Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-31
THOMPSON WINS The RACE.
Charlie Church Captures the Time
Prlzo.

Valuable Prizes Bring Out n Great Field,
and the Result IL Good Time and fine
aport-rhe Meeting Grand Success.
Bicyclists swarmed near the Column
bus Inn ON the kcnnett turnpike Sat
urday afternoon. 1t was the occasion
OF the second annual 20.mile handicap
road race under the auspices of the
Pyle Cycle Go. Not only were bicycle
riders much in evidence, but there was
also great crowd of spectators. The,
day was splendid for racing; the racers
had no heavy wind to contend against,
and the road was hard and fast.
The score card showed list Of 81
entries and 40 riders started in the
race. The course was to Centreville
and return two round trips.
At $3.50 O'Clock precisely Albert Nc
Daniel, the limit rider, with 10
minutes handicap started from the
tape and in the next 10 minutes a.
more contestants were on the go. Only
two men, Eddy and Sims, had been
placed at scratch by the Handicapped,
but List and Conklin with one minute,
and Charlie Church, with 30 seconds
leeway, preferred also to start at
scratch. Although the crowd was very
great near the starting line, the racers
| got off without serious mishap
| When the last man disappeared over
the hill a short distance from the start
ing point, the crowd had chance to
speculate upon how soon the first man
to cover the first half of the 20 miles
would get back. About A.. 30 O'Clock
Luther Thompson came into view
| closely followed by Weiss. Thompson
! hn hall IL.
after 4 O'Clock. At intervals for 10 or
20 minutes the racers came up to tho
| halfway mark and started out again
for the last 10 miles.
Several men had dropped out, among
them being Sims, one of tn scratch
men, who was taken with stitch in
| his side.
After the men got away again there
was another wait, while interest ran
high as to the order of finish. Again
young Luther Thomson was seem to
be in the Lead; he crossed the tape at
3d. -, his actual riding time being
l. ~. The crowd gave him a warm
| greeting as he passed between the
rows OF spectators to the finish line
Weiss came ia about minute later.
Church and other fast riders finished
well down the list, but they made good
time. Church, List, Wier and john
son flow to the tape in a close bunch.
but Church was fraction of a second
| ahead OF the next man, List, the SYRIA
cuse rider. Church won the time prize
in 81 55. 10; List cam second, one
fifth of second later Weir beat
johnson in by one.fifth second, Weir's
riding time being LOO. % 80. Weir
was fourth in order of best time, for
Coombs had finished seventh man in
the actual time of So 10
Frank Mayne had fall and was cut
about the face. This was the only
serious mishap of the day.
The officers of the race were az fol-
lows:
Referee--A. G. Powell, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Judges-s. W. Mcrrihew, W. S.
En- rson, Philadelphia; Carol Jack,
Timers Willard +. Davis, Charles
M. Baird, Charles M. Banks. @
umpires Frederick S. Gore, G. b.
Palmer, Charles G. Gray.
Clerk Of Course William Kirk.
Starter Frank Turner.
Scorers at Wilmington--L. II. Pyle,
j. L. Clark W. Palmer.
Scorers at Centreville-W. Spencer,
W. l.. Richards, Cliff Greenman.
Marshal-Thomas Kane.
Thirty-tive prizes were offered. As
first time prize Charlie Church re-
cciyed diamond ring valued at $50.
and List received a diamond ring
valued at $50. Luther Thomson who
won the race got Fowler bicyle, and
Weiss second, Waverly scorcher The
other men made their selection Of
prizes in the order of their finish.
A summary of IS riders who finish
follows: