Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 24 | Invitation Feature for Bike Amateurs

mm FEATURE Fl BIKE J1TE1 iCrebs and Wright Will Have It Out for Profes-sional Profes-sional Honors. One of the features of tonight's bilP race programme will be a three-mils i invitation amateur race to be run iD three heats of a half mile each, win, i the first and second man in each li0;tt j to qualify for a three-mile tinal. Tle j final will be run in tho form of a lap j race, points being awarded to , the j rider leading at the end of each half mile, and tip: rider scoring the grc-oK' number of points in the six sprints I be declared the winner. Points for thc -a sprints will be five to first, three tosn. ! ond, two to third and ono to fourth i total points to determine, tho winner?,' I Thesu races havo proved to he very I exciting in the east and especially on small l racks similar to the one here las they keep thc riders sprinting nrao! tieally from tho time they start until tho race is over, for one rider no soonrr wins one half-mile spriut than another will start for tho next one, with tlm result that the. riders are going at u,, I speed all the time. About fifteen of thc best amateurs at tho track be invited to participate in this rate. Another feature of tonight's races will bo an unlimited pursuit race, nro-j nro-j fessional. between Albert Crcbs an.l Phil Wright. These two ride srt showing best among the local profrj. sionals, and as Urebs has been consistently consis-tently winning in tho sprint rate?, Wright challenged him to a pursuit race. Another feature will be a French style match race between Ivor Larson and Bob Diefcnbackor. This race nil: be run in half-mile heats. For the amateurs there will also k a third of a mile handicap, in which the riders have been allotted liberal handicaps. The youngsters who have not ye; won n prize on the track will have i chance to show thoir ability in a half mile novice race.