The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-01
WE HAVE OUR SHARE
Cycling Clubs Have Sprung
Up in Every Section
of the City.
HILLSIDE WHEELMEN DANCE
The Annual Picnic at Pohlmann's
a Big Success-Baseball
Gossip.

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Cycling in Hudson county never was in
a better way than at present, and Jersey
CITY. despite the poor roads she has Of
fered to the riders of the silent steed,
can certainly show as large a per-
centage of its population awheel as most
of the cities of the Union. The big strlde
made by the sport this season has not
been more noticeable elsewhere than in
This citv. The local wheelmen today. as
a class, include persons of almost every
position in life. The sport is no longer
-monopolized by athletic young men. ON
our road one sees the business men, the
professional man and the mechanic. me
clergy, too, are most ardent enthusiasts,
while the ladies ave not been SLOW 10
recognize the healthfulness of the sport.
No doubt the popularity of wheeling IN
this city has been greatly augmented by
the new County Road, which, although
by no means yet completed, gives many
miles of level road. With the. continu-
Gus roadway planned by Mayor Wanser
an assured fact, the outlook for 's6 is
most encouraging.
Although the real 'cranks," those
who maintain clubs which hold weekly
and at certain seasons of the year semi
weekly searching runs, are by no
means in the majority. there is no ques-
ton but that they are responsible IN a
large measure for the popularity the
sport has attained. Up to within a Few
years ago these "eranks" were the only
ones who rode wheels. n were 1t not
for them there would be no wheels sold
today. The League of American Wheel
men, an organization which downed the
prejudice of legislators, and citizens IN
general, and secured innumerable hne
roads throughout the country, was Tor
years. and is today. supported wholly py
the clubs. In the matter of clubs Jersey
city has made q rand stride to the
front. It is moi long since the Hudson
CountyWheelmen included in their ranks
all but a few of the pedal pushers of
the city. Now there are no less than
nine clubs in the city. and no district is
without it's organization. The lower sec
ton of the city has the Catholic Club
Cyclers, the Palme Wheelmen and the
People's Palace Wheelmen. On the Hill
the Hudson County Wheelmen and the
Hillside Wheelmen look after the inter-
ests of the cyclers. Down in Greenville
the organization known as the Greenville
Wheelmen has hourished for over six
years. and Lafayette and West Bergen
have recently joined the ranks with
clubs bearing the names of the sections
they represent. Greenvile will shortly
increase the number of clubs to ten
with an organization which will be
known as the Pearsall Wheelmen.
With the Castle Point Cyclers of Ho-
boken all is activity at present. The rae
ing men are hard at work training for
the big annual race meet at the Gut
tenberg race track on August II. Inc
runs until after the races, so that no
member can claim that the CLUB offered
inducements for him 10 o~vertrain. Han
dicapper Kaegebehn rode a mile recently
in remarkably fast time, breaking all his
previous records. He is confident that ne
Will carry off a few of the prizes. 1t is
mile event will go either to kraft, Mil
tlesdorfr or Hasbrouck. But hen three
or four others who have entered declare
that the sure things are liable to go
wrong and 2 dark horse may squeeze IN
between thu experts at the finish. Dim
mers is pie fed by the talent to win the
quarter mile squirt. Chris Often will not
start in any of the races, but will instead
o~ficiate as starter. VIII Hurley, ,Lange
others hustle in the mile and. a half
event. Hurley recently undertook, a trip
to Wilmington, Delaware; He had a lib
eraI quantity of hard luck on the return;
for he was riding through Cherry Hill
when the tornado arrived and devastated
that W His wheel was badly damage9
and it is doubtful if it will be repaired
In time for him to compete. in the races.
Among the contestants in the mile event
will be c9lloms' Who FeeentlyB gac6 ehe
strong argument. Alonzo ". Let's is con-
hdent that he will give the fast ones a
tussle in the short distance races. Color
Bearer Gerdts is also looked upon as a
dangerous competitor.
The Clio wheelmen have decided to
Section Of the New County Road. The
Race Meet Committee visited Bayonne
yesterday afternoon and laid out the
course. The finish of all the races will
be at a point directly in front of Salter's
Willowhaven Hotel, and arrangements
have been made with the. proprietor
will be allowed to view the finishes from
the spacious verandah of the hotel, Mr.;
salter has al. also very w gene I1nsseo ofe ersa
It's. The offer will, of course, be ae-
Richie Petit and Frank Fin of Green
vile are planning a trip to Philadelphia
and return. They will remain in quaker
town three or four days to see the sights.
to @e every sS'ns athlete from Maine to Cali
fornia. is one of G~reenvile's most en-
tnusiastic wheeimen. He is seen almost
every pleasant morning on the New
County Road astride the silent -steed..
Mike Dorrler, the champion rifle shot,
Is of the opinion that next to rifle shoot
A8 WIitti41S Is the HiOSl QtifSlllIul
sport. He is the owner of a trim wheei
and a picture portraying his noviceship
and entitled Mikes First Ride" occu.
pies a prominent place in the clubhouse
Of the Greenville Rife Club.
New Jersey contributed 2S5 new mem
bers to the League of American Wheel
men last week. New York is the only
State in the Union which has contrib
uted a larger number. the Empire State
having 2s4. The total membership of the
League now is 1884
The members of the Canadian Wheel
mems Association Racing Board nave
accepted the following records:-Half
mile, standing start, Glass B, 1:4 20, A.
Mcleod, June Is; one mile, standing
start, paced. Glass B, 2:O4 Is, Otto Zieg-
Ter. June /: one mile standing start,
Glass B.. PIP. Harley Davidson, June s.;
one mile, novice, Class A, 2:25 2-5, Z.
H. Parker, June 1: five mile. standing
start, Glass B, n;17 20, Harley David
son, Jun II.
WHEELMEN DANCE