The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
THE WHEELMEN.
There VIII Be Fast Racing at San
Jose the End of This Week..

Jose the End of This Week..
CLUB EVENTS TO-DAY.
Bay City wheelmen-To Golden Gate
Park.
California Cycling CIub-Road race.
Haywards.
Call" Bicycle CIub-To Golden Gate
Park.
Crescent Road CIub-BIind run.
Diamond Cycling Club alameda -
Road race, Haywards-
Garden City Cyclers - To the Park
with ImperiaIs.
Golden Gate Cycling CIub-To Center
VILE.
Imperial Cycling Club = To Golden
Gate Park.
Liberty Cycling CIub-To Haywards.
Liberty Cycling Club, Ladies' Annex
To Haywards.
Pacific Cycling CIub-To CenterviIIe.
Royal Cycling Cubic Centerville.
San Francisco Road Club - To Hay
wards.
WaverIy Bicycle CIub-To Haywards.
The arrival of the Eastern racing men
during the past week created great furor
among the wheelmen. The visitors were
shown a great deal of attention while here
and enjoyed themselves thoroughly. On
Thursday afternoon they went to San Jose
and returned yesterday, so as to be present
at the big reception rendered them
last evening by the Bay City WheeImen.
The club will also take the racers for
ride through the park to-day, that
they may see the sights. The riders will
return to San Jose tomorrow morning and
at once go into training for the races there
next Friday and Saturday AS they are
all in splendid shape now, however, il will
take very little preparatory work to make
them fit to ride for their lives, and with
ad equate pacing the competition records
are liable to drop.
1t is 10 be hoped that the management
of the San Jose track has by this time
made proper arrangements for the accom-
modatlon OF the press representatives..
They have always been miserable, the
writers being located in low stand where
noJnlng could be seen, with the rough side
OF plank to write on. At the meet on
September thew were put up in the band
stand, with no accom- modations but
chair, and the writer has a very vivid
remembrance OF trying to take notes by
using his knee as an improvised table,
while huge trombone footed merrily in
his ear. The other reporters had similar
experiences with the base drum, cornet, etc.
All the other appurtenances connected
with the San Jose track are good, and it is
to be hoped that the press mems grievance
will be remedied before the coming meet.
Asa Windle the celebrated trainer of E.
C. Bald. whose picture is produced to-day,
has been following cycle racing in that
capacity for eleven years, and has had the
reputation of always bringing out record
a ha oh rod
Billy Rowe for three years, who held
the worlds record of 2:29 AS until Septem-
Der 10, 1890, when w. w. WindIe, whom
Asa Windle had taken hold of, lowered it
to 2:25 40. In 1886 Windle was handling
Wilbur +. Knapp, Horace Crocker and
George Hendee, all marvels in their day.
He trained George Taylor and Harry
Tyler when they were in the Columbia
team, and in the fall of 1898 took hold of
Bald. What he has done with him in the
past two years we all know. Bald's work
this past season has been phenomenal, he
having been IN constant training and COM
petition for nine months, travelling from
place to place all the while, and only the
great care he has received from his trainer
could have enabled him TO stand it. Many
another good man went to pieces under
the strain.
Mr. Windle thinks somewhat of locating
in California. He would like to give up
following the circuit and settle down some
where in this State. He likes the country,
is heartily pleased with the cordial recep-
ton he is accorded everywhere here, and
has made himself popular with every club
he has visited and every rider he has met
The hve-mile road record for the coast,
though now down to pretty low notch
IL min. 30 sec.-is not yet considered be-
yond reach, Judging from the attempts
which will be made to lower it to-day.
Both the San acknowledgements and San
Mateo-San Carlos straightaway courses
will be used, and as men of equal ability
VIII make the trials on each this will be a
good opportunity to Judge the relative
merits OF the two stretches of road
The Diamond Cycling Club OF Alameda
has hve-mlle race scheduled for to-
day, and will use the Haywards course.
inns club has some crack riders, Who must
be in splendid condition from the excel
lent opportunities they have to train over
the smooth streets of Alameda, and fast
time may be looked for.
Then two of the San Francisco Road
Clubs men, l.. Leavitt and G.. Hamlin.
have score to settle, having ridden tie
in the clubs race about month ago. They
will have tandem pacing to aid one or
both IN getting below the record The
club will go over on the $3.50 A. NJ. boat to
see the race. The time made in the tie
race was 12:15.
G. A. Nissen of the Acme Club will prob
against the record. He tried the Havwar1s
course last Sunday and was unsuccessful
in getting anywhere near the mark.
Emil Languetin of the Bav City Wheel
men thinks he can ride five miles in less
than 11:35 and will try TO do it to-day,
paced by tandems.
The Bay City Wheelmen held a very
jolly smoker at its clubrooms on Golden
Gate avenue last evening. A large crowd
was present, including almost the entire
membership of the club, the Eastern rae
ing men now here and few invited guests.
An interesting programme had been ar
ranged, and refreshments were served
throughout the evening. As it was
smoker, of course every body was smoking,
and altogether the evening passed most
enloyably, and the affair was voted the
best of its kind the club has ever held.
The California Cycling Club has ten
mile road race scheduled for to-day,
the entries and hand:caps for which have
been already published. The race starts
from High street. Fruitvale, at 2:15 P. NJ.