Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-17

The second series of ten games will be
played Thursday evening, September 81.
when 1t is hoped that double the number of
players will take part.
If "Old Sol' smiles today and nothing m
usual or unlocked tor occurs Captain Contract
OF the Omaha Wheel club will start bright
and early on their annual century run. The
course will be the same as last ycar-to I'e-
kamah and return. The run is one of the
prcttlest out of Omaha, roads are usually
good and never very deep with dust even
when the dustiest. Dinner Will be taken at
Tekamah. The pace will be slow enough to
suit all, ana fast enough to cover the dis
lance within the limit \ large number of
The road men have signitied their intention
of going.
Tuesday evening the Tourist club house
was lighted from cellar to garnet, the enter
tainment being on hand to see
that the clubmen became thoroughly ac-
quiintcu and enjoyed the evening. A
friendly bout, with the gloves, between sew
eral of the members, an impromptu program
of music, and n feast of watermelon and
grapes, were the features. Although the
club members did not turn out as well as
was expected, the committee is not in the
least discouraged, and will continue to keep
Tuesday and Thursday nights as club
nights when the clubmen will ALWAYS find
the house lighted and some one to receive
them.
Gus Leipe of the Tourist Wheelmen is a
CollIci, 81 HIS tllDUllUcS say, lie is III
training now for the Plattsmouth races
which occur on the 20th and is riding like u
little w%hitlwind. Ed Proulx and George
Sancha are putting him through his PAGES.
BY the way, the Tnrists are turning out a
good many prize winners this season for n
club that doesn't pretend to bea racine club.
Borglum. Pegau, Proulx, Barnum, Lcipe,
Sancha, Frcirickson and Culley have ali
tried their hand at racing ana in most cases
have been successful. Added to this list are
tl,a ,rntnrnpc JJnlta, SN,I-,h -.
Ficscher.
The Tourist Wheelmen Century club has
bIossomed into an organization which bids
fair to be a permanent one. The cluD starts
out with ten charter members, being the
ones which rode last years century TO a
finish. A centurion will be elected at their
meeting, which will occur soon. A design
for IL club pin has been submitted to the
manufacturing jewelers. and will be adopted
by he club as a distinctive badge. Tn
club is organized something on the pans of
the Century Club of America. The charter
memuers are Fl. L.. Beard. John Hyncs. l..
L. Holton, e. L. Potter, George Sancha. E,
II. Yates, Louis Flescher, II. X. Smith. II.
E. Tagger and j. +. Culley. New members
will be taken in as fast as they qualify.
The initiation fee is small, being only enough
to pay expense OF a badge.
The members of the Ganymede Wheel
club of Council Bluffs who participated in
the century ride to Sioux City, last Sunday
are the heroes of the hour at the, Mede club
house over the river. The run was one of
the most hardy that theclub has ever taken.
and the men who fell by the wayside amid
the sunilowers ana rabbit grass of the
thickly fringed prairie roads will testify TO
such. Some of the boys stuck pluckily to
the saddle and rode as far AS they could In
the time given and reluctantly ga We it up as
Il bad job. The idea was to reach Sioux
City in time to catch the train for home,
which leaves the city ut & o'clock. Only
two, Captain Williamson and Teilius Dale,
were able to come anywhere near it, and
they missed it by five minutes Those who
started from the club house at 4 O'Clock a. M.
were Captain Williamson, Messrs. Dale,
DuIuette, Barrett, Spooner, Parsons,
Carothers, BiXby, Pullman and Drew. The
club will try the Tekamah, Neb., course
next month.
the second annual reunion of the Missouri
River Valley wheelmen In great shape and
deserve a great deal of credit for their eff
forts. The reunion will be held ut Blair.
very likely, and on the first or second Sun
day in October. Committees from the Tourist
Wheelmen and Turner Wheel club of Omaha,
Fremont Wheel club, Fremont, Neb.. and
Ganymede Wheel club, Council Bluffs la.
met at the Omaha Wheel club house FRIDAY
evening of last week aud made preliminary
arrangements for the eveAt. Notices ana
particulars will be published as soon as the
committees report. 1t is estimated that
fully 300 cyclists v i'll take part in the re.
union. The Blair Wheel club will act In the
capacity Of host for the day. The reunion
last year was one of the events of the season
and many a wheelman mem with
pleasure the meeting at the grove, the en-
ioyable ride ur and back, the quiet spins
through the shade streets and the music,
the acquaintances made and the splendid
dinners served. You will miss IT II YOU are
not one of the happy crowd this year.
Gossip of the Track.
The st. Joseph 800 class has ffty-eight
nominations.
Mercurius, 2:l44, is unquestionably the
fastest trotting stallion owned in Nebraska.
A match trot between the Kinney brothers.,