The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-27
TURN OF THE WHEEL
Latest News from the Ranks
of the Local Cycling
Clubs.
AVERAGE OF THE BoWIERs
In the Jersey City Bowling League
football for Tomorrow
--Gaelic SHORTS.


The Arcanum Wheelmen will meet this
evening at the club quarters in Linden
Hall. ~Greenville. to make the final ar
rangements for parade tomorrow. Cap
tain Barr has received the American
flags which will be carried by the mem
hers. and member desiring them should
not fail to attend the meeting. Two OF
of the clubs members, Messrs. Charles
Martin and Eugene Homan, have been
honored with appointments as marshais.
AT the meeting this evening arrange
ments will alse be made for the second
OF the series of progressive euchre par
ties which will be held on nextWednes-
day evening at Linden Hall. Mr.. John
Walbrecht has donated as first prize a
pair of handsome slippers.
Castle Point CycIers.
Now that the. pool tournament of the
Castle Point Cyclers is fairly under way,
the pool sharks of the Caste Point
Cyclers find much to interest them. Os-
car L. Spengler and c. Horstmann, who
represent the club. have already partici-
pated in two series. They first jour
neyed to Bloomfield and crossed cues
Association of hat place. The Castle
Pointers were defeated by a score OIL
200 to $50; On Saturday evening speng-
house in Hoboken against the cracks OF
the Atlanta Wheelmen. of Newark, w.
c. Harry and Count Clementlne .Olazago.
The latter put up a good game, but were
downed by q score OF 200 to lS9 me
Castle Pointers will play, their next
tire cracks of the Bloomfield Cycling AS
ISOLATION.
A Banner for Century Runs.
Eastern century fends'' are not gen
Alo = fIn. Nnnf T3r ~ Rno 1TIh
zach year presents a banner TO the CLUB
which proves the greatest Number OF
100 mile rides by its members; It. Is a
was won by the Lincoln Cycling Cup,
of Chicago. with a total of Sz0 runs to its
AS the century season has practically
closed. Chairman H. F. Walden, OF me
c. R. C. RoadyR Records Committee mas
issued a notice reminding clubs that all
claims must be in the hands of his com,
mittea not later THAN January Is, ana
giving these other conditions governing
~ sAny e.ab is eligible to enter a claim,
whether cr not any Of It's members are
cub 81 but the centuries claimed
must have been ridden according to G
r. G. rules. and during the period of
sct,al membership in competing club.
The rule is as follows
ACTUAL lapse of time allowed, sixteen
hours. No century will be allowed which
is ridden upon any course less than TWEEN
ty miles in length. No century VIII pc
allowed where more tnan e Iwfhey wb hol
was ridden over paved streets, poule-
wards. park roadways or racetraeks-
The entire consecutive distance l0 COZ
seeptive miles. mrst be covered aWheel
or afoot: no travelling by train VIII pc
ai TSe Gain should show the date of the
cen4nrv and by whom ridden. and should
Fe signed by the president and secre-
sary of the club and attesteo oeiore d
notary
Raora the Sport. BOYS.
Apropos of the interest shown by the
5ocsf wheelmen in the big parade OF
tomorrow. is the following advice from
cvcling good thing though it is, needs
hooming Religion needs It. SO yachting
h annual recurrence of Easter is the
evolution Of the bonnet. The lnlernar
fional yacht races make a thousan sow ne@
boats. the opera a thousana ne" so"hs'
Since the establishment OF cycling
the business oo 81 eYeiinTFh aas is Dss the sport
has been nursed. but the business Is tne
sport. Manufacturers and Others ln.err
estad in the commercial aspect nave ever
been Surprisingly ready to open Wl9e
their purse to aid the race evil Inc
road race the s ssa a. fbem ets and ii It IS vaiu-
able now. though not as necessary as
in the pioneer days. tr.da
i've up to a policy which IS dlstinc{ly
opposed T to the fbI gSIicy 4 Of aaT ths Past to cut cut
sn the way of triies, racing teams, road
races and kindred functions. -
Their positions seem to be unStanie. "
is an extreme. From being too liberal
and easily open handed they are rusning
for reform and safety rz1 to a poiicy .
n,iind Iaey by racing men, let them rather
s stsaoS deSa l to sara haRgy a mSd SENSIBLE aeo G dn
the employment of speed
It needs no extended argument 10 prove
that boom and advertisement are not
amiss. even in these days, wnen al Ihe
worlds on wheels. he necessity speaas
for itself. There is not cg e race f meei on
w which Ices not Interest n=on-eytclists,
many of whom are, in that way, trans
Faney the extraordinary interest caused
BY the Irv in gctoT ThpnF o Eng the sn lumber nd,e
Of wheels iS &eon 5hec als With SHqsf those functions,
and anat,s smaller en sYants saFI and effecti pr
No man can figure Just new many cen
verts to cycling zimmerman m ne mas cye mau IF
name name became as familiar as Maud S.
nsfsnde af s os9apa ana mor re- i mas taa and and
Whe she possibilities. Ard when q cyclist
twenty miles in an hour, or surpassed
fhe trotting record be circumcycled the
Increased interest and increased use
The game of cycling may yet be great
" promoted by the same means which
ent we want more race meets than
run all have their, uses. They al prove
insfead of a. score; road races galore. big
road races, the lantern parade, the century
that cycling, though old. is still pristine
in yigor. that is growing, growing, as
the green grass. -
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