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Show Lowers Kramers Time One-Fii'lh One-Fii'lh of a .Second in Un-priced Un-priced Hide. WIIllTliKK fiOKS JIIIiK- A-MIXUTK ON iSAUCKK Iinvson Wins Fivc-Mih; Wesl-ern Wesl-ern Championship; Clarke Punctures Tire. One world's record, one track record, and Iver Lawson's victory in the five-mile five-mile western championship were the features fea-tures of the blcyclo races Friday night at the Salt Palace. Over T.000 people crowded Into the seats and arena, and II was next to the largest crowd of the season. Whltiler's ride of two miles in 2;0i on his motorcycle was tho nerviest piece of work ever seen performed on the saucer. sau-cer. He rode the first mile In one minute min-ute flat, slowing flown a trifle for the second mile. The former rccoid was 2:14 1-5. Lawson won the five-mile western championship In a sensational finish with .McFarland. Near the end of the second mile. Clarke punctured Ills Liro and was compelled to withdraw, from the nice. This left .McFarland without a team mate. Five laps from the finish. Pyc puiiciurcd ami lie also withdrew, leaving Lawson In the lead with four laps to go. McFarland followed Lawson with De-mara De-mara and Hopper, and It looked as If Lawson would be sewed up at the finish. Lawson slowed down considerable, and with two laps to go McFarland tried to come out and go around, but Lawson held the lead by Increasing his speed. Then ramc a fight for the lead and Lawson hung out until the tape was readied, beating McFarland by a foot. Cordon Wnlkci- beat Demara for third place. The dropping out of Clarke and Pyc tool: considcrablo interest out of the race, but it icsultod In a good contest, t Fast Mile. Lawson won the mile handicap from scratch In tho fast time of 1:19 2-5 from a big Held of starters. Hopper. Demara, Duer and Senhouse followed In the order mimed. Clarke did not ride. When Clarke appeared on the track for his record trial lie was given a big ovation. ova-tion. After circling the track several limes he gave the signal and rodo a. sixth of a milo In 15 1-5 seconds, breaking the world's record of 16 seconds, which was held by Frank Kramer. The three-quarter mile handicap amateur ama-teur was won bv Ulcfenbacher from scratch: McNeil, from fifteen yards, beat Hume from the same mark by half a length, and Brodbcck finished fourth. Ho also started from scratch. ,T. A. McNeil of Los Angeles, won the two-mile open lap amateur race after a hard light In a lap sprint for the tape. Hume boat Dlefenbachcr for third place. The summaries: Three-quarter mile handicap, amateur I DIefenbaclier (scratch), won; McNeil (15). second: Hume (15). third: Broil -i beck (scratch), fourth. Time. 1:3:5 Two-mile lap. open, amateur .McNeil, won: Brodbcck. second; Hume, third; I Ulcfenbacher. fourth. Time, 1:05 ."-o. I Record "trial, one-sixth of a mile A 1 .T. Clarke's time, 15 -3 seconds. Xcw world's record. Mile handicap, professional Ivor Law-son Law-son (scratch), won; N. C. Hopper (S5). second; Walter Demara (::."), third; Kay Duer (90), fourth: .Stovo Senhouse (13J. lift It. Time. 1:19 2-5. Flve-mllc, western championship, professional pro-fessional Ivor T.awson. won; V. A. McFarland. Mc-Farland. second; Gordon Walker, third: Walter Demara. fourth. Time, 10:21 3-3. Motorcycle record by F. K. "Whlltlcr Two mllca. Time, 2:01 1-5. |