The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-23

Inc uTabulVgula GASd u4teb uelu Ny ku1
whOetmen OF Welisburg occurred Satur-
day afternoon aud was attended by near
ly two thousand people, The races were
on the new quarter mile BuAalo track
recently built for the exclusive use Of
Whselmen, This days races demon
,.rated that the track il faulty IN sever.
al particulars, the moSt pronounced be-
ing the lack OF adequate banking on the
turns and back stretch and the narrow
homestretch. The stretch is so narrow
that only ak men can DO started and
for that reason several Of Saturdays
races were run in heats. MIR. Y. L,
Low, OF SLeubenVille, had charge Of tue
races and Gays that another Glass A
meet will be given At Wellsburg in 0cto-
beL The track will be reconstructed
before the next meet and will be per-
lscGly sale, so it is claimed, In nearly
every race on the programme there
were bad spills, the worst being In tho
quarter mile open final heat, when oil
ak starters only two finished four went
down together on the lower turn.
The feature OF the day was the break.
inpot the half mile American record on
quarter mile trak. The steubsnyille
Athletic Clubs champion, George f.
Helms, paced by tandem with Mat
thsWS and Scott up, made the double
circuit OF the track in 90 As seconds.
This is the fastest hall ever made in
this country on 4 quaEter'mile track.
Summaries:
Ons mile novice-Paul Thomas, Mar.
tins Ferry, /; John L. ClHtor, Wheel
ing, 9; A.C. DOdd. Wel!sburg, 8. TIME,
Quarter.mils open, three heats aud
hnRl-FirIt heat: q. E. Helms. steuben'
vile, /; Clyde Quimby, Steubsnyille, q
tins, ;34i. Second heat: /. l. lrAppe,
Cleveland, /; Il. B, Scott, Wellsburg, q
time, 1884. Third heat; B. Z. Irons,
Pittsburgh, l; Albert Foster, Wheeling,
2;time, 1891. Final heat: g. L. HELMS.
l; Irons, 9; Quimby, s; Scott, 4; time,
:S4I. In the final just Us the lower turn
was reSched Trapps was pushing Helms
hard whom his wheel went under him.
Quimby, Scott and Foster went down in
the wreck, Foster being thrown over
the banked track fifteen feet
One.hali mile, boys under sixteen
years-W. AIattheWe, Wellaburg, |;
Harry Dodd, Wellsburg, .; George
McCamic, WelISburE, 8. lime, l;ll.
One mile, Brooke county champion.
Bbip-W. Matthews, Wellsburg. /; A.
Q. Dodd, welluburg, 2; Dave Howard,
(eolored), 3. Time, 400. Declared no
race; II was a loaf OF the worst kind
until the final sprint
Two mile lap race. II. Smell, Bril-
liant Ohio, seven points, |; ii. +.
Krupps. Uhrichlville. Ohio. ak points.
2; B, G. Goble, PittsburG. four points,
3;F. l. Trappe, Cleveland, two pointS,
4. Time. 5:07l.
One mile, 2;40 class, two heats and
final-First heat: Albert Foster, Wheel.
ing, /; Cldye Quimby, s.eubenvil!e, q
George Foster, Wheeling, 81 J. l..
ClatOr, Wheeling, A. time, 2;3G, Second
heat: II. Z. KruppS, UhriChsvillO, l; j.
@. Smith, Wilmerding, 2; Joseph Foe
Ter, Wheeling, 3; Irons. Pittsburg, 4;
time. 3:l6. Final; Clyde Qaimby,
sIsubsnyille. /; Ii. L. Krupps, Uhrlchs.
vile, .; ]. @. Smith. WilmerdinR, 3;
Albert Foster, Wheeling, 4; time, 2:22.
Helms paced the men for the three.
quarters, explaining the very fast time
made. The finish between Quimby and
Krupps was the closest Of tho after.
noon and excited great enthusiasm.
ORe.mile open, Two heats and final
Frat heat: II. d. Scott, Brilliant, /; ].
II. Smell, Wilmerding, .; Clyde Quimby,
Sleubeurille, 8; time, 2:22t. Second
heat: B. G. Goble, Pittsburgh, /;
george Foster, Wheeling. .; II. T.
krupps, uhrichsVillc. 8; George Hale,
East Liverpool, /; time, 2:4G. Final:
!. l.. Trappo. Cleveland, /; j. II. Smell,
., II, L., hrupps, 3; tine, 2:2S, Al.
though the Judges gave second place to
smell, many Of the spectators we're OF
the opinion that Krupps beat out Smell
Of the tape.
0ne.miie tandem. against .time-Snett
and smith, 2;O3 10; Matthews and
Wilkin, 2:l2; Goble aud Scott, 1902.
Goble aud scott, /; Smell and Smith, 2;
Matthews and WiIkin. ).
The last event on the programme was
tho mile race between Metteuborger,
Nichols aud IoCum, tllrne St0ubenvllO
heaVy.Weirhti. Ihs finish was very
close, as follows: Torum, /; Nichols,
.; MeLtGubergor. 8; time, 1858.
George Foster, Of Wheeling, who
took second in ono Of tho one mile open
heats, tainted on his wheel after finish.
ing aud took bad fall on tho upper
turn. Ito said he did not know that he