The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-13
GENERAL SPORTS.
ASBURY ON WHEELS.

Yesterday Gala Day With tho Flyers.
BALD Gets the Big Glass A Events.
Jimmy Does His Fastest Milo in This
Country in 1.S7 as.
Asbury Park. N. j., July 12.-As the
national meet Of the League of Aemeri-
can Wheelmen draws to a close the
attendant crowds increase and care
more for the races than the sociability
and picnicking.
Last evening the carnival on Wesley
Lake attracted an immense throng to
the shores Of the pretty pond and the
spectacle they enjoyed was one of un-
usual beauty and splendor. A hundred
little boats each gaily bedecked with
bright ribbons and flaring with Jap
anese lanterns wound up and down and
across the lake. under rustic bridges
that blazed with shining lamps and
bent beneath crowds of spectators.
The statues at the lakeside were illum-
mated by torches and burning powders,
| while sky rockets. Roman candles and
| showers of sparks arose from either
shore, reflected and magnified the sur
face of the water. The big ferris
| wheel. dazzling with electric lamps, re-
volved necessarily, lantern parades
| p!odded the streets and bands played
| everywhere and anywhere. 1t was
great night for the wheelmen.
This morning was given over to the
trial heats at the Athletic grounds, the
twenty-six preliminary events attract
ing an audience Of fully 5000 spectators.
The trials We're for the most part we'll
worth seeing and the scarcity of acci-
| dents again was as welcome as it was
| unexpected. Two or three bad tumbles
| occurred however. In the afternoon
| perfect weather greeted the riders and
crowd that completely filled stands
and bleachers saw display of wonder
fully riding.
Two New Professionals.
A big surprise to many was the ap-
pearance in the professional event of
| Conn Baker. the modest Ohio man, and
/. A. Silvie. of Staten Island who have
previously figured in class b. The "B"
men were unable to make showing in
the money race owing to the execrable
handicapplng which put them an
scratch. and Alva Stewart on the $50
yard mark
| The other features of extraordinary
and unusual character were the quad
race and Zimmerman and Dirnbergers
trials against time.
The quad race was run against time.
each team going mile on itsOwn hook,
the one making the fast trip receiving
the prize. this policy being necessary
/ nv the danpnr nf CT tirr
entered at the same time. Peter Ber-
los four-seated machine. manned by l..
B. Callahan, Nat Butler, A. McLeon
and II. Haggerty went superb mile
in l.5O 3-5. new worlds quad record;
Citizens. Seavey, Mayo and ]. Coburn
pushed the Syracuse machine over the
tape In 1.55 fiat. King" Michael Dirn-
berger. paced by the latter quad, estab-
lished new track and state amateur
record, riding handsomely in 2.O1. His
fractional times We're: Third, 40 3-5;
two-thirds, 1.2O.
Jimmy Does q Practice Spin.
| Michael did his little turn before
Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, the
champion of everywhere, took it into
his head to ride a mile paced by a pro-
fessional quad manned by Starbuck,
Coulter, Baker and Bartholomew
"Zim' has ridden fast miles elsewhere
at one time or another, but he resolved
to give his neighbora and fellow farm
ers of Squan little finer specimen of
the article than thatto which they were
| accustomed, and he cruised around
| three times in 1.57 AS, the third being
made IN 80 15 and two-thirjs In, LIS 1-5.
This Is the fastest mile ever ridden by
| the only "Zim" in this country, and
considering the fact that the champion
~ all out Of condition, 1t was wonderful
time.
The regular racing events brought
out much enthusiasm, of which the
class b mem in competition won the
| most. These were two-mile handicap,
two-thrids mile open and half-mile ma
tional championship. These events
were red hot and uncertain to the end.
Church, the new class B man, cap
tured the handicap by short length
from Davidson. the Canadian, with
Monte Scott close behind.
The two-third mile open for a trip to
Europe ard return was battle royal.
Bald, Porter, Murphy, Gardiner. Coul-
ter and Jenney lined up at the start
and gambled for position until the
quarter pole was passed. Then Coulter
went out and the field scrambled after
him. At the head of the stretch Bald
was fourth and seemed to be beaten,
but Gardiner and Coulter swung wide
| In turning and the Buffalo boy cut by
them at the pole, running home In a
driving finish, wheel ahead of Charley
Murphy, who had loomed up on the out
side.
Summaries of the Finals.
After some trick riding by Sid Black,
| the half-mile national championship
was called, with Murphy. Ziegler, Bald
| and Mcdonald on the mark. Just as
| the bell sounded the fun began. Muir
ply went ahead and stayed there until
| the lap turn, when Bald and Mcdonald
flashed by him with Ziegler on the out
side. Down the stretch came the two
Columbia boys abreast. Ntraining every
| nerve. At the tape Mcdonald made a
supreme effort. and in trying to fling
himself over first, raised his front
wheel clear off the ground in the at
| tempt. To many in the stand it looked
like MoDonald's race, and Bald. think
ing the same, rode in with his perennial
smile for once submerged in grief. But
| the Judges decided on Bald as the win
ner. Things were so even that none
could contradict them.
In the A events. which grew tedious
through their multiplicity. Tom Butler.
H. E. Winters and Walter Douglass
were the stars.