The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-17
FAST TIME ON WHEELS
Century Run From Newark
Covered in Less Than
Eight Hours.
LEADER WON BY TEN SECONDS.
Charley Kluge in Luck-oricket,
Baseball, Athletic and
Aquatic Notes.
LEADER WON BY TEN SECONDS.

The century run under the auspices of
the Atlanta Wheelmeu of Newark, was
a success. There were 113 starters, and
excellent time was made. The course
was from Newark to Princeton aud re-
turn. The first batch of riders started at
500 o'clock In the morning. and The others
started at intervals of five minutes. The
greatest handicap was forty minutes,
The roads travelled were through South
Orange, Springfield and Plainfeld. The
first man to arrive at Princeton was A.
Atkinson. of the New Brunswick Cycling
Club, a t~hirty-minute man. His time
there was 11:42 o'clock. Atkinson wa s
followed a minute later by G. Fl. Var
Emburg, of Arlington. Who started even
with the leaders. The third man in
was ]. T. Marshal. Atalanta Wheel
men In the thirty-fi We minutes lnSs. Then
came j.. w. zimmerman Of the Press
Cycling Club of Buffalo, a scratch man.
who by extraordinary riding, came IN
fourth. Waller, another scratch man of
indianapolis, was close behind him. but
wrecked his wheel before reaching the
halfway marx. On the return trip Lin
neman was in the lead at Bell Mead. and
he maintained the position all the way
{ back. except for q few seconds at South
Orange, when Walsh of the AtlanEas led
him. Zimmerman reached Newark Mt
2:56.55, j. L. Marshall at 2;58:45. and A.
w. w. Evans, n. Y. A. c.. third. at 2;59.
Then came T. l.. Walsh, G.. II. Van En-
burgh, P. H. johnson, A. Atkinson and
II. 81. Wylie.
At Rockville, Conn, On Saturday.
Zimmerman was twice defeated. Windle.
Tyler, Hess, Heyland, Smith, @. M.
M. Murphy. George Smith and other
vnart riders were among the contest
1nts.
The one.half mile open race brought
ont all the fast men. Zim norman Sc
cured a poor start. n Tyler won the
race after a sharp contest with Windle.
The one mile handicap, open, was OF
much interest On account of thinner
map's past record: 5ut it was impossible
for him TO overcome the big handicap.
The officers awarded hin a $50 diamond
for good time. The ous mile, open. was
run twice. as iS was not run within the
time limit. Windle and Tyler did not
not start.
The one mile handicap. open. was won
by George Thatcher. 100 yards. Time,
2.19. George Newton, Springfield, was
second, and Ziue herman. scratch. third.
The one mils open race was won by Zim-
norman. Time. 227 is. E. "A. Nelson
of Springfield was second.
OuHIlSJ NluS0 Va tuS Cltf ~ dOlbk
we'll In the cash prize on National Cycling
Associations circuft. He won s110 OF the
races at PhiiadeIphia on Saturday, He
was fourth in the heat race and wen $40.
Wheeler. Berlo and Rich won tbs other
prizes. He won the mile handicap frofn
the so yard mark and captured S75. and
WAS third in the five mile handicap fraGa
the $50 Yards marx and won S25.
Ten of the Catholic Clubs cyclers
join ed the Castle Point cvclers in the run
TO Lake Success. Long Island. Nearly a
hundred wheelmen participated in the
run.
The Palma wheenmen had no club
run yesterday, but there were few bikes
in the house as the wheelmen were out
CD trips.
City Collector O'Nelll can send his
wheel along at a clipping pace. He ran
to Bergen Peint yesterday.