The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-23

east1, AZ the Pleasant Heights driving
park ON tho Ane haltmilo track there
iaboomins along nicely aud viii be the
greatest cycling eyon. In this section,
always excepting Of course, tho nation
aIcIfcuit tournament In Wheeling tho
latter part Of September. President
Frank z. Low, Of the club is q hustler
Of tho arst water (so are thoIr diamond
prizes, and at Pittsburgh on Thursday
he circulated among tho Class D. racing
men 70 the great advantage Of his clubs
meet Sixteen Of tho cracks agreed TO
70 10 steubonyllle, including the
stearns, spaulding, Columbia and Union
team.
stYahh Yahnson" otherwise John
q Johnson do speedy sWede who is aa
American now by adoption y olllea 70
crack tho Ohio state record recently
made by Sanger OF Cincinnati. Bliss,
Of tho Rambler team who bettesed
Johnson's 1:56 milo BY doing u in l:o4
4-b will also take whirl at tho han,
milo and one milo Il the Weather and
track arc good.
Ihe steubenyllle boys havo already
started TO get tho track at Pleasant
Heights into record breaking shape
Wheeling riders will not DO ropre-
sefted nurnerously at Stoubenville On
the Let aud 3ist, tho class being little
speedy for tho locals. Frank Wheat
wiil onter tho boys race and two or
three will 20 into tho novice event, th'
Guiding John Kingdom.
W. d Sanger and J. s. Johnson are
now close friends; johnson freely OF
iered 10 take his share Of pacing hero.
after and Tom Eek eaId Sanger was q
right good fellow. The, reconciliation,
for such 1t was. came about IN various
ways, the principal ono being the
throwing Of the three, Sanger, Tyler
and johnson together In tho same
dressing.room at Dayton aud Fort
Wayne. The arrangement between
Sanger and johnson has been very
marked and each has fought for
victory, tooth and nail. It must BIO
said that on one eide team work was ro-
sorted TO, while on tho other none was
ever tried. Newspaper men saw the
injustice OF Johnson'a victories ond
naturally cried out against thcm. Now
that this sectional feeling has passed.
sectional moroIy because Sanger trained
atspringflold and johnson at Syracuse
all will be serene, and good honest rae.
ing may be looked for. Thus far, OF ten
races In which tho two men have been
placed, Johnson has won seven and
Sanger three. Hereafter the races be-
tween the two will DO OF more solid In
terest aud q fatrer:criterion OF tho mons
relative standing.
The question Of the nature Of prizes
permissiblein Glass Aeventa has caused
90 much discussion and so many race
meet promoters and racing men haYo
violated tho rules In minor particulars
that the L. A. W. racing board has, by a
majority vote, decided to hereafter allow
any prizes other than cash, aud valued
atless than $50 each, 10 DO offered.
Those riders who have been recently
transferred to Glass B for violation OF
this clause, but who have not competed
in any races In that class, will DO noti-
fed that they will DO considered eligl-
bio to the strictly amateur events.
Steubenville laboring people threaten
70 boycott tho Pleasant Heights Drfv.
ing Association because Pittsburgh
cracker man, who is on tho boycott
list.0 presented the association with a
United statcs Gag on tho Fourth Of July.
Il now looks as though steubenyille
will not get national circuit date.
Tho bicycle club there wanted October
Let, but It seems au eastern city has IN
option upon that date. Well, the steu:
benyiilians will DO warmly welcomed
here at tho W. A. ". tournament.
The keystone Bicycle Club members
OF Pittsburgh tako kindly to the sug.
postion that their organization Jointly
with tho W. A. W., run steamboat
excursion at the time OF the national
circuit raco meets of tho two clubs.
There Ia an uncertainty always at tho
fore, however, tho possibility Of very
low water. II 11avigable stage were
certain the scheme would nc a great 90,
and add TO tho attendance at both
meets.
Tho local footballists aro already OF
work on plans for tho coming season.
It is proposed that the Wheeling club
be organized outside the W. A. O., not
under tho governing power Of that
organization. A meeting OF tho players
will probably DO held very soon to rr.
range matters in preliminary why.
Tho bowling fraternity seems to have
kept up considerable enthusiasm dur.
ing tho hot weather and many arc tho
inquiries rs TO o reorganization OF tho
Wheeling Bowling League and all want
TO see on carly start on tho second cham.
pionship series. Nearly oil Of tho old
teams want to enter again, and possibly
there will DO enough available material
for twelve teams. 4he season will proba.
bly, DO opened In October.
Steubenville will be after tho 1906 an.
nual meet OF tho Ohio division, l.. A.
w. As Ohio is ono Of the strongest
divisions In the league this would DO
great feature for tho town. The Steu.
benyille Athletic Club has tho project
in charge.
Chairman1B. E. Raymond, Of tho l.
A. W. racing board, retcreed tho circuit
races ut Pittsburgh on Thursday and
gavo the best OF satisfaction, Ills now
proposed that no be secured for tho
same difficult position for tho Wheeling
circuit races In September. This 10 a
move that tho L. A. W. should adopt.
Whore tho Brooklyn man has 1ngor In
tho racing pie everything lie done up
brown.