The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-14

ROOME A CHAMPION
The Jersey City Crack Gre
ates a New Record for
the Half Mile.
BEAT M TIME ALSO
Mnkakwas Lose Their First Game
Football and Athletic
Notes.

Walter c. Roome, the crack bicycle
racer of this city, accomplished a feat
last evening of which he can we'll feel
proud. He clipped 2-5 of a second off d
wonderfully fast time made by the great
champion, Arthur A. Zimmerman, in
the opening races of the big nine days
tournament at Philadelphia, and in adj
dition won every heat that he started in
Only the heats were run last night and
in the finals tomorrow night Roome
should land first in every race.
Zimmerman came out for a trial at
the mile against the watch and negotia-
ted the distance in 22S rs. The indoor
record for the distance is 2.2O and in
more than one heat the Glass A riders
came within a few seconds of these fig
ures. Roome led all the men in his
class and came nearer to smashing the
record than the great Jimmy. The one
mile class A furnished the excitement for
the evening. Walter Roome's hot finish
in the first heat being the most exciting
event of the evening. Charley Church
a fast Philadelphia who was believed
to be almost infallible was Roome's most
dangerous competitor. but Roome knocked
the Quaker's aspirations higher than a
kite by running away from him, gain
ing one lap.
The event of the evening, however,
was the half-mile Glass A. In the first
heat-Barbeau covered the distance in
1:Os, which is / 25 seconds faster than
the previous worlds record. But Bar
beau did not hold the record long. Roome
in the third heat, smashed Barbeau's
worlds record, establishing the new one
80 q - IA -At 49, Ai,-1Sn1f
in this achievement, and no one was
greater surprised than he when the time
was announced. He was the favorite of
the evening and was loudly applauded
every time he appeared on the track.
Following are the summarizes
One mile, $50 class-First heat-How-
ard Nestor won, H. Rumford, second.
Time, 2:39 Is. Second heat-Charles Lei
bold won. William Mushet second. Time
2:S3 20. Third heat-P. r. Manning won,
H. E. Won Leer. Jr., second. Time,
GAG 4-5. Fourth heat-A. A. Smith won.
T. C. Southwell second Time, 2:40 -
Fifth heat-T. B. Buzzard won. William
Pierce second. Time, 2:37 So Sixth heat
r. W. Grouse won, Joseph A. Vernier
second. Time, 2:29 %.
One mile, o~pen--First heat-W. c.
IkDJtEle WI \. ~ 1AIA AA-A%f
e:2s 80. Second heat-W. A. Barbeau
wen. Time, 2:23 1-5. Third heat-C. T.
Ear! won, t. B.. Buzzard second. Time,
2:29 IS.
Special event-A. A. Zimmerman, one
Il? lie. unpaced. Time. 2:23 S-5.
Haif-mile handicap, so yards limit
First heat won by W. A. Barbeau, scratch
second. Howard Nestor, 25 yards. Time.
l.6a. Second heat-William Mushet, 45
y8ras. won; william Pierce, 80 yards,
seccad. Time. III is. Third heat-Woa
rsasyyasC. Roonle, Is yards; second,
PIX. Manning. 80 yards. Time, 1:G7 3-5.
Fourth heat-Won by C. T. Earl. sc.
yaFdx; second. T. B. Blizzard. 50 yards.
Tine. 40. Fifth heat-Won by F. H.
Du:aforsl, 20 yards; second, Louis Hunter,
81 yards Time, ZIP.
Two nile heats of five mile handicap
First heat-Won by W. A. Barbeau;
seecBd, Charles Church. Time, 5:63. Sec
cd heat-Won by William A. Wenzel;
second. Charles Lefbold. Time, sos 2-5.
Tn I'd heat-EVon by W. c. Roome; sec
ORE. c. T. Earl. Time, 40.
There is q movement on foot among
the wheelmen OF Hudson Cunty to have
3 bicycle path laid out at the base of the
Palisades; to e 9eS1a 1s with ttbhee New
ment is 2. P. Albert of Alpine, and he
is receiving hearty support from the
majority Of the wheelmen of the county.
II Is stated that the Good Government
Association of this city will work hard
to have q bill favoring the scheme passed
at the next session of the Legislature.
The proposed road is to be at least fifteen
miles long, and with the County Road
this will make a fine continuous bicycle
t-horoushfare for twenty-eight miles. If
the plan is carried out successfully,
Hudson County will soon become famous
throughout the wheeling world, and
Brooklyn will daily take advantage of
the finest and most picturesque road in
this section of the country.
The Hillside Wheelmen met last night
in their rooms at No. $40 Palisade ave-
nue.. The success attending the ball on
Thanksgiving Eve was the talk of the
members and President L. C. Allen pre-
sided. The report of the Treasurer, Mr..
Louis De Aubuy showed a sound financial
, condition. A ladies' night will be held in
! the near future. E
A7thar A. zimmerman of who New
Jersey can well feel proud, announced
Philadelphia tournament would posi-
lively be his last as a professional rider,
as he intends to retire and go into bust
ness. This will be sad news to the lovers
of sport, as profession races without the
favorite, Jimmy. will not be as inter
esting- But no fault can be found with
4 the honors that can possibly come to any
man. and why should he not retire. He
renaalned an amateur until he defeated
everybody worth defeating and then he
became a professional, visited the Old
World and carried the red, white and
blue to the fore in every country that
boosted of a fast rider. France, England
Holland. Germany, Switzerland and
Italy all had to acknowledge his super
ior ability. HIS place will be filed by
young Harry Wheeler who has freouent-
iy demonstrated that he is second only
to zimmerman.
Roome did not wear the colors of the
Hudson C0tInfV WhPalmaU in his record
breaking performance at Philadelphia
last night. He wore the colors of the