Show LONG BIKE GRIND GETS UNDER UNDERWAY WAY Six day Cyclists Show Unexpected Unexpected Pep in Their First Nights Night's Racing i u SCORING SYSTEM I PERMITS PERl NO LOAFERS Earl Seeley Leads Field at Finish With Vi l Points tp His Credit I LAKES LAKE'S first six-day six SALT Bicycle race started auspiciously at the Bonneville indoor saucer last night Twelve local boys of of- the simon pure class started and and for fifteen minutes there was a wild scramble for places with only one spill and that that without injuring injuring- any nJ one but so badly mutilating g Thatcher's Thatchers Thatch Thatch- ors ers wheel that he was out of oft t the he race Tho The other two men in the thc tumble and Seeley were soon back backon on the track and the upset must have put the latter on edge for he immediately immediately imme imme- climbed out in front and piled up a nice little lend lead in laps picking up 26 points to 10 and Hargroves' Hargroves S 8 In n the first fifteen minutes With the s system stein of ot scoring In vogue there was no chance for loafing and the boys bos were out fighting for laps all the time By the tho end of the tho first thirty minutes of ot riding Seely had annexed 48 points joints with Eldredge garnering In 22 Hargrove o and O. O U. U Smertz showed up with 12 counters each With for every boy straining laps and no one daring to lag on the twelve twelve- lap Jap track the crowd got plenty of ac action action nc- nc tion for tor the next thirty minutes Going I IB Is Fast Fust In the end of the first hours hour's sprint O. O U. U Smertz had the whole field at athIe athis athis his hIe heels and captured the special ten points with Carl Smertz less than half halt halfa a wheel behind From then on everybody everybody everybody every every- body grabbed a n lap or so with the men changing positions BO so quickly that the judges had their hands full scoring Through attempting to lay off oft and let the field run without watching Will 11 lost four laps Seeing the error of his wa way he got bus busy In tho the last half of ot the running and lapped the field twice and by so doing picked up a bunch of thirty some odd points This stunt Jarred the entire gang cang loose and there was WM furious and at times reckless reckless reckless reck reck- less sprinting first by one man and then another Finally C. C Samuelson son Bon of at Old Bill Dill Samuelson took It Into his head that ho shouldn't be that far behind The Samuelson fighting blood told for tor Dads Dada boy went out and showed the gang his heels heele taking 78 points In the last hour half of ot grindInG grind grind- Ing Having Ha had bach his hla little say he went Into the tho ruck and let the rest reet fight It 0 out Ut The Final Sprint The final sprint of the tho evening was the thriller For an entire mile O. O U U. Smertz and his brother brothel Carl seesawed back and forth pedalling at nt a thirtymile thirtymile thirty thirty- mile clip chip with O O. O U. U finally winning the th fraternal contest b by a nose as aB the pony followers sa say and thereby annexIng annexIng annexing annex- annex Ing the special prize offered by F. F L L. L Main of ot the 4 ln Spark Plug compan com corn pan pany The boys rode only an hour and three-Quarters three as ns tho the start was a little late The fifteen minutes will DO no added added added add add- ed to the tho Sunday night finish making two hours houra and a quarter of grinding The race brings out a a. long slim sUm grinder Earl Seeley who by tal taking ln a 11 alot alot lot Jot of ot lap points looked hire like a a. sure bet bettor for tor a n. walkaway but In the final Jump he lie was left far in the ruck and oven even though his le lead d In points Is considerable considerable consider consider- able It was wag then seen that he was Just a contender and had no final kick The final tally for fOI an hour and three- three quarters of ot riding showed that the boy boyas had covered some fort forty miles and that they stood as follows Karl Earl arl Seeley 0 O U. U Smertz 11 US C. C Samuelson J. J H. H 50 Carl Smertz 4 Will 40 0 C C- C Alexander 26 6 A. A Har Hargrove ove 1 Z 19 19 Falkenrath 11 ii |