Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-26
SPORTING NEWS.
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VERY CREDITABLg INDEED.
Both OF whseling's Riders Get in Under
the Tims Limtt-Arbenz the Freshest
Man 70 Finish-DiIion Lost Half an
Hour by Losing the Road.

Both OF whseling's Riders Get in Under
the Time Limit-Arbenz the Freshest
han 10 Finish-Dnion Lost Half an
Hour by Losing the Road.
PIrTSBURG. PA, August 25.-The
fredericksburg road race was won by
George T.. Williams. OF the Pittsburs
Century Club, who arrived In this city
at 1852 pm, Yesterday. covering the
distance from Buffalo, 24215 miles, in
90 hours and 81 minutes.
The team race between picked rider
from Cleveland aud Buffalo and this
city was won by the Pittsburg hoys,
they having 30 points, Cleveland II
and Buffalo more. The members of the
winning team TO finish were Williams,
Wakefield and Weir. Only one Of the
Cleveland men, Grimm, got in, and none
Of the Buffalo riders finished. Merrill,
Of Cleveland, was taken sick at Beaver
Falls, aad Bake aud Cleveland, Of
Buffalo, gave up at Conneautville.
A time limit Of 10 hours had been
placed on the race, and out OF the Is
men who left Buffalo Friday afternoon
the following ten finished within the
limit in the order given:
First-George E. Williams, 20 hours
81 minutes.
Second-Charles G.. Wallin, 81 hours
10 minutes 80 seconds.
Third-Louis Grimm, % hours Q
minutes IS seconds.
Fourth-C. NJ. Wakefield, % hours
Is minutes.
Fifth. Mignerney, % hours 80
minutes.
Sixth-L. R. Dillon, % hours 81 min
utes.
! Seventh-John Arbenz, Jr., % hours
/ 5s minutes AZ seconds.
Eighth-C. P. Schaughensy, 25 hours
/ % minutes.
Ninth-Wm. T. Bot, 25 hours, AZ
minutes.
Tenth o. T. MarowSki, 25 hours, Al
/ minutes.
Dillon, Wheeling's fast rider, claim:
/ he lost at least q half hour by gettinG
( OF the road north of Greenville. Dillon
/ is very speedy. He cut out good
/ clip going 10 Erie. IL was close &c
an eighteen hour pace. AT 1880 Dill
lon started out the front door OF the
checking station, and Williams sneaked
! out the back door at the same time.
| They met 10 the road only short dis
| lance out, and set up a fight for the
lead, which the PittSbnrger gained
! after a hard struggle.
john Ar0enZ, Of Wheeling, whose
riding time was 23:5S&, made it In
quarter Of minute outside of Bannis'
ter's record of last year He was the
/ freshest man TO tiuish-looked as though
/ be had been out on club run.
TWO STATE RECORDS BROKEN.
ST. Louis, Mo, August 25.-A crowd
| of 5000 people attended the Natlona
| Circuit bicycle races of the associated
| cycling clubs at Pastime Club Park this
afternoon. The track was in fine con-
| ditlon, but with the exception OF the
two State records being broken, the
time made in majority OF the events
was slow.
In the fifth race E. E. Anderson, Of
st. Louis; lowered the State record OF
| i've minutes two miles made here recent
! ~ by L. ID. Cabanne to 4:53 Is.
A. G. Brown and C. F. Murphy paced
| l.. ID. Cabanne half mile, and he broke
! the State record for that distance
making that distance in one minute fiat
PATTERSON, n. j., August 25.-At
| the Clifton track to-day Paul Grosct
| broke the worlds record for quarter
o5 mile unpaced, covering the dis
lance in % seconds.