The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-13
WAS WON BY ZIMMERMAN
The Worlds Championship in Bicycle
Riding Again Falls to "Zim."
Nancy Hanks Fails to Reduce Her Record,
Making the Mile in POS 1-4-Other Trot.
ting Events, Races and Bali Games.
He Wins the Internationai Mile Cycling Race
by n Foot.

He Wins the Internationai Mile Cycling Race
by n Foot.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Laurence S. Meintges,
the South African wheelman. surprised the
cyclists in the closing race Of the big L. A.
w. meet to-day. With seven others he
started for the worlds championship at
one hundred kilometers. and but two of
the eight finished. The others dropped out
during the early miles. being unable to
hold the pace set for them by the cracks
who were admitted as pace makers. Besides
capturing the long-distsnce International
honors. the African broke all American
records for twenty-six to sixty miles, and
the worlds record for fifty miles. The lat
ter wac held by Jules Du Dois. of France.
MeIntees covered the sronnd to-day In
2:1l:O6 As. Hyslop. of Canada. and Lyman,
L%innemann. L. Fael. Con Baker and Clark
started also. but Meintges beat them near
ly four miles. The score In the information
al events for the Saltonstall trophy was:
America. 81: South Africa. 8. The trophy
goes TO the l.. A. w.
The afternoon sport was witnessed by
fully 5000. who enjoyed the events.
}. p. Bliss. the little Chicagoan. distin-
guished himself by winning the mile
handicap from the fifty-yard mark in
2:13 rs through q brilliant squirt at
the finish. He also won the mile invita-
ton. pushing Tyler down the stretch at an
extraordinarily fast pace. A hundred
yards from the tape Tyler lost his pedals
and Bliss won. but gave first place
fed in ali the open events
and started in the quarter.mlIe open and
the mile international. which be won With
ease, thereby securing the title of the
worlds champion. johnson was too weak
feet behind 2 Zimmerman and only
two feet ahead of Bliss. Knisely. ss
usual, set the pace and opened q gap Of ono
stretch. There Zimmerman and johnson
moved up together and the for mer won
without bending over his machine.
Citizens won the two-thirds-mlle handicap
from the tifty-five-yard ma TX In 1926 1.5
and Tyler took the open at tho Same DIS
tance in 1:54 25.
One Mile Handicap; Final-J. P. Bliss.
Chicago 80 yardsl first. Time. 2:13 Us. 81.
w. l.. Sweldeman. Helena. Mont, 125 yards)
third; {. W.Davis. Chicago, (o5 y ardslfourth;
NJ. Dim berger, Buffalo. (65 yards) fifth. II.
Z. Tyler lsosatchl. A. I. Crooks (35 yards).
A. 4. Lumsden l40 yards). w. A. Rhodes
(6O yardsl. c.. T. Nelson 100 yards). T.. A.
Wv ~
Quarter Mile Open. Finai-A. A. thinner
man. New York. first. Time. :35 25. G. +.
Taylor. Walthsm. second; q. l.. Gary, Bos-
ton. and p. Grosch. Passsio. third; A. L.
Brown, not placed.
Two-thirds Mile Handicap. Final-H. A.
Citizens. Chicago, (sixty-tive yards. first.
Time. 1:26 is. e. Baker. Columbus. fifty
five yardsl. second. T. J.. Byrne. New
York. 100 yards). third. W.. l.. Swsnds-
man. Helena, Mont, fourth.
One Mile, International Championship
A. A. Zimmerman first. Time. 2:27 25. j.
y. johnson, Minneapolis. second: j. p.
Bliss. Chicago. third; +. C. Bode fourth.
Two-thirds of o Mile Open-H. G. Tyler.
Springfield. first. Time. 1854 25. G. T.
Taylor. Waltham. second; A. F.. Lumsden.
Chicago. third; w. A. Rhodes, Chicago.
fourth.
One Mile. Consolation-C. T. Nelson. Chi
csRo. first. Time. 3:07 Us. II. X. Warren
second. j. Levy third.
One Mile. In vItation-J. p. Bliss, Chi
cagO. first. Time. 2:99 15. H.. c. Tyler,
SprinRtield. second; H.. "a. Citizens, Chi
cagO. third.
International Championship. 100 kilo-
metres t42 miles 739 feetl-L. s. Me intges.
South Africa. won. Time. 2:24:2l 2-5.
William Hyslop. Canada. w. w. Lime
MANA. L. Earl. j. p. Clark. and f. Walker.
United States. started but did not finish.
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