Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-09

she msn down and beats him out,
] do not think that Zimmerman Is
good man In ahandieap race, and this is
due to his inability 20 get through MS
field. George Taylor, who Is remark
ably fast man In getting of 1.-THE start,
| can beat Zimmerman almost at any time
In handicap race. / know OF several
races in which Taylor could easily have
outrldden him, but for reasons pest
known 10 himself he failed TO do so.
Zimmerman will have more 70 fear from
the American riders than from any OF
the foreigners. There are more last ana
better men riding in this country to-day
than ever before. =,
George c. Banker, think, Is one OF
! Zimmerman's most dangerous rivals:
Banker has had the benefit Of JACK
4 McMaster's training at Princeton, and
and is a vastly improved man. He was
first class handicap man last year, and
showed good Judgment In all OF MS
races, and IL seems but natural that ne
should be a champion. Both his
brothers, n. G. and William, were great
riders. Young Banker is q man OF the
| Zimmerman build who has not yet
reached his limit, and Is rather an I'M
known quantity. He is not quick
starter, but he can set pace and keep
Il up fully as long as Zimmerman. de
has served as the latter's pacemaker
and has profited thereby.
In handicap races Banker has re-
celved from fifteen to twenty yards
| while Zimmerman was q scratch man
Il has been claimed that Banker Is
weak haarted and can only be trained
TO q certain point. / can say that
have never seen any signs or weakness
about him. / think he Is plucKy
rider, and have seen him ride races
when his pluck as much as his speed
made him winner
| Another man who may cause thinner
man trouble is Wheeler. Many people
say that Zimmerman allowed Wheeler TO
beat him In Havana 80 that some OF the
big athletic clubs would send him TO
Europe. l know that this Is entirely
untrue. Wheeler beat him fairly and
souarely. l don't believe that thinner
MAJ would Intentionally lose race to
any man. Wheeler Is a daredevil rider
and will take aay chance to win race.
He Is a happy 80 lucky sort OF fellow,
and, as the saying goes, "don't care
whether school keeps or not" In fact,
he never trained so that he could do his
best He has got rat mp his sleeve, as
his race with Zimmerman shows, and
be will probably display 1t at the inter
national championship.
WHERE ''wILLIE" WINDLE EXCELs.
w. w. Windle is the greatest bicycle
performer in the world against the
watch. Heis conscientious trainer
and a man for whom, whom put against
the watch, no task is too great. He is
liable 70 break any record. His bull
dog tenacity when Wheeler, Campbell
and myself paced him In the triplet at
Springfield last October, when he broke
the record, was remarkable. He chung
to us ike q leech. During the past
year Windle has lost a great deal Of his
old time dash and spirit.
He is q man who requires counsel and
advice and the friendship Of man who
is able to ride aud who will keep con-
stantly encouraging him. In that way
Windle might be brought around. As
IL now is be trains on his own faVorite
track and knows nothing about how the
other men are riding. In fact he does
not see them until be meets them In a
race, and as q result seems TO wait too
long before he makes his final effort.
he, however, has always had the aid OF
one OF the most expert pacemakers and
special machines. Other men have not
been so Fortunate, so ii is hard to tell
what they could have done with these
ADVANTAGES.
4 J. s. johnson, the Minneapolis crack,
is man likely to beat anybody. His
chief fault seems TO be his desire TO
make the pace 10 race and do all the
work. He seems to forget that the
other men can keep up with him, and
II their hearts are In the right place
can beat him &C the finish. l don't
believe their is man In the world who
can set q pace that would run man on
his wheel. Unless Johnson breaks OIL
this habit he may not have 3 chance
with Zimmerman.
Hoyland Smith is q great performer
at the longer distances. During the
past season, however, he has lost much
of the sprint which characterized his
work. Smith was great rider during
the regime Of the solid tire. Being a
light man, the vibration did not affect
him as 1t did others. Unless he i'm
proves wonderfully he will not have
much chance In the championship.
TYLER SEES A GREAT PACE.
Tyler, Of the Springfield club, who
once held the mile record, is man who
takes some time to get in form, but
when be once gets going can put pace
that would kill ninety out OF Z hundred
men. He Is also a strong fnisher. He
is one of the sQuarest and most gentle
manly men on the track In America,
and with the Springfield people he &C.
cupies the place once held by the IA
nous George Hender. He will have a
great chance with Zimmerman.
G. NJ. Murphy classes with Banker or
Wheeler and has already shown re-
markable pace on tha road. He may
surprise the best Of them before the sea-
son Is over. de is bigger, stronger and
shows better Judgment In his training
aud races than ever before. Last year
be beat Zimmerman with fifteen yard
handicap, aud as he is growing faster
every day II would not surprise me II he
beats Zimmerman in one OF the cham
plonship races.
Taylor IS quick starter ana rloeS on
his nervous force q good deal, but he is
not in Zimmt rman's class. He needs q
good deal OF encouragement.
Rich is a remarkable example OF what
a plucky rider can do. He is one Of the
most experienced and best generals on
the track. He knows all the tricks and
can use them TO the best possible ad-
vantage. He Is riding better than ever
this year, and at FIVE miles is likely to
| Give Zimmerman q hard race