Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-12-02 | Page 4 | Track Will be Completed and Local Stars Are Ready for Opener

TRACK Will BE COMPLETED AND AMII LOCAL STARS ST ARS ARE READY FOR OPENER m owning and Prince Working Work Work- Working ing g for Opening Event o of Winter inter Bicycle Season linter proposed cycle racing track U E uch Jack Prince and Hardy K JE F owning Downing announced last Sunday Sunda that they were going to build In the thc dance hall hail is rapidly becoming 0 reality and from present Indications L I ack will be read ready for training pur- pur se by br the middle of this week It of carp carpenters has been putting orce place the last couple of or ree m in 1 t. t and nd should b be ready to commence g r the surface of or Inch strips some m tomorrow intention of Prince the original vas as 1 to make the track eleven d d ps 0 the mile wh which ch Is one lap smaller IS 13 m Square Garden and one oner r than lit th one in Boston bit bt b it the of or a week ago met with approval and created so soV J I fC V genuine interest that they have id to build A twelve-lap twelve track into into in into to make malte room for Cor seating capacity rl irly ny a. a i t thousand more persons shortening ho of the track one lap ri 1 f ii JO lot make ngUI any difference I from ae a the speed of ao a e I standpoint AS IS o ra raring ng I track rack depends mostly po 10 th the dl It I 1111 the track trade as now hl ing ion will viii be the samera samera same ra a as aI the original plans plan but will beto be bei to 10 1 i ter I to lo make room for fol nine co Of if d li v t sats Als ats around the entire running from ind ad n 1 o o. o the track rack up le lei i of the track truck U and bowning Downing decided to toI I 5 lr track Irac ick for winter racing puro pur- pur o hwy lid not nut fIgure on it being aV a V harvest but bu mostly as an expert expert- iyuto to oe co ee a l t permanent out- out 9 rack rael would be a paying proposition had not figured on ai a a. I r I th it reason i arge Beating tating capacity But since Fince th the news new has hal spread and hundreds of the former n 55 ave shown such a II genuine interest h proposition that the success of the them m Ie looks like a foregone conclusion I Ie promoters have turned their aln atto at- at n n to arranging adequate seating ac- ac l eily fifty local amateurs have aladj al- al signified their intention of corn corn- ting ng In the opening l 16 16 and also in the six-day six relay a race rac which starts two days later t win to the tact fact that the they will mt 01 b ly Iy not start more than twelve Un am In th the th day ix race some elimina- elimina ce cc and speed trials will be held foi rorer to select the b st bl sl teams l all of these riders and eight en n local professionals are already gor go- go r rough brough some homo preliminary training 1 II 1 Ith about ten days' days training on the I ItC LC r. r the opening should be InI IntA in tA I lass shape for the opening meet