The herald., 1893-08-10
THE WHEEL MEN.
What Is Doing and What Has Been
on Path and Road.

What Is Doing and What Has Been
on Path and Road.
The agony is over for a few days, now
that Sanger and Zimmerman have tried
conclusions at the international races in
Chicago. The ill-luck of Sanger in fall
ing, throwing all contestants in a heap,
made the race failure as far as settling
the much mooted question of who is
really champion. The race will surely
be run over during the present meet.
Steady training on the part of nearly
all the local cracks should insure fine
days sport at Riverside, September 9th.
The $500 prizes will we'll be worth
working for, and we predict that many
OF them will come to Los Angeles.
The Overman company has fitted up
neat dressing room at Athletic park for
the accommodation of the riders of the
Victor bicycles. Prof. 7. @. Hall and
Frederick Holbrok now have the run
of it,"
The ombine OF local agents, to keep
up the price of wheels, which failed
some time since, is being revived again,
but popular opinion will ditch it.
Walter Foster, state champion, will
run mile against time at Alhambra
the coming Saturday.
Will jenkins, after achieving honor
and distinction in the recent road race
to Santa Monica, has become trick
rider of no mean ability. His best trick
is to take fully equipped safety, mount
as usual, and then throw the front
wheel high in the air, and ride any dis
tance in this manner. He will appear
in his new role for the first time next
Saturday at Alhambra.
Mr.. S. G.. Spiers, the well-remembered
general agent of the Overman company,
has returned from the north, and has
located here permanently with his wife.
The boys will be glad to have Steve
back, as he is a rustler for cycling
Phil Kitchen, who is with the ODDS
company, is showing wonderful speed on
short distances. He will be heard from
at Riverside.
Much work is being done on the track
at Riverside to make it fit for champion
ship events. The turns are banked
double, and the surface is receiving good
attention. The track formerly was
terror to the swifts, many declining to
run on account OF its dangerous condi-
tion, but this is all remedied.
The races this Saturday at Alhambra
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large delegation will ride out early in
the afternoon, to be there when the
sports begin, at 2 p. m. The club there
is pushing one, and will surely give a
fine programme.
A cash league for Southern California.
Such was the declaration of prominent
rider of this city day or two ago. He
was an ardent enthusiast for prizes that
could be turned into bread and butter on
emergency, and the wonderful time of
Wheeler and Berlo in the east, when
riding for cash prizes, certainly proves
his remark that cash prizes would make
fast races, stop all loafing, and bring
men to the path better trained than by
the "amateur" system. There would of
necessity be no more betting on the side
than at amateur meets, and with the
proper gauging of first and second prizes
there would be no "jockeying." But
the time is not yet ripe for such league
in this state. The l.. A. w. has a mis-
eion to perform in the way of road i'm
provement that no cash league could or
would perform, and should receive the
support OF every wheelman in the state.
Another league could not be success at
present, and would be detrimental to
the present one.