Evening journal., 1888-09-10
OUR BOYS AT BUFFALO.

They Win the one Hundred Mile Race
on saturday There Were Fifteen
starters Dampman First and Mcdaniel
Second.
Frank NJ Dampman Of the Wilmington
Wheel Club finished first in the 100-mile
team race at Buffalo last Saturday. The
bicycle track was unfit for racing be
cause of the heavy rains, and the team
race from Erie Pa, to Buffalo was the
only event. The starters were: George
f. Kobler, Millersyille. Pa; Fred A.
Eldred, Springfield, Mass Frank NJ
Dampman, Honeybrook, Pa p. M. Harris.
New York Val H. Muller, New York Rob
ert Giving Denver. Col Roy S. Blowers,
Westfeld, n. Y. George Mcintyre, Erie,
Pa. Frank Mcdaniel, Wilmington, Del.
S. Wallace Merrihew Wilmington. Del.
g. A. Tivy, st. Louis. Mo; Frank G.
Lenz Pittsburg; p. j. Berlo, South Bos-
ton, Austen, Denver c. H. Metz, Utica
The start was made at GLE a. IN. in a
heavy rain storm. The roads were in a
terrible condition. Several of the riders
were injured and had to draw out The
six who finished were covered with mud
and badly eut-up. Damppan and Nc
Daniel finished first The time was as
as follows Dampman, 9.52. 30 2-5
seconds Mcdaniel, o. 80 % As; LEM,
TO- o. "A 4-5 Tivy, TO- 0s. 81 30; Mer-
rihew, 10. 10. 50 As; Blowers, 10. %. 40.
The concluding races Of the worlds tour
nament will take place to-day
The Philadelphia Press gives the fol
lowing Previous to leaving on his West
ern trip, Ralph Temple, while visiting
! the Brooklyn Club house, gave a few prac-
tical points regarding the proper training
| for cycle racing from which the following
is an extract: man cannot race on
the path and ride on the road at the same
time, as road work stiffens the muscles
and prevents the attainment of a high
rate Of speed. Hill climbing is also very
bad practice for path racing In fact,
the path racer must put in all his work
on the path. The object to be gained by
path practice is the development of o
we'll sustained fast squirt, as the man who
has command of the best squirt will
nearly always win on the homestretch
rider should never leave the path tired
He should never strain himself or rid,
in bad form. Il is not necessary to lear
over the handles to get the most speed
out of the wheel and rider
The rider in his daily practice should
rue ihb Ut lllEtt AZ a s'tA hhNti hAiN
finish Off with some practice at squirting
He should squirt 100 yards at first, ant
gradually increase the length Of thu
squirt until he can ride at top speed fol
200 or 300 yards or more Do not tr,
often against the watch. 1t is wronl
idea that the more work one does tn
stronger one gets, and the racing mai
should never attempt TO ride himself on
except in a race.
The most important thing for a race
to learn is his own system, and the ei
feet Of exercise and food ON it, Afte
each days exercise dry the bod
, thoroughly with towel and then ru
the muscles with the hands to max
them piiable The final touch is ru
: down with whiskey. Cold baths or to
much of the shower bath, weaken tn
system. A sponge bath is quite sufficient
Choose simple foods. with tea or ale as
drink In the selection Of machine pos
I, tion of saddle, etc, each must study I'll
: thing ont and decide for himself.
The Tioga Club viii have good bic.
+ Gle tournament ON September 20. A larg
\ number of entries have been made
The Brooklyn Wheel Clubs are consi
j., ering the advisability of withdrawn
: from the l.. A. w
E J. J. Bradley of the South End Clr
! of Philadelphia has broken the cll
y record Of 10l miles in day. His di
= tance was 1923 miles.