Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-03
NOTES ABOUT AMATEUR SPORTS
Southern California Experts
Should Break Some Records.
Preparations Being Made for Many
Interesting Events.
A Thanksgiving Day Meet Being Ar
raDged--Bicycle Notes-Los An
gelcs Tennis Players
Tagging.

most daily lowering OF records that were
recently deemed unbreakable, it seems
properly so-called.
America has taken q wonderful jump
forward in an amateur sporting line as
the performances Of Zimmerman and
Gary, have borne witness, and the num-
ber Of frst-class men in all branches OF
athletics is far greater than ever be-
fore.
Southern California is, of course, lar
from the top notch in many branches OF
ameteur athletics, but when one con-
siders the disadvantages under wnicn
she labors, she has kept her end up
wonderfully we'll. 1t is frequent compe-
tition and the consequent active train
ing that builds up record breakere, and
in this respect Southern California has
been badly handicapped, but this is be-
ing rapidly overcome.
A few years ago the field days were
few and far between. In fact, two years
would sometimes roll by between these
meetings. The natural consequence
was very slow time and little interest.
But the southern part of the state has at
last got awake. and from this time forth
the records will suffer at every meeting.
THANKSGIVING DAY SPORTS.
There has been an unprecedented
number of field days the last year,
everyone OF which has been success in
every sense of the word. and now it is
proposed to wind up the season by
grand field day on Thanksgiving day.
As yet nothing has been officially
done, but it is being discussed by the
Athletic club, and it is pretty sure to 60.
A number of the best athletes are away
at college, but goodly number of the
old stand-bys are left and by making
several novice events, splendid meet
ing could be held.
Sprints of 100 and 220 yards between
Charley Howard and Billy Gard would
draw big crowd and the winner OF the
100 would have to do better than 101a.
The Athletic club should take the
matter up and az soon as the events are
announced, the spikes will be donned
by large number of amateurs.
BICYCLE NEWS.
The next event in this department of
eport is the races on the 14th instant
at San Bernardino. The Twenty-eighth
District association has set apart this
day for the riders of the silent steed and
have arranged good programme. 1t is
as follows:
l. Wheelmen's parade and drill,
under management of the Riverside and
San Bernardino clubs.
2. One-m,le race, 2:40 class-First
prize, q high.grade racing safety bicycle,
valued at $l75; second prize, silver tilt
ing pitcher, valued at $35; third prize,
oxydized silver shaving cup, valued at
SIS.
8. One-mile race, BIO class-First
prize. solid sterling silver prize cup,
valued at $50; second prize, silver tray.
valued at $50; third prize, rare bronze
vase. valued at $40.
4. One-mile race, novice - First
prize, gold medal second, silver medal;
third, bronze medal.
5. One-mile race, open to all-First
prize, gold watch, valued at 800; sec
ond, silver watch, valued at $50; third,
silver fruit dish, valued at $15.
6. Five-mile championship of South
ern California - First prize, gold
medal; second, silver medal; third,
bronze medal.
The Los Angeles wheelmen will send
q strong delegation to contend for these
prizes, which means, of course, that
they will bring most of them home.
The following cracks have begun train
ing: H. B Cromwell, A. l. Stewart. D.
Burke, "Young" Burke, P. L. Abel, ?.
8. Holbrook. E. E. Russell, w. M.
Jenkins, w. j. Allen, W. E. Tyler, I. @.
Hall, d. O. McGarvin, Phil Kitchen
and E. Gatensbury.
Riverside will send Ruby, Cowan
Castleman and Shoemaker.
Colton's representative will be Fox,
and several other towns will be repre-
eented. ~
Jenkins and Burke are barred from the
2:4O event, but will be in the others.
These races should be very fast with
such strong field, and several records
may be broken.
Carson Shoemaker, of Riverside, the
man who surprised every one by captur-
ing the Riverside road race, has chal.
lenged Cromwell, the winner of the
Santa Monica road race, to ten-mile
race.
Cromwell has accepted the challenge,
and if arrangements can be perfected
the race will take place next Sunday at
the Los Angeles Athletic club track.
The race should be very exciting, and
the Los Angeles boy will give good &C
count of himself.
Just at present the Los Angeles wheel
men are very much stirred up in poll
tical sense. It is the same old question
of the north claiming everything in
sight. They northern players tennis in
cluded this section in their asso-
citation without consulting the wishes of
the Southern Oalifornians, and
now the northern wheelmen have
done the same in the state division of
the L. A. w. The boys here have put
up with this patiently hereto,
tofore, but now it is rumored
that there is rupture in
the northern ranks and the wheel
men south of Tehachapi want to
take advantage OF this and form league
of their own. 1t is only fair that they
should be allowed to do this.
A meeting of the L. A. w. is called
for next Wednesday evening to discuss
the situation. 1t is probable that the
faction OF the northern men favoring q
division will receive the support Of the
south.
The following runs are announced for
the coming month by Captain McGar-
vim:
October 10th. .-''Watermelon run to
Cahuenpe Pass" Leave L. A., A. @. at
"a. n. returning to the city by noon.
October 3Oth. h.--"Picnic Run" to Dew
IFS Gate 1t is desired to make this the
big run Of the season. All .Wheelmen