St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-19
SMASHED A RECORD.
JOHN S. FJ0HNSOv c7KERS THREE
MILES IN 7:f5.
MINNEAPOLIS BEATS SIT. PAUL

I'm the Ten-Mile Twin City Race
A Row Was Caused Over an
Entry i'm the Sixteen-Year-Old
Race-The Two Mile Race De-
clared Off After q Couple of
Trials.
The second day of the bicycle tourna-
ment broke in sunshine on the track at
Minaehaha, which, when the races
started, was crowded to twice the ex-
tent of the previous day. Zimmerman,
Tyler, Mentjies. Bliss and other pro-
fessional wbeelmen telegraphed that
they were detained at Ripon, but would
be at 'Haha on Saturday without fail.
Their non-appearance yesterday caused
much disappointment among the spec
tators.
Harris, of Fort Scott. Kan, and H. R.
Steenson, of New York, who is also a
member of the Minneapolis Track asso-
citation, arrived yesterday morning to
participate in the days events.
The track in the afternoon was in
magnificent form, and was even more
swift than Thursday.
The races were late in starting, not
wheel being turned until 3 p. m. The
first event was the 2:35 class. distance
one mile. Rhodes. VINO broke the
worlds quarter-mile record on Thurs
day, and Bird. who gave Johnny john
son hard whirl, were among the rae
ers. Harris, of Duluth. took the lead
until the men came into the stretch for
the final squirt. Rhodes then went to
the front, followed by Steenson, and the
fight was hard one down the stretch.
Rhodes won by wheel length over
SteensOn. Bird was but one second BE-
hind SteensOn, with Biggs at his rear
| wheel. Time, minutes.
a race which created much interest
and not little fun was that for boys
under sixteen. 1t was handicap event,
and the entries were D. Tenney, l.. Sey-
mour, Gus Madison. A. Harper, j. Har-
per, j. Fralick, B. Bridgman. The
scratch man, Bridgmau. passed the field
at the three-quarters and finished sec
| ond. j. B. Harper won the race i'll 2:29,
| allowing for his handicap of 800 yards.
Bridgman. the scratch man, finished in
2:33sl. Starter Harper kicked on the
| length of the handicap, and hot dis
| pute arose between Harper and Collie
Bell. who is handicap man. Bell ordered
| Harper not to Interfere. and fight was
averted by policeman. The quarrel
threatened to break up the races be-
| tween Minneapolis and st. Paul men.
| Harper at once resigned his position as
a Inlhrn,ly t,.,ti
! tuted. The race was then made under
protest.
Another thing which caused the
trouble was the claim that Bridgman
was over sixteen years of age. The
young man and his friends all claim ed
| that he was under that age, but Harper
| insisted that Bridgman had passed that
mark. The affair was greatly deplOred
on the ground. and the management
wished to hush it up. This was impoSsi-
BILE, however, as the exciting little
| scene happened directly in front of the
crowded grand stand. The judges will
try the protest today, and will decide
! upon Bridgman'S age.
Interest then conferred in tho half
mile open dash. starting from the half.
The starters were Davidson, Rhodes,
| Steenson and Bird. When the dash
was made Davidson made remarkable
| squirt and opened upa lead of 100 yards
| OIL his riv ais before half the distance
| was covered. He cOulu not hold the
pace, however, for Rhodes swiftly crept
up after him and almost passed him.
Davidson touk the race in 1:13, with
Rhodes SO close that there was but a
fraction of a second difference. Bird
! was but three lengths back third.
The twO-mile race of the 2:50 class
! was disappointment to every one in
the grand stand, and to the judges as
we'll. At the outset it was announced
, to the racers that it would be no race
| unless the time was 5:35 or under. This
I even was good margin. There was a
feeling among several of the judges,
| one of whom was K. f. Jones, that the
j men would hippidrome and make the
! race a slow one unless a time limit
+, were fixed. The fast men in the
amateur class did not want to get out
, Of their class, and go over their records,
because it would GUST them from subSe-
j., quedt races i'll the $3.50. 800 anu other
! classes if they ran over this speed. l he
judges, TO prevent this lOafing, fixed the
! time limit at 5:35. and the race was
! started with seven entries. Davidson
took long lead and finished the three
quarter pole In l :33. Becker was close
behind, pumping for all there was in it,
! and finished the first mile in the lead
with Davidson second and Skater Mar
tin third. The second mile opened of
! with red-hot squirt by all of the men,
and the cyclers tore round the hale with
professional speed. Bell finished twenty
.,