St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-20
JIMMY NOT THERE.
THE CRACK cYCLIST FAILS TO REACH
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE CROWD DISAPPOINTED


-Eurney Bird, Of st. Paul,
Receives Quite serious IN
juries in Collision.
The elements were favorable to the
last day of the Mime ANA cycling
tourney, and, as the programme was
known TO be a good one, the enclosures
were filled with a big crowd. After
$50 there was not place left on the
grand stand, and it is computed that
5000 people were on the grounds.
The contest between Zimmerman and
johnny johnson had been looked for
| ward TO OH all sides as the big event
OF the day and great was the dlssapoint-
inent OF tie spectators aud management
that he was not even heard from.
Johnny Johnson and RhOdrs, of
Chicago. We're nut feeling in con-
dition, both suffering from cramps.
some very fast men were on hand,
hjwever. a number arriving in the
morning. j. b. Bliss. OF Caicaso, fast
man: Herbert Githeus. another speedy
rdrr,also from the WINDY Guy; George
+. Taylor. or Boston, and Nj. Durn-
berger, of Buffalo, wrre on hand, and
! none of them could explain thinner
man : absence. The first event was a
quarter mile open, flying start. There
were seven starters in tiIe quarter mile
open race. the list includiug the four
crack men who arrived yesterday morn
ing. JOhuSGn did nut st;irt. Ii was
Dnrnberger'S race. with Taylor second
and Rhodes thlrd. lime, - seconds.
his Is within one SecoiId of The record.
The half-mile for boys under sixteen
was special banuicap event. There
We're SIX starters. who Ted off at thu half.
1 lie winner was L. owen, y. i. Harper
was second aud a. Harper third. lime.
l:i3!2. Owen was given a 20O-ylrd
hahu,cap.
LII the mile open race OF 2:j0 time
limit tor the tribune prize Bliss was
The winner, Rhodes second. Gllhens
third and Bird fourth. The time was
over tile limit, however. aud the judges
Will Insist that the race be run over
again.
he one mile open race was run even,
Citizens, for some reason, dropping out.
Rhodes took the lead ami held it for
twu-thirds of the distance. He was
passed on the stretch by Bliss, who fin
lSned first. Bird passed khodes at the
Inc and finished SECOND. Ihe time was
even slower than the ilrSt lial, the tine
being 2:52. 1t WAS also declared no
race.
I lie two-mile 2:50-class event. which
was tried twice Frluay, and declared no
race without success, DIS the time limit
Oi 5:35 WAS exceeded, was run over
again yesterday afternoon. Anton
Juhusnn TOOK the lead and held it until
lie hau passed the quarter, when he
was passed by Bell. 1hr latter finished
the first mile I'D advance OF The
field, and Davidson WAS second. with
johnson third. On the second quarter
of the second mile johnson CLIMBED up
10 second place, and came down at a
good squirt with Bell at his nip. Bell,
however. passed him when The goal was
almost won, and took the race, with
Skater Martin second and Johnson
third. Bell was winner by good
three yards. and his victory was re-
ceived with applause. Time, $3.50.
The one mile, man against horse, did
not come OFF. greatly to the d!sappoint-
MELT OF the large crowd. For SOME rea-
son horse could not be secured. Ar
engagements had been made with the
owner of feet steed tor the match, but
at the last moment the animal was
withdraWn-th the judges say because the
horse was not fleet enough to 20 against
the men VINO were pittcd against II. and
because the owner declined TO suffer de-
feat. The tWo-mile team race for the
championship OF the Northwest was also
declared off, Tor reasons unknown.
At this juncture President \. B.
Choat found his way into the press gal
lery. and stated To the reporters that he
had given up all hopes of seeing Zim-
me rmau on the track at all. Mr.. Choat
was inclined TO be little mad at ''ZIm-
N.Y." as were ali the others who had a
hand in getting uD the event. As to
promises that lie would be here, Zin-
norman had made them galore. Mr..
Choat said that he had made especial
preparations to pit Johnson against
Zimmerman, and to make it Il match be-
tween these two men only.
The next event was the One-mile
handicap, in which Boston wanted TO
meet johnson on the same footing, and
declined his handicap of forty-fve
yards, and both meu were showed off
from the same tape. The contest
was full of tart interest. because
happened. Those who expected
to see the scratch men win
were disappointed, although they made
good showing. A mile was a very
short space III which to overcome 200
yard handicap, yet the two scratch men
succeeded i'll eating up q good portion
OF the great lead held by some of the
other men. Johnson, however, ran
very fast race and finished from scratch
in 2:15M. Davidson took the prize, fin
ishing from his 100 yards handicap in
2:13&. Bell, at $50 yards, was second,
ana Rhodes, at 80 yards, was third.
The lhree-mile consolation race was
cut down to mile race, and L. l.. Bird
finished first, with Crawford second and
Iurnquist third. Time, 2:41.
The next race was the So-called inter
national event for five miles. with a
have been called an interstate
race, as there were 10 com
petitors from across the water or
across the line. The first attempt was
a failure, as the time exceeded by 12$I
seconds the limit. A slight rain had
fallen, and the men claimed that it had
made the track paSty. Bliss led off
with good margin, but was passed
by johnny Johnson betote they were
i'll the half. The field was strung
along like string of ducks,
anu the first mile was finished by Durn-
berger in 2:28. The second mile Gith-
IuS took the lead, and held 1t until the
men were entering the stretch, when he
was passed by Johnson, who was the
first to cross the tape on the second
mile. The third mile was finished with
Taylor first, B. Bird second, and john
son third. The fourth mile showed
Durnberger first, Bird second, and
Taylor third. The last mile
was the most interesting. although the
time was slow. Taylor finished first,
with Rhodes a close second, and Durn-
berger third. The time was 14:I2$[.
The referee, under the time limit Of
fourteen minutes, declined to allow the
race, and demanded that it be run over
again. The men demurred. Taylor.
who had won the first attempt, naturally
did not want to try it over again, and
the others also demurred. Rhodes and
johnson both claimed that in coming
GOWN the stretch they had been elbowed
into the fence by Taylor several times.
The $3.50 diamond, however, was still
glittering untouched, as the referee de-
clined 10 award it. After twenty min
uteS wait, III which the rain had slowed
up, the men agreed to run the race
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