St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-14
THE ST. PAUL CYCLIST TAKES
THREE RACES AT MINNIE.
HAHAs
E. C. BALD TAKES HIS RACE.
BURNEY BIRD ALSO GETS TO
THE FRONT AS A PRIZE
WINNER.
STATE RECORD SMASHED.
Large Number of Cracks Present
From All Over the Coun-

There was a great afternoons
sport at Minnehaha yesterday when
the L. A w. circuit meeting was
inaugurated. The crack riders of
the country have been lowering
about Minneapolis for a week past,
and there was an array of talent on
| the track yesterday which threw the
| local contingent quite into the back
! ground.
True, the redoubtable Titus failed
the local management at the last
minute, shaking the races here for a
meet at Manhattan Beach. And
Lawson. Of Chicago, the Terrible
Swede," is lying in a hospital with
| a broken collar bone. But Eddie
Bald, the best of all, and the COM
| pet1tive champion of class B riders,
was on the ground, fresh from his
uninterrupted victories. There were
also Tom Cooper, of Detroit, and Ca
banne; also Ray Mcdonald, the New
Yorker; Johnson and Brown, of
Cleveland; Bliss and Murphy, of Chi
cago, with Patterson, of Michigan,
prize winner in Mondays road race.
The locals has just two men TO COM
pete in class Bird, of st. Paul,
and Becker, of Minneapolis Glass A
was full of crack local riders-Ost-
lund, Hansen, McDiarmid, Tom Bird.
Hofer, Griehler, Mertens, Madison,
McCleary, Johnson and a host Of
others. Barring a slight wind 1t was
a splendid day for cycling. The first
race was called at $50, the one-mile
novice. The second race was the
half-mile, open for class A riders,
with ten starters. There was a
GENERAL MIX UP
until near the end when Hofer, of st.
Paul, broke from the bunch and won
in a great burst Of speed. Mertens Just
at the finish rushed outside the bunch
and finished just in front Of Grieber,
who dropped back to avoid a collision
and finished third. The three-mile
Glass B handicap was a hot one from
the start. Cabanne leo, but the men
kept punched. At the end Of the Sec
ond mile Bird was leading, with Nc
Donald and Murphy trailing. There
was hot race for the last half Beck
er was thought to be a sure thing, but
fifty yards from the tape Bird spurted
and won. 1t was not a loafing race. for
the time was 1927. The next was a
class a race, the one-nile handicap.
There were just three scratched men.
Oslund, HCfer and Griebler. Tom Bird.
McDierdmand and Johnnie Hansen had
a thirty yards handicap; Burnett
White and Johnson, of MINNEAPOLIS,
forty yards; Cummings, John Norman,
Olaf Rudd and Holland fifty
yards; Wilson, Berndt, Stevens.
McDaniels and Peterson seventy yards;
waterman, HuIchins, Cakes, Wells
Holmes, Steel and Smith 125. Some of
the local riders had great handicaps.
but they were Of little use in q mile
race, and came nowhere near giving
them places. Hofer got up steam at
the very start and was soon lost in the
bunch. Oslund and Griebler paced
each other well at the rear until near
the half, when they braced up and
walked into the bunch also. At the
stretch all was q. confused mass. 1t was
a beautiful finish. Hofer, Griebler and
McDiermand were
NECK AND NECK,
close on Ostlund's trail. till in front
of the grand stand, when Hofer seemed
to stretch out and before the crowd
knew it he had won the race, Ostlund
standing a close second and Grubler.
McDiermand and Norman following in
the order named. Ostlund had to duck
his head as he returned to the judges
stand, but every one cheered Hofer as
he passed and again whsn the time
keeper announced the time as break
ing the competition track record for
the state. The former record was
2:17 4-5, which was made at Minnehaha-
June Is, by A c. Mertens of st. Paul
! There were but five starters in the
mile open, class B. The only men in
the race were Bald, Cooper and Bird.
This race was a procession in spite
Of Birds tremendous efforts. He had
men ahead Of him who knew some
thing about racing and the squirt of
the procession as it passed by thu grand
stand was something wonderful. The
time was 2:OS %. Bald won, Cooper
! second, Bird third. Charles Hofer, Of
st. Paul. took the first
TIME AND PLACE
prizes in the five mile handicap with
out much trouble. HofeT was really
the only man in the race. Ostlund set
the pace through the greater part of
the trip, but in the stretch, on the last
mile. Hofer made a magnificent squirt
and won by six feet The mile handi-
cap was rushed through on account Of
the approaching storm. Cabanne, the
only scratch man, spurted in vain, for
he could not catch Cooper. Just be-
fore the tape Bliss addsd insult to in
Jury by stealing second place from him.
The time was slow. Charles Hofer was
the hero of the hour, as the winner of
three straight races. Bald. of course,
was only entered in one, which he won,
but Hofer's record is one hard to beat.
He has a host Of prizes at home and
now he adds to them gold msdal, the
time prize in the five-mile, a silver tea
set, the first prize in the same race,
gold medal for the half mile open, and
a gold watch for the mile handicap.
One Mile Novice-First, Howard
Pyle, Minneapolis, time 2:S3 30; second,
s. D. Warren, Zumbrota-
Half Mile, Open, Class A-First,
Charles Hofer, ST. Paul, time, 1:0S;
second. A c. Mertens, St. Paul; third,
]. T. Griebler. st. Cloud; fourth, Peter
Ostlund Minneapolis.
Three Mile Handicap. Class B-First,
B. 3 Bird. St Paul time ~; sec
ond, Ray Mcdonald, New York; third.
L. u Johnson. cleveland, -.
one Mile Handicap, Class A-First,
Charles Hofer, st. Paul. time 2:13 As;
second, Peter Ostlund. Minneapolis;
third, Joseph F. Griebler, St Cloud;
fourth, T A1cDiarmi6, ST. Paul
One Mile, Open, Class B-First, z.
G. Bald, Buffalo, n. Y. time 2:eS 2-5;
second. Tom Cooper. Detroit, Mich:
third, B. B. Bird, St. Paul
Five Mile Handicap, Class A
First time Charles Hofer, ST. Paul,
time, 13:4s; second time, Peter Ost-
1und Minneapolis.
Place Prizes-First. Charles Hofer,
St Paul; second, Peter Ostlund, MIN
neapclis; third. r. H. McCleary. st.
Paul; fourth, G. A. Madison, ST. Paul;
fifth, Ed White. st. Cloud: sixth,
Charles ]. Johnson, Minneapolis.
One Mile Handicap. Class B-First,
Tom Cooper, Detroit, Mich time
2:23 3-5: second. j. P. Bliss, Chicago;
third. L. D. Cabanne St. Louis
Fell Sixty Feet.
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