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Show AMERICAN RIDERS WIN FROM AUSTRALIAN TEAM Wilcox and Duer Defeat Pye and Finley in Motor-Paced Motor-Paced Team Race Over Ten-Mile Route at Saucer. DETERMINED to keep up the record rec-ord set by the American teams that defeated the Australians at tennis and the British at polo, the American team of pace followers fol-lowers triumphed last night over the Australian team in a ten-mile motor-paced motor-paced team race, which featured the card at the Majestic snuccr. Harvey Wilcox and Ray Duer composed the team which won fresli laurels for America, defeating de-feating Ernie Pye and Robert Finlcy in last time. The winners were paced by Fred Whlttler. while T. M. Samuclson carried the foreign invaders. Tt was the first race of this kind staped at the saucer and provided thrills for the largest crowd of the season. Duer and Fin-' ley started and, after going a little more than four miles, were relieved bv their teammates. FInley had secured an earlv lead of about a quarter of a lap and turned the lead over to Pye, while Wilcox Wil-cox took Duer's place without any change In the distance The procession continuer for another two miles, when Wilcox electrified the crowd bv putting up a sensational sprint which, with Whittlcr's clever pace, carried him into the lead. Wilcox Makes Gains. Pye had his troubles to keep the pace set by Samuclson and after another mile was relieved by FInley. Wilcox gained a lap In this exchange and a little later again lapped the Australian. A half-mile from the finish FInley gave up the struggle strug-gle and Wilcox came home an easy winner win-ner for his team In 14:19 3-F. The track record for the distance Is 1333 and, as the start was a. standing one and several sev-eral transfers wero effocted, the time is regarded as sensational. The bicycle fans saw some of the closest clos-est finishes of the season, notably In the one-third mile professional race. Tn all three heats the first four were separated separ-ated by less than a wheel's length. The world's record for the distance had a narrow escape from being equaled in the first heat, which Dlcfenbacher won In :37 3-n, which Is exactly the mark for the distance. But the winner had an allowance of thirty-two and a half yards and the performance does not count In the records. Pye, riding from scratch, was fourth, not more than four feet back of the winner. Had he won he would have the honor of sharing In the world's record for the distance. Crebs's Fast Time. The winner of the final heat, Al Crebs, finished In the remarkable time of :3G 3-5, a full second under the record, but he had a handicap of twenty-six and a half yards and his mark does not enter the records. Gordon Valkor showed a sparkling performance per-formance in winning the two-mile open lup race, coming from behind to win from "yan, Pye and Duinara In the order na-mcd'- Tnc lwo '"lies were ridden In 3;u2 2-i). Aubray Taylor was again the star of the amateurs and also the "miss-and-out race, showing a marked superiority over the others. A sprint match race between Taylor and O. TJ. Schmcrtz, the Best of th local amateur, has been ar-ra7ed ar-ra7ed for next racing night. The bicycle will perform for the fans on Wednesday night, while the motorcycle motor-cycle admirers will have their inning at Wnndamerc Friday night. The Summraies. First Event First heat, one mile handicap, amateur: J. E. Casey (110 yards, won; O. U. Schmcrtz (scratch), second;1 R. E. i-Ialsett (55 yards), third; Braziur (15 yards), fourth; Jack Stab ((0 yards), fifth. Time, 1:59. v Second Event Second heal, one mile handicap, amateur: Aubray Taylor (scratch), won; .T. J. Huey (20 yards), second: T. C. Wllklns (70 yards), third; H .Kramer (30 yards), fourth; Jud Cook (60 yards), fifth. Time, 2:05 3-5. Third Event First heatv one and one-third one-third miles, handicap, professional: R. DIefenbackcr (32 yards), won; Al Crebs (2Gi yards), second; Lloyd Thomas (ICS yards), third; Ernie Pye (scratch), fourth. Time, :37 3-5. Fourth Event Second heat, one-third mile handicap, professional: Harvey Wilcox (361 yards), won; Walter De-mara De-mara (215 yards), second; Martin Ryan yards), second; Martin Ryan (11 J yards), Fifth Event Final one mile handicap, amateur: Aubray Taylor won; O. U. Schmertz. second; J. J. fluey, third. Time, 2:0S. Sixth Event Final one-third mile handicap, professional: Al Crebs won; R. DIefenbacher, second; Harvey Wilcox, third; Walter Demara, fourth. Time, :36 3-5. Seventh Event "Mlss-and-ouf amateurs; ama-teurs; Aubray Taylor won; R, E Hal-sett, Hal-sett, second: Carl Schmertz. thlrYl; T C. Wllklns, fourth. Distance one mile, seven laps. Time, 1:10 1-5. Eighth Event Two-mile open, lap, professional: Gordon Walker won: Martin Mar-tin Rvari, second; Ernie Pye, third; Walter Wal-ter Demara fourth. Time, 3:52 2-5. Ninth Event Ten-mile motor-paced match team race, professional: American Amer-ican team, composed of Harvey Wilcox and Ray Duer and paced by Whlttler, won from Australian team, composed of Ernie Pye and R. FInley, paced by Samuclson. Sam-uclson. Time, H 19 3-5. |
