The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-28
wH1RL OF THE WHEELS.
A Big Bicycle Tournament Opened in
Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden.
New York. Nov. 27.-The grand iuterna-
tioual bicycle tournament began in Madi-
son Square Garden at o'clock this after
noon. II is held under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Association Of Cycling Clubs.
Preliminary heats for the evenings pro-
gramme. excepting Saturday and Thurs
day. will be run OFF, beginning at O'Clock
D. N. daily. The heats on Thanksgiving
day viii be run between the races regular
ly scheduled.
The track is sort of a toboggan affair.
and viii admit six mel racing abreast. It
contains nine laps 10 the mile. The
events will be decided in heats.
The preliminary heats in the one-mile
novice class opened the proceed ings. There
were ffty-four entries, and these were
divided into nine heats. These were to
be dled by the half-mile scratch race,
for which there were twenty-four entries.
The preliminary heats in the five-mile
scratch which had thirty-nine entries,
and the one mile 2:15 class were also to
be decided this afternoon.
over 800 individual entries have been re-
ceived for the various amateur events,
both class a and =, and for the profess
siOnal competitions.
Perhaps the greatest interest was felt in
the latter tonight, as they brought the
world heater, Arthur A Zimmerman, and
the American champion, Harry c.
Wheeler back to their native heath after
unnumbered European conquests and pre-
scented "Zim' to his Countrymen for the
first time as "a rider for sordid gold. Yer
heyen, Edwards, Colombo, Guerry and
Lesna, the champions respectively OF Ger
many. England, italy, France and Switz-
erland, likewise appeared, making their
American debuts in brilliant style.
A summary follows:
One mile novice-Won by A. NJ. Nc
Intyre, Riverside, W. NJ, A. NJ Bower,
second, i. r. Sackett, Long Island City,
third. Time 2.29 80.
one mile 2:15 class CB)-WOn by Nat But
Ter of Cambridgeport with Monte Scott Of
Plainfeld second, and W. T. Murphy of
Brooklyn third. Time 2:24 20
Half Mile Scratch GLASS A)-Won by
W. A. Barbeau of the Riverside Wheel
men Of New York, with E. Hodgson of
Newark. second and o. Hestron of the
Montauk Wheelmen Of Brooklyn third.
Time 113.
Three Mile Lap Race (CIass B)-Won by
Nat Butler Of Cambridgeport, with f. A.
McDuffee Of West Everett. Mass, second
and Charles NJ. Murphy third. Time
TBS Is
Five Mile Scratch Glass N-Won by
W. A. Barbeau of the Riverside Wheel
men of New York, with c. K. Granger Of
the Riverside Wheelman of New York
second and J. NJ. Baldwin of Newark
third. Time 1852.
One Mile Scratch (ProfessionaD-Wo
by A. A. Zimmerman. with Harry
Wheeler second and William Martin third.
Time 2:23 Is.
Half Mile Heats Glass B)-Won by c.
NJ Murphy Of Brooklyn, with Ray Mac
Donald of New York second and E. A.
McDuffee Of West Everett third. Time
119b
Five Mile Scratch ProfessionaD-Wo
by A. A. Zimmerman, with Alex Yer
heyen second and William Martin third.
Time 1909 40.
Louisville, Ky, Nov ~. S. johnson
broke another worlds record to-day. He
went one-third of mile in 3S 3-5 seconds,
unpaced in the face of a brisk wind.
The previous record was 80 Is seconds,
held by Gardner and also by Allen.
The tandem team, W. II. Rhodes and
Pat O'Connor, reduced the worlds record
for one-half mile unpaced by going the
distance in So seconds. The Callahan
brothers formerly held this record, their
time being S. Is