The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
SPORTS OF THE WEEK.
News of the Cycling and Other
Athletic Worlds.

tomorrow to the beach and Sutro Heights
is the talk of all the newspaper men, and
all who can ride straight astride a bike will
attend The start is from Haight and
Stanyan streets at IL A. NJ. precisely.
Mayor Sutro has extended written invi-
tation to the two clubs to visit and wheel
through his grounds. a courtesy seldom
allowed bicyclists. They will also have
lunch on the beach and good time gen
orally. There is some rivalry between the
two captains as to which will bring out the
largest number of men, and each is count
ing on al least thirty, with fond hopes or
as many more if they can be induced to
get up that early, as 1t is a known fact
that newspaper men work late at night,
and they dearly love their sleep on Sunday
mornings.
Captain Williams has announced a run
of the San Francisco Road Club for to-
morrow to Haywards, leaving the club
rooms at 9:30 A. NJ. The club will give a
ladies' night New Years eve. A baseball
nine has been organized among the mem
bers, and after some preliminary team
practice they will challenge any bicycle
club on the coast.
The Liberty Cycling Club will have
run tomorrow to Haywards TO witness
the Imperial road races.
Al f. Morrison, the handsome Rambler
salesman, will be married next week to
Miss Marie Cameron. This will come as a
pleasant surprise to his many friends in
cycling circles.
The California Cycling Club will ride to
the beach tomorrow morning. Before
starting the members will compete in
slow race upon the asphalt pavement in
front of the clubrooms on Twenty-second
street. This style of racing is novelty
and is always replete with accidents and
incidents.
The National circuit, which closed re-
markable racing season in Southern Cali
fornia last week, has developed the great
est field of riders the world has ever seen
together on the track. Although their
work collectively has been of the highest
character. the individual honors without
question belong TO E. c. Bald, who started
early in April and has persevered almost
continuously during the entire season
with his trackwork, defeating all corners
with an ease that has been surprising. His
only real competitors have been Tom
Cooper, L. D. Cabanne and Arthur Gar
diner, but his record is much superior to
theirs. AT the end OF the circuit he had
won sixty-two first prizes, nineteen sec
onds and nine thirds, aggregating in value
almost $4,000. At only one time during the
season did he show the effects of continu-
Gus work, and he absented himself from
the circuit during the Canadian trip. Upon
his return he speedily regained his leading
position, and up to the end of the racing
season has shown unapproachable speed.
At a regular meeting of the Pacific
Cycling Club, held last Monday evening,
the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Adolph Herbst;
vice-president. Frank Scott; financial sec
retary and treasurer, H. Plagemann; cap
tain, L. W. Pryor; first lieutenant, Louis
Paulsen. The club still holds its runs
every other Sunday, weather permitting,
and they are always well attended. Cap
tain Pryor has called blind run for to-
morrow.
The degree of hardness to which tire
should be inflated is largely matter of
personal preference. They should never
be left soft enough to tiatten out much
beyond the edges of the rim when sup
porting the weight of the rider, and most
cyclists prefer them as hard as they can be
made. Riding through sand or over wet
places experience has proven that a soft
tire is preferable.
The close of the present season, now at
hand, marks noteworthy period in the
epoch of improved pneumatic-tire con-
structlon. The feature of the past year in
cycling circles has been an unprecedented
demand for single-tube tires, and in no
previous season has this type of tire
proved such q gratifying success to its
makers and users. Not only has its prac-
tlcablIlty ana wearing QUALITIES Tor bicycle
equipment been convincingly demonstrate
ed, but its success on the horseless car
riage or motorcycle Is unquestionable.
The recent Thanksgiving-day race at Chi
cago proved its utility in the field, as the
winner was vehicle shod with this type
of tire, and although the tifty-four miles
covered was journey the majority of the
distance through an unbroken road of soft
snow and slush, the tires performed
the service required of them without a
mlshap, and made the victory OF the moto-
cycle using them a conclusive one.
Dan OCallaghan, the popular Bay City
wheelman, who is touring Europe. was at
Lucerne, Switzerland, on November %,
from which place he wrote to his friend,
Judge Kerrigan. He will continue on
around the world.
Captain Butz announces club run Of
the Olympic Cyclers through the park to-