St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-10
JOHNSTON WAS FIRST.
The MiRRES0TAR BEATS The GREAT
ZiMMERKA
FOUK-yzIEE RECORD BIZ OXEN.

The Honor Falls to. c. I. kinseIy
in the Five-MiIe Competition
Results Of the Other Events at
Chicago-Murphy ana Bran
denbUrg Crash Into Each
Other and Fail.
CHICAGO, H., Aug. 9. - Three
unusual events marked the racing
at the l.. A. w. tournament today.
4 serious accident occurred. and the
worlds fOur-mile competition rec
ord was broken, and the great thinner
man was beaten. j. l. Brandeuburg. of
Chicago, and ". L. Murphy, OF Spring
field were the victims of the mishap
which occurred in the finish Of the
twO-mile handicap, the last race of the
dav. There was an unusually large
field, fifteen. Including several cracks,
AMI the pace had been hot from the
start. As the racers rounded the north
turn IN the last lap all made final
squirt, and the field shot into the home
stretch with Kennedy i'll the lead and
a. /. Crooks 4 close second. Branden-
burg led the others, who were we'll
punched. Suddenly Brandenburg
wheel was seen 10 turn and shoot to
the left. There was a crash. and. as
Brandenburg fell to the track. Murphy
was seen pluHgIng over the inner rail,
fifteen feet into the open, striking heav-
lily upon his head. Brandenburg' wheel
had struck Murphy's as the latter was
passing him, and the Springfield man
was launched INTO the air Brandon
burg was assisted to his feet. but Muir
ply did not move. The fail had
knocked him SenseIess, and it was sew
eTal minutes before he recovered. The
officials and attendants carried htm to
his tent, and restoratiYes we're admins
tered 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 Nas badly used up, but Bran
deubuTg only received a few scratches.
Both men Will try 10 race tomorrow.
This mornings programme OF the L.
a. W. tournament brought Oat diSSa-
pOintingiy small audience. Only 100
people were present when the races
started. The first race was the trial one
mile handicap in six heats. futile won
the first heat. MeintZ the second and
Bliss third Time. 2:l2 30.
John l.. Johnson won the second in
BIB 2-5, W. /. Lumsden second. The
other entries dropped out.
a. L. Crooks won the third heat by
two feet. With c. Baker second. Time,
ZIP.
HOglan won the fourth in rather slow
time. 2:l4 %, \. J. Brown second. The
others were not placed.
A. L. Baker won the fifth heat. Time.
2:I0 10. Others unpaced.
The sixth and last heat was won by
p. II. SeUcOmbe in 2:l3 10, with E. c.
BOde third ana W. y. Murphy fourth.
The first heat OF tie quarter mile
national championship showed thinner
man in wonderful form. He shot ahead
at the start and kept his great pace in
front. although futile pushed him hard,
finishing only fifteen feet behind. Time,
30. Johnston. in the second heat. held
back until fairly in the home stretch.
when he made beautiful squirt and I'm
iShed a dead heat with II. c. Tyler in
30 Is. In the first heat of the two
nile handicap Bliss and MeentZe
started last at one hundred yards.
but caught the field at the
end of the first mile. The South Afri-
can champion showed his superior
ability by drawing away al the north
turn Of the last lap and made a rushing
hnlSh to within fifty feet Of the lihe,
where he slowed up and won easily by
forty feet IN 500. ahead Of j u. Bliss.
Lumsden won the second heat, Crooks
second; time. 40 30: W. Campbell
second. W. /. Burt third. j. j. Bran
denburg won the third heat y. a.
Waller second. a. Baker third: time
4:35. Tue fourth heat went to A. d.
Kennedy III +:34 %: p. II. SercOmbe
second, NJ. Deruberger third.
Zimmerman was inVlnclble in the one
third mile scratch, ana won his heat in
.45 10: Johnston made 4 fine race. but
could yet no better than third. j. j.
Tyler passing him for second. The sec
Ond heat was hotter still. and II. Z.
fyler won in - z. Gr0sch was sec
0nd. y. L. Gary third and II. y. Citizens
fourth.
The seventh event. the dye-miIe
national championship. was the race of
the day and Of the tournament. Such
talent as Zimmerman. j. 5. Johnston.
2. II. Tutte, /. d. Munger. c. +.
kniseIy. II. y. Citizens and q. d. Gary
appeared on the scratch. At the shot
Munger took the lead and set the pace
for lap. when kniSeiy took his
DlAlNs ivy ftAA4NQ Win ulAAC u4lu
Citizens and as the miles piled up
Il was seen that 4 wonderfully fast race
was being ridden. Faster ana faster
spun the wheels. and as The fourth mile
was finishing knlSely shot into the
lead. AS the riders flashed across the
line w. II. Van Sicklen ran forward and
announced that the worlds record for
four mics in competition had been
broken. The time OF the four miles was
1922 ID. which gives huiSeiv the cham
DOnship record by one second. But the
-9ce was getting still more earnest.
Johnston and Zimmerman. who had
3een keeping back. now moved up,
and Zimmerman took the lead. As
ihe riders Whiried around the north
Urn IN the finish lap Zimmerman bent
% his work with Citizens less than
eHgth behind. followed closely by
johnston. Zimmerman shot into the
finish with d slight increase i'll his lead,
8ud many were shouting his name as
winner. Johnston. however. had been
running up into phenomenal squirt
and. as the last 200 yards were entered
1pOn, he caught Zimmerman and dashed
across the line winner by five feet.
There was q claim made by thinner
man trainer that his wheel had a soft
ire. but IL was generally conceded that
The Minneapolis man had fairly won the
great race, upon his own merits. and
not through chance or luck. Johnston's
Zine was l2:4l. against the worlds
record of i2:46 ID. The last quarter
was made in rs %. Zimmerman
landed the other TWO races he entered.
including the quarter-mile national
championship in 81 %, and the one
mile ordinary national championship in
$40.
The other honors of the day fell 10 A.
I. Crooks, of Buffalo. who won the one
mile handicap from fifty yards in 2:07
Is and the two-mile handicap from
ninety yards III 4:33 3-5.
The winners OF the other events were
As follows:
One mile, novice-G. E. Becker. Chi
sagO. Won. Time, 2:42 40.
One mile. Z:4O class, first heat-P
Grosch, Passaic, n. j., won. Time,
3:34 10.
Second heat-G. F. Emerson. Chicago,
EOn. Time. 2:51 So.