The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-13
MADE STATE RECORD
COULTER WINS THE MILE OPEN
RACE AT SYRACUSE IN 2:OS 2-5.
Four Fall i'm the HaIf-MiIe Event
and Sims Badly Injured, Tyler
Making His First Win This Year.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 12.-The fields
were crowded i'm all Of to- days races of the
Syracuse Athletic Association in the Ma
tional Circuit. Thirty-six men were entered
in the Glass E events and sixty-five in
Class A There were several bad falls dur
ing the day, caused by crowdng in the
contests. At the start of heat Of the
half-mile open race little Kaiser, of Day.
ton, crowded Jenney, and four men came
down-Maddox. Jenney, Baker and Sims
The latter badly hurt. the flesh being
taken entirely off one knee Dirnberger
fell at the finish of the Sec
ond heat of the same race and
was badly scraped John S. john
son rode an unpaced half-mile in 1:O4 3d.
and the crowd cheered him wildly. He Is
a great favorite in Syracuse. W. f. Shaw
a Boston lad Of seventeen, carried away
the honors of the day. winning both the
Class A open races and taking second from
scratch in the two-mile handicap in 4:5l
Shaw won the half mile in :OS 2-5. breaking
the worlds Glass A record. He ran lengths
ahead of his field On each occasion, and
was a warm favorite with the crowd.
The prettiest finish of the day was that
of the mile Class B handicap. won by
field included twenty starters, with Titus
at 40 yards the virtual scratch man. All
were punched at the three-quarters, when
Maddox shot his bolt. Terrill came out of
the center of the bunch, and a great bat
tie ensued between him and Maddox, Fish
field close up. 1t was a blanket finish.
with handle bars locked, and a great vic
tory for the Californian.
Harry Tyler won his first contest of the
n no "a
from Coulter. Bald, Cabanne, Allen, Zeig-
Ter. Fisher and Dirnberger, all but the
latter, who fell. running in the order
named. The time limit was lip. and the
contest was declared off, as il was run in
l:16 i-5. Bald, Cabanne and Tyler remained
out Of the mile open heats. for which ,l
len, L. G. Johnson. Brown, Maddox and
Titus qualified. Mayo and Saunders paced
on Worked up
line and rounded into the stretch first
contest 6y a very, narrow margin from E.
c. Johnson, Zeigler running third. The
time-2:oS 2-5-is fifth of a second faster
than Bald's win of yesteday, and is the
fastest competitive mile ever made in the
State on cycle horse track.
Managers and racing men are to tonight
to meet to agitate the question of more of
the class races and invitation races. This
Wi cut down the fields of starters and
lessen the liability to accidents. which
have laid the men up on so many occasions
during the past week NJ r. carter Is the
latest TO be seriously injured. the man dis
locating his shoulder blade in yesterday s
fall in Rochester. From his fall to-day
Sims will be laid up for some time. The
men believe that professionalism will be a
certainty before the close of the l.. -. ".
national meet. and that the l. A W. will
manage il. Summarizes:
Mile open, B-Coulter won: f. c. john
son second. Zeigler third. Baker fourth.
Time, 20S 2-5. State record.
Mile handicap. B-Robert Terrill Sixty
five YARDS won Maddox (sixty yards) sec
ond, Fisher Q1O YARDS third, Allen FORTY
five yards) fourth. Time. 2:l1 3-5.
Half-mile open. B-Tyler won: Coulter
second Bald third. Cabanne fourth. Time,
:l6 10. Allen, Zeigler, Fisher also ran in
order named Drnberger fell twenty yards
from tape. Time limit, 1:12; race called off.
Half-mle open, Glass A-W. f. Shaw,
Boston, won: s. Fl. Stone, Syracuse. sec
ond; A. j. Latham, Lake George. third
Time. l 0S 2-5.
Two-mile handicap. Glass A-Pop Fiell
(ffty-five yards) won; W E. Shaw
yards) third. Time. 4:5l
One mile open, Class A-W. E. Shaw won:
Harry Connolly second, II. G.. Winters
Buffalo) third. Time, 2:3l 2-5.