St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-14
SOMEWHAT MIXED.
That $4,000 Bicycle Race DC.
casions Lots Of Talk.


The tangled up condition and the
probable outcome of the Whitaker
McCurdy bicycle race, at Minneapolis,
was the subject of general comment i'm
sporting circles yesterday. The Nc
Curdy crowd is not little exercised
concerning the 81, 900 deposited by them
yesterday consul ted legal advice as to
what could be done to recover it. Mr..
Wood has announced that the money
has been turned over to Tanner, and
there she matter rests. T. 7. Roe, Nc
Curdy's hacker, said last night: ''If he
Wood has turned it over some one will
go over the road for embezzlemeut.'
w. a. Tanner, when told of this,
simply laughed and remarked that there
must be a little dust on Mr.. Roe's coat
collar. Whitaker has also sided in
with the McCurdy-Roe faction, and lets
piaintiye wall out Of his interior. The
subject of his lament is that Tanner re-
celyed the $1,000 first put up and he
didn't get his ''bit." He last night left
the following statement for publica ton
with the GLOBE:
This is to certify that I, s. G. Whitaker,
have been matched with A. A. McCurdy for
five-mile bicycle race. said race to have
been run the 9th day of January, 1888.
was declared the winner and the stakes were
divided among four parties, getting moth
ing. Though this decision was made, know
nothing of the race being run. The race was
then set for Jan, u, between and p. m,
and was postponed until p m. with the
consent of but one Of the principals. At 8
O'Clock both men were at Washington rink
ready to run. l WIS in my dressing room
and when came out prepared to race the
part stakeholder, j. s. Wood, also stake
holder, had skipped and / have not seen
them since. Again L was declared winner.
Upon coming down town called on W. A.
Tanner, whe told me the race was settled and
was the winner. No race has ever been
run between us. $. G. WHITAKER.
M'cURDY's SAY.
The foregoing SO far as it relates to occur
rences at Washington rink and the matters
of which 1 have any knowredge, is entirely
true. was always ready TO race, at any time
or place, but l was always opposed to s. A.
Carlisle as a referee. Whitaker and agreed
on Brownie Wallace as referee, but Carlisle
said he was appointed and would act, and
would allow no one else to serve. He then
declared Whitaker winner without a race.
Afterward he ordered us in to prepare. and
while we were i'll the dressing room the lights
were turned out. A. A. McCURDY.
1t appears from the foregoing that the
race was set for Monday afternoon and
that when McCurdy failed to appear
Carlisle, the referee, declared Whit
taker the winner and turned over the
stakes. The poStponement from the af-
ternoon to the evening, Thursday, was
because emery was found in Whitta-
ker's wheel. AS Carlisle had been
named as referee in the articles of
agreement he could, of course, claim
/ the privilege of acting, and he did so.
Concerning the turning out of
| the lights, McCurdy was responsible
| for that, and either did it himself
| or caused it to be done. He announced
| that his hacker had rented the rink and
| would not allow the race to be run in il
| that night. AS the race was a private
one, and the public was excluded in.
stead of beng invited, no one is con
cerned in the row that has arisen except
those directly interested. A we'll
known 'cyclist said last night: "The
scheme was simply to job Tanner, ant
Whitaker and McCurdy were both il
it. Tanner wouldn't be done and they
have been beaten at their own game
so they squeal. That's all there is to it
There's plenty of correspondence t.
show that they have been playing int
each others hands for some time past.