The herald., 1894-09-02
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
Today's Race Meet of the
Training League.
Preparations Msde for the Big Meet
at Riverside.
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Shoet at Santa Monics-Foot-
ball, Pugilism and
Horse News.

The sixth weekly race meet OF the
Wheelman's Training league will be
held at Athletic park this morning at 10
o'clock.
Race No. will consist OF a one mile
handicap. in which are entered W. B.
Gard. w. M. Jenkins, Phil Kitchin, w.
Hatton, John Voorhees,, w. A. Burke
and w. j. Allen.
Louis Fox will ride An unpaoed mile,
with flying start. after which . half
mile dash will be run. The irst heat is
entered by Gard, Jenkins, Burke and
Allen; the second by @. H. Pray. Voor-
bees, Harry Parks and Mic Biehl.
Prof. w. G. Obensuer will ride half a
mile backward to establish record. He
is one of the greatest trick ridcrs in the
United States.
The quarter-mils dash will be con-
tested by Gard. jenkins, Fox, Burke,
Allen and Pray.
The sixth event will be FIVE mile ex-
hibition race by Tom McAleer.
BICYCLE NOTES.
Jack Schmidt and John Edwards,
novices, training for their maiden race
at Riverside on the 10th, rode mile in
2:1S35 last Wednesday. This is the
record for the maiden race.
Tom McAleer and his 17-pound
Stesrns wheel will likely break q coast
record for % miles in bis race with
Casey Csstlsman of Riverside. The
boys are doing some hard training.
Otto Zeigler, the San Jose bicycle
rider who has been doing champion.
ship riding in the east, was given an
elaborate reception upon his return to
the Garden city Thursday. The
cyclists, headed by q band, had lantern
parade and escorted Zsigler from the
depot
The San Jose wheelmen will have a
tournament on Septic N Der 10Th.
Zsgler returned to San Jose with con-
siderable jewelry. His latest winning
was diamond ring. valued at $l25, for
beating all corners in the half-mile BIZ
cycle race in Ogden.
Zimmerman had bad fall in his last
English race, through being foaled by
Tom James, the Welsh rider, and had to
lay up for few days to nurse his bruises.
THE RIVERSIDE MEET
The coming meet OF the Riverside
vheelmen on September 10Th is the
great topic now among the racing men
and enthusiasts of Southern California.
The entries are coming in pretty lively
and all the best riders this side of the
Tehachepi will be present, az the list of
prizes offered has been pronounced to be
the most satisfactory OF any ever given
in this part OF the state.
The event of the morning will be the
Is mile road race at ga. M, and the
present record OF 1907 will undou btedly
be smashed. The entries for this race
are not all in at present. AS there are
80 place prizes offered in this event, no
doubt great many riders will partioi-
pate. The three first place prizes have
been assigned, and the idea for the dis
tribution OF the other 81 is for the next
place man to take his pick and so on till
all the prizes are taken.
Another feature of the day will be the
bicycle parade, which promises to be
the largest of its kind ever held in
Southern California.
The following are the prizes for time
and place in the road race:
First time prizs-Rsmbler bicycle No.
8, wood rims and rat trap pedals value
$3.50.
Second time prize-Suit of clothes /;
value 500.
Third time prize-Order on George N.
Reynolds, Riverside, for $40 worth Of
clothing or boots and shoes.
First place prize-Eegsnt gold stop
watch, Nassau movement, l4k case,
guaranteed for 20 years; value S35.
Second place prize-Piano lamp /;
Third place prize-Pair Of shoes |;
value IS.
Beside the above mentioned prizes,
Is valuable and useful prizes will be
given for places in the road race.
The track events will consist of one
mile novice; quarter mile, Class A one
mile, Class A; two-mile handicap,
Glass A; half mile, Glass B /; one mile,
Glass b; fve-mile handicap, Glass B.
BASE BALL NOTES.
George Austin will do the pitching for
the Keatings this afternoon at Athletic
park. Game will be called at 2:3O
O'Clock.
Today's game is the third OF the
series of seven between the Athletics
and Heating.
Collins. the left fielder of the Athlet.
les, will play with the Keatings.
Tyler and White will be the battery
for the Athletics, and Lehman and
Austin will occupy similar positions for
the Keatings.
Following are the players in their re-.
spective positions:
ATHLETICS. POSITION. KEATINGs.