The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-01
RODE MANY MILES.
Mathie Has Covered Near
ly Three Thou
sand.
AND NOW On A LONG JOURNEY
Bicycle Records Broken-Turf,
Track, Yachting aud Dia-
mond Notes.
AND NOW On A LONG JOURNEY

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The Greenville Wheelmen held their
au hour transacted business, battled with
mosquitoes and complained of the heat. The
celery district cyclers decided to have a club
run to New Dorp, s, l., and return on Sat
urday afternoon. A number of enthusiastic
long distance riders proposed a club run to
Albany. N. Y, the entire distance to be
covered in one day and the project met with
much favor. Final action on the matter,
however, was postponed until the next meet
ing. 1t was also decided to present a gold
medal covering the greatest number of miles
in the next three months and a medal to
each member covering 500 miles in that
time. A number of members will enter III
the N. j. A. G. games on Labor Day.
The Castle Point Cyclers had a meeting
last night and elected one active member.
E. Badenhausen, and five associate members,
George J. Muller, Fred Bente, Julius
Francke, H. Behrmann and john f. Gerber.
The club will ave a race meet at the Gut
tenberg race track on August ~. The
events will be one-quarter mile, nalf mile.
one mile, and a mile for the three-minute
class. On Sunday. August 20, a hvernlle
handicap race will be run on the race track.
The entries will close with the Road Com
mittee on August 20. For the mileage
medal Ed. Mattbee has a long lead. He has
covered 2.SS2 miles. c. Kraft is second with
1867. Two others have travelled over
a thousand miles. c. s. Hasbrouck
has LIB to his credit, and
F.. Roenecks ILL. The committee has
offered a gold medol for the member attend
ing the greatest number of club runs during
the season. H. c. LANCE leads ut present.
He has participated in eight runs, Matthie
has been in seven and H. Vorrath in six.
The runs scheduled for the season are
August 0 West Orange, start 9 A NJ; Aug
ust %. to Rockaway Beach, start 8 A. NJ;
September 2 and 3. Asbury Park, start
SaA. NJ: September 9, Passaic Falls, start
8 A. NJ; September %, Morristown, start
f:30 A. NJ; September 80, S%ufferns, start
SA. NJ; October IA, T~ottenville. start $50
A. M; October q, Plainfeld, start s A M.
October %, Yonkers, start 9 A. III.
Ed. Matthie and w. Traeger of the Castle
Point Cyclers left at midnight for Philadel-
phia. They expect to beat the record and do
the round trip by their schedule OF sixteen
hours
The American road record for one and a
half miles was broken this morning at Balti
more by Elmer c.. Davis of the Baltimore
Cycle Club. He covered the distance in
3:292-5. The best record heretofore was
3:32. Davis recently broke the 24-hours'
Maryland record.
The road map Of New Jersey has been
issued by the New Jersey Division of the
League of American Wheelmen, The State
is divided into eight sections, on an index
map, which shows all the macadam and
stone roads by green lines and other cycling
roads in red lines, the scale being six and
one-half miles to the inch, Then, there is a
separate map of each one of these sections,
which shows CLEARLY all the roads in
that part of the State together
with all points Of interest and
also tells of exactly what material the roads
in the different localities are built. The
scale for these detail maps is two miles to
the inch, and it is practically impossible for
a cycler to lose bis way if he has one of those
guides to which to refer. The division is
offering one of these elaborate maps. nicely
bound, to every person joining the league,
and also to every old member bringing three
new members into the fold.
"A cycling club IS being formed within the
South Orange Field Club and a series of club
races will be held on Labor Day.
The Bloomfield Cycling and Athletic As
ISOLATION will open its new clubhouse, the re-
modelled Olympic Bowling Alleys, tomorrow
night. when the Euterpean Society will fur
njsh orchestral music and there will be a re-
ception with a fine COLLATION..
The Montclair Wheelmen expect a big
crowd and will accommodate them on their
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Wednesday.
The colored wheelmen of Bloomfield or
gauized a. club at a meeting held last night.
Chief Counsel James S. Holmes, Jr., of
the New Jersey Division of the League of
American Wheelmen has on his official en-
yelopes this poetic inscription and prayer:
ssAsbury Park is still alive, and wants the
meet in '95.n
Harry C. Tyler is at Waltham and riding
in great form, notwithstanding the acct
dent he met with in his trials last Saturday.
Yesterday afternoon in a private trial he
lowered Bliss time for the mile, standing
start by covering the distance in 1:59 2-5,
which is three fifths of a second faster than
the Chicago flyers time. Tyler will try on
Friday and Saturday, weather permitting,
for other records, and Butler will go for the
five-mile record.
Bliss won the half-mile open race at the race
meet of the National Racing Circuit in
aO6 3-5, which is fast time for the track.
Cooper, the Detroit rider. won the Glass A
mile and half-mile open races, and broke the
competitive record in the two mile handi-
cap from scratch in 4:391Is, losing first place
by only two lengths. The winner was in
his sprint when Cooper flew up to the last
bunch. Sanger dni5hed a good day by rid
ing a balf mile in a minute, breaking the
State record.
Banker won the half mile open, 1:20 As.
and mile open, 2:3S at Steubenville yester-
day. Johnston of Cleveland, class B rider.
won the half Haile open, LBS 20: one mile
handicap, 2:17 3-5, and half mile handicap In
1:15 2-5.
The checking coupons used in the Long
Island century run have all been counted,
and show that 242 riders are entitled to
souvenir badges. The badges We're ordered
Yesterday, and will be delivered in a few
days.
The meet of the Metropolitan Association
of Cycling Clubs last Saturday cost the
organization 500, as one of the officials said
yesterday. -
SCRAPS AT TIE SEASIDE
The New Club VIII Have Its Open
ing Tonight.
The Seasida Athletic Club will be opened