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Show WORLD'S RECORDS SET BY DE ROSIER ! Salt Lake, July 5. Two new world s records wero hung up last night at I the Motordromo last night by Jal De Rosier clipping seconds off Ms marks in the 25-mlle and 5-nd'e events. More than 4,000 lovers of tho new sport saw the thrilling cvenU and gave the -champion a warm v,C , come as he sped around the tnu. i passing Lis competitors like a flesh. k With F. E. Whittier out of it there was nothing to the races but l ! Rosier, and he whirled around to vie-1 tory with comparative ea30 each time, j Now that he has already started low! crlng records the champion savs hs ! will beat all of his old records d'urhg ! the race meets this summer, to prove ' that the Salt Lake track is the fastest 1 In the world. De Rosier said last night tha In r, , short time ho will be able to rirt a I mllo In 40 seconds on the Wandamore i saucer. Whittier appeared only o.. a before I1I3 main performance at the ' Salt Pala?e In a two-mile exhlbltha ; on a borrowed machine when he was i not able to make much time. It Is ' promised that he will be- ready Sa'nr- day night for his clash with De Rolor , Jn a match race two out of three ' beats. J In tho 25-mlle race Do Rosier finished fin-ished In the lead In 20:14, as against 21:02. the old world's record held by ! himself. In the five-mile event he c- 1 tablished the mark of 3:52, as against 3:5il, the world's record, made at Los Angeles by himself. Many changes were made at tho track since Saturday night, all Improvements. Im-provements. A raised platform was built for the officials nnd announcpr, another platform was constructed for the riders, and fences were placed ' around to keep the crowd3 bar';. There was nothing like tho moh of . Saturday night to contend with, nnd j everything was haudled In better shape. But the officials are still now to the game and this feature caired ! somo embarrassment especially vhn j they started to give the flve-ml'e I event to W. E. Samuelson, who did ! not finish at all and were going to i give Do Rosier third place, though ho won easily. And the stx.rter'3 gvn Is not at all dependable, as on two di?r- I ent occasions ho forgot to the fire the finishing signal, and again gave the start after oil the riders had crossed i the tape. But all of this will pro'v j ably bo worked out as soon as the nH- ; clals become more accustomed to tbc motor racing. , Frank Irving made the echoes Hg i as he whirled around the track In th' , Vandorbllt cup ?utomobl!c. nir"!rifc two miles In 1 : 4S.2, or an average j :54.0, as against his record of :f3 for : the mile laat Saturday. Owing to tbe ; narrow escape of the reckless driver Saturday nipht. the man a cement warned him that he would hnvt? to stick to the bottom of tho track or not .'.gain attempt the course. So Irvln? 1 out down the speed somewhnt rnJ I held low, never getting near the top ; of the track. It Is probable that In a short time he will be able to stay a' the bottom and lower the mark set 01 i the opening night. The local amateurs are already gating ga-ting to ride like- old-timers and th trouble experienced at tho first netting nett-ing In getting them bunched for the Ktnrt will be lost in another meet or two. Summary. Three dies local Rmateurs single , cylinders Ijon Claflin won, R. B. Arehbold second L. Galeazzl third. , Time, 3:1G. Four-mile handicap, amateur, tra1J , riders Charles Balke first. Raymond Seymour second. Al Ward (2 laps) third. Time. 2: IS. Five-mile handicap, amateur, two- , cylinder enrs C. L. Westlako (3 laps) first L. W. Thomas (3 laps) second, Lon Calflln (scratch) third. Time, ) 5:07. - Five-mile handicap professional-Jake professional-Jake De Rosier (scratch) first, T. M-Samuelson M-Samuelson (scratch) second. Arthur Mitchell (2 laps) third. Time, 3 62. : (New world's record). Two-mile match race Charles , Balke first, Raymond Seymour second-Time. second-Time. 1:45. Twenty-live mile handicap, professional profes-sional Jake De Rosier (scratch) i first, Arthur Mitchell (3 miles) see- 1 ond, T. M. Samuelson (scratch) third. Time, 20:14. (New world's record.) Two-mile automobile record trial W Frank Irving. Time 1:48.2. j |