The Portland daily press., 1892-09-06
one GRACED THE PARADE,
But Many Portland Riders Took
Prizes at Saco.
FALL MEET OF THE WHEELMEN'S
LEAGUE IN BIDDEFORD.

"a
While Other Riders from this City
Finished in Good Positions-Team
| Race Badly Mixed Up Account of
Accidents-Absence of Portland Men
in the Parade Recalled the Recent
Unpleasantness.
Especial to the Press.1
| SACo. September 5.-The fall meet of
the Maine Division, League of American
Wheelmen, was held in Saco and Bidde-
ford today, the division being entertained
| by the York County Wheelmen of Bid
| deford. Over hundred wheelmen and
some lady riders took part in the parade
| in the morning, Vice Consul Charles L.
Bachelor of Saco, leading the parade.
| After parading the principal streets the
whole party took run to the Y. c. W.
summer club house at the Saco Ferry,
| Only one Portland wheelman graced
| the parade, although many were in town
and several Portland riders were entered
| in the races, which were held at Saco
driving park in the afternoon.
| About 1900 people were present at the
races, which we're
| Well Contested and Exciting Throughout.
| Cyrus Batchelder of Sanford, acted as
referee, and the judges were F. R. E.
| Gould, Portland; A. L. T. Cummings,
Biddeford, and A. B. Seavey, Saco The
! timers were, E. S. Pendexter of Portland,
L. P. True, Saco, and James FL. Fessen-
| den, Biddeford.
In the first race, the mile novice safety,
| (open) there were seven starters. j. w.
| Barbour of Lewiston had the pole. The
| race was a close and exciting one and it
would have puzzled the most knowing to
| have picked the winner until the last
moment. Barbour held the lead until
after passing the three-quarters pole,
when James Fl. Beatty of the Saco Cycle
Club, who had been pushing him hard
from the first, came up and took the
| lead at the turn, winning by several
lengths, but being pushed hard.
| James A. Dickson of Portland got
thrown on the back stretch in the second
lap and claimed foul by Beatty, but the
| umpires held it was Dickson's own fault.
| Aubrey Dyer of Portland finished sec
ond; E. E. Allen, Sanford, third; Charles
| Talbot. Boston, fourth; j. W. Barbour,
lewiston fifth. James FL. Pulsifer, of
Kennebunk dropped out at the quarter.
Time, "A; 1.2S4; 2.17; 3.003.
L. G. ellison, of Portland,
won the mile safety championship. Gil
son had the pole. Tobie was next to him,
Scully was in third position, and Jack
Lawrence of. Saeo, the previous holder of
the championship, had the outside. Soul
ley did the work of running up Law
! ropoo fo,, thn fret tbrna u11arfarS and hn
did it we'll ellison and Tobie were just
behind and the four were closely punched
throughout the race. ellison got his
squirt in fine style coming down the
stretch and won by good lead, Law
renee coming in last. Tobie was second
and Scully third. Time 444; 1.27 Is;
21O4. 2.50a.
The quarter mile flying start was won
by E. G. Scully of Portland; ellison, sec
ond; Tobie, third; L. P. Huston, all of
Portland, fourth; L. P. SWEET of South
Paris, fifth; Harry A. Rowton, Saco, far
in the rear. Time, 333.
The mile handicap safety race, the first
handicap bicycle race ever run in the
State, was fighting race from the start.
L. c. ellison, the scratch man, had his
work cut out for him, as will be seen
from the distances allowed the others, as
follows: L. P. SWEET, South Paris, 60
yards start; E. J. Scully, Portland, 60
yards; E. P. Getchell, Portland, go yards
w. E. Tobie, Portland, Is yards; W. W.
Tarbox, Saco, IS yards; L. P. Hous-
ton, Portland, 100 yards; Parker Pingree,
Saco, 125 yards.
ellison got good start and soon had
passed many of the other riders, but
Swett the South Paris flyer, was too
much for him and ellison did not succeed
in cutting down the distance between
them. SWEET finished a good first; Scully,
son, fourth; Pingree, fifth; Getchell,
sixth. Time, 80; 1.151; POI; 2. .43ss. 43ss
The mile
Ordinary State Championship
was won by Frank G. LeaviJr of the
York County Wheelmen, who was push
ed hard by Maurice Libby of the Saco
'Cycle Club. Chas. F. Merriman of
Portland was in too fast company and
was left in the rear. Ralph Webber of
Saco was third. Time, As, 1.3S 10,
2.24 is, 3.12.
The half mile safety race was run in
three heats. SWEET of South Paris won
the first with ellison second and Ora
Towle of Lewiston third. Time, 1.19 Is.
Gibson won the second heat with SWEET
second Time, 1.19 3-5. SWEET by doing
some tall squirting at the finish, managed
to win the race by beating ellison few
inches in the third heat. Time, 1.21 "a.
The half mile ordinary was won by
Maurice Libby of Saco, Hovey Hill of
Biddeford second, Ralph Webber OF
Saco third. Time, 1.33 2-5.
The two mile safety race was fight
between Jack Lawrence of Saco and
Aubrey Dyer of the Lewiston and Au-
burn Wheel Club. Lawrence won.
| In the mile safety, sos, Scully of Port
land
Rode and Won Under Protest,
it icing claimed that his record of 1.25l
for half mile barred him out. The ref
cree did not want to decide and the mat
ter will go to the racing board. Geor
NJ. Leavitt of the York County Wheel
man finished second; l.. P. Huston, Port
land, third; NJ. G. Tobie, Portland
fourth; E: ? Getchell, Portland, fifth
Ralph Webl r, 'aco, sixth; H. S. Row
ton, Saco, st ..th.