The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-20
BICYCLERS PARADE.
Picturesque Lantern Pro-
Cession Of the Hillside
Wheelmen.
BASEBALL ON MANY FIELDS
Hurdlers Puffer and Chase To
Meet In a Match Race
Athletic Gossip,

NVNAAPt
The annual lantern parade OF the Hill
side Wheelmen which was held Satur-
day night through the principal streets
of the Heights, was largely participated
in by members of outside clubs. Almost
300 wheelmen were in the line which ex-
tended nearly a mile in length. The
outside club which had the largest num-
Der in line was the Hudson Count
Wheelmen, which had at least fifty
wheels in the procession. Other clubs
which sent delegations were the Taber-
nacle, Hamilton, Castle Point n Sylvia
A. c..
The parade left the Hillside's- club
House at Palisade avenue and Congress
street at $50 O'Clock, and proceeded down
Palisade avenue to Ravine Road, thence
to New York avenue, to Franklin street,
to Central avenue to Hoboken avenue, to
Five Corners, down Newark venue, to
Oakland, to Hoboken avenue. to Pail
SADIE avenue, to Hutton street, to Cen
trail avenue, to Blocker street, to Sum
nit Avenue, to Paterson street, to Ho-
boken street, West Hoboken, to Pail
sade avenue to the stirling point.
At the club house an entertainment
was held at which T. Carroll and J.Why-
lrd of the Hillsides, boxed in a four
.ound match. The set-to was declared a
Draw, and to see which was the best
man, a wrestling match was held. Car
roll downed his man in three minutes.
He then wrestled with L. Rynermann,
w. Vivatass and G. Grasshoff, and
proved too much for them all. Between
the exhibitions, Mr.. ]. Hughes, the vo-
canst of the club, sang a number OF
comic songs.
During the evening" refreshments were
served. and a general good time was en-
joyed by all. The visitors Went away
much impressed with the hospitality OF
the Hillsiders. Prizes were awarded to
Jacob Ringle. Al Goddard n y;
wheels, and also to ]. B~rinkerhoif ana
John Hughes for having the finest tan
dem. Other tandem riders Were:aG;
". Vivatass. The Hillside Wheelmen
4. will hold their annual picnic this even
ing at Pohlmann's Pavilion.
a. A.. Zimmerman won the 1nternat1on-
al fve-mile scratch race at GosIortn
Saturday. Wheeler was second, BANKER
third, Harris fourth, Max fifth ana James
In the hve-mile tandem race Harris
and Banker were first, Edwards ana
Max second. and Wheeler and James
The closing day of the Denver Wheel
cInb and Law. national
1t Denver. on Saturday, was made orll-
trials. The days races had been grand
in every way, one record only psIhs
broken in competition, the mile, Class
A.. by Louis a. Callahan, in a heat OF
the mile handicap in 2:11 4-5. This gives
the Buffalo lad the special Sl50 diamond;
He steps into the rank OF CLASS b: anu
may go from here a nlehlper ~ d the
He has the second fastest mile OF the
meet.
I'D Kennedy of Chicago lowered the
two-rnile paced record from a;lo 80, rid bv
Titus and Cabanne on the tandem LOT
a mile, by W. F. Murphy for one-tnlrd;
G NJ Murphy another, and TaxiS ana
the tandem for the last. This is Ken
uedyss first record. Titus and Cabanne
lowered the mile unpaced record, mace
by themselves at Ripon. from 1'o9 10
otto zeigler, the California boy, carried
away the honors of the day, capturing
mile national championships and the mile
2:20 class. Zeigier lowered the colors OF
every one of the crack Class men
present, and is now the PRIDE OF Denver,
who look upon him as the true son OF the
mighty West.
Glass A, run during the morning, LOUIS
scratch in the third heat in I'll 40, only
two-hfths of a second outside the marx
at which the mile competition RECORD
SlOOU- uIlll 1bA1
a new competitive record for Glass A
riders. Callahan went alone from
scratch, and, riding finely, caught the
field on the last lap, and won the contest
by thirty yards.
cessful breaking of the mile unpaced
Class A record of 2:17 Is by Louis A;
Callahan, the Buffalo lad. who did 2:16
in every way, one record only having
As in a good wind. Callahan's record
is a proud one, for he steps into Class
B with. both Glass A competitive rec
ords to his credit.
The members of the Greenville Wheel
men which defeated the team of the
Garfield A.C. at the MAC. games on
July A faced a photographers camera
in Greenville yesterday afternoon The
team was in racing uniform, and a
copy of the photograph will be framed
and placed in the most prominent place
in the club room.
In the one-kilometre bicycle race at
the Velodrome de Seine, Paris, yester-
day, Forman won the championship of
France.
The, prizes which will be awarded to
the winners in the Good Roads Tourna-
ment at Asbury Park on August 80, 81
and September 1 viii be the most valu-
able ever awarded to pedal pushers.
Among the prizes that will be awarded
are-Bicyeles, diamonds, watches, gold
rings and cuff buttons and photograph
cameras.
The Catholic Gu cyclers had a jolly
run yesterday to Greenwood Lake. A
dozen boys participated.
Several of the Palma Wheelmen went
to Coney Island yesterday and enjoyed
Sousa's musical festival.
Jack McAuliffe is a wheelmen and
Critic. He believes. it strengthens the
muscles of the limbs, and wants solid