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Show FIRST BIG HATCH RACE OIIJONICHT Lawson and ClarKe Ride First of Championship Matches at Salt Palace. Tonight tho are off. On tha famous old saucer, Ivor Lawaon of thia city and Jackie Clark, also of this city, but formerly of Australia, will open ths series of champtooehlp match reeee T7 will rids on mils heat, boat two in thro st tha French atria. Both man ar in tha boat of condition Lawaon ia lighter than h has boon for years and hla spied is faster than it has boon for years. Clarke Is carrying carry-ing lass weight than ha a-er did in this country. Ho la flying and by ba work ha showed yesterday tho aaatarn account ac-count of him hav not beta vsrratod. Clarke worked out oa th board path yesterday. Both morning aad afternoon b unwound for fiv fast mile. Yesterdsy Yester-dsy afternoon after hi workout, Clarke took a good rub down and than appeared ap-peared for a sixth of a milo sprint. It was fast enough for Elrnie Py. -who clocked th (print, to grow s big broad mil and ay, "That la fast enough for records. ' ' Clarke was well aatisfled with hi rid. He said, "Th altitude does not affect mc as I feared. I am in th beat condition I have aver baa in thi eoss-try. eoss-try. While I prefer riding oa tha big tracks I have competed oa this saucer enough to know all of ita angle aad Lawson will act hav any advantage over me on that scors. I want that match with Kramer and will unwind all that I hav got la way of speed to best Lawaon to th tape. Neither of aa will, offer excuses as to ths outcome. The beat man will wia." Lawson was just a confident as Clarke. He did no work yesterday, eon-tenting eon-tenting himself with a good reat. This morning he rode just enough to limber himself up. He uawouad for s two-lap two-lap sprint and that quarter of a nvile was ridden fast enough to mak maay sit ap. Hie old eroniea who caught the time were ao well aatisfled with it that they exebaimed there could ba so other winner than Lawaon. Lawaon said, "This is the big one. I have waited aix year for aaothr chance at Kramer aad to get . that chance I must win from Clsrk. I have beea careful ia the riding of the competition com-petition race for the pact month aad hav not had a fall that could hurt tn. I feel better and am riding fester thaa I hav for years. It will bs a race worth seeing. If I lose it will be because be-cause Jackie is a faster and better match rider thaa I. If I lose thsre -sn be no other excuse than lack of speed." ddv Mebir wa an interested spectator spec-tator of Lawaon s workout this morn-Psdity morn-Psdity hss ridden the world over and knows bicvele pedaling when he seaa it. Whea Lawaoa had sprinted the quarter he said. "I have beea ndisg all seaaou against Lawson and kaow bow he ta moving. 1 have competed against Clarke and Kramer. A kaow omethiag ne te their relative, speed. For the past six wseks I have contended that Lawsoa would make both of them go to win. It is a match that I should not liks to forecast, but one that I am mighty tickled at being her to see." The reat of the program ia consistent consist-ent with ths feature event. Phil Wright and Peter Drobarh will meet ia aa us-limited us-limited Australiaa pursuit msteh. Dra-hack Dra-hack is ths beet in the country at this style of riding. Wright is a good strong rider with speed aad plenty of enduraoce. The professions! ar scheduled te ride a three-quarter mile aaadieap and a two-mile opea lap race. The aaadieap aaadi-eap will bo fast. The advantage givea hss spread the mea ever th track at generoue intervals aad handicap king ' si" hav te mov to get In the money. The amateurs are elated for a half mile open aad ' a mile handicap. oh is has fully recovered from the effects ef-fects of bis recent fall aad will be a atroag coateador ia both eventa. |