Show I I I 1 BICYCLE RACES ARE AE TAME EDDIE SMITH SMITE GETS THE AMA AMATEUR AMATEUR A MILE RECORD UT m 1 34 45 The Crowd Was Small and the Events Uninteresting Gus Lawson De Defeats team feats Emery A small crowd witnessed a rather tame at the Salt Palace saucer yesterday afternoon The meet was in charge char e of A H Meredith and did not prove much of a success from froma a financial standpoint Lee Wing the Celestial cyclist appeared on the track but did not compete as he hefe hefe I fe fet t slightly indisposed The most moat interesting event of ot the afternoon was the paced mile by Eddie Smith who went after the local ama amateur tear mile record of 25 He was paced by the Turville brothers and held the motor in n the most approved style I crossing the tape in 45 4 which I gives him the record by nearly two I seconds I The unlimited pursuit race between Gus Lawson La and Emery was won by bythe b bythe 1 the former at the end of one mile one i lap and ninety yards time 25 Emery Eme changed his gear before the therace therace therace race dropping it down with the intention In Intention ten tion Non of making makinS a jump at the start and andi catching Lawson Law n before the latter could get under way but in this he felled failed B and found himself at the mercy of f Lawson who steadily on Emery until he be passed him on the sec second second ond lap of the second mile The first mile roUe was made in which is con considered consi considered si fast time for work The Turville brothers went after their own motor mile record re ord of 25 made last Monday but the best they L ey could do was as a mile in 25 just jut an even eyen second over the record Butt Bist B t four risers riders started In the ama amateur amateur amateur I championship ch mile and it proved to be a very uninteresting race The I referee announced that each rider I would have to show sho in front in the I hopes hopet that there might be a show of i speed but as each man came to the front he immedIately hack back pedaled P d aled al allowing allowing lowing the next rider ito rio take his turn I with the result that the race was slow in the time of 25 Eddie Smith i finished as he pleased in the first post position tion with Williams second and Beck II third I Owing to the fact that one of the motors went wrong it was decided to torun torun I run the mile match race between en Julius and Turville with but butone butone butone one motor and cut the distance to ten miles What should have been an In Interesting interesting event turned out to be a poor exhibition of two riders following a single motor for tor ten miles in the slow stow lime of The pace Dace dropped out on ont the t le fourth lap of the last mile and Turville held his position in the lead lend until the finish Manager Peters of the Salt Palace stated that this was positively the last racing that would be held on the track this year and that from no now floW the track would be closed cl sed to everyone r |