The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-20
THE VIII e. CLUBS FIRST RUN.
A Squad of Forty-Two Ride to Coal kiln
Corner-All Sorts of Contests There.


A Squad of Forty-Two Ride to Coal kiln
Corner-An Sorts of Contests There
| A few minutes past ten o'clock, yester-
| day, the members of the Portland Wheel
club, and Invited friends left the club
rooms for their annual Fast Day run. They
| enjoyed fine run and brought up at the
Larrabee house. Coal Kiln Corner. There
/ they INDUCED in foot ball, and also game
| of base ball was in progress with score Of
| 16 to 10 in favor of. Walter Jordan's nine
when the dinner bell was rung.
The party Of forty-two sat down to one of
Mrs. Larrabees famous dinners, and did
justice cit as only hungry wheelman
knows how.
. After dinner came the contests. The first
was the potato race. W. W. Jordan won the
silver medal after a hard struggle. Next,
was the sack race, woD easily by Leroy E.
Dow. The obstacle race furnished lots of
fun. Leroy E. Dow came in first with Mr..
H. F. Cox close second. The one hundred
yards dash was also won by Dr.Dow in about
eleven seconds. The three legged race was
won by Messrs. Tobie and Turner. Putting
the sixteen pound shot was won by Howard
T. Cox, who threw tia distance of thirty
seven FEET, three inches The base ball was
thrown by Mr.. Jordan 266 II feet.
The ride home was hot one. The fastest
men made the run in about thirty-five
minutes. On the whole, it was the most
successful run the Portland Wheel club ever
have taken.
Wheeling Division Has Pleasant Run.
Much success attended the first run of the
Wheeling Division of the Athletic club yes
terday Several veterans of the. wheel par
ticipated, as well as some to whom the sport
was comparatively new, while four club
members gave evidence of their skill as
pedestrians by covering the distance walk
ing. The run along the Shore road was
thoroughly enjoyed, All were gathe red
around the dining table at the Sea View
cottage promptly at one O'Clock, and did
full justice to bopnteous dinner the abili-
ty of the pedestrians at this point develop
ing with especial noticeability. More than
twenty composed the party. No sides were
chosen for base ball or foot ball, but the
sport was kept active all the time. But two
wooden-rimmed wheels were seen though
there would have been many more had all
ordered been received.
Zimmerman to go Abroad.
A. A. Zimmerman the American cham
fessional sailed for Southampton Wednes-
day afternoon on the steamship New York.
A great gathering of cycling friends of the
champion were AZ the pier to see him off.
A. Banker the we'll known cyclist accom-
panied Zimmerman ON his European tour.
Zimmerman's first appearance in France
will be on June II and between then and
July 20 he will compete in a series of con-
tests with A. W. Harris the English cham
pion for $500 a side and the gate receipts,
the winner to take all.
Large Salmon Trout Caught at Lake
Sebago.
Messrs, Frank French and Lewis Nc
Lellan of Gorham, have returned from a
fishing trip to Sebago Lake where Mr..
French had the good fortune to capture a
salmon trout 20 inches long and pounds in
weight. This is said to be the largest salmon
trout caught this season or perhaps for
many years.
No One to Meet Mclaughlin.
The checker match at Mystic hall did not
come off yesterday. Champion W. H. Nc
Laughlin was on hand both afternoon and
forenoon, ready to meet all corners. But no
one ventured to beak a lance with him.
Still Another Goose Story.
During the snow storm of last week a
large flock of geese were driven by the
wind into Back Cove. A man named
knight, of East Deering, was fortunate
enough to see them and was able to Sc
cure nine of them because they were SO
weighted down by the damp snow that
they could fly only with the greatest
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Westbrook Seminary.
The Athletic Association of the seminary
has organized its base ball team with the
following officers:
Captain-Fay Gates.
Manager-Paul Kicker.
Unpire-R. G. Estes.
The prospects of the team seem to be ex-
tremely good as far as players are con-
cerned. There is a large number who are
evidently well acquainted with the ball. 1t
is sincerely hoped that the team will win, at
least as many games as the one of last year
did.
The team played it's first regular game of
the season yesterday, on the home grounds,
with the S. of V. team OF the city. The
two teams were decidedly unequal, both in
regard to weight and experience. In the
game ule 0emlnafyS WERE peaGSu ny d score
of Is to 10. The game was interesting from
the time the first ball was pitched by the
Seminarys until the last man was out by
the S. of VS.. There were no points of
especial mention But, perhaps, Dakin's and
Coleman's pitching, and Aliens playing,
especially his base running, stealing and
sliding, for the Seminarys; and Robinson's
pitching for the S. of VS., deserve praise.
The Seminars are tn nlay SATURDAY..