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Show Bike Racing Seems Sum of Revival in Salt Lake Opening Meet at Indoor Track Brings Out Large Company of Fans; Artie Farnow Rides in Championship Form, ARTIE FAKNDW revived the bicycle bi-cycle game in Sait Lke last night by cleaning- up all the good things in t he opening meet at I he new indoor Lack ai Lunnevillc park. "Die bike anie is not as dead a.s some folks t lioi it; lit it was. In fad. It was very much alive last night. The comeback come-back of the sport in this town was witnessed wit-nessed by a crowd of To", which fairly u ell fillet I ! wo- thirds of the sea tin:; capacity. ca-pacity. Taking- into account that it was only a day before Christmas, the size of t iie gathering must have been gratifying gratify-ing tu the rnomotors. ;i he racing- was excellent. The boys, although unacquainted with racing on an indoor track, did the best they knew how and there was no doubt as to the spirit of rivalry which prompted them to pedal their durndest. As soon as the riders become be-come more accustomed to the narrow course there will no doubt be an improvement improve-ment in their work, although their efforts ef-forts last night thoioughly satisfied the fc i fans. Karnow won the half-mile amateur handica') and 'he i ni I o amateur open. Al- hert ( !w u.sty Crebs finished first in two of the three heats of the professional. Jess Thatcher won the distinction of being- the first to take a spill. Tie scooted across the slick dance floor for twenty yards and never blinked an eye. Jack Prince and Hardy Downing, who are behind the attempt to bring- the bike game back into popular favor, were much pleased with the enthusiasm shown at the opening". The summaries: Half-mile amateur handicap: First heat Karl' Seeley (forty yards'), won; O. V. Smertz (scratch), second; Gerald Thatcher (twenty -five vards) , third. Time, 1:02. Second heat A i t Farnow serateVO, won ; A. Cia wsnn (eighty yards') , second ; S. Falkenrath (fifty yards, thud. Time, l:0'i 2-5. Third heat Art IJnbbs (seventy-five i yards), won; A. Hargrove (forty-five j yards), second; Ray Walker (scratch),.1 third. Time. 1:01 K-3. Fourth beat Clarence Samuel son ( fifteen fif-teen vards ) . won ; A. Green ig (sixty ( vards . second ; Wallace Cook (seventy- five yards), third. Time, 1:0:-; 4-5. j Final Artie Farnow (scratch), won; A. i C lawson eight-,- yards), second ; O. V. Smc-Uz f scratch"!, third; Earl Seeley j ( fortv yards.), fourth: Clarence Samuel-son Samuel-son (fifteen yards), fifth. Time, 1:00 4-5. j One mile professional: First heat Phil Wright, won: Tver Lawson, second; Albert Crebs. third; Bob Diet'enbachcr, fourth. Time, 2:25 1-5. Second heat Albert Crebs, won ; Phil Wright, second ; lver Lawson. third ; Bob Diefenbacher, fourth. Time. 2:23. Third heat Albert Crebs. won; Phil Wright, second; Rob Diefenbacher. third; lver Lawson, fourth. Time, 2:12 4-5. Half-mile novice L. Greenig, won; Cook, second; Auerbach. third. Time, 1:1. One mile open amateur: First heat Art Farnow, won: H. FJ-dredge, FJ-dredge, second; Gerald Thatcher, third. Time, 2:24 3-5. Second heat S. Falkenrath. won; O. U. Smertz, second ; Karl Seeley, third. Time. 2:32 4-5. Third heat Clarence Sam nelson, won ; C. Smertz, second; Ray Walker, third. Time, 2:42 1-5. Final Art Farnow, won: C. Smertz, second;' H. Eldredge. third: Clarence Sam nelson, fourth. Time, 2:0S 3-5. One mlie amateur consolation Gerald Thatcher, won: Ray Walker, second;. Clarence Samuelson, third. Time, 2 : 1 S 1-5.1 |