Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-03
THE SANTA MONICA ROAD RACE,
Thirty ECrack Wheelmen Will
Battle for Supremacy.
Waller, the 25-hour Worlds Cham
pion Will Contest.
The starters and Their Haudicaps-The
Greatest Road Race in the History of
yaiiforuia-The Most Improved
wheels VIII Be Used.

The biggest road race ever held west
of the Rocky mountains will be decided
tomorrow. No like event in California
has heretofore excited Bdch an enor-
NOUS amount of interest. Thirty OF the
best road riders in the state will come
to the scratch. The race will be run
from start to finish. There will be no
loafng. 1t will be o grand struggle Of
stamina and endurance, and every con-
testant will do his utmost to capture the
honors. The start will be made from in
front of the Athletic club rooms on
Spring street. The first men will leave
at s :3S and the last men at 8 80.
The following list of riders, with th cir
machines and the exact time they will
leave, has been carefully prepared for
the HERALD and will be of great assist.
ance to the officials as we'll as all inter-
ested parties:
8:38. M. Thomson (Eagle), and B.
v. Dugue (Wvlfrana safety.
$40. G. A. Johnson of Pasadena
columbia ordinary, and A. d. Matti-
son columbia ordinary; e. s. Pauly
Victor b..
8:4l. w. E. Tyler {victor b.. Phil
Lyon Victor b..
s:42. +. E. Alter (Union 2:lol; s.
Wicks, Monrovia (Star); A. W. Bird
sail, San Eiego Victor d..
843. G. A. Gown, Riverside (Ram-
ble); G. S. Huff, Santa Ana Victor b.
S:44. L. Holbrook Union :10); P.
Kitchen &C. Columbia); N. B. Roper,
Santa Ana Victor b..
S:45. E. E. Russell (Union 2:10); d.
i @. McGarvin (Humber).
.S:46r T. @. Hall Victor d.; e.
Gatensbury 20. Columbia; W. A. Tay-
lor, Monrovia (Star); Fay Stephenson
(Union 2:10); w. A. Tufts (Victor ID. l.;
H. E. Lemon, Redlands (Liberty).
S:47. w. M. Jenkins (Union 2.lO) ;
III. B. Cromwell (Union 2:10).
S:48. p. L. Abel Uiberty>; S. G.
Spier (Victor d..
$50 and scratch. Frank Waller. Oak
land (Phenix, A. E. Hodgson &c. CO.
lumbia): George Muller eDiberty).
The course: Start from Athletic club,
south on Spring to Eighth, thence to
Hop, to Pico, to the fourth cross road
beyond Catholic convent to Wash
ington street, which is followed to
Third and Utah avenue, Santa Monica
via The Palms. The course will be
marked with flags, and any rider not
following the course will be disqualified.
ALI riders must report at the club rooms
not later than s :l5 to receive their num-
bers. League of American Wheelmen
track rules will govern the race.
The officers of the day will be; Ref
J. w. A. Off and w. j. Allen; scorer,
MI. Stewart; timers, Joe Kapus, Alpha
bet'' Smith, John s. Thayer and J. Phil
Percival.
The handicappers appointed to do the
handicapping for this race were j. Phil
Percival, alphabet" Smith, John S.
Thayer and b. Benjamin. The latter,
owing to press of business, did not as
sist in the work.
One reason why such great interest
is taken in the road race IS the fact that
one of the starters is Waller, who re-
Gently broke the twenty-four hour rec
ord of the world, and who is the ac-
knowledged champion road rider in the
northern part of the state. Waller is a
tall and wiry young German. He has
great powers of endurance and is in su-
perb condition, owing to his recent hard
training for his trial against the world 8
record on the Alameda track. The fact
that such celebrated rider was to COM
pete did not keep any of thelocal riders
out. They will come to the scratch to
do or die, and the Oakland champion
will know that he has been to race
about 10 O'Clock on the morning of the
glorious Fourth.
It seems to the writer that young Jen-
kins got little the worse of the handi-
cap. The youngster ia riding in fine
form, and is as game SIS pebble, but
judging from the race last year it doesn't
appear right that he should have to give
Will Tufts start. HoGgson is on tke
scratch at his own request. He very
pluckily decided to meet Waller on even
terms. Hodgson is not much on the
squirt, but he can make stiff pace and
stay with it from start to finish. He
will be a dangerous factor in the race,
as he is dead game rider. Muller is an
old rider and has had considerable expe-
rience at road riding in the east. Spier
appears to have been treated well, and
he viii be close up at the finish Fay
Stevenson should have had a couple oi
minutes more start. Tofts beat him
very handily last year, and some recog-
milton should have been made of this
fact. Still Stephenson, who is solidly
built young man, must have improved q
whole lot in the past year. Silaon OF
Redlauds is reported to be red-hot
road rider. There ara q number of
other dark horses, and it viii keep the
best posted guessing as to who will pull
off the Santa Monica road race ofa692.
"A special wheelmen's train will leave
the Santa Fe depot at O'Clock, aTriv-
ing at Santa Monica in time to see ths
finish.
Cycling Gossip.
a. W. Birdsa!l arrived from San Diego
yesterday. He is starter in the big
road race.
Waller will ride in the races at River
side on the afternoon of the 4th.
Zimmerman is just now moving down
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