The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
EIGHT RECORDS IN A HEAT,
CycIist Titus Lowers All Marks
From Three to Ten
Miles.
Tyler OF Springfield Sets q New
Time for One and Two
Mile DaSheS.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 14.-The BIZ
cycle tournament held at the Manhattan
Beach track to-day developed sensational
record breaking performances in the anna
teur and professional ranks. F. J. Titus
of New York, the famous crack of the
Spalding team, lowered the worlds anna
teur competition record for ten miles. He
covered the distance in 20 min. SO As sec.
beating the previous record of q min.
35 3-5 seconds by Harry Maddox of Asbury
Park by As sec., and incidentally lower
ing all existing records from three miles
up, including the five-mile record of 10
min. 20 2-5 sec., held by himself and J. S.
Johnson.
Ii. C. Tyler of Springfield, Mass, low
cred Barden's worlds professional one
mile record of min. so 2-5 sec., covering
the distance in / min. 49 2-5 sec. He went
on for the two-mile record, from which he
clipped two-fifths of second, his time
being 3 min. 56 sec.
The tournament was in aid of the New
York Herald free ice fund and between
5000 and 1000 people attended the sport.
The weather was admirably suited to
record breaking, scarcely breath of wind
to retard the riders. The programme was
of nature sufficiently varied to suit the
most exacting spectator, including spar
ring exhibition, trick riding, an actors
race and match race between Champion
Corbett and Harry Wheeler. Wheeler
was presumably imbued with that branch
of spirit of the charity which is self
effacing and Corbett won by length much
to the amusement of the spectators.
tn 4t,a fa,, Ia hot md
Maddox the latter jumped ahead when the
pistol was fired, but Titus outmaneuvered
him and got the quad, on which were
Cutter, Newhouse, Matto and Waller.
The pace was a hot one and Maddox, who
had taken lot out of himself in the
skirmish for the quad, was tiring visibly
when the first mile was done in 2:03 1-5.
The second mile was made in 4 :04 2-5 with
Maddox nearly half lap behind, and in
the second round of the third mile
Titus overlapped him, Stonge and
Silvie came out on tandem to help the
Aspury Park man along, but he could not
60 the pace, and the Spalding crack covered
the third mile in sos 2-5, lap ahead. On
the fourth mile Maddox had enough, and
quit. Titus was loudly cheered as he sped
along on the heels OF the quad, ana the
fourth mile was made in Sill 3-5. When
Fred Burns announced the time for live
miles, 1918 1-5, worlds record, the ap-
plause was deafening.
The Riverside wheelman sped on, going
fresh within himself, and urging on the
tandem, which had replaced the quad, and
was steered by Billy Murphy and Austin
Crooks. The sixth and seventh miles were
finished in 1928 3-5 and 14:29 respec-
xxyho ha off nuA of
each mile was announced as having
broken previous records, the cheering
broke out anew.
After the eighth mile was made in
1888 is there ensued piece of mis-
management, which undoubtedly pre-
vented the record-breaker from taking a
much bigger piece off the previous best
time. Originally. it was intended to have
two quads to pace alternately, but one
broke down before the start, and tanderns
were put on instead.
The pacing was fair until the eighth
mile, when the tandem pair tired and
Titus, after calling for the quad which for
some unaccountable reason had dis
mounted, went ahead and practically
made his own pace for the last two miles
The watches made the ninth mile 1916,
and, amid tremendous applause, the
speedy Titus passed the finish line in
20:58 As, beating the worlds previous
amateur record Gin competition) from 8 to
10 miles.
Following Titus great feat came the an
nouncement that Berlo of Boston would
try to lower the American professional
one-mile record held by himself of 1: :53.
He succeeded in tying this time. Among
other features of the programme during
the afternoon was the sparring exhibition
by Bob Fitzsimmons and Frank Bosworth,
his sparring partner. Those who expected
to see a repetition of the Philadelphia
fracas between 'Lanky Bob" and Gentle
man Jim" who was performing in new
capacity to-day, were disappointed, as the
rivals for championship honors did not re-
new hostilities.