The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-10

CAIcAoo, August 0.-rhree unusual
events marked the racing at the L. A.
". tournament to-day. A serious acCi'
dent occurred; the worlds four mile
competition record was broken, aud the
great Zimmerman was beaten. ], l.
Brandenburg, OF Chicago, and w. T..
Murphy, OF Springfield, were the victims
OF tho mishap which occurred in the
finish OF the two mile handicap, the
last race OF the day. An unusually
largo field, 10, including several cracks
aud tho pace had been hot from the
start. AS tho racers rounded the north
turn in the last lap all made a final
squirt and the field shot into tho home
stretch with A, D. Kennedy in the lead
aud A.. l. Crooks u close second,
Brandenburg led the Others who were
we'll punched, Suddenly Brandenburg's
wheel was seen to turn and shoot to
the left. There was a crash and as
B~randenburg foil to the track, Murphy
was seen plunging over the inner rail,
fifteen feet into the open, stiking heaY-
lily upon his head, Brandonburg's
wheel had struck Murphy's as the lat
ter was passing him and the Spring
field man was launched into tho air.
Brandenburg wal assisted to his feet
but Murphy did not move, The fall
had knocked HIM senseless, and it was
several minutes before he recovered.
The officials and attendants carried
him to his tent and restoratives were
administered. When recovered he said
that he was trying to break through
the bunch when Brandenburg struck
him. A loose handle bar caused the
accident. Murphy WIS badly used up,
but B%rapdepburg only received a few
scratches. Both men will try to race
tomorrow.
The first race was the trial n mile
handicap, In six heats. Tuttle won tho
first heat John Il. Johnson won the sec
ond; best time 2:l2.
The first heat OF the quarter mile
national championship showed thinner.
man in wonderful form. He shot ahead
At the start aud kept his great pace in
front, although futile pushed him
hard, finishing only fifteen feet behind;
time 50 seconds.
John.on in tho second heat finished
u dead heat with II. Q. Tyler in 81 2-5
seconds.
In the first heat of the two mile
handicap, Meintz won in 400, ahead Of
j.. p. Bliss. Lumsden won tho second
heat, Crooks second; time 4:30 80.
Zimmerman was invinCible in the
one.third mile scratch aud won his
heat in 45 1-5 second. Johnson madea
fine race, but could get no better than
third; j. j. Taylor passing him for sec
ond. ii. g. Tyler won the second heat
in AZ secondsj p. Rosch was second.
Tho seventh event, tho five mile na.
tional championship, was the race Of
tho day and OF the tournament. Such
talent us Zimmerman, j. o. Johnson,
+. Ii. Tuttle, l.. d. Munger. Q. T.
Knisely, II. |. Citizens and G. D. Gary
appeared oil the scratch. At the shot
Munger took the lead and set the pace
for n lap when Knisely took his place.
They varied with futile and Citizens
and as the miles piled IN 1t vas seen
that u wonderfully fast race was being
ridden. Faster and faster spun the
wheels, and rs tho fourth mile was fin
ishing Knisely shot into the lead.
As the runners flashed across the
line N. IL. Van Sicklen ran forward and
announced that the worlds record for
four miles in competition had been
broken. The time Of the four miles
was 1912 1.5, which gives Knisely the
championship by one second. But the
race was getting still more earnest.
johnson and Zimmerman, who had
boon keeping back, now moved up, aud
Zimmerman took the lead. AS the
riders whirled around tho north turn in
the finish lap Zimmerman bent to his
work, with Citizens q length be.
hind, followed closely by John.
son. Zimmerman shot into tho finish
with II slight Increase in his lead, and
many people were shouting his name
as winner. johnson, however, had
been running up into phenomenal
squirt, and as the last 200 yards were
tered upon, he caught Zimmerman and
dashed across the line, u winner by five
feet. There was u claim made by Zim.
merman's trainer that his wheel had n
soft tire, but it was generally conceded
that tho Minneapolis man had fairly
won the great race pon his own merits
and not through chance Of luck. john
sons time was l2:41, against the worlds
record OF 1886 4-5.
The last quarter was made in 20 2.5
seconds. Zimmerman landed the other
two races he entered, including tho
quarter milo national championship in.
81 2.5 seconds and tho one milo ordin-
airy national championship in $40.
The other honors OF the day foil to A.
I. Crooks, OF Buffalo, who won tho ono
milo handicap from fifty yards in
2:O7 10 aud the two mile handicap
from ninety yards in 4:33 SO.