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Show 'te&'fi ' ..: . Afx X-'. ;.' 'v"''" BICYCLE RACES TO SWSUiJfilGHT With Finley and Keefe the only' two rldora not on tho ground ready for tho starter's gun Sunday night, Manager Harry Heagren of tho Majestic saucor is today putting the finishing touches to track nnd equlpmont at tho park in preparation for Sunday night's opening card of bicycle races. Ernie Pye and De Mara arrived yes terday, iiotn men are in great shape and enthusiastic over the prospects for the summer tinder Heagren. The men have settled into thb prao-tice prao-tice work with a will nnd Sunday night will find every rider in tip-top condition. condi-tion. The arrival of tho equipment for the pacing motors insures a top position posi-tion on the opening card for the pace followers. Whlttler and Samuelson are due to go out against each other as pacemakers pace-makers Sunday night and it will bo the first time in three years these two men have met on the saucer. Whlttler is flitting around the track these mornings morn-ings in record time and the local favorite fa-vorite has three or four of the fastest machines he has ever straddled. Samuelson Sam-uelson has in the past been a hot contender con-tender for honors against Whlttler and the motor-pneed event for Sunday night with these two men in the saddles of the racers ought to nrove ono of tho hnch events of tho card. One of the new features Manager Heagren Hea-gren has announced for tho saucer this summer Is a forty-flvo-minute band concert con-cert to bo given every race night preceding pre-ceding the first race. The track will open at 7 o'clock and "thc band concert will begin soon after and last until 81o o'clock, when the first raco starts. Held's band has been engaged for tho season and the band concerts aro to bo made more or less of a special event for the races during the summer. Rivalry is already beginning to show among the riders and tho practice heats that have been run the last day or two at the saucor have developed a new line of dope on most of tho men. A number of surprises aro certain to be sprung Sunday night. |