St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-20
''ZIMMY" NOT THERE.
THE CRACK cYcLfST FAILS TO REACH
Mf4HEAP0LfS.
THE GROwD DEssAPOENTEO

johnson and Zimmerman, Of
Course, Could Not Come off
-Eurney Bird, OF st. Paul.
Receives Quite serious In
| Juries in a Collision.
The elements were favorable to the
last day of the Mime ANA cycling
| tourney, and, as the programme was
| Known TO be good one, the enclosures
were filled with big crowd. After
$50 there was NOT place left on the
grand stand. and iJ is computed that
| 5000 people were on the grounds.
i The contest between Zimmerman and
johnny johnson had been looked for
ward to on all sides as the big event
of the day and great was the dissapoint-
ment of the spectators aud management
that he was not even heard from
Johnny Johnson and Rhodes. of
| Chicago. We're nut feeling III A l con-
dition. both suffering from cramps.
| Some very fast uien were OH hand,
| hGwever. a number arriving in the
morning. j. b. Bliss, OF Caieago, a fast
man; Herbert Githeus. another speedy
rdrr,aiso from the Windy Guy; George
f. Taylor. OF Boston, and NJ. Durn-
berger, of Buffalo, We're on hand, and
! none Of them could explain thinner
man $ absence. The first event was
quarter mile oDen, flying start. There
! were seven starters in tiie quarter mile
| open race. the list including the four
| crack men who arrived yesterday morn-
ing. johnson did not st;trt. Ii was
Durnberger'S race. with Taylor second
and Rhodes third. lime, 70 seconds.
his Is within one Secoad of The record.
| Fhe half-mile for boys under sixteen
was special bandicap event. There
were six starters. who led Uff at tle half.
The winner was E. Owen, j. Z. Harper
| was second and a. Harper third. lime.
l:i3l3. Owen was given 200-yard
| hanu,cap.
LII the mile open race of 2:30 time
limit for the Tribune prize Bliss was
The winner, Rhodes second. Gilhens
third and Bird fourth. The time was
over the limit, however. and the judges
Will insist that the race be run over
again.
i he one mile open race was run even,
Citizens, for some reason, dropping out.
Rhodes TOOK the lead and held it for
two-tlirds of the distance. He was
passed on the stretch by Bliss, who fin
lSned first. Bird passed khodeS at the
I.ne and finished SECOND. Ihe time Was
even slower than the first ttial, the time
being 2:52 1t Was also declared no
race
I he two-mile 2:50-class event. which
! WAS tried twice Frluay, and declared no
| race without SUCCESS, aS tie tine limit
OF 5:35 WAS exceeded, was run over
again yesterday AFTERNOON. Anton
johnson took the lead and held it until
Ee. 1, 1,lSspI the N yVhnn n
was passed by Bell. 1 he latter finished
| the first mile iD advance OF the
field, and Davidson WAS second. with
johnson third. On the second quarter
of the second mile johnson CLIMBED up
TO second place, and came down at
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, $50.
The one mile, man against horse, did
not come of. greatly to the dlsappoint-
ment OF the large crowd. For some rea-
Sun horse could not be secured. Ar
rangementS mad been made with the
! owner of a fleet steed Tor the match, but
AT the last moment the animal was
wlthdraWi-th the Judges say because the
horse was not fleet enough to 20 against
tine men VINO were pittcd against it. and
because the owner declined 10 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 a. b.
Choat found his way into tile press gal
lerl. and stated to the reporters that he
had given up all hopes of seeing Zim-
norman on the track at all. Mr.. Choat
was inclined to be little mad at ''ZIm-
N.Y." as were all the others who had
hand i'll getting uD the event. As to
promises that he would be here, Zim-
norman had made them galore. Mr.
Choat said that he had made especial
preparations to pit Johnson against
Zimmerman, and to make it 4 match be-
tween these two men only.
The next event was the One-mile
handicap, in whicn Boston wanted TO
meet johnson on the same footing, and
| declined his handicap of forly-five
yards, and both meu were showed off
from. the same tape. The contest
| was full of tart interest. because
OF the unexpected events which
happened. Those who expected
to see the scratch men win
were disappointed, although they made
a 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 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 160 yards handicap in
2:1324. Bell. at $50 yards, was second,
| ana Rhodes, at 90 yards, was third.
! The three-mile consolation race was
cut down to mile race, and I. l.. Bird
| finished first, with Crawford second and
1urnquist third. Time. Pal.
The next race was the SO-called inter-
national event for five miles. with
time limit of IA minutes. 1t should
! have been called an interstate
! race. as there were no CON-
, petitors from across the water or
across the line. The first attempt was
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
! in the half. The field was strung
| along like string of ducks,
! and the first mile was finished by Durn-
| berger in 1928. The second mile Gith-
| iuS took the lead, and held it 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 close second, and Durn-
berger third. The time was A:l224.
| 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
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