The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-28
ALL AMONG THE WHEELMEN
zigzag Clubs Annual Five-Mile Road
Run to Be Made Next Tuesday.
hllI Start at reenfield-Disappointe About
the Relay Race-WhereabOuts OF
Some Of the Crack Riders

hye miles In length. Should the Jay DO
en- auspicious one as far as weather 10 con.
eerned it will probably be thelargest. from
the point or entries. and the most interest
ing in the closeness of competition that has
ever been gwen by the club. The entries
for the race closed Thursday. and twenty
five names appear on the speed book with
almost certainty that all of them will
start. With no more rain between now
and then the course will probably De faster
than it ever was before, and from the fact
that the men have been devotin more time
and attention to their training IL is reason.
able to Suppose that all previous records
will be broken. Tie word will be given
between 8 and 8 O'clock in the evening, and
sfew minutes later the handicap road race
for 1923 will be thing of the past The
members of the club and the spectators
Will 90 over to Greenfield on the regular
trains in the morning. and q special train
has been chartered TO bring them back at
night.
1t will leave Greenfield at 1880 o'clock.
arriving ar this city on regular running
tine. Previous to the road race proper
there will be several events which will be
run on the track of the fair grounds of that
village great deal of interest has been
exhibited in these and there are number
of entries for them. They will comprise
Quarter-mIle scratch, two mile handicap,
mile scratch and half-mile handicap.
After the racing IL all over and the riders
have gone down TO defeat or ridden TO gIOrl-
Gus victory there will be a supper served at
the Grand Hotel of Greenf field. and the in
ner man satisfied. the Town Hall will be
thesscene of the gay and festive dance until
il Is time to return to Indianapolis. An or
ohestra has been engaged from the city.
and the hospItable ZigZagians Will 90 all
they con TO show their appreciation OF the
towns generosity. Riders and those inter-
ested in the sport are expected from ali the
surrounding towns. ana IL Is July expected
that there will be live hundred or more
strangers in the place that day. The en-
tries, as shown In Captain Flshers book,
are as follows:
IndianapOlis-Cl Cameron, Fred Jungclaus,
Hunter r. a. Curtis otis r. Lowe, Thomas Hay,
Carl Cameron, c. g. Crawford, George Dickson.
Charles Kurt; w. MeTain' and H do Il -
Rushville-Bert Cam and A. Allen.
Carthage-L. s. Newman.
LafayetTe-J. W. Scott.
shelbyville-R. A. Curtis.
L. u. Wainwright will act as official
Handicapped.
The following are the prizes offered by
the club:
Five-miIe Handicap Road Race-First prize
gold medal valued at $50; second prize, gold
medal, valued at $35; third prize. gold medal
valued at $50; fourth prize, pneumatic pump
valued az SlO; nth prize, sweater, yaiued at -,
and sixth prize, racing Shoes valued az IS. The
awards for the track races will be as follows
Quartermie scratch, gold medal, valued at SIS;
balf-mile handicap gold watch, valued at S25;
Dne-mile scratch. piano lamp, valued at $Z5;
swo-miie handicap, diamond stud. valued at $50.
A more disappointed crowd of riders
could not be imagined than those who had
oAa 1xvE trr dc ha,r olaxv
the race from Springfield. As soon as Cap
tain Fisher learned that the run had been
declared off for the present he at once be-
gan sending messages to the men of his d.
vision. There were a lf-hundred or moro
of them, and il was next to an utter impos.
sibility to get word to all of them in time.
The result was not very pleasant to those
who failed TO get notice OF IT'S postpone
mene. A man down at Green " ood had an
elegant supper prepared for the relay.
which was 20 have reached there In the
middle of Friday night. and 1t was almost
time for them 20 appear on the scene when
he got word that all had been declared of.
He sat down TO a lonely meal, with enough
on the board for aregiment. and he with no
appetite Another man at Seymour put on
his storm coat, and went to the point where
ne was TO have met the oncoming relay, and
there he waited all of the night. 1t was
raining and not overly warm, but he stuck
IL out until broad daylight, and then went
home "s-bOrning" 1t was all over the
route of the proposed run, and yesterday
there were messages came In from oil over
the country TO the Indianapolis beadquar-
ters asking what was the trouble.
Should everything be favorable the ride
will be made on Friday of next week.
Bachelors Halr' is the name of an un.
notwithstanding house down on South
New Jersey street. and it is there that
Birdie Munger and Frank Waller are TAX
ing their seasons preliminary training
under the eye of Harry Leeming. 1t was
something In the nature of q revelation to
see the amount of stuff shat the grocer's
and the butchers wagons unload at that
house. and still more of an cye-opener to
sit down to the table and see those men
eat Harry Hearsey was invited down
there tn dinner the other day, and he has
been an overfed man ever since. he told
about 1t with his eyes popping out of his
head: They serve mp chicken there.
and. instead of cutting It mp and asking a
fellow what part he wants. they hand a
whole one TO him and get surprised If he
does not eat IL all. Steaks foot thick.
That may sound fishy. but it isn't; and one
of those fellows would abont as soon eat a
box of Rough on Rats to touch any pie
or pudding. I've felt as though should
bust ever since was down there"
Word has been received from Brussels
that Walter Sanger the fleet Milwaukeesn.
has captured two frsts in the information
al races there. besides lowering the Europe
record for o quarter of q mile. The
quarter was done in 2S3I5 seconds. and was
the last one in q Jwo-mile handicap. so that
&c must be evident that Sanger has bottom
as we'll as speed. Every one is now anx-
iously waiting to hear whether or not Zim-
norman was entered In any Of those races.
and whether or not he was beaten out by
two men has been so sharp. and the parti-
such q meeting would cause more than u
local interest The last beard of thinner
man he was in Scotland. where he had had
no trouble IN carrying everything before
him, and was then on his way TO the Brus-
sells races. Sanger's friends in Milwaukee
are said TO be more than jubilant over his
success. and predict that be will sweep all
before him this year. However. thinner
man may have "A word or Two to say about
It. =.
The Ladies' Cycling Club ia said 10 at
last be an assured thing. A meeting was
held 1T the house of MISS Newly last
Thursday evening and temporary organ
izauon was effected. It was decided 10
limit the membership of the clnb TO fifty
and TO have Saturday afternoon runs Nias
Jameson was made tho temporary chair
man. and the young ladies will meet az ain
on IhursdaV O next week "a elect Derma-