Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-09-14
THE DIAMOND TOURNAMENT.

Irwin Combs Qualified in Two out Of
Three Races at Springfield, but Was
Injured i'm Final Yesterdsy---Records
Broken.
The diamond bicycle tournament at
Springfield, Mass, opened Tuesday, when
there were trial heats for the races of the
two following days. There were many
surprises in the trials, f. II. Allen, the class
A man who holds the worlds record, quail
flying in only two events, while Harry Ty-
ley, the Springfield favorite, lost his place
in the international record race. Irwin
Combs, the Brattleboro flyer, started from
the 60 yard mark in two one-mile handicap
races. In one he failed to qualify and in
the other finished third. In the two mile
handicap, also, he qualified, finishing
fourth from the 100-yard mark.
The regular tournament opened Wednes-
day, with good weather conditions. About
1000 people were present In the class b
races Ray Mcdonald of the Columbia team
captured the half-mile handicap and the
twO-mile 800 class races; DR.. Brown of
Cleveland the mile handicap; j. p. Bliss
of Chicago the 2:10 class race, and Sanger
of Milwaukee the mile open and mile I'M
paced races. Pacemakers brought the race
way under the limit, Sanger's time in the
mile open being 2:11 is, but a second out
side the worlds competitive record. In
the unpaced mile Sanger reduced the rec
ord one-fifth of a second, his time being
2:07 Is.
In the one mile 2:40 class A. A. T. Full
Ter of Maiden was the winner, G. w. Will
liams of Waltham in the 1:15 class, and j.
{. Wettergreen the mile handicap OF the
riders who appeared in Brattleboro A. II.
Davey of Greenfield won third in the 2:40
class and Pettigrew of Watham second in
the mile handicap. w. +. Murphy of New
York rode to beat the hour record of 20
miles, 107 yards, made by Meinjes, the
South African, last year, but only succeed
ed in covering exactly 25 miles in the hour.
The attendance yesterday was 1000. In
the class races Hugh Robson of Salem
won the 2:30 class in 2:17 10, G. n.
Adams of Jacksonville, Fla, the one mile
handicap in 2:07 1.5 from $50 yards, F. L.
Knapp of Keene the two-mile handicap from
scratch in 4:37, f. II. Allen the 2:20 class
in 2:14 40. In the class b events the
half-mile open was given to Harry Tyler,
much against the protests of the crowd,
who insisted that Bald of Buffalo beat Ty-
ley by two feet, time 1:02 40. Bald won
Sanger second, and established a record of
2:0j 40. Ray Mcdonald was winner of
the 1:05 class, and Lumsden of Chicago
the half-mile handicap from 30 yards in
100 %. Sanger from scratch took the
mile handicap in 2:14 So.
The day was made notable by the sue
cessful onslaught on records. With pace
makers c. NJ. Murphy and Nat Butler rode
two miles. The latter, who made so many
friends while in Brattleboro, established
the record at 1904 A.. J. S. johnson of
Minneapolis lowered the five-mile record to
10:4S 40. F. J. Titus of New York estab-
lished new hour record, covering 26 rs
miles.
Eleven riders came to grief in the one
mile class A handicap, and Irwin Combs
of Brattleboro was the worst injured of the
lot Two of the heavily handicapped men
fell on the upper turn of the last half and
one of them on rising attempted to run
across the track. Combs struck him and
fell heavily, and eight other riders and
their wheels piled up in the wreck. Combs
sustained sprained ankle, an injured knee,
and other bruises. At the time of the ac-
cident he was at the head of the bunch
which was closing on the last men. He
was riding at PIP clip, and the trainer
who had Knapp, Combs and others in
charge said that the Brattleboro boy was
sure winner but for the accident. Combs
could not start in the two-mile race. He
will be disabled for two weeks and it is
doubtful if he goes into any more races this
season.