Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-04
THE BIG CYCLE MEET.
The National Meet Of the League Of Amer
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teen Thousand Wheels at Asbury Park.


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teen Thousand Wheels at Asbury Park.
From Monday, July 8, until Saturday,
.July l3. the biggest congregation OF oil
cylists that the country has ever seen VIII
he mt Asbury Park, where the national
meet of the League of American Wheel
men is To take place. -,
How many followers Of the wheel Will
he there il Is difficult TO say Last year
the meet was held at Denver, anu, al
though il was "a huge success, uhe rank
and file of the eastern wheelmen did not
make the trip owing To the great distance
10 travel. OF course the eastern cracka-
iacks of the league were on hand In Iull
force, and while they had nothing but
compliments to bestow upon the Denver
ties for their liberal hospitality the climate
of the Colorado city was cussed at loud
and deep. The peculiarly dry air OF Den
YER gave the eastern riders some dilncuity
In breathing, parching their throats and
giving them frequent attacks of dizziness.
| OF course riding under these conditions
they were at sad disadvantage, minimiz-
| ing their chances of making better show
| ing. particularly in the distance races,
where endurance and power counted Tor
more than skill in pedaling
Otto Zeigler, the young Californian
| from San Jose captured the bulk OF the
honors, taking four of the first prizes In
the class Is events. He was accllmated,
and while nothing can be said To take the
edge off his glory he would certainly have
been given sitter race had the men from
other states not been affected by climatic
changes. Zcigler will undoubtedly con
test at Asbury Park next month"; however,
and then il can be seen whether he Will
be able To repeat his gallant showing OF
last year
The local committee of the Asbury Park
wheelmcn are working like beavers to get
everything in fine shape for the meet, ana
} when the bicyclists from all parts OF the
, country begin To arrive mt the pretty sum
mer resort overlooking the broad waters
of the Atlantic they will find that every
7 thing within the scope of human ingenu-
! ity has been done for their comfort and
, amusement Arrangements are being
made for at least ID, 900 wheels, and while
that number will not stay the entire week
= the hundreds who will go down FOR Gay
. from New York, Brooklyn and the sub
urbs will keep the daily crowd up 10 tha'
- number If not 10 "a considerably larger
: figure.
n The Asbury Park people are relying up
= on Harry Maddox to uphold the dignity o
the town i'm the class b events. He woi
u some notable races last season on the ma
ii tional circuit, and on his recent tril
II through Mexico he won a big list of prizes
! Maddox is regarded by the townspeople o
Asbury Park, where he lives, IN some
what the same manner as A. A. Llminer
m man was regarded while in the amateur
,e ranks Upon his return home from his re
h1Ax mo
~ mt the depot by a brass band and escorts
r. TO his home 10y an enthusiastic crowd c
1T admirers.
Most of the interest will center in tn
showing made by Fred j. Titus, Waite
S C. Sanger. Cabanne, A. w. Porter of Wa
r. than Mas, who is regarded as comm
man, and A. +. Sem of Utica, y. J
Early in the season IL was predicted TIM
nc 1895 would see the breaking of evei
IN record from 40 yards to 20 miles. In
q. | will doubtless prove to be the case at
90 large number of the distances but no ma
has vet appeared who is likely to smas
es tbe record of John = johnson when
on rode a mile on straightaway track
on 1:35 2-5. Johnson was an amateur
-, those days, and the only man who Is Tx
~ ly to smash that record is Johnson hiI
ne self Johnson's friends think that he ca
rs, lower it TO | 80, which will be truly ma
, a yelous No running horse has yet touch
.Johnson's record When Salvador did
." famous mile against time on the stralgi
he a,xay conrse Of the Monmouth park rae
track, he established "A record of ! 30
which is one-tenth of a second slower tn
MS Johnson's time There is no horse
lie: training today that can come anywhc
is near Salvatore time under the most fav'
~ able conditions, and while Salvatore r.
ord will probably stand for many yei
us the bicycle record will steadily improve
has 1t is almost "a pity that johnson was
nc. clared out of the amateur ranks as the
-,b+ dlcations were that he would sweep eve
thing i'm sight this year. Johnson Is OF
10 90 years old and is improving right alol
ed. so that no one can predict the maximI
a of his bicycling powers.
Titus is in first class shape this We
" and Mt any distance in the neighborh'
our of 25 miles seems to outclass all of
ats. competitors. A. +. Sem of Utica Is
the upon tho trail of Titus for distance h
ors At sprinting he would be lost
CA most of the ordinary fast men, but in
ime longer races he has shown himself TO be
sue the highest class.
1eir II. =. balu, lne puiiaiol'ian, ~
Call .nougau IT. NJ roar hnt he 4 still 81,
sCOrcHtT WIS y'"ii ~" -" -
what behind the swiftest men in his eli
At Albany on June 5, in the one u
open, Cabanne beat him In 2:l9 30.
ular Ter star,eu III onlS rae ",,u ~.
the In neiu oi hNe, ,ol , 49, = "'o'''
Ton racing, and he should stick TO it,
y Is, Inc Dig meet AT Aspury or ~
onal sent ATTRACTIVE features W o.'oso W." W, -.
, no and care nothing for records or rec
do breaking The great parade, which vii
any one oi 'he iea.urts VI 'ne 49,, - :,
lotto Tor one tnlhg 'he 'A"o' oA,on ,,,' -
dual blooiher' khlckerpocher nnu -,
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