Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1894-02-23
AT THE PARK.
Exciting Races of the
Bicycle Club.
Close Contest Between
Brown and Slater
For the Championship Gold
Medal of Arizona.
LAWYERS and Business Men Play
Ball and Have Lots
of Fun.

The bicycle races and athletic sports
at the park yesterday afternoon at
tracted large crowd. The grand stand
was comfortably filled with ladies and
their escorts and the ropes which de-
marked the track and campus were
pressed by crowd of enthusiastic spec
tators three and four rows deep.
The first event of the day was the ball
game between the lawyers and the
business men. The former team con-
sisted of Messrs. Campbell, Millay,
Israel, Murphy, Hulings, Kellum, Nc
Dougal, Evans and Widmer. The
members of the business mems club
were Goldberg, B. Kirkland, Monihon,
Irvine, Holbrook, Washington, Steen.
Walbridge and Morrell. DR.. Scott
Helm was umpire.
The game lasted five innings and was
closely contested. The team of the
business men included too many active
young fellows who are comparatively
fresh from the daily ball field and reg
ular athletics. The result was the de-
feat of the attorneys by score of IL to
6. Toward the END of the game the
legal gentlemen struck a streak of bat
ting. Good hits were made by Hulings.
Murphy, Millay and Campbell which,
coupled with good base running, made
it appear that had the game been con-
tinued the result would have been
changed. The game afforded lots of fun
for both spectators and participants
and was greatly enjoyed. 1t was dis
covered that DIR. Helm wore shirt of
mail of fine texture and that his light
gray suit OF corduroy was lined and
padded with asbestos. He escaped un-
scathed.
Cycle races and the athletic exhibi-
tion followed. The mile race for nov
ices was contested by J. Swilling, B. H.
Lincoln and J. McIntire. Lincoln may
be said to have started and that is all.
McIntire gave Swilling close race un-
til the latter half of the last round.
when he was passed with apparent ease
by Swilling, who won the prize of an
admission to the club by about S5
yards. His time was 2:40.
The quarter mile race between M {.
Loring and q. s. Searle, for the cham
pionship of Maricopa county, was won
by the former in 4124. The tire of
Searle's wheel was caught in the pedal
and he fell few yards after the start.
In the 100yard foo. race between G.
6. Hughes and an unknown, who an
swered to the name of Shorty"
Hughes won with ease in IL seconds.
For the boys race the entries were
A. D. Walsh. G. A. Redwill, J. NJ. Jor-
dan and J. M. Long. Long won in 45
seconds, making good race and riding
gracefully.
For a prize OF a pair of shoes offered
by Goodwin & Avery, ]. W. Sargent
gave an exhibition of trick and fancy
cycle riding which was very interesting.
He performed many feats such as sitting
upon the handle bar and riding back
ward, with ease and skill, which pro-
voked loud applause.
The contest OF the afternoon which
caused the deepest interest was the
mile race for the championship of Ari-
zona and gold medal. The race was
between H. Slater and q. O. Brown.
Slater had won the trophy at the last
meet and had he been victorious today
it would have been his for keeps. 1t
was the closest and most exciting bat
tie of the afternoon. Slater assumed
the lead at the start. Brown labored
under the disadvantage of riding
wheel which had been damaged iu one
of the earlier races and but imperfectly
repaired. Close upon the heels of his
rival he spun around the track, once,
twice, three times, making no effort to-
pass him. Slater, on his part, was evil
IDENTIFY making strenuous efforts to
shake his hateful pursuer, but in vain.
AS the pair came by the judges stand
the third time, still close together and
squared for the final circle of the track,
Brown wore a confident smile. He
wins riding tolersbly erect and with
little apparent effort. 1t was clear that