The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-01
SOME CROOKED WORK
Sensational Charges Against a Trio
Of Bicycle Racers,
THEY WILL BE SUSPENDED
There Was Considerable Monkey
Business, In Which Each Blames
the Other for the Dis
astrous Outcome.

81. Louis. Aug. si.-The Republic this
morning makes sensational charges
against Charles Murphy, Fred ]. Titus
and l.. u. Cabanne. three crack class u
riders who participated IN the diamond
tournament given In this city Saturday
under the sanction og the League OF
American Wheelmen. There we're three
class u events on the programme and
according to two OF the riders themselves
II was fixed that each OF the three named
should win one OF the events. Cabannc.
the paper says, was 10 be allowed 20 take
the mile open. the most important race.
as this was HIS home. Murphy. however,
so Cabanne and Titus assert. broke faith.
and carried OF two Of the races, while
Terrill. California man. honestly land
ell the third. thereby shutting out the
two men named.
Alexander Laing. local amateur. who
heard the three class men discussing
the races afterward. sad Murphy gave
as an explanation OF his conduct that his
firm had ordered him 10 ride out the
races, having heard of the agreement.
The matter has been called 10 the atten-
ton OF y local member OF the national
racing hoard of the league. who will slft
the charges thoroughly.
The following telegram was sent to-day
to George ID. Gideon, chairman OF the
national racing board OF the League OF
American Wheslmen, Philadelphia. by the
local member of the hoard:
suspend Sabanne. Titus and Murphy
pending an Investigation. The evidence
IL that they fixed n race here on Aug. 81
The papers areNull OF It. The men are In
Kansas city. Answer Immediately, as
they leave for the east tonight. (Signed)
Douglas W. Robert"
The following answer came In response:
suspend all three and send synopsis OF
evidence TO me. tsignetD George ID. Cid
con-"
Kansas City. Aug. 3l.-ritus makes the
following sttement about the bicycyle rid
Ing at st. Louis: Murphy Is the most
underhanded racing man on the circuit" T"
said Titus boldly. I'VE should have
known better than 10 have trusted him.
You see there were three important class
II events on the card at st. Louis Satur-
day. Murphy came 10 us of his own ac-
cord before the races and proposed that
we fix the three races so that each could
take one. We agreed and Il was settled
that Murphy was TO have the mile handl-
cap, myself the two-mile hadicap and
Dute the mile open. as st. Louis was hi,
home and this was the most important
event on the programme. Dute and
both stayed out Of the mile handicap
urging that we would not ride because
| Murphy was given IS yards while we
were scratched. Murphy won with ease,
| In the two-mile handicap I did not win,
being beaten out by Terrlll. who had too
large a handicap. Then came the mile
open event, which had to be ridden under
I'D or no race. l set the pace as agreed.
Dute following closely after with MUIR
ply back An the bunch. Within a sior,
distance OF the tape I pulled out TO let
| Dute have the pole. which he was unable
to take. however. because his wheel was
Tapping mine on the outside. This was
why he also turned out. What does tina,
sneak Murphy do then but jump to the
place left open by me. or course it was
too late for Dute to DO anything then
| and Murphy won the race with ease
Had II been run on It's merits or n Duts
| had had the least intlmatlon of Murphy
intention. he could have won 1t In a walk
II was one OF the most contemplate and
sneaking steals ever made on n race
track. but only what might have been ex'
pected OF a man like Murphy
| Fred j. Titus and l.. ID. Cabanne. ths
crack eastern riders who were suspended
| to-day by the l.. A. W. for alleged
crooked riding at ST. Louis, Will go Il
Philadelphia at once to lay their case be-
| fore Chairman Gideon OF the racinE
board. When they learned of their sus
| pension this afternoon both men. whC
were entered at the meet here wer,
barred from the events and Immediately
made Preparations to 20 East. Cabann'
/ denies that he was a party 10 the crooked
| work charged against him.