 yards, sec | ond.
 1 Hocombe Presley. handicap, 200 yards | third.
 l John Magma, scratch, fourth. | Dwight Stephenson, handicap 300 yards | fifth.
 1 Hugh Herbertson, handicap 300 yards l sixth.
 | Glenn Laughlinhouse. scratch, seventh. 1 Arthur Patton failed to finish