BROADSIDING.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20773, 6 February 1933, Page 13

BROADSIDING.

GOLD HELMET TO HOBSON. MITCHELL BEATEN BY KILMISTER. Broadfiiding enthusiasts, who turned up in their hundreds at Monica. Park last Saturday night hoping to Bee "Wally Kilmister eifcended to tho utino3t or even beaten by the brilliant visiting rider from Adelaide, Clem Mitchell, were disappointed in that hope. Kilmister remains enthroned as the idol of the crowd, and though. Saturdays racing was not the most exciting that has been seen of late, the last times accorded are shown by tho fact that Kilmister lowered the lime for the standing rtai't mile iirst to lmin 24sec and then to lmin 2o l~ssec. The previous record of lmin 21 2-osec was put up by .Blacklock on January 30, iy32 « i. . Mitchell's second appearance on tho tracK did not .bring to Light tho improved times confidently predicted. Jie showed, howcvei, that ho has by far the speediest machine seen thift season at the Park, and this was never better demonstrated than when lie roared away from Kilmister several both on tue elides and tho straights. But Mitchell failed to realise that Kilmister, though he might be in the rear, was most dangerous when the opposition was hottest; and, tactically superior, Kilmister won every time. The other feature of tho programmo was the winning of tho Gold Helmet by Jack Hobson. A new system was adotped for these matches. Tho two challengers, Hobson and Ivoscoe, rode o2 for x >o i n^3 first of all, and then each waa matched against Jjunn, tho holder". Worked on a points basis the system gives much better racing, and the faot that it is.now a triangular contest lendb I added interest. Hobson thoroughly deserved hit win. H© is a young rider and his machine )b by no means the fastest on the track, but he has been riding ail the season ; with commendable consistency and rarely J fails to. gam a place. He is at present lead- | ing with 6cven points for the Ulackwell Motors Cup, as against live points by the , next man, Roscoo. Hobson has learnt tho- | ait of entering the slides clojo in; when; he can come out of them still close in he will ] ciip off that second or two that is keeping him from the lmin 22scc mark. In tho threo-lap dash heats between Blacklock and Phillips, BU'iklock demonstrated that he can still produce the dare-devil form that thrilled the crowd a season or two ago. Blacklock is in a peculiar position. Ha has met with m* moro success against Kilmister than any of the other ir.ternationals, all of whom, however, arc too good for Blacklock. At the same time none of the local men can hold him. Phillips, ono of the best of them, showed this conclusively, though he has be?n fcecn to put up bettor performances than he did on Saturday. Result's of the evening's racing were:-

SUMMER HANDICAP. (Four Laps, One Wile.) First Heat—Phillips (4sec) 1, Gray (4scc) 2 Time, Imin 29 2-53ec. Rhodes had a big start, and Phillips and Gray were hi 3 only serious competitors. Phillips went up to the lead in great style, and Gray shortly afterwards passed Rhodes too. Second Heat—Roscoe (tsec) 1, Blacklock (2scc) 2. Time, Imin 28 2-ssoc. At the end of a lap Roscoe led Lunn and Blacklock, but on the last lap Blacklock came up well to pans him and make a bid to dispossess Roscoo of his place. Third Heat—Kilmister (scrr) 1, Ranby (skc) 2. Time, Imin 24sec. Great riding from scratch gave Kilmister first plaeo and the standing etart record. Kanby and Oakley had the big handicaps, but they were closely pursued by Hobson, off Iscc. Kilmister set out to overhaul them all. In lap two Hobson moved up a place, with Kilmister coming fast behind him. On the last lap he passed Hobson, and taking a close slide, beat Kanby for (ha lead and sprinted homo by a safe margin. Fourth Heat—Mitchell (scr) I, Thomas (s»ec) 0. Time, Imin 25sec. Mitchell passed Crighton at once, and opened up in pursuit of Thomas and Farmer, who were closn together. Farmer crashed trying to pass Thomas, and on the last lap Mitchell came up, beat Thomas for the inside at the stand, lost it again to him coming out of the slide, and got home by the narrowest of margins. Final. Roscoe (4sec) .. .. ..1 Kilmister (scr) .. .. ..2 Phillips (4sec) .. ..3 Time, Imin 26sec. Roscoe took a big load, and of the scratch men Kilmister was away well beforo Mitchell. Kilmister goon caught Phillips, but Roscoe, who rides very fast, bad too big a lead. Kilmister nevertheless improved on his previous record of ltnin 24sec by lowering the time for the standing start mile to Imin 23 l-sscc. Mitchell was handicapped by his slow start, and only managed to hold his own in a fast race. CONSOLATION HANDICAP. (For seconus in (he heats of the Summer Handicap.) Blacklock (2sec) .. .. ..1 Thomas (si=ec) .. .. ..2 Gray (lscc) .. .. ..3 Time, Imin 28scc. Blacklock scored a good win. His only serious rival was Thomas, who made the most of a good handicap. Ranby pulled out and Gray crashed, and the other two were left in the picture. Thomas was in too much of a hurry, however, and when he wobbled wildly, in front of tho stand, Blacklock shot ahead to an unchallengeable lead. Gray resumed, and was placed. IMPROVERS' HANDICAP. (Four Laps, One Mils.) First Heal—Dixon (lsec) 1, Crutchley (3sec) 2. Time, Imin 34uec. There was some erratio riding here. Biggins did some hectic grass-jumping when he ran off the track, and Ravenswood seemed determined to win or crash. He seemed to have a machine with a great turn of speed, but his control on the bumps and bends was irregular. He was beaten, however, by Dixon and Crutchley, the order being unvaried most of the race. Second Heat—Dumpleton (scr) 1, Hampton (6sec) 2. Time, Imin 32sec. Dumpleton showod his willingness to take a few risks, but the others were content with a slow and safe speed. Third Heat—Homer (2see) 1, Krnie Forbes (3soc) 2. Time, Imin 34 1-osee. Teaguo and Forbes fought out a good fight for second place, with a close fini3h. Talbot Dulled out after some back-fires entering the laet lap.

Final. Homer (2tec) .. .. ..1 Dixon (isec) .. .. ..2 Durapleton (scr) .. ..3 Time, lmin 32 2-ssec. After some good work Homer took the lead on lap two and held it all the way. Dumpleton was cow coming up rapidly from scratch, ana after passing Crutchley, when he bit tho cinder 3, made a great duel of it with Dixon. SPEEDWAY'SCRATCH RACE. (Rolling start.) G ray .. .. .. 1 Kanby . .. .. .. 2 Thoma-i ' .. .. ..3 Time, lroin 26sec. Ranby was inside and outside. The latter slowed on the fir3t slide and Gray shot ahead. Thomas overslid in front of the otand, but he resumod racing and managed to bother Gray quite a lot wh"sn he was being hotly pursued by Ranby. Gray could not make up his mind to pasjt Thomas, a whole lap behind, and in consequence was nearly beaten by Ranby. WOOLSTON SCRATCH RACE. (Rolling start.) Lydcrs •• .• 1 Jack Forbes .. .. ..2 Farmer .. .. ..3 Time, lmin 28 l-osec. After a false beginning, when Farmer was elf before completing tho necessary lap, the race wa3 started in earnest with a terrific burst of spead by Farmer from the middle poiiition. He was riding his flat twin, but as usual it proved to tricky for him on the slides, and he aat down in the track before a lap was over. The race, however, continued, with Lyders a long way ahead of Forbes. THREE LAP DASH. (Rolling start.) First Heat—Blacldock boat Phillips. Black- • cck took a lead from the outside and Phillip# was oft entering tho second lap. No time taken. Second Heat—Blacklock agnin won. Time, CI 3-3 sec. This was a startling return to form by Blacklock. With everything turned on he swept magnificently roand the track, completely outclassing Phillips. COLD HELMET MATCH RACE. (Rolling start.) Fiiat Match—Hobson beat Roscoe. Time, lmin 23sec. Hobson (inside) drew away rapidly, sliding cioso to tho grass. Roscoe was fast, but

he went wide out and crashed at the noith end. Hobson completed in very good time, stowing a. confident mastery of ly mount. Hobson two points. . Second Match—Hobson beat Lunn, tlie holder, in lmin 26 l-ssec. Hobson was inside and jumped ahead. Thereafter there was no holding him, ana Lunn, who has not impressed lately, was completely outclassed. Hobson four points, Lunn one point. . Third Match—Roscoe beat Lunn in Iml a 'Lunn had the inside running, but Roscoe went up in style and made his own pace home. Limn was again disappointing. Hobson thus won the helmet with four points, Ro3coe and Lunn securing two eacli. CHAMPIONS' POINTS RACE. (Rolling start.) First Match—Kilmistcr (outside) beat Mitchell in lmin 20scc. ' This was the best match of the race and the fastest time of the evening. Kilmister filing for his lead on the first slide and took it by a wheel. But Mitchell challengcd halfway round the bend, simply jumped ahead, and emerged on the straight with a good lead. Kilmister was obviously on a slower mount than bis opponent, and tailed badly for a time. Ovar the last lap, however, he conjured 'up a burst of speed, took the inside running slightly behind Mitclioll on the stand bend, and by crowding Hm to the fence won narrowly. It was a superb example of the victory of tactics over speed. Mitchell ridea a whirlwind race, but to allow sufficient room for anyone like Kilmister to dive for the inside running from behind is to forfeit all hope oi winning. Kilmistcr two points, Mitchell one point. Second Match —Kilmister won in lmin 20 ■i-Ssec, Mitchell showed what he could do by talring a lead from the outside on the first "lido and going ahead like a bullet. He 'eel most of the race, but on the last lap T'.ilmiflter again swept for the inside and so for the winning post. Kilmister does not ioso any ground on the corners. He conies down the straight wide out and "hoots in. ?o that on the bends he hugs the grass all the vav and at. the en.l of his slide is o;i Hie inside of tho track. Other riders. Mitchell included, are never close in the end of a siide, and it is here that they are ulwavg beattn. Kilmister four points, Mitchell two points Third Hatch—Kilmister won in Imin "laeo. The Wembley man wn-- a~a;n beaten on the first slide and "Mitchell now seemed determined to give no opportunity of passing. He kent elope in as long es he could, with Kilmister hnverinrr behind waitin" for a chance. enough, it came. Kilmister. once b<> had the inside position, won easily. Final points: Kilmister six, Mitchell throe.