The herald., 1894-09-16
NEWS OF WHEELMEN'S OO|NGS.
Meeting of the Training League
This Morning.
Gossip Of the Castleman- McAleer
Championship Race.
Opening of tins City Baseball League
Todsy-Current Gossip About
Horses, Swimming,
Cycling.

About the only thing OF interest ir
local cycling is the coming 25-mils
championship race between Casey Ca.
tleman and Tom McAleer. The River
side cyclists, who on the 10th gave such
successful bicycle tournament, will
back Castlemsn to the last, while the
Los Angeles boys are equally as strong
for McAleer. Both riders have trained
hard for the contest and it will be race
for "blood." Their conditions for run
ming were never better. Much money
will change hands on the result. The
race will be given under the auspices O.
the Training league, and is scheduled te
take place at 2 80 p. m. September 22d
A one mile Chinese bicycle race will be
added, which is expected to prove un-
usually interesting.
TRAINING LEAGUE RACES.
The Wheelman's Training league will
give its seventh weekly meet at Athletic
park at 10 O'Clock this morning. The
events will consist OF the following. with
the entries given:
Quarter mile dash-D. L. Burke, II.
A. Parks, w. A. Burke. Charley Parks,
w. J. Allen, w. Hstton.
One mile open, prize pisno-C. E..
Patterson. II. A. Parks, E. Ulbrictt.
Mic Biehl, w. M. jenkins, F. g. Lacy,
W. f. Kennedy. 7. Q. Hall.
One-half mile dAsh-W. J. Allen,
Emil Ulbricht, John Voorhees,.
One mile handicap-Emil Ulbricht,
Phil Kltchin, W. M. jenkins, w. A.
Burke, Fred Msgee, w. b. Gard, F. g..
Lacy, Joe Long, G. E. Patterson, W. f..
Midget.
Quarter mile hsndicap-H. A. Parks,
D. l.. Curke. Mo Biehl, Jas. Russell, K.
L. Russell, E. G. Z. Patterson.
Tom McAleer will ride ten miles with
pace makers.
UHLBRICHT's SPEED.
Emil Uhlbricht came near breaking
the tve-mie bicycle cosst record at the
Benson benefit races at Athletic park
yesterday afternoon. He made the dis
tsnce in 1881, within eight seconds
OF McAlesr's mark. He was paced by
kitchin, J. w. Gown, McAleer, w. A.
Burke. F. G Lacy. Time by miles -
2:2l, 4:4SA. :25I, 9:5224, 12:25H.
THAT MILE RECORD.
Julian Bliss of Chicago is not expected
to hold the worlds record for mile on
the bicycle very long, for too many ef-
forts are being made to knock it lower.
Bliss earned the championship recently
by doing the distance with q flying start
in l minute 81 2-5 seconds. The former
record was by Harry Tyler who, on
August 4th, rode the mile in l minute
53 As seconds. Bliss has also lowered
Tyler's three quarter-mils record of
minute "a l-5 seconds by racing in l
minute % 2-5 seconds.
"The mile record has suffered re-
peatedly this year." writes q bicy Gle
authority, land will suffer more before
the seasons close. At the outset Tyler
had it at l minute 56 4-5 sec ,nds. J. s.
johnson made it l minute 56 seconds
June 9th; Bliss made it l minute 55
seconds in July, and Tyler l minute 53
As seconds. Prophets say the figure
will be easily l minute 48 seconds by
the seasons close. Seven teams will
make systematic attacks on the records,
and this great battle will be carried from
the northern tracks TO the southern, and
perhaps to the extreme south and CON
tinusd into the early new year.
1T will be yet little while before the
record OF minute 81 seconds by Dirn
berger, with horse pacing. will be
touched, but that must eventually fall
to the onward sweep"