St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-15
STATE RECORDS BROKEN.
COMPETITION TRACK RECORD
FOR TEN MILES LOWERED
a FULL MINUTE.
THE ONE MILE OPEN RACE
Won by Tom CoOper-Bird and
HOfer Secured Fresh
LaurelS.

:, l.. c. Bald, Buffalo, and Ray Nc
Donald, New York. dead heat
Al, A. c. Mertens, st. Paul; 2:17 40.
?, Charles Hofer, st. Paul. 3, Peter
Oestlund, Minneapolis. 4, 4. H. Nc
Cleary, St. Paul.
2:3i 80. 2, J. p Bliss, Chicago, 80
yards 3, l. c. Johnson. Cleveland,
Ohio, 90 yards.
l, Harry Hale, Minneapolis, 70 yards;
time, 2:32 2 w. ]. Schwat, Minneap-
oils, 100 yards. 3, John Thielman, Min
neapolis, 80 yards.
Two Mile Handicap, Glass B-I Ton.
Cooper, Detroit, 70 yards; time, SOB %.
2, B. B. Bird, st. Paul, 70 yards. 8, ;.
P. Bliss Chicago, 10 yards.
Two Mile Handicap, Class Al,
Charles Palm Minneapolis, $50 yards;
time, Al 2-5. 2, Olaf Rudd, Minneap-
oils, 100 yards. 3, Max Littman, Min
neapolis, 200 yards. /, L. II. Stevens,
Minneapolis, % yards.
Two Mile State Championship, Glass
Al, Charles Hofer, St. Paul; time,
5:26 2-5. 2. 4. c. Mertens, st. PAU.
5, R. H. McCleary, St. Paul. 4, OIaf
Rudd, Minneapolis.
Ten Mile Team Race-St. Paul y
points, Minneapolis u points. Hofer,
st. Paul, first; Mertens, St. Paul, Sec
ond; Oestlund, Minneapolis, third; Du-
gan, st. Paul, fourth; McCleary, ST.
Paul. fifth; Hansen, Minneapolis
sixth; Johnson, Minneapolis, seventh;
Palm. Minneapolis, eighth.
Two state records were broken yes
terday at Minnehaha park, at the clos
ing of the L. a. W. cycle meet, and
this in spite Of a high wind, which
for a while made good racing impos-
sibIe. The competition track record
for ten miles was lowered a full min
ute in the team race, and Percy Pat
terson, the sinewy little speeder from
Owosso, Mich, cut the half-mile rec
ord from los to 1:02 2-5.
The second days races brought out
a larger crowd than Tuesdays, and
there were some very lively events,
though the class B men rather wear
led the crowd for a while by their
propensity to loaf, which was prompt
~ called down by Messrs. Bell and
Whitelaw. A time limit was fixed for
the mile open races, and both had to
be run over on account of slow time.
The opening race was a mile open for
class B riders, and it promised to be
the hottest clip of the day, but the
gentlemen showed no disposition to
race till the three-quarters pole was
reached, taking it all out in a grand
squirt down the stretch. Here Tom
Cooper, the Detroit phenomenon, read
his title clear to a place among the
few crack riders OF the country.
There We're nine entries: E. c. Bald,
Of Buffalo; Ray Mcdonald, of New
York; L. c. Johnson, of Cleveland;
A. 1. Brown, of Cleveland; c. B. Muir
ply, of Chicago; Tom Cooper, of De-
troit; Percy Patterson, of Owosso,
Mich; B. B. Bird, of St Paul, and
w. E. Becker Of Minneapolis. The
start was a beauty, but all staid
punched, and from the first to the third
quarter they loafed shamefully They
redeemed themselves by a beautiful
squirt down the quarter stretch, Cooper
taking the lead and holding it in spite
of Bald's tremendous efforts. johnson,
of Cleveland, pulled in third. The
time was 2:31 Is, and the limit 2:30,
SO it was declared no race.
SLOW CHAMPIONS.
The class A men had a similar ex-
perience with their mile race for the
state championship, which had to be
run three times. The starters were
Charles Palm, of Minneapolis; Charles
Hofer. st. Paul; A c. Mertens, st.
Paul; R. H. McCleary, st. Paul; C. R.
neapolis; Peter Oslund, John Nilsson,
Guy Webb and L. NJ. Johnson, all
of Minneapolis. Palm, the lengthy lad
with the frey halo who won first place
in Mondays road race, hit a hot pace
at the start, and led around to the
half, where Ostlund was close behind
him. The two kept it up bravely down
the last quarter, but little Hofer was
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finish shot across the tape first, with
McCleary, who had swung out for the
finish, leading Palm for second place
by a shade. But Palm, as a pace
maker, had not been altogether a sue
cess, for the time was only 2:29 2-5.
and the limit 2:25, and this, too, was
no race.
The Class B men were brought olr
again for the mile open, this time with
Warren and Fred Cabanne to pace
them on tandem. They caught up
speed just around the turn, and led
the nine a merry chase past the half,
Where the fun began, and the tandem
dropped behind. Cooper struck into a
lerrlnc pace before reaching the turn
evidently trying to leave the field be-
hlnd him, but they stuck to him like a
swarm of bees. Bald set out. to over
take him in his baldest style, and had
nearly done it, but Cooper seemed TO
swerve just as Bald started to pass
him, and Bald crossed the tape trailing
him, with Ray Mcdonald at his side.
SO that the judges called it a dead heat
for second place. And Murphy was not
foot behind, either. This time it was
race, for the time was 2:23 2-5. Bur-
ney Birds admirers had looked for
great things from him in this race.
but he started his flying finish too late.
making his big gain after crossing the
tape.
Now the Glass A men tried their
mile open again, but they had been
watching Glass 3 men too long. and
had forgotten how to race during the
first three-quarters. so the time was
even slower than the first trial, 2:30 3-5.
McCleary was first across the tape
Hofer, OStland and MertenS crossing in
| the order named. The judges were in
cllned to let the race go on account of
the WIND, but the point was made that
the time was slower than the first
trial, so it was ordered run again after
an interval
During the interval Cabanne gave an
exhibition of his wonderful faculty for
gaining ground in handicap. 1t was
a mile handicap for Class B, and Ca
banne was the only starter from the
scratch. The men with long handi-
caps collected in a bunch at the first
quarter, the rest in another, and at
the quarter Cabanne was in the middle
of the second bunch. He gained stead
lily, and at the stretch led the whole
field. Bliss pushed him hard all the
way down the last quarter, but the
ha s1O - ;-l,
with Johnson a close third.
The Class A men made their third
and successful attempt to race a mile
in 2:25, This time they were paced by
tandem, which gave them speed from
start to finish, as the time showed
John Nilsson and Ostlund, sharing
the lamentable lack of judgment COM
mon to all the Minneapolis cracks at
the meet. took the lead and did the
pace making, while the sprinters hung
quietly behind, waiting for the final