Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-11

phias 7, Bostons 5; at St. Louis, Chicagos 8, St. Louis 1; at Buffalo, Bufalos 5, Detroits ?; at Baltimore, St. Louis 7, Baltimores 3; at New York, Metropolitans 4, Louisvilles 2. TWENTY MILE RECORD GONE. NJ. J. ". Webber Rides Twenty
 and Three-Q uarter Miles i'm One
 Hour, Breakin. the Worlds Rec
 ord-Good Weather and Track
 Hendee Still Unable to Race-The
 Race Meet & Success.
 SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 1O.-In spite of threatening weather there were twelve thou sand people at the last days meet of the Springfield Bicycle club at Hampden Park to-day and they wore either heavy wraps or overcoats, but before the afternoon was over they laid them aside, as the sun came out warm. strong wind was blowing and the track was rather poor and so no records were looked for during the afternoon.
 In the morning the trial heats in the three mile amateur 9:1O class bicycle race were rode and the first heat was won by Rowe, Kluge second. Time s:49 3-5. The second trial heat was won by Rich, Powell second, Benton third. Time 9:07 3-5.
 The first race of the afternoon was the one mile professional safety and the entries were: Higham, Woodside, Howell, Brooks When the pistol was fired Wood side took the lead with Howsll second and Brooks third. At the half Wood side still leading with Howell and Brooks close behind, the latter riding with broken wheel On the backstret oh Howell passed Woodside, taking the lead, and Brooks fell, breaking the backbone of hls wheel. Howell kept his lead, winning with Woodside second, Higham third. Time: Quarter, 46.3; half, 1:2S; three-quarters, 2:13.3; mile 2:55.
 The next event of the day was the one mile tricycle. race by Cripps to beat the old record of 25S. When the word was given w. A. Illston, who acted as pace maker, started, with Cripps close behind, and the latter fin ished the mile in 2:53.4, lowering the record Al seconds. Time: Quarter, 433; half, 1:25; three-quarters, 2:1O.2, mile. 2:53.4.
 The entries for the ten mile amateur rec ord race were: Burnham, M. J. V. Webber, G. E. Webber, Gaskell, w. A. Illston, Furni- val, English. Furnival took the lead at the start with Illston second and G. E. Webber last. Furnival kept his lead until the third lap when Burnham took the lead, but G. E. Webber passed the line second mile by several yards. English and Illston dropped out on the fifth mile. Burnham and Furni- val were nearly quarter of a mile behind M. J. V. Webber, who was lead ing; about forty rods in the rear was G.. E. Webber. NJ. J.V. Webber had the race all his own way, winning the last twelve laps and race; Furnival second, having won three laps; G. E. Webber third, he winning two laps; 1llston, English and Burnham each winning one lap. M. J. V. Webber's time was 25:44:2, breaking the old record of the world by :75.
 M. J. V. Webber, with G. E. Webber and Burnham, started to make twenty miles and lower the record, which he did in 5S:56:1, beating all the world records from three miles up to twenty, lowering the English amateur record 502 seconds. George E. Webber also made the twenty miles in side of an hour, but his time was not taken. M. J. .Webber tried for twenty-one miles in hour, but failed to make it by a few seconds. The time by miles was as follows: 1st, 2:46.1; 2nd, 5:36.1; 3rd, s:25.1; 4th, 11:16.1; 9th, 14:08.4; 9th, 17:02.3; 7th, 19:58. 1; Sth, 22:53; 9th, 25:49; 10th, 2S:44; 11th, 31:41; 18th. 34:41.3; 18th, 37:41; 14th, 4O:42.3; 15tly 43:36; 18th, 46:35.2; 17th, 49:39. l j; 18th, 52:44.3; 18th, 55:52.3; 20th, 5s:561. In the next race, the three mile professional bicycle race, the entries were: Prince, James, Brooks, Woodside, Nelson, Howell, WoSd. At the last Howell drew ahead and went under the wire half wheel ahead of Wood with James third