The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-09
BIG MEET OF THE BICYCuSTS.
ASBURY PARK CROWDED WITH
CRANI6S OF THE WHEEL.

The Attraction the sixteenth Annuul
Meet of the League of Americnn
WheeImen-Incomin Delegations
Welcomed at the Depot by JIng-
ling of Bells and the Music of a
Brass Dand-The Fnvoritcs in the
Hacing Events.
Asbury Park. July s.-The sixteenth an
nual national meet OF the League of
American Wheelmen began here to-day.
Nearly l,000 cyclers of both sexes regis
tered at the club house Of the Asbury
Park wheelmen. each receiving. upon ex-
hibiting the certificate OF league mem-
bership, little button badge. which con-
veys the freedom of the city and VIII
prove an open sea-same to all the varied
attractive features Of this seaside para
disc.
y soft sea mist fell all morning. which.
while its effects was perceptible upon
white straw hats, was not sufficient 10
dampen the enjoyment or enthusiasm Of
the cyclers.
At IL "a. m. a western train brought
in the Harrisburg Wheel Club and the
Pittsburg wheelmen, who were met by
several hundred cyclers at the station
and welcomed with jingling bells and a
brass band.
At 2;S0 o'clock the Denver Wheel Club,
seventy-eight strong. whose coming had
been announced by telegraph, were re-
ceived in royal style by 500 cyclers, and
the same brass band. After removing
their wheels from a special baggage car
the party from the plains were escorted
through the city past the local club house
to the beach. A host Of visiting wheel
men Joined in the impromptu procession,
riding to an accompaniment Of martial
melody and hearty applause.
Arrived at the head OF Asbury avenue,
the parade stopped, and the Denver men
gave vent to their pentup emotion in a
characteristic club yell that began with q
wild, weird howl, and ended in an Indian
war whoop. Along the line of march they
were heard in the singular, catchy yen
that is familiar to all who were guests in
Denver at the last national meet.
one long, loud voice dndignantly)-"W
we work for dollar day?"
All (Scornfully)-"N N-ha-ha-hw."
In the Rocky Mountain delegation were
a dozen women, who seemed to have en-
joyed the long journey from the west.
"Hod' Kennedy, the famous trick rider,
anu MS Wllet were WIN lnE DeuNeTlleS,
and rode prettly together on a tandem
Of "Hod's" design.
Almost every racing man in the city
was on the track of the Athletic Assocla-
ton at some time to-day, and the big
grand stand held many strangers anx-
ious to observe the work of men IN train
ing, and pick the probable winners Of the
national championships. Eddie Can
nom Bald is generally nominated for the
ba II f-p1iln p1adn1 A T.,
OF Chicago, for the two mile, but these,
of course, are the merest speculations.
It Is rumored to-day that the meeting Of
the board of trade of cycle manufacturers
and the racing board Of the League of
American Wheelmen at the Coleman house
here this week will not, as reported, take
any consideration of the matter of profess
sional racing and the class d men are
accordingly breathing easier Most Of the
"B" riders deny the story that they intend
to espouse professionalism in a body after
the present week, and Eddie Bald, who
would probably make more by turning"
than any two others In his class, is loudest
in disavowing the rumored determination.
To-day was almost entirely devoted to
the reception and location of visitors. To-
morrow there will be runs TO Long Branch
and Spring Lake in the morning, and the
great parade in the afternoon, followed
by a monster clam bake at Rhode Island
point, rendered by the Asbury park wheel
men to the national and division officials
of the league.
A banner will be presented to the club
having the largest number in line in the
parade, the Asbury park wheelmen being
barred out.