Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-16
Plans for Buns and Races by Dis
trict Wheelmen.
GOSSIP OF The CLUBS
The Annual Election of the Loca
League Officers.
THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

The result will not be known until next
month, when the chief consul Of this dis
trict will be announced by the secretary of
the national body from his headquarters in
Chicago. Every local member of the league
has received a postal card. on the front Of
which is printed the name of Isaac Bas-
sett, the secretary .at Chicago, while on
the back the choice of the member for the
candidate to the office is left blank. to be
filled in and returned. The cards will be
out until the last day Of this month, when
they will be counted by the secretary, and
he will Immediately announce the result
and direct the newly elected consul to as
sumo the duties Of his office.
This year the local chief consul is MT
G. w. Cook. formerly captain OF the de-
funct Georgetown Cycle Club, and one OF
the best-known wheelmen in the city. Inc
change in the method of election was the
result of decrease in the total member
ship. Under the constitution of the order,
division shall consist of 100 riders or over no
States and territories having between 1OO
and at least 80 bicyclists shall constitute
subdivision, while a consulate is applied to
places where the membership is over 70
and less than 50. In both a consulate and
| mail.
There was a time when a division In the
League of American Wheelmen hourished
in this city, with a membership very near
the 1900 mark. That time has passed, how
ever, and the local membership has dwin-
died down to its present number OF ninety
members.
There are no candidates for the Office Of
chief consul this year, and out of the ballot
postals sent out from national headquar-
tiers it is more than probable tnat only
small fraction will be returned filled out
Mr. Cook is not a candidate for re-electloh,
but If the office is rendered him he will ac-
cept it, though he is not seeking the position
| His remarkable success while at the helm
of the Georgetown Cycle club is wen known,
and had he any means at his disposal he
| would certainly hustle up things In the local
aggregation. 1t is most likely that ne Will
serve in his present capacity for anotner
year.
The decrease of the league in the Dis
| trict in point Of membership leads one
strongly to the belief that IL is fast APP
preaching its end in this vicinity More
| than this the case appears to be the same
| all over the country. and the membership
has fallen over 10000. The total member
| ship at present is about 40 90, while its
| zenith embraced the names Of over 6OOOO
In the District the local riders receive little,
| If, indeed, any, benefits from belonging to
| the organization. In the states and terri
| tories the affairs may be different. but on
| account of the limited area which COM
prises the local subdivision no occasions of
any consequence arise in which the MEM
bers of the association may be profited
| and intention of Chief Consul Cook to pre-
| sent every member of the local subdivision
| OF the league a comprehensive map of the
District. Maryland, Virginia. West Virginia
| and Pennsylvania showing the different
| roads and the general topography Of the
| country. He expects that such would be of
practical value, especially for those who
| contemplate touring on their bicycles.
| Proposed Races.
All talk Of the contemplated twenty-mile
| road race between Sims and Mudd must
| now come to an end. Sims has accepted a
position with a Baltimore bicycle firm.
The Cook-Tubman race is tagging some
what. but there is strong effort being
made to bring the men together, and 1t is
possible that it may result successfully.
meeting Of the race committees of the
Arlington Wheelmcn and the Washington
| Road Club relative to the twenty-mile road
race for the championship of the District,
has at last been held to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned. The challenge for
| the race was issued by the last named club
in September, and was almost Immediately
accepted, but owing to a series of misun-
derstandngs the race committees were I'M
able to get together until a few nights ago,
when meeting was held at the headQuar-
tiers of the w. r. c., and the date fixed
upon and the officials of the meet selected.
The committee representing the Arlington
Wheelmen was composed of William Get
finger, chairman; ]. J. Ffster and Ed. Ter
ry, while the race committee of the road
club consisted of William Jose, chairman;
William T. Robertson. j: C. Wood, c. L.
Palmer and c. l. Ronsaville.
The winning club will secure Its victory
by scoring the highest number of points
| in the race. This is a good way to deter
mine the club honor. There will be in all
eight men in the race-four from each club
and the points are noted down as the
| men finish. The first man in will score
| eight points, the second seven and SO on
| down the line until the seventh man
crosses and he scores two points. The
eighth man scores nothing, to prevent a
possibility of tie. By this it will be seen
that the total number of points will be
| thirty-five, making eighteen the nearest
| winning number. The team of the Airing
ton Wheelmen will most likely consist of
| T. N. Mudd, jr., B. T. Wrenn, j. ]. Fister
Road Club will be picked from the follow
| ing: c. E. Ganse. c. E. Wood George s.
Ball, George E. Smith, c. 1. Ronsaville and
| Harry z. Greer In all probability the first
ramed four will be selected.
The C. Bi. G.
Last Sunday the members of the Capital
Bi. Club contemplated run to Marlboro.
If the weather is good the trip will be
taken tomorrow.
The friends of Walter s. Dodge, the pop
ular secretary of the club, will be glad to
hear that he is on fair road to recovery
from his recent serious attack Of typhoid
fever.
The amusement committee of the club
now consists of DR.. w. d. Writ, chairman,
and Messrs. Roberts, Schoenborn, Crooks
and John L. Writ. The committee has al
ready mapped out a list of entertainments
for the season. 1t has arranged for
pool, billiard, chess and whist tournaments,
the regular germans, occurring tri-weekly,
two popular lectures, exhibitions by the
Camera Club and several novelty enter
tanments, to majority of which the lady
friends of the members will be invited.
A smoker will be held at the club house
this evening, to which limited number of
outsiders will be invited. An impromptu
program will be arranged, in which Mr..
Frank Libbey N solo and Messrs. Mac
daniels and Leaning in a duet will partici-
pate. Mr.. Daniel Carr will act as pianist
fer the occasion.
The Queer Wheelmen.
The Queer Wheelmen are hustling things
for their first dance, and the invitations
will all be sent out by the middle of next
week. The Invitations, by the way, are
Unique. The front bears the inscription in
FURNISHED gold, of a bicycle wheel, pro-
PEELED by WINGS while below, in neat type,
is printed: please don't look inside" On
opening. one is confronted with a series of
twists and turns quite equal to any Chinese