Litolff Close To Record

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31584, 23 January 1968, Page 12

Litolff Close To Record

Continuing his brilliant form at Denton Park, M. W. Litolff last evening came within .4sec and .ssec of the national cycling record for a flying quarter-mile. In his first ride of the Hornby Amateur Cycling Club’s handicap omnium series last evening, Litolff overcame a strong wind to return 25.95ec, within striking distance of V. L. Newlove’s New Zealand record of 25.5 sec. Later in the evening, after two hard rides in points and- handicap races, Litolff was timed at 26sec. Litolff also won a very interesting omnium, made the more interesting because the front-markers were given a

chance with the handicaps. Before the final race, a handicap one mile and a half, 2f points covered the leading six riders and D. N. McEvoy made a great effort to take the race with a long solo ride. But Litolff and B. Berry caught him 20 yards from the line. McEvoy won the club’s junior individual pursuit title with a time of 6min o.2sec. beating D. Clephane. The back-markers dominated the placlngs in the flrst two boys’ races but in the final event, A. H. Haynes, who later did a fixing quarter-mile in 38sec, hung on to his handicap to win from P. Knight. Results; — AMATEUR Omnium Series.—Flying quar-ter-mile: D. Clephane, 29.4sec—o.Ssec handicap, 23.9, 1; D. N. | McEvoy, 28.4—4, 24.4 2; R. J. Hogan, 26.7—2. 24.7. 3; P. I. Frisken, 26.8 —1.5, 25.3, 4: B. Berry. 28.0—2.4, 25.6, 5; M. W. Litolff, 25.9—scr, 25.9, 6.

Open mile scratch: Litolff 1, Hogan 2. Frisken 3. Time, 2:21.9. Two-mile handicap points: Berry (15), 32, 1; Clephane <2l>. 21, 2; Litolff (O.), 20, 3. Time, 4:46.8. One-and-a-half mile handicap: Litolff (scr) 1, Berry (50yd) 2, McEvoy (200 yd 3. Time, 3:6.5. Final points: Litolff 17, 1; Berry 16, 2; Clephane 14, 3; McEvoy, 131, 4; Hogan, 13, 5; Frisken, 9J, 6. BOYS Handicap.—Quarter-mile: R. E. Knight (scr) 1, M. Hunter (45yd) 2. P. .lesson (40yd) 3. Time: 32.3. Half-mile: Hunter (100 yd 1, Knight (scr) 2, Jesson (115 yd 3 Time: 60.6. Three-quarter mile: A. H. Haynes (350 yd 1, P. Knight (280 yd 2, Jesson (130 yd 3. Time, 1:39.5. Scratch. —Quarter-mile sprints: Hales beat Haynes. 18.6. Jesson beat P. Knight. 15.5. R. Knight beat Hunter, 15.2. Challenge match: Hunter beat P. Knight and Haynes, 15.8. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Junior 4000 metres individual pursuit: McEvoy, 6:0.2, beat Clephane, 6:27.2. <•