The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-28
TWO RIVAL CLUBS.
What Bay City Says of
Reliance.
THE LATTER'S NEW TRACK.
II Will Be Formally Opened on
Wednesday Next.
MEETINGS THAT WILL CLASH.
Bay Citys Claim the Day and Com
plain That Their Rivals Are
Infringing the Rules.
MEETINGS THAT WILL CLASH.

AiFAo - IOuSlutIdUi0 lIlCSlOD between
the Bay City and Reliance cyclists.
II Is mainly owing to this: The Reliance
bows have taken lease of the Alameda
track. which they found in a very diapi-
dated condition, and have been fixing up
ever since at considerable expense. Every
thing is now ready for the opening on
Wednesday next, Decoration day, which
event unfortunately clashes with the Bay
City Wheelmen's fixture q; Central Park
Now, the Reliance athletes are extremely
satisfied with that they have done. They
say that $500 has been expended in put
ting the track into thorough repair, the
pavilion has been renovated, a big tent
erected, and so forth. AS formerly laid
out the track was four hps to a mile. but
when things are put in shape the old club
building, facing on Central avenue, will be
removed and the track enlarged 10 a three
lap.
The contests advertised Tor Wednesday
next are to be Of general athletic nature.
There will be bicycle racing in heats. while
the cindeT path viii be brought into re-
QUESTION for sprDting and jumping. Some
Of the fastest cyclists on the coast are eX-
Dected to take part and some records. they
hope, will be broken.
lowing contests: 10O-yard dash. open hand
leap; 22O-yard dash, open handicap; 600
yard dash, open handicap 120-yard hurdle,
open handicap; 22O-yard hurdle CLOSED,
handicap Valuable first and second prizes
will be given in each one of these events.
The officer of the dag is L. A. Peckbam :;
referee. George II. Strong; judges in the
bicycle races, ?. II. Bernays, r. a. c.,
j. \. Polk, A. y. c., and H. II. White,
O. c.; timers. Colonel Edwards, Z.
Mohrig, Mvron Written, and j. II. Ames /;
scorer, d. l.. Dyer; starter, Captain }. Is.
Butler; clerks, y. Carl Ewing, and +. w.
Knight; umpiTes. p. ii. Remllard, w. b.
Clark, II. GlbbertS and [. PonnOy; an
nou0cer, Z. B. Jerome
The bicycle races will be as follows:
One mile scratch FOR club championship;
half mile handicap, club; one mile handi-
cap. club; quarter mile dash for BOYS
under i years. club; one mile, open for
Glass B; two mile handicap for Class A.
Altogether il is expected that $3.50 in
prizes will be distributed on the ground.
The committee having the meeting in
charge are-Charles Lowell. l.. A. Peck
ham and L. B. jerome. W. r. Berry Is
secretary IF the Reliance Club
This is the programme as arranged by
the Reliance Club, but IL doesn't suit the
Bav City boys bit. They have somehow
heard hat their rivals have been adver-
Using the fact that theirs is a quarter. OLA
mile track, whereas the Central Park track
is five taps 20 the mile. Besides, there is
friction over the day selected.
The Bay City bows say that theirs is i'm
measurably the better trark. II is like
glass, they say, and all the more rain they
have the better the going i, whereas the
Alameda track is said to suffer atrocious
damage from every drop that falls from
the skleS.
"Pshaw," said a Bay City wheelman
yesterday, u was over 10 Alamed TO-DAY
and that track is full of holes. l wouldn't
ride on it."
In addition to this the Bay Citvs COM
plain that their rivals are evading the law
by holding meeting simultaneously with
theirs. just look what they We done, J"
said one They've mixed up some attn
letic events in their programme on purpose
to get outside the hard and fast rules Of
the association, and they're advertising
men to race there who cannot possibly
start
They've get Bliss, Foster. Long, BAILEY
and Alexander down 10 ride. Well. THAT'S
al right. but they won't all ride Well
bet Bliss does not, for one; be can't. If
he does he'll haye to pay all his own ex-
penses.
But we don't care, anyway. We've
got Zjegler, Wells, Davis and Edwards rid
ing for us. We've great prize lIst-ihe
best gold watch that can be bought in the
city, diamond pins, suits Of clothes, and
all that sort Of thing. Let the Reliance
beat that if hey cam
So the matter at present stands. and all
that can be done now is to abide the issue.
Referring to other cycling matters, there
is also difference Of opinion between the
TWO clubs respecting the pOstp0nement of
last Saturdays tournament at the fair.
The Reliance boys say that they didn't
race because there were not prizes enough,
whereas the Bay Citys say the prizes were
all right, but the weather was so bad that
the management adopted their advice and
postponed the tournament.
Very little was done in cycling yester.
day. owing to the uncertain weather
Some cyclists went across the bay, but
there was nothing done in mountaineering