Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-08-30 | Page 10 | Whittler Wins Feature Race

1 WHITTLER WINS I FEATURE RACE H Defeats Fast Field in Five-Mile Professional Event at Wanda-mere Wanda-mere Motordrome. H MITCHELL SURPRISES BY WINNING SPECIAL MATCH HI Halke Is Suspended ludeHnitc- Hjj ly for Refusing to Appear in H Race for Trade Riders. V TN'liittlcr celebrated liis roturn to the Hi Wandamcrc motordrome Idonday night J by winning the live-mile open profosslon- al race from a fast Held. This race was thr feature event of the motordrome races .ind proved an excitintr contest. All of (ho motorcyclists ilnishcd in a bunch. and the race was full of thrills from .start 10 finish. The victory of Whlttler was "a mod aft"r a hard scrap with Kittle and .-Mimielson for inosl of tho distance. The match race between ..Mitchell and H Whlttler was a great surprise. Whitllor ! led practically all of the way and was H figured 10 be an easy winner. Toward the finish, ltowever, his motor failed to work properly and he dropped way be-hind. be-hind. Tie made up most of the. distance, however, and as they crossed I ho tape he was beaten by Inches by Mitchell. Ht Too Cold for Saniuolsou. H One of the .stellar attractions at the HU motordrome was scheduled to bo a mile behind an automobile by W. H. Satnuol- PI on. the famous cyclist. The -weather. however, was so cold that Samuolsoii de- H lined to make !ho attempt on the ground H that the cold air was prohibitive of nny-thins1 nny-thins1 like record-breaking1 time. Bert H Smalling, who was to have paced Sum- H liolfion. gave a fast exhibition two-mile ;pin in an automobile. W. IS. Samuelson Unshed first, in the llve-mllo professional invitation race for 7-horsepowor machines In a. pood nice, in which Steve Scnhouso finished second. Duval, as usual, won the private owners' race tor 1-horscpowor machines. Owing to a dispute- concerning the oon- H ditlons of the race. Charles Dalke rcfuscI H to ride in the five-mile special raco for BH trade riders and was indefinitely sus- Hn pi'iided by the representative of tho Fed- oration of American Motorcyclists. The race was won by Ward, with Graves seo- HI rtldlng from scratch, M. .1. Graves won the llvb-mile amateur handicap In tlie . fast time of .l:5K 2-5. Ward was second Hl and Thomas third. The Sununaries. H Five-mile special race for trade riders. H open to even horsepower machines Al ; "Ward, won; II. J. Graves, second. Time. -1:013-5. ! Five-milo professional invitation for Hj 7-horsepower machines W. E, Samuel- son, won; S. Senhouse, second; G. S. Clayton, Jr.. tliird: T. M Samuclson, H' fourth. Time, 4:02 2-5. HI Five-mile Amateur handicap M. J. Htl Graves (scratch), won; Al Ward Hj (.scratch), second; F. W. Thomas (two Hl laps), third; M. Warden (two laps), H fourth. Time, z-.o?. 2-5. H Three-mile amateur, private owners, H for 4-horsepower machines P. E. Duval. H won; Carl Winter, second; L. Gnlcazzi, third. Time, 3:33. Five-mile professional open. 7-horse- jower machines F. R. "Whlttler, won; H sJIubert Kittle, second; S. Senliousc. third; w. 12, Samuelson. fourth. Time, 2:41 2-5. H Five-mile special match race, profes- H lontil. Mitchell vs. Whlttler Won by ?.Iilchcll. Time. 4:01 -1-5. Two miles, record trial by automobile H Hcrt SmalUng.' driving Samuel 2s'ew-Uouscs 2s'ew-Uouscs racing car. Time, -''07 2-5.