The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-19
TOOK MOST EVERYTHING.
Helena Wheelmen Get Nearly All
the Prizes at the State
Tournament.
Swondemann Proves Himself to
Be the Fastest Rider in
Montana.
He Established Record for Five Miles.
Making 1t in the Quick Time Of
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BUTTE Sept. 18.-[Special. The Mon
tana State Bicycle tournament held here
day was n great success, and the wheel.
men who were present from all parts Of tho
state are jubilant. The events we're all in
terest'ng and some of them very exciting,
and several state records were smashed.
The crowd in attendance was \ large one,
numbering nearly LOCO persons. The Hell
snA wheemen came over in force on .
special train. and they succeeded in getting
away with nearly all of the prizes, but no
partizan feelings were allowed to enter into
the meeting, and no one cheered the win
neFs from the ''craoker city" any more
heartily than their Butte brothers. VIM.
swendemann. OF Helena, proved himself to
be the fastest rider in the state, and easily
captured everything he went after. Owing
to the illness of Talbot, Of Butte, he had
no opposition in tho five mile champion
ship race, but he went 1t alone to establish
record and succeeded in making the
very fast time of 14:45. He also
established new quarter mile record. G.
Q. Pierce, of the Butte club, won the half
mile race, 1:40 class. easily defeating the
Helena aud Anaconda men. F. A. Talbot
won the haif-mile club championship race.
but was unable to ride after that on ac-
count of sickness.
The first race called was the quaftsr-mils
novice, with G. X. Anderson. OF Helena,
and William Levy and w. l.. FAINT, OF
Butte. entered. The Helena man took ths
lead at the start and won handily in thirty
seven seconds, with Levy second and FAINT
third. The hslf-mile open was won easily
by W. L. Swendsmann, Of Helena, in 1:2O,
with G, 0. Pierce. of Butte, second. These
were the only entries in this race. There
were numerous entries in the quarter mile
race for boys under 15. and John kalloy
won handily in hfty-two secondA In the
mile ordinary there was one entry, +. A,
Talbot. of Butte. The judges decided TO
limit Kim to four minutes or better in order
to get the medal. He made the milo with
out any great difficulty in 3:3l.
Next was the two mile open race with the
following entries: W. L. Swsndemann,
w. G. Barden and O. X. Anderson, Helena;
+. A. Talbot and c. o. PIERCE. Butte.
Swendemann won a. he pleased ID 5:45, dis
tancinR all the others by half mile. Bar
den 0ame in second. @, O. Pierce, Of
Butte, c. X. Anderson, of Helena and Z.
Dubrslle were the entries in the half mile
race. 1:40 GLASS. Anderson fell of after 90
ing about 200 yards The race between
Dubrells and Pierce was . pretty ono, but
the latter forged ahead in the last 200 yards
and won by about ten feet in 1:25 In the
half mile handicap, Barden, of Helena, gave
4. II. Morris, of Butte, 1sO feet. Morris
proved himself to be q clever and speedy
rider and won easily by twenty-five feet in
1:20.
The one mile open race was considerable
of farce. There were only two entries.
w. L. Swendemann and J. F. Gibson. the
fastest and slowest riders in the Helena
club. Although Swendemann could have
won easily by third of q mile, he laid
back aud let Gibson lead to within 100
yards of the scratch, whom he made q little
spurt and won BY twenty-five feet. In 800.
The half mile race, for the Butte club
championship cushion tires. was won BY
Talbot by two feet in 1:3O1s. with Pierce
about six feet ahead Of Barnaman. G. k.
novice in l:21, with w. E. Guyette, OF
Butte, second. E. H. Morris, Of Butte.
third. In the one-fourth mile open
race. W. L. swendsmann and ]. +. Gibson,
of Helena, and W. l.. Fant of Butte. were
entered. It was understood shat Swsnds-
man was out to make a new record for
Montana in the race, and he did it, cover
ing the distance in thirty-five seconds.
The one-mile handicap was closely CON-
tested event. G. X. Anderson. of Helena,
gave w. G. Barden, also of Helena, 100
feet, and w. l.. FAINT, of Butte, $50 yards.
At the quarter mile the men were in about
the same positions they occupied at start
ing. At the half Anderson had caught up
with Barden, but FAINT was still about 175
yards in advance. The pace proved to bs
too hot for Fant however. and at the fve-
| eiehths he dropped out. After that Ander-
son had every thing his own way, and won
as he pleased in 2:5319, with Burden about
fifteen feet behind him. Tho mile race tor
the CLUB championship, between Charles q.
Pierce and w. L. Guyette, was the best and
most exciting event of the day. The men
got splendid start, and there was not a
wheels difference between thsm all the
way around. Near the finish G1yeyte made
magnificent squirt and passed Pierce and
won by foot in 3:O7. The last event of
the day was the five- mile open race for the
state championship. Swendemsnn, OF
Helena. was the only contestant and made
The FIVE miles IN 14:45.
"lf 1t Hadn't been for Fuller."
PmL1psBuRa, Sept. 1s.-[Specisl. Not =
better exhibition of ball playing has been
given here this season than that Of to-day,
and though close. it was clearly tho home
teams but for Fuller's mutfing a high fly
in center in the eighth inning. Since I'm
pirs Marsh has succeeded in tanning down
tho Helena team, they play very quietly,
with one exception. Hill received good
support and pitched Winning Qxms. Score
by innings:
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