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Show RQMOHOFF HURT in mp meet Jack Harbertson of Ogden Wins Event: Motor Races Prove Highly Exciting H There was plenty of excitement on R yesterday's card nt Lagoon. Motor- H cycle races, In which the riders turned H the curves at top speed and skidded H dizzily In thMr attempt to hold or gain HH the lead, furnished t'ie bulk of the ex- IM m cltement and featured the program Ll which was crammed with Intense oc- tlon at all times. In the first motor ' ent, which was the fastest of the day. Al Ward, one of the best professionals profes-sionals In the west. won over Ray i v, k another Utah rider, who has V on many honors on the dirt tracks. Ward lode an Indian machine In this vent and Peck an Excelsior. BARBERT80N WINS Jack Hurbeitson. the Ogden wrestler, wres-tler, forced K. O. Homonoff of New j ork to ejult after nearly So minutes ot fust wie.vJmg In which Harbertson tin e..soi during nearly the entire period. Homonoff, after being forced nearly off the platform by Harbcrtson, claimed that his side woj Injured and refused to continue the match. The ogden man was given .- the match by dcfuult. The time was P i'.t minutes and 28 seconds. The opening minutes of the match RkHtf exhibited sonio of the fastest work fVB Been In CTtah for many monihr. Each Hl man appeared in good trim and went tt W h unediati i to woi t. II. DSK fi. minutes of whirlwind gTappllOK, VH9 Komonot'f was on top with a boo Aflpl .scissors, but a few moments later ll ir- i-crtson broke the hold and became the aggressor The Ogden man itayed bc- Jy -A hind tbi .. Forkei for several mln- J5 Jm y 9r 1 ivould BalH a f. 11, to have Ro- strength. Harbertson continued on the A offensive lor fifteen minutes, with the! JL Mm n.onoff gained holds which were im- "ArkM mediately broken JJM, UjMOST Mil 1 ! f -l u the end of fifteen minutes Har- IR bbrtson had Komonoff appui '-.illy al-j R most helpless with a head lock, but' H the New Yorker squirmed, to safety; H after being held for nearly three nun-' R ules. From this period, the Ogden j H man was the aggressor throu iioiii. H Tho end came when Harbertson JH clapped on a body hold whin .. SH were on their knees and thn-v. IPj uionoff to the edge of the platform, in the b n 1 h 1 eo wenl p H through the ropes and landed Upon Hj the edge of the board platform on ilia Hl left side. He Immediately signaled that HJ he was hurt und llaroertson helped Hj him back on the mat. Komonofr re- R malned on the mat a few minutes H writhing in pain and men was taken to hi - room Ke clalmei th a rib was fractured and declared it lm- 4 possible foi 1.1 ii to 1 ' li Hl match, lilg bide showed a bruise audi R swelling. timWB' Warren Binford, referee, announced L tit. i Romonofi was Injured and id ' R not continue. He rah ! Harbeils arm as winner TAKEN lo OGDEN. Hfl Romonoff was Immediately rushed R to Ogden in an automobile.. H , From the standpoint ol excitement HH ' the motor races won diet honors on ---9 the day's program. Ward and Feck put thv'.i machines aroun cu K in hair-raising torm and defied Spills RH U3 they raced almost neck and neck 9 from the straigiawo.) into toe turns. HB Ward won the three and five mile pro- Bf fesslonal events after battles with S Feck, but in the leu-mile Ward was HBVS compelled to ride another machine af- J ter his had been damaged and i e K BBhSJ won handily. SBsBt The three-mile race was run In the W exceptional! I i i . and i . rids, and the five mile m course was co ed in 4 minutes and 3fl 51 seconds Thii is unusually Cast IAHJ tlmo for a dirt track. A five-mile bicycle race was won by Donald Lemon after an exciting Jjl battle with ten other rldeis. Lemon made tn five miles in sixteen minutes rM1 and .'5 seconda P!f UJR1J N. NOT THERE. vE&B The airplane stunts which were BHBV scheduled were necessarily called off UrfflBh after Filot Frank Clarke, who flew the plane from Los Angeles, damaged tlie machine when landing a; Battle i-- ' mountain, Ne Thi trip to Salt Lake mmmW' v u.3 made under difficulties and upon H arrival at tho Fuenu VlSta field the H :ihlp was In no shape to attempt the exhibition nights. Before tho wrestling match a four-round four-round boxing contest was staged by two tiny lads from .Sill Luko who mixed mix-ed It to the enjoyment of the crowd. The boys, who weighed approximately 65 pounds each, have appeared in runny exhibition mau lies. They are. Bud Collins and Billy LSenlon and after af-ter their acrap the ring was showered with coins from the grandstand. OOMED1 i i ; Y i l RE . In the wrestling battle royal, E. Goring emerged the victor after mix-! lng it for juoio than fourteen minutes min-utes with five other huskies. This event was the comedy feature of the ; i "l ram Ph 'suits of yesterdays ecnU W full... S I-'lve-mlle bicycle race Donald Lemon won. Joe Gils, second E 1 Clawson, third. Time 16 minutes nKB seconds. SCH Three-mile motorcycle open profes-I HgB slonal Al Ward. Indian, first. Ray jiH Feck. Excelsior, second, O. L. Smertz, I Merklo, third. Time 2 minutes 48 sec-' Ir I i onds. D Three-rnllc stock motorcycle race Hfl Harry Fulkenrath, Excelsror, llrst; iiBH Loylts Anderson, Excelsior, second. ?1 liurry Tlngey. Indian, third. Tlmo 3 '1 IBM minutes 2 7 seconds. jlBa Five-mile open professional Al CBJ Ward. Indian, first. Ray Feck. Excel-1 RpJ n;or. second; O- U. Smertz, third. Time 1 IH 4 minutes 61 seconds. Mil Three-mile sidecar race Harry1 f Ealkenrath Bxcelsloi I Floyd ; 1HH Scloman. Indian, aocond; Louis Ander- 4lW "On, Excelsior, thlr.l Time 4 minutes i III Ten-mile open professional Ray! a am I'eck, Excelsior, first; Al Ward, In-' 3H dian. second. Sniert on Merkle did not i xH nnlsh Time 10 rnlnul:-f 51 seconds K Bfl Wrestling bultlo royal E. Goring nH Wrestling Harbertson won over B IKj Komonoff by default. |