The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
IN THE WHEELING WORLD.
"FAfio-Cycfe's" Gossip About knights of
the Silent Steea.


"PAiio-Cycie's" Gossip About Knighss oi
the Silent SteeA.
The racing Board Of the4eagHe Of Amer
lean Wheefnen has rednstated all men sus-
pended last November with the exception
of P. j. Berlo. The charge against Berlo
Is that he sold his prizes.
w. b. and C. N Murphy win endeavor
to establish a new three mile tandem rec
ord at the meeting Of the Kings County
Wheeimen, June g. at the new track, East
ern park, Brooklyn The brothers Murphy
win first compete In the mile tandem race,
and viii ride straight On for the record.
Australia has altered the amateur status.
An amateur Is now one who does not make
his living by riding cycle, or engaging in
any other athletic pursuit for the same
purpose. Engaging in cycle riding or any
other athletic exercise, or training or coach
ing any person therein, as means Of OBJ
tanning livelihood, or accepting any re-
muneration or expenses from cycle manu-
faceurers, sports, promoter or other person
interested in the trade or sport of cycle
riding, disquahfies rider.
Western riders are said to be riding in
great form, and to be much further adj
vanced than at the same time last year.
This year promises to be the greatest cy-
Gle year On record. Numerous novices Of
promise are talked of, while among the old
er riders the advent of the pneumatic is re-
garded as the uncertain factor of the forth
coming season. Many confidently expect
a general lowering of records, and with
much reason, for each succeeding year has
witnessed Just such an advance. But to
anticipate that the bicycle shall equal the
horse for mile (2:0S22l is not warrantable
conclusion.
D. 81. Lewis, of Buffalo, who recently
rode 100 miles inside twenty-four hours,
leads the country in the matter of mileage.
The New York Athletic clubs team will
begin training very shortly. At present
its members are "imbering up" by road
rides.
A league of wheel clubs in New York
and vicinity has been formed to foster
team road racing. It is composed of the
Brooklyn, Kings County, Brooklyn Ram
blers, Bedford, New York, Manhattan.
Harlem and Gotham cycle clubs All men
riding for athletic clubs are barred, and
this is probably the reason for the absence
of the Riverside Wheelnen, their best men
being members and riders for athletic
clubs.
Boston, too, promises to make road rid
ing competitions occupy an important
place in cycle racing A meeting will be
called, and all clubs within a radius of
twenty miles invited to become members
of Boston Road Racing league.
An ingenious plan to prevent "loafing"
is suggested by Charles E. Duryea, of Chic
opee Mass. The idea is to place tapes at
regular or irregular distances round the
track. Positions of tapes need not be
known to riders, but should they be a
number Of them in the home stretch
would produce terrific finishes. The OBJ
jections to the plan would be the difficulty
of placing that the tape watcher would ex-
perience, and the Discrimination of the men
to compete in tape" races.
Spokeless tires have been suggested, to
be composed of two steel disks of equal
diameter, with holes in the center for
aXles. The tension is effected by merely
turning the axle, when the two hubs are
forced apart; and as the hubs travel from
the center of the threaded axle at precisely
the same rate, perfect tension is obtained
over the whole wheel. The advantages
claimed are the reduction of atmospheric
resistance to a minimum and a great in
crease in rigidity.
Willie Windle has the first Pneumatic
in this country. 1t was built spe-
cially for him in England, and it is sup
posed that he will now forego the idea of
safety and adhere to the grand old ordi-
nary.
II. G. Cornell is under surveillance as
possible member of the n. Y A c. team.
Trainer ". J. Corcoran has him in hand.
me Harvard University team will this
year consist OF r. H. Davis, g. f. Taylor,
H. S. Pratt, o. B. HAYES, F. L. Olmstead
and T. Barron. They are already in active
training.
The details of the Irvington- Milburn
The limit of handicap is twelve minutes.
PDeumatics will be penalized four minutes
and cushions one, all competitors to state
in entry form what type of tire they will
ride. The race will be started, rain or
shine, May 80, at II A. NJ.
In consequence of the result of the
Twelfth regiment cycle race, when G. W.
Young won after a general smash in the
inal Gin which he rode on the poor qualifi-
,ation of being fouled in che first and
slewest heat), 1T has been suggested to the
racing board that rule be made to cover
such cases, thus: ANY man who may be
,ouled in trial heat may with the ref
eree's consent, ride IN such subsequent trial
neat as the officials may decide; but if
here are no subsequent trial heats he must
De allowed in the final"
PHILo- CYCLE.