The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-10
WHEELS FLY LIKE WIND.
Johnson Wins The Great FiVe-Mile
Championship.

Zimmerman Beaten by Five Feet.
His Trainer Claims Soft Tire-Ths
Four-Mile Competition Record Bro
ken During the Race-Kinsley
Makes the New One in 1919 Is.
The Time for the Five Miles 12:4I.
Chicago, Aug. 0.-The morning pro-
gramme Of the League of American
Wheelmen tournament brought out q
small audience.
The seventh event-The five mile
national championship, was the race of
the day and of the tournament. Such
talent as Zimmerman, J. S. johnson, r. II.
Tuttle, L. d. Muger, c. T. Kinsley, II. L.
Citizens and G. d. Cary appeared on the
track. At the shot Munger took
the lead and set the pace for
a lap, when Kinsley took his place.
They varied with Tuttle and Citizens, and
and as the miles piled up it was seen that
a wonderfully fast race was being ridden
Faster and faster spun the wheels. Kins-
ley shot into the lead. AS the riders
flashed across the line w. II. Vanticlxle
ran toward and announced that the
worlds record for miles in competition
had been broken. The time for the four
miles was 1919 1-5, which gives Kinsley
the championship record by one second.
AN ExoITINa FINISH.
But the race was getting still more
earnest Johnson and Zimmerman took
the lead. As the riders rwhirled around
the north turn in the finish lap, Zimmer-
man bent to his work, with Citizens less
than a longth behind, followed closely by
Johnson. Zimmerman shot into the
stretch with slight increase in his lead,t
and many were shouting his name as
a winner. Johnson, however, had been
riding up int9.a phenomenal squirt and as
the last = 200 yards were en-
tered up he caught Zimmerman
and dashed across the line
a winner by five feet. There was claim
| made by Zimmermans trainer that his
wheel had a soft tire, but it was generally
conceded that the Minneapolis man had
fairly won the great race upon his own
merits and not through chance or luck.
JOhnson's time was l2:4l, against the
worlds record of 1896
Johnson's time was 12:4l against the
worlds record of IL 86. The last quarter
was made in 2S 30. Zimmerman landed
the other two races he entered, including
the a mile national championship in
81 2-5 and the one mile ordinary cham
| piOnship in 3:l0. The other honOrs of the
day fall TO A. T. Cooks Of Buffalo, who
! won Lne one mile ndnulCap from % yafuS
! in 2:07 10 and the two mile handicap
| from 30 yards in 433 3-5,
THE OTHER EVENTS OF THE DAY.
The first race was the trial one-mile
handicap, six heats. Tuttle won the first
heat Time, 2:13 Is; John L. Johnson
the second heat in 2:18 2-5; A. r. Cook
| the third heat, in 2:l2; Hogland the
| fourth heat, in 2:14 2-5; A. l.. Baker the
! fifth iii 2:10 l-5, and the sixth was won by
! p. II. Scrcomb. in 2:13 As.
The first heat of the quarter mile
national championship was won by Zim-
norman in wonderful form. He shot
! ahead at the start and his great pace kept
| him in front, although Tuttle pushed him
| hard and finished only l5 feet behind.
! Time :32. johnson, in the second heat
finished dead heat with II. G. Tyler in
| 90 1-5.
In the first heat of the two mile handi-
cap Meintz won by 40 feet in 400, ahead
! of J. Bliss Lumsden won second
! heat; time 4 :23 J, J. Brandenburg won
! the third; time 4;37. The fourth heat
went to A. ID, Kennedy in 4 ;35 Is.
| Zimmerman was invincible in the *
mile scratch and won his heat in :45 rs.
! The second heat was won by II. Q, Ty-
| Ter in AZ.