Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-30
SIX FAST WHEELMEN.
They Compete for the Club Cham
pionships of the Three AS.
QUARTER AND HALF WON BY ADDY
W. Il. Wilson Takes First Place and Prize in
the Two Mile Race.
ECCLES FINISHES FIRST IN THE MILE

The club championship wheel races of
| the Allegheny Athletic Association were
run Yesterday afternoon. The track was in
excellent condition and there was quite a
large crowd in attendance. In the field a
practice game of football between the
Western University and the Three A. s
teams was played, and the park at o'clock
presented q very lively appearance. 1t had
been expected that over dozen of the
riders of the Association would participate
in the races, but when the time for the start
came only six put in their appearance
They were, however, the fastest men of the
club, any one of whom was expected to win
in the four events on the programme.
The first event wan the qurter mile, which
was run in two heats and a final. Messrs
Wilson. King and Foster were posted for
the first heat, but owing to an accident to
King at the scratch, the heat was laid over
until the second heat was finished, although
Wilson and Foster made the circuit When
the heat did take place Wilson took the
lead from the tape and crossed it In Al 20
seconds an easy winner, with King second
and Foster third.
Addy Wins the Quarter and Half.
The second heat between Addy, Mercer
and Eccles was interesting, though 1t was
Addy's from the start He spurted ahead
from the tape and was never pressed,
though Eccles was close behind at the
finish, Time, 40 1-5 seconds.
The final heat was more exciting. In
this were Messrs. Addy, Wilson, King and
Eccles Addy led all the way around with
Wilson pressing him hard for first place.
Eccles finished third and King fourth.
Time, 391k seconds.
All six riders were in the half mile race.
Wilson led in the first round and up to
within $50 yards when Addy passed him
and finished in 1 minute and 90 seconds,
with Wilson close second. Eccles finished
third, King fourth, Foster fifth and Mercer
sixth.
In the mile race Mercer set the pace for
two laps. Then Addy worked up to the
front, only TO be passed by Eccles. The
finish OF this race was most exciting. Addy
and Wilson had allowed Eccles to get a
good lead at the seven-eighths, expecting to
pass him in a srurt on the stretch Wilson,
in the last 100 yards, came down flying,
with Addy close behind, both gaining on
Eccles, who also put on an extra burst of
speed Wilson's wheel wobbled a little
and lost him some speed, but he finished
less than foot behind Eccles. 1t was so
close that if the tape bad been three feet
further off it would have been dead heat.
The time was $40. Addy finished third,
King fourth, Foster fifth and Mercer sixth.
Wilson Wins the Two Mile.
The last event was the two-mile race, in
which Messrs. Addy, King, Wilson and
Eccles were entered. For seven rounds the
riders loafed. Then Eccles took the lead
and held it until the last half of the eighth
lap, when Addy and Wilson sprinted and
+lo 60,
Wilson gained the lead and kept it, though
pressed hard by Eccles, and Addy close be-
hind. Wilson passed over the tape in 701,
with Eccles second and Addy third. Fifty
feet from the tape Wilson's wheel tipped
over, throwing him. Eccles was coming
under full headway and fell over Wilson's
wheel, and an instant later King rode into
Eccles and also went down. All three of
the wheels were damaged to some extent,
but the riders escaped with but few
bruises.
On Saturday, October s, the final cham
pionship events OF the club will take place.
There will be hurdle races, half mile walk,
pole vault, hammer throw, high and broad
jump, putting the 16-lb. shot, and the hop,
step and jump. Yesterday Charles Petit
cord officiated as starter in a most satisfac-
tory manner, in fact, all the officers of the
course were painstaking, and are entitled
to great deal of credit for their excellent
work. They were as follows:
Referee, G. F. Siedell: judges at finish,
DR.. G. G. Lange, John W. Grove and R. P.
Nevin, Jr.; time keepers, o. D. Thompson,
Charles S. Rees, Theodore H. Hostetter and
D. R. Sheehan; clerk OF course, William g.
Stewart; scorer, George NJ. McCandless;
umpires, William H. Donnell, John II.
Bradshaw and William d. Burt, announcer
Percy r Smith