The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-04

appear awheel on the streets clad in
knickerbockers.
Something about a well-known rider
who will be in this city in a few days
will not be unnteresting at this time.
NJ. F. Dirnberger, Jr., is a native OF
Buffalo, \. Y, where his early life was
spent and where he was studying law up
to the time he adopted racing. Dirnberger,
or Mike, as he is generally known, is
young and ambitious, and has served in
many capacities requiring keen percep-
ton. He was connected with the Gomuly
& Jeffrey Manufacturing Company in 81,
and had a very responsible position with
them and under his careful guidance the
G. & j. racing colors for '93 were para
mount. 1t was in this year that Dim
berger rode full mile on a horse track in
/ :51. In '94 Dirnberger took charge OF
the Sterling racing team and was pre-
pared to rank with the leaders, but while
training out on the coast he was stricken
with IA severe attack of malarial lever
which ruined his chances for the year.
This attack chung to him until late in the
fall OF '94, and he was unable to ride at
ALL He lost fifty pounds of solid meat
during this sickness, and his friends gave
him up for good, but during the late fall
and winter he shook off this terrible dis
ease and has fully recovered and weighs
40 pounusi anu VIII face III % az ~
pounds.
Dirnberger will make the effort of his
life this year and will endeavor to obtain
all the world s records, and there are
many who think he will succeed. Dim
berger is very "heady' rider as well as
fast, and probably excels in this respect
any man on the track today. He is
possessed of very even and sunny dis
position and is a general favorite. He
will probably train at Ell Paso and LOUIS
vile, and will ride for the A. f. Shap-
leigh Hardware Company of st. Louis
and manage their racing team, all OF
whom will be mounted on the celebrated
Syracuse crimson rim" wheels. This
team will use 20 wheels, 10 TO II pounds
weight geared to y.
Zimmerman will sail for Australia next
August to participate in the great races to
be held there. Wheeler and Banker are
soon to return to Europe and will join
Zimmerman in Australia later On.
The membership of the League of
American Wheelmen has fallen off nearly
TO- 600 members during the last year, and
the officials and others who have the well
fare of the organization at heart. are be-
ginning to find "a means to stop the slide.
The world of bicycling is at present
very much interested in the proposed
European tour of the Century Wheelmen
Philadelphia S crack bicycle club. 1t has
been decided that the run" will be
started OH Saturday, July 6, leaving this
city by the steamship Southwark for
Queenstown. 1t is expected that at least
, twenty members of the club will form the
party, nearly that number having already
joined the European club. -
Persons interested in bicycle racing are
peculating as to where the one-mile
record will be placed this year. With de-
creased weight in machines, better tires,
improved methods of pace-making by men
specially trained for the work on tandems
and triplets, special standing prizes of
fered by manufacturers for broken records
and more attention to training methods
by the men themselves, some well-posted
riders predict that the figures will be close
to 1 80 by fall. 1t is but three years ago
that the figures stood 2:21.