The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-14
LANTERN PARADE.
Local Wheelmen Will Unite
in a Procession satur-
day Night.
WESTERN WHEELMEN INCENsED.
May Withdraw From the L. A.
W.-Athletic. Baseball, Yacht
and Gun Reports.
WESTERN WHEELMEN INCENSED.

street bicycle parade, starting from their
rooms, No. $40 Palisade avenu at eight
o'clock P. M. Lanterns, flags and decor
atoms for wheels will be furnished all
riders from other clubs who participate,
as we'll as all unattached riders who are
invited to take part. The route Will pc
through the principal streets of the Hill
section of the city: Franklin, Congress,
and South streets, Central and Pallsade
avenues to the Five Corners, Newark,
Hoboken and Oakland avenues to Head
quarters, where refreshments VIII pc
served to all. A large band Of music,
consisting of eighteen pieces will accom-
pany the riders on the parade.
The fifteenth annual meet OF the
League of American Wheelmen opened
at Denver yesterday with many. mutter-
ngs of discomfort, owing to the fact thaI
he President. c. H.. Luscomb, and an
he executive officers were absent for the
irst time in the history of the League
meets. In fact, there are but few mem
bers from east of Indiana present, owing
to the apathy that has been SHOWN py
the President of the organization ana the
other leading officers, who are all. from
the East. The Denver wheelmen who are
running the meet and the western mem
beers in general regard it as an afront
to them and to the league For q long
time there. has been a feeling OF dls-
content with the league management m
the West. The fact that the annuai
meet was awarded to Denver allayed
feeling for a while, but now that al
the officials in the. East nave Iailea 70
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in more violent form than ever. Inc
Westerners declare that they nave never
received the recognition that they ae-
serve. and that they owe II TO theme
selves to Withdraw. from the league OF
American Wheelmen and estaplsh a
league of their own. In spite OF the D on
ter feeling. the meet promises TO pc one
of the most enjoyable in the leagues MS
tory. The wheelmen and the cltlzens
alike have devoted tim aha none "
guests. and nothing that could aad 70
the enjoyment of the weeks sport Is
lacking. pio,c1a
CIuh this afternoon Carmen of Toronto
and Iyen of Rochester rode a tanoem
five miles against time, ana covered the
distance in 12:05 As, establishing a ne"
What will be one of the best races sen
on any track this season, VIII pc ra sne
meet. which will take place at the Cl1-
ton Race Track on August 70. Royce,
Tenney and Smith will probably meet recor aS
holders. there will doubtless be splendid
sport. Clifton track is said to nave the
fastest quarter stretch IN Ine ubt be
broken when the above three crack rlu-
ers meet. D,,,soId
will hold their third race meet on sat,
1Irday. August IS. Seven events VIII
comprise the programme, and the WIN
ners will divide among themselves over
saOn in nrizes. C. E. Teel of Plainfleld
Vii sunpiV the entry blanks on a~pplica-
ton by letter.
that diamonds will be given as prizes
in every race at its meet on Labor Day;
They have a fine track, well banked,and
predict hig class sport. Entries close
On August % with John w. Myers, Boon
The French cracks have the following to
saw of Zimmerman, the Jersey crack.
Maurice Farnan says:-"He is very fast.
He will be beaten in a race, but never in
a match" Lamberjact says-"Z1m IS
the best man in the world, KNOWS what
raining is, takes his time and when ne
is ready no one can beat him. Louvel:
Zimmerman is an astonishing rlaef
and can only be beaten when ne Wlsnes
10 he defeated Fournier:-I nave al
WAYS considered him an exceptional man
and the opinion of all the riders IS tnat
Zim is a man who is faster than any
body and consequently, without accl-
dent, must always wiz.
There is discord in the Crescent Wheel
mems Club of Plainfe1d, because the
managers have refused to pay the en-
trance fees of such of its racing men as
fail to return from race meets WIN p[iH-
es. One result is that the men are en-
tering races aSunattached riders.
THE Mercer County Wheelmen fTren-
ton, now have the strongest eycnng or
ganiZation in the state us actVe Hehi-
The Village of Newark, in Wayne coun-
ty, Pa, has a peculiar iswsult s on le
for bicyclists, and a woman VINO was
struck and badly injured by a licensed
bicyclist has begun suit against the VIII
i@ Mrs. James McCullom rode through
Lincoln Park, Chicago, a few days ago
her, she caused his arrest, and he was
Dame rumor is once more gossiping
about Johnny Johnson. Now she has
If that the Western wonder will this
week be suspended from Class B. Should
this action be taken, and a number OF
# would not be surprising, it is quite like
" that johnson will follow in thinner
mans footsteps, and land in France,
among the ~out-and-out professionals.
Recently there have been reports pub
lished hat the Minneapolis rider had
become a pro" but up to date he is
s+ill in the Class B ranks;
The four days road tournament be-
tween Nahant and Lynn. Mass, begins
today. The preliminary races occur on
each of the contests being eligible to
Compel in the semifnals on Friday. The
first eight men In each seminal VIII
later. The start each day viii be from
the Relay House, Nahant. ZAP Haynes
has charge Of the touTname na+iono, nv
hibition of Bicycles and Cycle Sundries,
as the cycle show is to be known, is set
for the week beginning January IS:
SQUARE Garden, and Frank W. Sanger
has been appointed manager.
A ndn20 is a Il AO ~ACt
rick Road which, when completed, Will
make it extend in almost. a direct line to
Babylon, L. I, Tfiss1will give wheelmen
a straight run offtwenty-seven miles
a A. Bofngef.rone of the promising
Young riders of this city, broke the
Riverton On. il track record for a mile
in competition on Saturday, DONG the
distance ip 2:23 a. -
Two hundred miles of roads in Morris
County. areY to be macadam1Zed. me
stretch between Dover and Chatam has
olroodv haan commenced.
s.Senatorn Morgan says that Governor
Flower will be invited to attend me
good roads tournament at Aspury FarK,
me latter part of this month.
Dixie Hines says of the Asbury Park
track:-"When it is banked up a little
more at the turns it will be one OF the
fastest in the country
Ricycle riders visiting Bergen county,
where hundreds of them are lured by
tbe good roads,, are cautioned to keep
strictly in the wagon ways, or carry at
least IS with which to secure release
Hhen a$~ested. Bergen county is so cut
mn into 3oroughs that these municlpan-
ties practically form a series of petty
local governments, whose ~oundarie are
a mystery even to the natives. Each
borough has a bicycle ordinance and a
marshal to enforce it,
A novice run under the auspices OF the
Young Mems Institute Wheelmen will be
held on Sunday, August &c, from this
civ to Long Branch and return. All
novice long distance riders are cordially
trance fee will be S1.50. This will in
elude a silk badge to each rider, dinner
at Red Bank, and all ferry and railroad
fare. Entries will be received by Secre-
tarv John l.. Mclaughlin, at his resi-
dence, No. 70 Washington place, on Tues