The evening world., 1894-06-02
ON A I5O-MILE RACE.
Start in the Great Tri-State Relay
Team Contest.
Marriott, Rooms and Nagle in the
First 25-Mile Run.
Pennsylvania in the Lead on the
Third Relay.

tdihtu-Ol lOO-HlIe relay TdCe DelWScH
New York and Philadelphia at precisely
s,35 o'clock this morning, in front of the
Franklin Statue In Printing House
Square.
The race is to be run in six relays. Of
twenty-five miles each. in each Of which
there are three riders. representing re-
spectively the states of New York. New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Inc frs. relay covers the distance be-
tween this city and Paterson. N. j.. and
the three men who started this morning
were f. B. Marriott. of the South END
Wheelmen, representing Pennsylvania:
w. c. Roome. of Jersey City, representing
New Jersey, and Frederick Nagle, OF the
Riverside WheeiInen, representing New
York.
They are all sturdy looking young fel-
lows, and are we'll known In their respec-
tive localities A. hard riders Marriott
wore white silk sash and rode 80
pound Spalding road wheel: Roome was
DISTINGUISHED by red silk sash and rode
a lv,.-pound Cleveland racing wheel. and
.tagle, in a blue sash. rode q Bowmans
special Columpiu, weighing 26 pounds.
The time for starting the race was 8
o'clock, and at that hour big crowd
The numbers were swelled by the con
tinual streams OF people passing down
from the City Hall station. who stopped
to see what was going on, Fully 5000
person were In the square when the race
was started.
Marriott and Roome were on hand at
the appointed time but Nagie, the New
| from. 1t was $50 before he arrived, and
| then the riders were hustled off without
| further delay.
crowds on Park Row and Broadway to
| Cortlandt Street Ferry. accompanied by
f. E. Dormer, the New Jersey l.ack,
who will go with them over the first
| 1t will be nip and tuck all day be-
tween these rival teams.
the M members sern % Of @ the % Whining fg'sa team. no
Prizes will also be given to the second
team as well as to riders not belong
Ing to the winning team who finish first
town. the third at Wheatsheaf Inn, Just
south Of 3, Elizabeth liza egs the fourth At Frank
near Bristol. and the last at Philade,-
rhia.
According to the rules governing the
arrival of the first two men In any pre-
cedng relay. Points are scored as fol
.ows: First man to arrive IS points;
points Dead Dead heats p0 VIII se5re ne' even @a" ten
or fifteen points. as the case may be-.
Roome, the representative of New
Jersey, had nasty fall at Greenwich
turned off at Washington street, which
was comparatively clear. and reached
the Cortlandt Street Ferry first. A few
and went on the boat together. Mr
Dormer carefully examined and tested
Roome's wheel on the way over, while
the other contestants looked after theiI
pronounced "aii right" Roome sighed
however, as the boat entered the sliI
on the Jersey side, and said: "Thi.
.Oh, nonsense" said Dormer. 'tht
wheel is all right; keep up your nerve
Stick to 1t and you will be all right
others Snd 81 s wGss they St startea S up % Mon
gomery street flying. another wheel
man. a block or two up, padding ava.
n front t. Of iS them as guide through th'
NEWARK. N: j.. June 2:-There wa,
large crowd Of local wheelmen waiting
at Broad and Bridge streets this morn
pesrance. The men did not arrive unti
9H o'clock. and when II was seen tina
w. c: Roome. the Jersey City man, wal
Roome was about three yards ahead o
F. b. Marriott the Pennsylvania man
who was the same distance ahead o.
Nagle. Of New York. The hem men seemed seen q
|
the streets at that point are rough
Roome was handed bottle of ginger all
and he drank 1t greedily. The loca
| wheelmen set a pace for the relay-meI
along the asphalt and macadam roads.
PATERSON, n. j., June 2-There wa
a big crowd at the clubhouse of tn
Passaic Falls Wheelmen to witness tn
finish of the first relay In the great tri
State bicycle race. W. C. Roome, Of Jer
sey City, came in first in 1919 1-2. II
was closely followed by f.. b. Marriott
> 1 Lnll .l.a.NN hi tV.1 lEFaWn a.
time. Marriott had a fall about fifty fee
from the finish, and but for this misha
he would have won, Nagle. of Ne'
York. finished at lo.A IL
and comprised the following: Pennsylva
mia. Charles Church. Chestnut. Pa
New. Jersey, F; J. McMahon, Touriss
Cycling Club. Paterson; New York. {
MoRRisTowN, N. j., June 2.-Penr
sylyania,s man came In first at i21S II
broke his wheel bsd when n sn Sorrow es andtSe
. New York was far behind and said tina
he lost control Of his wheel on accoun
The third relay started from Morris
town at 1920, as follows: Pennsylvania
Lewis Gayler. Century Wheelmen; Ne
asTseE anG New E 4o4s g. NfTaFn Ms
5 N NEW BRUNswIcK, N. J.. June 2,
n The three relay rlders reached the a
. bany street bridge and entered Ne
, Brunswick at 225. They were In
, bunch SO close that they almost collideC
:, PRINCETON. N. j., June 2.-The r.
. lay racers passed through Princeton q
u follows:
! Krick, of Pennsylvania, at a37. ridin
!, strong; McGovern, OF New Jersey, q
: SH 10, riding slowly. He says Ne
u Jersey has the race. Mcdonald, OF Ne,
/; York, went through on wagon, hi
/ wheel being broken. The roads al
J. good.
/, TRENTON, N. j., June &C. "
) Kriek, the Pennsylvania man, passe
through here at A20.
utes behind. New York is PRACTICAL
II is claimed by Frank Cabegoia, 9
that Krick came TO Trenton by tn
p,ineston pike .sstead , q * . LayTsnss, .scsss