New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
IN THE BICYCLING WORLD
ROAD RUNS SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY


DISCOMFORT IN CENTRAL PAfK-Gos-
SIP FOR RIDERS OF THE WHEEL
Many club have been arranged for today
of which list will be found below. Unattached
wheemen nearly always welcomed at all these
runs. Wheelmen who have no club connections ana
who dislike to ride alone find plenty of con-
genial company and good roads to-day. Unless rain
falls. all the roads ought to be in excellent condition
Among the club runs scheduled for to-day are the
following:
Michaux Club to Tottenville. staten Island Leave
Riverside Wheelmen. TO Nyack. y. }. Leave NO.
2s2 West One-hundred-a at tas a M
Leave Desbrosses,st ferry at . N a; M
N sSSH 3S' Wheemen' To- BABYLON Long Island
Leave Observation-Disclosures y-seventh-S' ana Lon
Metropolis Wheclmcn. to Coney, Island Leave
clubhouse. 10 lag West Twenty -hfth-st. az A. m
house 80 is Broadway. Paterson at n a m
clubhouse. No. l,2S7 Bedford-ave Brooklyn at y
Pastime Wheelmen to Passaic Falls. ~ J. Leave
Sixty-sixth-st. and Avenue \ at a. IN, ..
Qulckstep Wheelmen. to Sing Sing. Leave NO %
press wheelmen. to Yonkers. Leave Fifty-ninih-
st o Snb f Br5sTn W & to passac Falls
j. Leave clubhouse. No. AS Ninth-st' BROOKLYN
WSsemep % Ts New, 2;s7R}.5 s1a'en a, saG nd
aa1s Wheelmen. to Boorton N j. Leave club
house, No. II West Observation-Disclosures
yorkve whsemsn 70 CSney Island Ian, At f loe
d williamsburg whcelmen. Rockville Centre.
Long Island Leave m clubhouse NO. ."
h long Island City ,wheelmen, to College Point
Union County Roadsters to Morristown, \. J.
Leave clubhouse. in RAILWAY at a. 1 m 1oar.
west Sxty-sixth-st and Boulevard at a m, ,r,,or
Select Cycle Club. TO Mount Vernon Leave I"eh-
ixf MaNiSOn-aNc. a.
''Heinebnnd Wheelmen to Yonkers. Leave No. $l2
Ws Colonial c2cs cnb d
seveniy-firs!-st and West End cfrre At
headquarters. No. 1907 Park-ave, lioboken' at
!" Carteret cycling Club. to Orange. Eagle Rock;
south Orange and Irving;on. Leave Broad-st. and
Boulevard Newark. at p. m.
The South Brooklyn Wheemen have moved into
their new clubhouse in Ninth-st.. between Sew
enth and Eighth ayes. The first meeting or the
club since the recent election was held at the CLUB
centlv elected president was in the chair. Mr..
Harrison has been appointed chairman OF the Press
Committee for the state meet.
+ Perry Worden. Of Columbia College. who IN
1892 made tour of Great Britain and Ireland at a
cost Of only 49, and in 1894 travelled through Ho-
land Belgium Germany ard France at a total cost
Dartv Of COLLEGE men through scotland England,
France. Switzerland. Germany and Holland ne
weeks.
Chief Consul Potter announces that the tour
books are being mailed as fast as received from
the bindery Members who fail to receive them
should send word TO the secretary treasurer. W. =
Bull No. IS White Building. Buffalo. The edition
of the roadbooks is nearly exhausted. ana wheel
men who contemplate joining the League can ohy
secure the roadbook by making application at once
All old memberships expired on March 81. MemD1is
who have not renewed do not receive the l." A. w
bulletin or the new tourbook. The time for re-
newal will expire this month All renewals must
be sent in at once.
The following committees have been appointed
10 have charge Of the State meet. which VIII be
held at the Manhattan Beach track on June Il
and Is:
Executive Commi,tee-Isaac r. Potter; Dr. T W.
Tapham. Robert l., Stillson Durant Mclean l.. -
Harrison. Waldo f. Fuller. Isaac : Bowdish anu
Programme and Invitations Robert L. sillson
u q Palmer Alexander SchWalbach, George r
stackhouse. r A. Hendricks. A. II. Angel, A. W.
se 4sl an1 w W Xash Fuller G. A. Need
ham, 1"' " A g Il Hotze 6 A. winsae. Frederick
Eash RS9eT bsa ma oTi e4 FIFTH f caf
W F. Jordan and Edwin Andrews n " ,ro.A.,o
Frank P share Walter l. sinn Andrew Peters
Eas scs John ssy GrTT an ri 8'e
Prizes-Isaac 5. Bowdsh. Charles SchwalDaeh
bpebbis9Gn George M'" sebbins FreGercE j. YAH
Albert r. Hibson Ernest W. Jaehne. j. W. Bate
Press-I. s Harrison Michael .Furst. W: J. Mas
beach Fredorick Aart. j. Addison Robb Herbert
Rudd Frank Benson. II. ]. Ripple James Thomson
A1a l1eDpy NJ G. Pencil Charles
sheehan + " Nichols. Joseph Willett. b. r. Gray
Duane Wyckon and Frank J.. Miller -
Track and Races -Durant Nolan. A. g. Batchel-
der Crank Fors3 ehanny f RoScr ve be
Alexander Schwalhach T.. Hcllbach Edward H.
d Meykf Peers T. Van Week e. F. Benedict and
William r Stevenson.
The Press wheelmen had run on THURSDAY to
Fort Hamilton and Bath Beach About twenty-five
members took part In IT, The trip was an enjoy
able one and ended early enough for all TO reach
their Offices In time for work. These runs a'e de-
signed to MI a long-felt want Of nigh-workers for
short runs In the afternoon Of which there are a
large number on Long Island and in the vicinity
O, upper Ncw-York. II Is 10 be hoped that all
riders OF the wheel who work AT night viii par
ticipate In these runs-to which n cordial invita-
ton is extended to all. whether members OF tn"
Press Wheemen or not and make them success
hi feature OF this seasons cycling annals The
next run viii be TO Yonker-, under Lieutenant
place IL at Fifty-nnth,si ana ne boulevard Just
AZ the entrance OF the Park AT o'clock sharp. to-
day.
William c. vrooman. chairman Of the Highway
Improvement Committee. Ncw-York Division OF the
J.. A. W. has issued the following bulletin: Il en-
close YOU copies OF Senate bill l.iC5 which has been
Introduced In the interest Of better roads The
amendment provides that counties may purchase
road-rnaking machinery. while the present law gives
this right towns only by this change the cost to
each town or city Is less than If each should buy
sep1rately and ali have tho use Of The machln-
ery and DO more and better work than Is known
ON the ma joriy Of roads to-day. As this bill Is OF
great interest to whcelmen. and Is ndorscd by the
officers OF this division. ask th1t YOU write 10
the representative Of your county at Albany. urg-
ing them 10 push IL through this session. The
Legislature is about to close. and there is no time
to lose Write now"
bicycling interests continually grow in import
ance. and the Springfield Bicycle club Is an adj
mirablc exponent Of the fact Its fourteenth ami
ycrsary dinner at the Massasot House. Springfield.
Mass tomorrow night, will be an enjoyable affair,
and the list Of speakers who Will dgitatc the sub
lay '.d ne