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Show LAVVSON AND DROBACH WIN MATCHRACE Former World's Champion Has Little Trouble in Final Sprints. Although the bicycle aeaaon ia not yet orer, Iver Lawaon haa trimmed tha lait of Ernie Pye'a bopea in tha French rtyle racing game. Ha recently defeat-ad defeat-ad Paddy Hehlr la a match race and la addition to that he) haa beaten Y Walker and Drobacb, bnt laat night ha added Insult to. injury by banging another an-other one on Hehlr la a match team race, winning two atraight heata with Peter Drobacb aa a partner. The first heat of the match rare. eard. furnished a treat, aa Lawaon had to put on hia beat licka to trim the little lit-tle Australian, but in the aecond heat Lawsnn had a decided walk -away. In the first heat, at three-quarters of a mile, ndcrano had Hebir two lengths in front at a lap and a half to go. Lawaon Law-aon came around with a jump at thia juncture and there fought Hehir'off ia a grand sprint for the tape. Lawaon Law-aon 'a famoiia "jump" at the tape alone won for him. aa Hehir was fighting him rirme. Lawson woo by about a foot. In the aecond heat Drobacb took Lawbon ato the front. Both contented themselves by' remaining juat far enough ahead to be comfortable and putting on just a little more for every increase in speed bv Anderson and Hehir. At two lapa to go Drol.ach and Anderson dropped out and Hebir grabbed Lawaon ' wheel, but try as he would Hehir eoujd not get cloaer than within half a length. Lawaon finished ahead hv length. Theodore Samuelson. Tiding a aaven Indian, In-dian, aave stein and Bergqulst each a two-lap handicap In a three-mile race and "n iimk unnn. nniiiuvisun nf-m small -Ira-k nicelv. but the big "tubs-' sent against him shot all over the trat-k-Krtmuelsor's exhibition was Interesting to the fans, although he did not let hla ma-chtne ma-chtne out. Alter this race Pamuelson Issued a defl any motor pr bike rider In the world t"r a race of anv length on the Salt Palat-e li n-k. The mlsa-and-oiit race, which went three miles and furnished a pretty strug-plc.for strug-plc.for each two laps, was won bv Hehir. After the lontest had narrowed down to rhe men Thomas thought lie had called oik and quit, but when righted kicked himself in again, going to the front once, but the exertion vaa too much and he had. to lag At that he won fourth place. The one mile handicap amateur was marred bv a spill, but no one waa hurt. Toward the end "berg ewllehed lno Huev and drew Mm down to the track with him. The ssults:' aba Plrst heat of tam match sprint race tts-pen and Drobaoh. .flrat; Hehlr and Anderson. se.-ond. Distance, three-fourths three-fourths mile. Time. 1 M J-5. Second heat I.awson and IVobach. first : Hehlr and Anderson, second. Distance, one mile. Time. 2 1 J-5. Invitation pursuit race, professional Thomas, flrat; West, second; Firmsn. third; Pleln. fourth; Wright, fifth. De-, De-, vonevltch. alxth. Distance. 1 mile. 3 lapa. 130 varda Time. 1 11. rne mile handicap, amateur Brasler. first; Colvln. aecond: simerts. tnird; aer-edlth. aer-edlth. fourth. Time. I UI-1. First heat of three-mile motor handicap- T. M. Samuelann. scratch, first; Bergqulst. z lapa. second. Time. .1:2:1 2-h. Sc.-nd heat Samuelson. scratch, first. Bteln. ! lapa. second. Time. 3:3 -S. I'nknewn dlatanee race, amateur Ol-. Ol-. vln. flrat; O. Smerts. second; Oberg. ihlrd: Meredith, fourth. Distance, 3 mllea. laps. Time. :2 3-. Mlss-and-out rac Hehlr. first; Bteln. second; Halslead. third: Thomaa, fourth. Dlatanee. 1 mllea. Time. 60. |