The morning call., 1893-09-24
The San Jose Wheelman
Lowers a Record.
CYCLING AT CENTRAL PARK.
Charity Races That Enchained the
Interest of About One Thou.
sand Spectators.

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under the management of the Bay City
Wheelmen were not as we'll attended as
the wheelmen expected. The proceeds
were divided between the Maria Kip Or
phanage aud the Hahnemann Hospital
associations.
Although not more than 1000 people
witnessed the very excellent races the
officers of the day stated that a large
number of people who had purchased
tickets were not represented at the meet
ing.
1t was almost 3 P. NJ when the first
event-a One-mile novice race in heats
vas called. The starters were: ii. L.
Day, C. d. Samuels, A. Jarman and G.
| A. Nissen. Day was the first away. with
,Iarmau in close company. Entering the
final stretch ,Iarman passed Day and won.
Time. 2:54 3-5.
In the second heat started: w. G. LOWE.
&. II. Williams, i. w. B"rnhardT, c. a.
Day and A. Jahingen. LOWE and Will
iams shot 10 the front the moment the
pistol cracked, and when rounding the
turn al the south end of the ground Jahin-
gen spuTted purp0Sing 20 pass his near op-
pOnents and join the leaders. In so doing
/ his wheel struck against the wheel OF an
/ opponent and Jahingen took a tumble.
| Day, who was riding close behind, was
! unable to avert an accident and dashed
! into JahinCen's machine. Neither of the
riders sustained any serious injury,
although Days forehead was scratched
| considerably from the fall. The race was
won by LOWE, with Williams second.
| Time, . min. 46 3-5 sec.
In the final heat the riders were jar
man, LOWE, II. L. Day and Williams.
Day, who won this contest. made a waiting
race until the gong sounded the quick
movement for tine last lap. when Day
easily shot to the front and won, with
! Lowe second man. Time, 2 min. IS sec.
The event following was a quarter of
mile dash divided into three heats. In the
first heat ID. Marshall II. F. Terrill, o.
Osen and c. X. MelroSe contested. IeTrill
was the first man away, and riding at
! good pace he retained the lead TO the finish,
although Osen made a gallant attempt TO
beat him over the line. Time. So seconds.
In the second heat o. Zeigler, c. S.
| Wells, c. l.. Davis and w. A. Terrill
raced. Davis got under way very quickly,
but slipped his pedal fifty yards from the
| start, and Ziegler took the lead, with Wells
within wheels distance Of him. The race
was virtually between these two riders,
and was won by Zegler in 80 As seconds.
In the third heat +. Languetin. w. III.
Toepke and T. a. GIiffiths appeared IN
their saddles. Toepke was the first to
break away from the bunch and raced
well within himself until he got within
fifty yards of the finish line, when Grifiiths
passed him and won. Toepke did not ap-
pear as if he desired To capture the event.
The time was "a seconds.
In the final TeTrill, Gritfiths and Ziegler
started. This was an exciting dash from
start to finish, and was won bv 1errill by
half wheels length from Z.egler. who
rode like a little demon near the finish.
Time, 81 2-5 seconds.
1t was in the one-mile handicap that the
San Jose rider distinguished himself by
| cutting a slice off the coast record which
he held. In the first heat were: c. l..
Davis. 10 yards; w. A. Terrll, 80 yards :;
o. Osen. 40 yards; I. ;. Hall, 40 yards,
and Bert Menne, 60 yards.
Hail was first away, but on rounding
the mound Osen closed uD the gap and
passed Hall on the stretch This order
was kept until the final lap. when Terrili,
who was making waiting race, shot UP,
passed the leaders, and won an easy race
from Hall. who passed OSen near the
finish. Time, min. 9 As sec.
In the second heat appeared O. Zeizler
of the San Jose Road Club, scratch, Z. S.
Wells, 10 yards. c.. *. MelIose, p yards,
II. l.. Day. 65 yards, and {. III. Williams
65 yards. When the pistol sounded, Zeig-
lpr got away like fash and Spurted from
start to finish, passing his opponents as If
their wheels we're glued to the track
Wells tried hard to keep pace with the
San Jose sprinter. but failed in the last
hundred yards. Zeigler won. and the
timers announced that the coast record of
3 min. 1-5 Sec, made by Zeigler at San
Jose, had vanished, giving place to the
new record Of min. 4-5 sec.
When the third heat was called. ID.
Marshall 80 yards, r. l.. Long a yards,
and a. Jarman go yards, mounted their
silent flyers. The race was not interest
ing, as Marshall won a comparatively easy
race from Long in minute 1-5 seconds.
The final was hotlv infested between
Terrill, Hall. Osen. Zeigler. Wells, Mar
make the champion ride to beat him. and
he cut out a very fast pace. Zeigler did
gain considerably in the first part of the
race. but fell away near the finish. Terril
winning. with Wells second and Zsgler
third Time 2 minute seconds. When
Zeigler retired from the track he was met
by bevy of fairies and congratulated on
his record-breaking performance. and he
smiled his prettiest
The final event OF the day was a one
mile handicap. The starters in the first
heat were: &. l.. Wells, % yards: w. A.
yards The riders cut ont funereal pace
for three laps, then Terrill woke up, and
passing his opponents. won, with Wells
second. Time. 2 :45 2-5.
The second heat brought out L. A. Grit
fiths. so Yards: o. OseD, So Yards; L. s.
Hall, 100 yards; w. G. LOWE, 125 yards,
and A. Jarman, 40 yards. Osen won the
race handily, with Grifiths second. Time,
2:27 %.
In the third heat started c. l.. Davis,
% yards ID. Marshall, 20 yards; G. A.
Nlsser. so yards. and b. MEME. 140 yards
Davis won after a very close finish, with
Nisser second, in 2:33 So.
The final was won by Davis, Griffiths
second. in min utes 80 As seconds.
This ended very pleasant afternoons
sport. which was greatly enjoyed by those
who were fortunate enough 10 be present.
ha Of of
the day, George p. Wetmore; referee
Kenneth Melrose; judges. j. O. Adams.
j. A. Hammersmith. John ii. Ropke I;
timers, +. f. Browning, Allan Marshall,
George Fl. Strong, Peter Mcintyre, H. G..
Finkier; starter. Sanford Plummer; az
sstant starter II. w. Spaulding; scorers,
c. Ii. Forbes, Robert X. Russ, NJ. J. Bal
lard; umpires, James Waters, Ed Christ,
A. I. JantZen, q. w. Simason: announcer,
l. A. Larsen; clerks, A. w. Rhys, A. NJ.
Burns, Charles Dietle.
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