The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-19
THINGS BICyCULAR
rtoregt General in Regard to the
L. A. w, Meet,
MANY OF THE FAST RACING MEN
Of the Country WIN bo Rere-The
Visitors VIII bo Royalty Enter
tsr,ained-Chances OF tho Coming
of the Champion, Zimmerman,
Pitt.UurshoY to Tour Hero.

been atoused among the people OF tho
community and throughout tho tri.
STATE radius regarding the coming
meet OF the West Virginia division of
the League of American Wheelmon in
Wheeling When tho proposed meet
Ing was first broached the chances for
we'll attended affair, and for the ap.
pearance OF Il goodIy number OF the fast
bicycle races of the country, were, to
say the least, probIomatical. Now all
Is changed, and success seems TO smile
obIignsly in advance, Throughout the
gtate and in Eastern Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania the newspapers are
speaking in tlattering terms OF the ap-
proaching event, and foretell OF the
coming to West Virginia's metropolis
Of many u knight OF the kniokerbocker.
The gathering in Wheeling OF half
thousand riders Of tho silent steed will,
above all other considerations to the
people generally, be remarkable for its
novelty. Wheeling, though situated
Ideally for bicycle meets, has never
seen anything OF the kind. More's the
wonder, 100, when it is remembered the
community has q sport-loving reputa-
lion that is nearly national. With the
best men from Cincinnati, Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Toledo. Columbus and other
cities aud towns and two or three OF
the national cracks, including probably
Zimmerman and Johnson, with twenty
one races, the local boys can offer to the
public such programme Of high class
bicycte racing az has been seen nowhere
this season except at the international
tournament ut Chicago. The small-fry
races already run erethis season have
whetted the appetite OF the sport.loving
pubIic SO that they will undoubtedly
make the races OF the coming meet u
success so lar as the attendance is con-
Cerned.
Entries for the races are coming in
fast. Several have been received from
Pttsburg and Toledo, as we'll us from
the surrounding towns. Steubenville
and pittsburg will send big delegations
Of riders as well as racing mon.
Among the attractions at tho meet
will be League smoker" 1t will
probably take place at the now Mozart
park, IN tho big dancing pavilion, on
evening OF the goth.
The following send.off is given the
enterprise OF tho local wheemen huv.
Ing in charge the coming race meet, in
the Pittsburgh Dispatch:
That tho proposed big athletic meet
ing at SleubenvilIe has fallen through
for the lack OF funds shows that the
people of that portion OF the Buckeye
state don't appreciate ameteur sport.
The exact reason is not plain. Perhaps
they never saw good sport in Steuben.
villa and don't know what they are
missing, or maybe some enterprising
farmer in the town has corner in sill.
yer; but anyway, they need educating,
and need 1t badly.
Now, down the river little further,
at Wheeling, they know good thing
when they see it. The West Virginia
division l. A. W. meet is to DO held
there soon, aud tho people arc making
greatproparations to entertain tho riders
that will come from Pittsburgh aud
other points in the tri.state radius.
Already prize list aggregnting in value
$1,000 has been gotten together, and it
will be much larger by the time the
date tor tho meeting has been decided
upon. Wheeling is keeping right In the
procession.
The efforts being made by tho race
committee to secure the international
bicycle racing champion, Arthur A.
Zimmerman, for the state meet races
here in September, seem about to bear
fruit. When seen by the Wheeling
committee at the Chicago races last
week, he gave them to understand that
he would let them know dehnntely
about the matter in a few days. Last
night the following telegram was re-
celved from tho champion ut Ripon,
Wis, "Will write in few days about
the races" He evidently intends TO
come to Wheeling
There was considerable excitement
among the l.. A. W. wheelmen ut Steu-
bCnyilIo yesterday caused by letter re-
ceIved from the league racing board,
suspending tho following riders for two
weeks: Lowe, Quimby, Scott, Patterson,
Metanberger, Collins, Alexander, Craw.
ford, Coates, Weirs and Helms. This
action was caused by the recent bicycle
races run at SteubenVillo which had not
been sanctioned by the chairman Of the
racing board.
There will DO big crowd Of Pitts.
eurgh cyCers hore on the first Sunday
In September. The boys there arc get
ting pan all.round run to Wheeling,
aud it is expected that over one hun.
dred riders will participate. They will
probably como via Washington, and
Will DO met out Of town by the local
Wheelmen, with refreshments.
>, Last evening about o'clock Worlds
talr bicycle tourist arrived In town
nom the east. lie is Charles H. Hodge,
oltho Mercer county wheelmcn, Tron.
ION, Nj, HO has been cut four days,
ana yesterday rode eighty miles.
4lter meeting como OF the local boys
la't night no decided to remain hero
uh'iI tomorrow morning, whom ho will
proceed west over tho national pike,
accompanied by two local tourists,
'hlls Hartman and Louis ShrNdur.
Tho soinmCrnnOhtSrcst.
me Arion sommOrnuchtstcst will oc.