Show iiO WORLD RECORDS I LOWERED ON SALT SALE PALACE BI BiKE TRACK IRAC Samuelson Hangs Up New MarK MarH for Mile Motor Pace Distance Before a crowd which packed the Inclosure inclosure In- In closure two worlds records were lowered at the Salt Palace saucer track last night and a a. string of oC twenty professionals app appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap p ared In one of the best mile five-mile bicycle races ever seen on the local saucer Billy Samuelson true to his word made madea a beautiful ride behind his brother Theodore's Theodores Theodores Theodore's Theodores Theodore's Theo Theo- dores dore's motor and clipped one and two- two g held fifths f s by seconds Bobby f front from the r. r former Sammy record rode gJ the distance In and his efforts brought the large taige crowd to its feet teet with one great round of ot applause The other worlds world's record went to Brodbeck Brodbeck Brod- Brod beck and Wright amateurs In the four four- team tandem race The rhe two youngsters rode two miles In 4 5 thus breaking the old record of 5 4 which was held by Wilcox and McCormick But U from the racing ta fans fan's standpoint pol FI te teta th the the real e fO feature a e of the meet was the tight fight between Iver Lawson and Gordon Valker Walker in the John S. S Bransford fivemile five five- mile lap race ac It was one ne of that kind of fighting i finishes eath that made Lawson g famous the world over as a rider and last evening he found in Walker a man willing and anxious to tight him every inch of ot the way Mayor Bransford started started start start- ed the race c and one of ct the e ea largest a fields ea that ever entered I a race at a the saucer was s sent a away with a IL flying I start At Atthe Atthe k nIL the crack r of the gun n t the riders began to hit It out for tor the two dollar lap money and kept up such a hot clip that the riders constantly dropped by the wayside As they neared the finish the teams be began began be- be gan to show t to the e front Pye was a pulling pull pulling pull pull- j J g ra f ing Lawson and n Bardgett was pulling Walker while Billy Samuelson was sandwiched sandwiched sand sand- in between the two teams Four laps to go the pullers opened up and for two laps rode neck and neck ned each trying trying- to turn his Sils man loose in the lead This they could not do and Lawson Lawson Law Law- son and Walker began the final sprint two laps to go neck neele and neck with Lawson Lawso on the pole Samuelson on Lawsons Lawson's s wheel Try fry as he might Walker Valker could not get around but he gamely mely fought Lawson right to the tape the latter winning winning win win- ning fling by a foot toot with Samuelson coming fast Cast In third position The crowd rose as asa asa asa a man and gave Lawson one of ot the old time ovations The time is the fastest fastest fast tast- est five miles ever ridden at either the Salt Palace or Saltair but the record of ot 5 1 held at Ogden was not broken The latter record however always has been n disputed d as being a lap short of irl p the dl distance wa which lc if true makes I t the therace therace race last evening the fastest ever ridden on a bicycle The mile half-mile handicap professional was all for the upper mark men Neither Lawson Tawson nor Walker Valker could qualify in their heats and were left out of ot the final and It is Just s as w well a as s they would have had to ride away y under de des deth th the r g record C dh to win the race With liberal handicaps the upper mark men went from Crom the crack of ot the tho gun and Bun ls finished first from the yard seventy mark marl The time of ot the race was 50 5 2 seconds over three seconds und under r the worlds world's record It will not be allowed however as the time timo was not made mado by a scratch man Wright added another star to his crown as the king of ot the amateurs by winning the mile half open However Wright had the hardest fight of ot the lie season in who fought him to the tape and beat him bins In their heat The results B Burns Burris mile Half rr 75 e yards handicap dd Schnell professional professional Final o 80 SO i al-i yards Final flopper Hoppel 60 CO yards Williams 6 63 65 yards ards Time 50 GO 5 2 seconds mile Half open amateur amateur Final Final Wright Mayer l Williams Time Time- 58 68 2 5 seconds Two mile lap handicap tandem amateur ama ama- Wright Wright and Brodbeck Brodbe k an and Mayer McCarthy and Oberg Time 4 Record Mile allIs record trial W. W W. W E E. Samuelson rode the mile in and half halt In 89 39 seconds breaking both r records John S S. S Bransford mile five-mile lap professional pro pro- fessl mal Lawson Walker ValkEr Samuelson Pye Pe Bardgett Time 9 9 51 |