The herald., 1894-08-18
zE|GLER, WELLS, FOSTER
California Trio Of Champion
Cyclers.
They Do Themselves Proud at
Denver.
Zeigler the Lion of the Hour at the
L. A. w. Meet.
He Wins the Two-Mile Championship p
and Lowers the Record Noarly
Seven Ssconds-0thsr Rec
ords Broken.

DENVER, Aug. ia grand stand
crowded with $1,000 spectators, beauti-
full weather and perfect track were
the conditions at the second days rae
ing of the L. A. w. tournament hore
today. The audience WAS we'll pleased
with the good exhibition by the crack
riders and spplauded them heartily.
The record-breaking was continued from
yesterday, and today records we've low
cred by margins which left no doubt as
to their genulneness.
The programme was carried out to
perfection. Only one race, the last on
the list, had any bad feature. This was
the one-mile. open, clans B. in which J..
S. johnson appeared for the first time
during the meet.
The most interest centered in the
two-mile championship. the third ON
the programme, and the way the record
was lowered shows what a magnificent
race 1t was. Zeigler. the Californian.
WAS given an ovation at the close. The
western men had better luck today. and
the California racers and their friends
are ju bilant tonight over the perform
apces of Zsigler and Wells.
The sport WAS started with the hall
mile handicap, class B, which had 10
starters. Wells of California, with a
handicap OF 40 yards, took the lead in
the home stretch and won by wheel
from Grsth of St. Louis, who had SO
yards. Wells time was 554. which
Clips So of a second off all previous rec
ka De pnlA - Dr. IL
scratch, one minute, is the worlds
record.
The mile, open, claes A, race had a
field OF IL riders: Anderson of Illinois
set q hot pace after the first lap, and
held his lead till we'll into the home
stretch On the lest lap, when he waE
passed by Gardner, also an Illinois man
and Callahan of Buffalo.
The big race of the day was the mex,
on the programme, A new pncemakel
wa put in at every lap, and instructed
to make it lively one. That they did
it can be told by the fact that the rec
ord WAS lowered 625 seconds. The
pacemaksrs were Counted, Carving
ami l.. G. johnson. At the ons.mile
po mt Titus OF New York had the lead
with Bald of Buffalo and Zisglar of Cali
fornia cloee up. At mile and third
the pace was so hot that the field began
to string out, and the famous Sanger
WAS seen to be lsboring hard almost in
the rear. He dropped out entirely in
another lap. At the beginning of the
last lap the fold was scattered a quarter
OF a mile, and most of the riders quit
exhausted. l.. o. Johnson was pacing
with 0. M. Murphy of Brooklyn mex
and Zieglar coming up fast, followed by
Titus. Up the back stretch Zieglel
headed b1th Murphy and the pace
maker, and won by 100 feet, while Muir
ply was the same distance ahead o
Titus.
Zeigler was the only man that seemed
to have any wind lett at the finish. Th'
race caused the greatest enthusias m
Xsigler being great favorite here. Bi
cyclists went nearly wild over the lower
ing of the worlds record by nearly sever
seconds. Murphy might have don,
better had he not made his race go early
in the game.
The mile western championship wa
won by Wells of California.
The five mile hnndicap, class A, had (
big field, owing to the fact that the trial
were crowded out in the morning, and 2,
men started. Kruetz of Denver, with
500-yard handicap, won; Maxwell O
Winfield, Kan. 240 yards, second, ant
B. Bird of St. Paul, scratch, third
Birds time. 12:15. lowers the recort
seconds.
The mile open. class B, had field o
big racers, but was declared off afte
going over it twice, on account OF no
coming within the time limit.
Mad1ox of hurU Payk N
against the unpaced worlds record o
2:ll 10. with flying start, and made
2:lO 1.5. Quarters, O:3l45, 1:O314
l :36 40, and the mile in Pill 1.5.
Half.mile handicap, class B-C. s.
Wells. California. 40 yards, won; E. A
Gratz, St. Louis, 80 yards, second; G
r. Coulter, Toledo, 10 yards, third; 4,
@. Bald, Buffalo, scratch. fourth; time
minute, worlds record.
One mile, open, class A. Gardiner
Chicago. won L. A. Callahan, Buffalo
second; L. Z. Anderson, Roodhouss
Illinois, third; time, :35 3-5.
Two miles, national championship
Otto Zeigler, San oee. CAL, won; @. NJ
Murphy, Brooklyn, second; ]. Titus
New York, third; time, 4:21 35.
Two-mile lap, class "A. Gardiner,
Chicago, won; L. A. Csllsghan, Buffalo
second; @. w. Davis, Chicago, third
time, :01 1-5.
One mile, western championship
open to riders west of the Mississippi
@. 8. Wells. San Francisco. won; l.. d.
Cabanne, St. Louis, second; Walter
Foster, San Francisco, third; time
2:2S.
One-third mile, open. class Bray
mond Mcdonald. New York. won; Otto
ZeiRler, San Jose. Cal. second; w. W.
Texts. Philadelphia, third; time, 0 "A
Five-mile handicap, class An. M.
Kruetz, Denver, 500 yards. won; G. A.
Maxwell. Winfield. Kan, 240 yards. sec
ond; B. Bird, st. Paul, scratch, third
time. 1915; worlds record.
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