Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-13
WHEELMEN.
Close of the Great Bicycle TOurna-
meat at Springfield Mass---A Great
Success.

Springfield Mass, September r.
Every bicycle manufacturer is at work
tonight writing advertisements and the
biggest type will be used TO spell the
word Springfield The tournament
is over, the racing season Of '95 IS prac-
Jcally finished, and Bald. Sanger and
Newton have firmly established their
ownership to the title of champion in
their respective classes.
There was a gathering of 1000 to-day
and the track was in it's best condition.
The interest was divided between the
mile open Class B, the two-mile profess
siOnal handicap, and the attempt of e.
j. Titus 10 beat his record of last year,
when he rode 26 miles 1,479 yards in am
hour. To the Glass b race, Wells and
Titus did not appear.
Except for the fact that Kiser had goe
a good lead on Cabanne, Bald, who
was in fourth place. would have been
unable to get through, but he saw the
hole and made a dart for it and crossed
the tape with a good length to his
credit. leaving K.ser and Cabanne to
fight e. out. Tyler and Johnson did not
start and Sanger was the only man on
the scratch. At the mile and half
mark he caught his field and the time
card was hung ont for 4.24 80, q new
worlds record for the two-mile pro-
fesSional handicap.
In the hour ride TITUS began to break
records at the seventh mile and had
covered at the end of the hour y miles
and 1S5 yards, beating the American
record, but not equalling the worlds
record made abroad by Michael two
weeks ago.
Starbuck beat the fve-mile profess
s.0nal record paced by a quad and alsO
the Glass B record finishing the DIS
lance IN 1011 10.
Fred LOughead. of Sarnia. Ont. re-
dUced the Glass A npaced record of
sos % for Two miles to 400 sum
maries;
One mile, 2:2O, Glass A: Won by w.
d. Tenseler. Rockville. Conn: +. |. FL
mer, ChicOpee, second; J. e. Walsh.
Barre. VT, third Time POS %.
Half mile open. Glass b. Won by E.
c.. Bald, Buffalo; L. d. Cabanne. St.
Louis, second; Earl Kiser, Dayton. o..
third. Time, 1:0l As. (Worlds rec
0rd)
One mile open, professional: Won
10y W. C.. Sanger Milwaukee; II. c.
Tyler. Springfield, and A. w. Porter.
Waltham. ties for second place; Wat
son Coleman, Springfield, fourth.
Time. 2.O5.
One mile handicap, Class A: Won
by II. T. MOsher StOrmking, \. Y, (25
yards; A. H. Dayey Greenfield go
yardsl second; J. E. Walsh, Barre, VI.
ESQ yards third; R. F. Ludwig. Chi
cOpee go YARDS. fourth. Time Ole So.
One mile record race, Glass b. Won
by +. c. Bald: L. ID. Cabanne, second /;
+. Kiser, Dayton, o., third. Time,
900 So
Half mile open. Glass A: Won by
Fred Loughead Toronto; w. s. Reyn-
Odds. Hyde Park. second; Joe Harrison,
Asbury Park third James Clark, Dor
chester fourth Time, 1:02 80; last
quarter in %.
Two mile handicap, professional:
Won 10y W. G. Sanger Milwaukee,
scratch; A. T. Crooks. Buffalo 600
/ yards). second; Watson Coleman,
Springfield 40 yardsl. third; A. w.
Porter. Waltham go yards). fourth.
Time. 4.24 SIS. Worlds recOrd)
Glass A winners race. one mile:
Won by c. r. Newton. Stafford Springs.
Conn. Time. 2:0S So.
One mile handicap, Glass B: Won
by Harley Davidson, Toronto (70
yards): J. p. Bliss Chicago go yards,
second; F. J. Jenney, Utica, n. Y. (40
yards). third; E. Kiser. Dayton, O.. (40
YARDS. fourth. Time, 215 1-5. Scratch
man 216)
Louisville. Ky. September 12.-To-
DAYS game was a pitchers battle in
which Cunningham had slightly The
hest of it,. Shugarts error gave the