The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-15
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TITUS sNATOHES THE TEN NILE
RECORD BALDHEADED.

At Manhattan Beach Re Starts in Ten
Mile Race with Maddox. Who Drops Out
ut the Third Milc-Titus Thinks 1t would
be q Good Time to Go for the Record
and a Surprising Performance Follows
Corbett Goes in = Half-Mile Match
Fitzsimmons Is There, Too--Tennis
Tournament
New York, Aug. 1.-THE most nota-
bic achievement of the day among the
Manhattan Beach cycling events was
the smashing of the ten mile record by
Fred Titus. He started out in a ten
mile match race with Harry Maddox,
holder of the record OF 1853 Titus
got behind the quad on the start and
this so discouraged Maddox that he
dropped back lap behind before the
second mile was finished. AT the end
Of the third mile Maddox dropped out.
Titus then turned his attention TO the
record and he fractured IL every mile
after the first. was originally intend
ed to pace the mile with two quads but
one Of them broke down and two tam
dems were pressed into service. The
pacing was not fast enough for Titus.
who on the last mile cut the pace for
the tandem. He finished by knocking
the record down to 2o:5S As. cut OF
40 As seconds. Had there been anoth-
er quad to pace, Titus would have done
much better. The performance arous
ed the utmost enthusiasm.
Other features were a half mile race
between James j. Corbett and Harvey
Wheeler. Corbett handles a wheel
very cleverly and he and Wheeler made
a good finish, Corbett winning by two
feet.
Harry Tyler rode like the wind in
placing the mile record at 40 2-5 and
the two miles at $3.50. The previous
records were l :53 and $3.50 % respective
ly.
About s., 900 was realized for the char
ity fund. Bob FitzsimmonS gave a
sparring exhibition for the benefit OF
the fund. Summaries:
Mile handicap, class A: final: Won
by r. A. Miller, Greenwich wheelmen.
100 yards. Oscar Hedstrom, Greenwich
wheelmen, % yards, second; j. T. eBam
Riverside wheelmen, 90 yards. third.
Time PIP As.
Quarter-mile scratch. professional;
flying start; final-Won by ". c. Tvlnr.
Springfield. Mass; I. A. Silvie. Port
Richmond. L. l., second: w. Coleman,
Springfield, Mass, third. Time :2S 1-5.
Mile scratch, class A: final-Won by
G. NJ. ErtZ. Riverside wheelmen: w. c.
Douglass, New York Athletic club. sec
ond; W. c. Roome, New Jersey Athletic
club, third Time PIG Is
Half mile match race, handicap-Won
by James j. Corbett, IS yards, II. c.
Wheeler, scratch, second. Time 1:l4H.
Five miles handicap. professional
Won by 1. A. Silvie. Staten Island. 215
yards; A. w. Porter, Waltham, Mass.
scratch, second: w. Coleman, Spring
field, Mass, scratch, third. Time 12:37
As.
One-third mile. match race, handicap
Won by Lewis 3. Beener, IS yards,
John ]. Beener, scratch, second. Time
:O7 %
Mile tandem. scratch. club champion
ship of the Riverside Wheelmen: Dead
heat between c. X. Granger and w. A.
Barbeau and j. Beam and Walter H.
Beam; F. Maggie and y. B. John third.
Time 2:27 40.
Ten mile match race-Won by Fred
Titus. Harry Maddox dropping out at
the end of the third mile. Time-One
mile 2:03 Is: two miles 4:04 $50 three
miles sos 2-5; four miles s:l1 3-5; five
miles 1918 Is: six miles 1928 As. seven
miles 14:29. eight miles 1888 AS, nine
miles 1S:46, ten miles 20:5S As.