The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
GOOD ROADS MEET.
Walter Roome of the H. C.
w. Secures Second Place
in the Two Mile
Event.
ENTRIES FOR TIE N. ]. A. c. GAMES
The Handicaps Allotted to the Com
petitors-Baseball and Bowl
ing News.

hS 49, 49,
the Good Roads movement began yes
terday at the grounds of the Asbury
Park Athletic Association at Asbury
Park, and ii the attendance today and
tomorrow is X that of yesterday the
good roads fund will be materially in
creased. The opening day was marked
by close and exciting races and acct
dents. The track is 1rst-class. with one
exception, namely, that it is not wide
enough. Consequently, the riders are
afraid to let themselves out, and the
time is rather slow. But this defect
! was overlooked by the spectators.
There was as much excitement as
though worlds records were going to
smash. and cheer after cheer rent the
air as the wheelnen came down the
stretch and crossed the finish line.
JERSEY CITY PEOPLE
Jersey City had many representatives
in the grand stand. Large delegations
of members from the Hudson County
Wheelmen and other cycling clubs of
the city were on hand to cheer Shafto,
Darmer and Roome of the H. c. w. on
to victory. Messrs. w. Edward Clark,
Oscar Cohanks, Ernest Clark and Ed
ward A. .sansom. Jr.. of the CIV
rode to ssbury Park on their wheels.
They started at four o'clock in the
morning and rode to the ferry and
crossed over to New York. They had
decided to go by wal of Staten Island
and when they reached st. George they
set out on a record breaking pace.
Everything went well until New Dorp
was reached. w. Clark was in the van
and was going like a steam engine when
a small dog ran across his path and be-
came e~ntangled in his wheel. Clark TOOK
a header, but escaped without injury.
The accident necessitated a halt for an
hour. After Clark had Strengthened out
the kinks in his wheel he experienced no
further trouble until T~ottenville was
reached. In coasting down a hill the
nut on the front axle became loosened
and fell off. Clark did not notice this
until he reached the bottom of the hill,
and he had to walk back for nearly half
a mile before he found the nut.
The members crossed the Raritan Bay
on the ferry boat and at Perth Amboy
boarded a train and rode to Matawan so
as to avoid the frighful roads in the
vicinity of South Amboy. The trip from
Matawan to Founder Bradley's resort
was without accident, n the boys fode
into the athletic grounds at exactly d
quarter to twelve O'Clock. Ihey iost no
tlrze in going to the training quarters,
where RoGme, Darmer and Shafto were
waiting tic receive them. The hudson
County KFheelmen nj AIRPORT
tiers andt$4 rlacard bearing the inscrlp-
ton. 'Ffgo uadrnittance. Hudson County
N.heelmeilz HEADQUARTERS" now adorns
the door. sElhe words mo adm1ttance
do not apply to visitors from HUDSON
HUDsoN TAKES A PRIZE.
4 -, 0..zI;oraw5Ei in StTha9 Jersey civ
News one of the Hudson County boys
landed a prize. Walter Roome cap
tored seeenS p 3afsa ii the some amo7 Of the n4 faet-
est riders IN that class Roome was on
the ninety-hve yard mark and remained
in the trout throughout the race. me
riders. af8mof whom were in one heat,
rode in aebunch after the first mile, ana
on the last turn four OF them went down
in "a collision. H Hawtnorne OF Orange
setting him. E. L. Blauvelt of the Tour
list &C. and C. H. Benedict. Jr.. of the
Seventy-frst Regiment, New York, VINO
were close behind, also went down. VIM
Darmer, who has figured in more col
Iisions than any other man on the track,
was also to the rear OF Dawson. put,
Darmer's luck must have changed for
this is the first collision occurring in
an event in which he competed that DID
not claim him as a victim. Darmer I'm
ished fifth in this race Shafto secured
a place in the finals in the two-thirds
mile open class, but he finished last.
Roome also secured a place in the finals,
in the one-mile open handicap, and he
was in a good way to capture a prize
when his tire collapsed and he had to
withdraw. Roome's prize in the two
mile race is a kodak camera. valued at
THE DAYS SURPRISE.
The surprise of the day was the vic
tory of Harry Tyler over Johnston in
the one-miIe Glass B. Roome. Shafto
and Darmer are entered in today's and
--iz - Tha N arc nv No m q
discouraged by their defeats of yester-
da-. and expect to land a few more of
the fes.
Fe 1g are the of the
THE SUMMARIES.
One-mile novice-Won by J. s. Fink,
ond. and VIM. Weller. Newark. third.
Time, 8 min. l sec
Two-thirds mile open. Class Avon by
G. F. Royce. Tourist &C.; H. B; Martin,
velt, Tourist &C. third. Time, l mir.
ii Is secs. Second heat-Won by G. c.
ond, and w. H. Blake. Riverside, third.
Time, 2 Minis 5 1-5 secs. Third heat
Won by ". F Sims, Westminster;
ond, and George Adams, Jacksonville.
third. Time, 1 min. IS secs
Final heat won by SIMS H. B. Mar,
tin second, and Royce third Time, ns2
Two-mile handicap, Glass Boone heat
Won byA. H. Barnett, Crescent Wheel
men, 10 yards; L. A. Callahan, Buffalo,
land, 100 yards. third. and Ray MELON
aid, New York, 100 yards, fourth Time.
4 Minis. 81 Us secs. e.. ii
One-mile handicap, Class A. First heat
won by .eE. AZ Bofinger, Riverside, Z 30
yards; L. Cubberly, Long Branch. 14O
wards. second. and ]. H. Harrison, As
bury Park, 95 yards, third. Time, 2
Minis IS is secs. Second heat-Won by
". D. Knecht. Matawan.. 1870 yards; F.
f. Doup, Brooklyn, IS yards, second, and
W. c. Roome. H.C.W. 70 yards, third.
Won by j. NJ. Baldwin, Newark, IS
yards; Monte Scott, Crescent W, 80
Yards, second, and H. Hawthorne, Orange
A.C., lis yards, third. Time, 2 minis.
Final heat won by Boinger. Scott sec
ond, and Harrieon third. Time. q minis
IA IS secs.
second, A. d. Kennedy, Chicago. Time.
3 Minis. 81 is secs. Second heat--Won by
w. H. Mullikin, Baltimore; C. E. Ganse,
Washington, second. Time, 2 Minis. So 3-5
secs. Third heat-Won by Harry Tyler;
r.. C. Johnston, Cleveland, second. Time,
Q minis. 80 y3-5 secs.
Final heat won by Tyler, Kennedy
second, Mullikin third, and Johnston
had a cinch on third place and fell ten
feet from the tape.
Two-mile handicap, Class A-Open to.
New York and New Jersey riders only |
One heae~Won by f. A. Bofnger, New
ark. rs Yards. Walter Z. Roome, H.C.
w. 95 yards, second; A. j.. Hargan, New
ark, go yardsa third. Time, 4 minis. 46