The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-23
CURRENT BICYCLE TALK
Local Wheelmen Wantt0 Know Whether
the L. A. w. Has Backbone or Not.
Maintaining the Line Limiting Amateur Work
Arthur Lumsden Now in This City
The Base Ball Magnates Still Persist.

The recent meeting in Philadelphia of
the l.. A. w. racing board, at which a num-
Der of weIl-known racing men. both in the
East and the West, were suspended, has
caused some little talk. The names of
those suspended are as follows: Tyler,
Hess. Wheeler. Dorintge, johnson. Lums-
den, Rhoades, Steele. Citizens and Ballard.
A. A. Zimmerman was also marked for the
chopping- block. but the fact that he did
not participate in the racing at Chicago
late last fall saved him. These men are all
charged with having accepted expense
money. that is. railroad fare and living ex-
penses to Chicago and while in attendance
at these races. which is contrary TO the
rules of the L. A. w. 1t Is not so much
the mere matter or the suspension of
these riders that Is causing talk,
but 1t is the speculation as to
ness. For several years it has been this
customary thing for the board to meet in
the winter. hunt up riders records and
make wholesale suspensions. and then,
when the riding season begins. to REIN
state them. 1t is q well-known fact that
this half-hearted way of enforcing the
leagues principles has given more and
more license to riders to break them.
Ii the racing board were to in
rider racing under it's rules 1t would have
TO chop Off "a great many more heads than
it has DONE and 1t is on account of all this
that while the racing board makes O great
big bluff at enforcing discipline. the racing
men are slyly smiling In their sleeves.
Arthur Lumsden. Chicago's fastest rider,
If not the fastest In the West, has
moved to Indianapolis. and will
hereafter be connected with the
Indiana Bicycle Company. He is
~ T..
that he will be permanently barred from
riding. The Chicago riders were suspended
for accepting transportation to Milwaukee
and allowing their hotel bills 20 be paid
while there. Lumsden says that he had
ticket offered him but that he did not ac-
cept il. and that. though he found his hotel
bill paid when he came to settle. he In
sisted on paying it again himself. He does
not believe that he will be suspended. aud
did not seem to doubt but that all of the
rest of the men would be riding as usual
when the season opens up.
There seems to be question of vcracity
between President Buckenberger. of the
Pit tsburg ball club and Won der Abe, of
the st. Louis club, and certain mem bers Of
the bicycle racing fraternity. The former
gentlemen have been quoted as saving that
they would institute bicy Gle racing in their
ball parks the coming season. and that the
larger proportion of the fast men OF the
country had signed contracts to
take part in these races, either
for cash prizes to be hung
Mp. or at stipulated salaries. Zimmerman,
Tyler, Johnson and others have been stated
to be among this number but they are all
out with fiat denIale What is more, these
denials do not seem to disconcert the ball
magnates in the least, and their prepare
tions are gon on as of yore. Ii is sort
of @ pay-your- M oney nd ia e-your- choice
affair. -.
A. A. Zimmerman and Walter Sanger
sail for Europe with the ides of spring.
They will. while there. try conclusions
with English and continental riders AVID