The morning call., 1894-09-16

Francisco for their audiences. and the trip
across the bay at night might deter the ma
jorIiy from attending, unless they offered a
particularly interesting programme.
Today the Acme Athletic Club of Oakland
| holds ten-miie club road race over the
straight away course from truttVaIe to Hay-
wards. The club has some OF the best track
and roadriders in The State, ana in The latter
branch OF the sport they are particularly at
home, so that 1t would rot be such a great sur
prise if they made particularly good time
Captain John Kitchen Jr. Is now In charge of
the Acme Wheelmen, and has proved himself
the right man IN the right place. He is very
popular with the riders, and Will no doubt
serve out hls tenn with credit to himself and
his club
The Reliance Club made particularly credit
able showing III the annual parade of the Cali
fornia Associated Cycling Clubs, held In San
Jose on Admission 0ay, and was well entitled
10 receive Tie prize onered 10 the club present
ing tie best appearance. The olympic Club
made a strong bid for this prize and had
seventy men IL line to the Reance's Ihirty-tWO,
bur they were mot in 4" with The Oakland or.
ganization. Oakland carried off both the tro-
piles that day, as tie Acme wheelmen got the
pIlZe for having the greatest numb-r OF men in
lhe-elghIN-seVen. The Bay City wheelmen
made no effort 10 secure either trophy.
Mr.. l.. w. 5. Van SlyKe, the welknown rife
seoI aud wheeman. is now in he East on
business trip. He promises to bring us some
OF the latest ideas In cycling and meet prOmot-
ing on his r-turn. While there he viii attend
some OF the prominent events on the circuit.
& ntlrman who attracted considerable at
tentlon at the Admission day meet, anu who
was very much in evidence wherever he moved
was L. Howard Tutte, who Is here from the
East For years Mr.. futile has been promi-
nenG among the racing men of the East, but
gave it up his spring aid is now Oh Inc road.
Last year lie was the riding mate of The phe-
nomenal John S. johnson. lie is hardly lie
ideal racing man, standing as he does about
feet 3 inches, and evidently weighing IN pro-
portion-about $50 pounds He Is a handsome
fellow, an all-rOund athlete aud makes friends
wherever he turns. At the San Jose races he
was Invaluable I'm deciding some knotiy prob
RefeFPe ElWPil Is fan arif viii
all racing rules shows that he knew lie bust
ness we'll wh~n he was in it. He will remain
here about week the guest OF Wilbur F.
Knapp, aud Will then journey 10 Mexico. Win
him is John }. Prial. associate editor OF the
wheel" New York cycling paper.
The first annual San Diego boulevard race,
eighteen and half miles, Will be run on Sep
TENDER q, starting from the Coronado Holel
on the ocean front, around the head OF the bay
into San Diego. This race and an Illuminated
bicycle parade on the night Of the 2Sth are the
wheelmen's part OF he Cabrillo celebration 10
be held at that time.
In recent editorial the b. World said:
There are dozen men on the path toby
who can show MIR. Ziegler The way across the
tape on lowand track" The l.. A. w. Bulle
lin, taking this up, says: Names, please. The
man who wrote the abov- never saw ZegIer
ride, and IL he had been IN Denver he would not
have been misled by the claim of the defeated
ones tbai III gler had an advantage by having
been in Denver for TWO weeks before tue meet.
Local riders would have tod him that lie ma
lives OF Denver were just as much affected by
The efed air as the strangers were. ZIegler
won the on mile championship in 2;12 l-5. II
the 81. World Will back dozen nlen 10 beat
the Californian we think we should see very
pretty race, but the World would he poorer"
There now 172 men in class Il. OF this
number California has forty-nine or little less
tuau third. Massachusetts, which has q
membership IN the League of American Wheel
men about five lines as great as California has
but thirteen class men. They are wary of IL
In the East, and advise any class A men he, e
who are thinking OF making change TO take
their time about il, they can never retrace
Their steps and may regret the move by the
Tine the next racing season comes around.
The new board OF directors OF the Bay City
Wheelmen went into Office last night and the
event was celebrated in lifting Style The
eleven men elected TO the directorate for the
ensuing year are: +. II. Kerrigan, W. d.
Sheldon, w. II. Hallett, A. j. MEME, f. H.