The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-21
PUSHING The PEDAL
Latest Gossip from the
Ranks Of the Local
Wheelmen.
ATLANTIC. BASEBALL LEAGUE

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Jersey City Will Be Represented
by a Strong Team-Boxing
a i Bowling.
Now that the experiment of mounting
policemen on wheels has proved such q
success in New York the member OF
the Jersey City force, who are expert
wheelmen, are in hopes that the local
police board will follow the example set
them by the Commissioners of the big
city across the river, The section OF
men who are capable of chasing "scorcn-
ersv would be an easy matter. In every
one of the seven precincts of the city
can be GUN men who are experts on
the wheel and a Squad could be organ
lied in short order. In the Second pre-
cinct the coppers who do not ride the
silent steed are in the minority.
Chief Murphy has given the project
serious consideration and 1T is said that
he is heartily in favor Oh establishing a
bicycle corps, particularly in the pre-
cincts through which the Boulevard
passes. on the Boulevard the cycling
copper could run down and warn scorch-
ers, besides rescue fair ones in bloomers
from runaway teams. The corps could
watch the bicycle traffic, besides per-
forming all the duties of mounted police
men.
There's no lack of material" said a
member of the force yesterday. There
are plenty of men on the force who can
ride, and ride we'll. Policemen on wheels
can do everything for the service that a
mounted policeman can, and at less ex-
pense, A start could be made in a
modest way, and If the cycling copper
proved a success the corps could be in
creased In numbers
How Merritt Was Nahbed.
The details of the stealing Of a bicycle
owned by Mr.. Frank Eveiand and uhe
p sseaeq maas p eaBfere Il q appears ,as 'a taat n sev-
Eveland. for the purpose Of hiring g
name as Van Wagner and presented
three letters of RECOMMENDATION. one from
Stevens Institute and IRON Wtssnn
payment of the fee of twenty-five cents
he received a fine mount. At the expIra-
ton of the hour he failed to put IN an
appearance and when night arrived ana
Eveiand realized Van WAGNER hired the
Wheel o., only i to w steal a It. Non On SsaHrd fay i ths
UuU. LfSld1l CtAl ~
purpose of tracing II. the wheel he
visited all the pawn shops and bicycle
"jointss' IN this city and Nv was wh finally + re-,
bicycle store on Nassau street, together
with another wheel which had been
stelen from him some aseess p thof VAN I,
van WAGNER was arrested and brought
Var Y NV Wa ger. says his name is Merritt
and tha he lives in P-oughheepsie, new
York.
Gideon,s Bulletin.
This weeks bulletin from cbairma;n 2
a short one. but it announces two more
professional riders and tells of several
s~uspensiqRgEE; Il Is * AdehPTED.
Glass "A, one-tnird mile, unpaced, stand
I~55 saiina, Kan. AZ seconds, No
ve chass 4, tandem, one-thdrd mile. !,
paced, flying start. against time by Fred
F. Eberlhardt n w. Fellx' "
Glass A. tandem, Il mile, -unpaced. fly
ing start, against time. by Fred E. Eber-
hardt and ". P. Felix, ~ 80 seconds,
Glass B. tandem. unpaced. flying, start.
against time, by VIM. Randall and VIM.
Gsoburna New Orleans, La, % seconds
Nosel' SANCTION GRANTED.
January Il, 1896. Press Cycle Club, Buff
ia'o DECLARED PROFESSIONALS.
l.. A. Travis. Kansas City, Mo-, by vote
u q sne S. Bat;chelder, warrensburg, IN,
under clause {a9; also suspended from al
track racing for one year by vote OF the
Board, under Art. VI. Sec. Z. OF the by
Jaw" SUSPENSIONS.
H. M. Turk, Denver, Col, is suspended
f tran Al; emf &. Fow saisin E;sb RsnainME Me-, ins sna
ii. NJ. Sweet, Norway, Me-, suspended
pending investigation.
Ar By go r.. q section Df { fe !. 81 T. .o 4. W. yu' by-
laws AVE. A. Z. Reineeke,, Il. w. DAVIDSON,
EaIader, Iowa: Wilbur Mandell. Brush
ali track racing until january /, 1898, for
unfair dealing in cycle racing.
College Cycling League.
ISOLATION 6 very likely e be in ful opera
s iso heard pa1e ct the en- movement nowadays. but
T a Il om maalng p prqseeii nte nsSsrinf II College
E Psssssslt Ss's a4eeSss Ne. s. ses s;,.,s # e. ne ne
s anasfss1ss very q re eieasIys He says SAYS: = For
the intercollegiate championship games
become notorious that the best riders are
not, as a rule the ones who win.
ssNor a number Of years the .s inteTcoLesa
Face stood at sol, This was made on
Berkeley 0va1. on one Of the OLD type
very hair record. a mar on g solid tIre
had no aificu1ty In making the turns.
But a safety wheel, in spite OF its name,
IS a much more unsafe wheel for racing
purposes, SO that when the Intercoile-
giate Athletic Association In 1892 made
only, the immediate effect was q faster
race, indeed, burt a more dangerous one.
IF the league Is formed, it will prob
ably provide for different classes. Of rid
ers. The scheme will, in all probability,
Be a success, and the first intercoliegiate
bicycle tournament ever held, 1t is to be
hoped, VIII take place some time in May
Pennsylvania is heartily IL favor Of the
PLAN" It is very likely that a meeting
of the cycling representatives from the
different colleges and universities will
be held in New York In February, and
that the association will then be form-
ally organized.
STRANDS FROM THE ROPE.
Eddie vaughnss sweeping Challenge
-EmpIress a.. g. Tourney.