The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23

After this parade came the final of the
half-mile class A scratch for which A. n.
Jones, G. c. c., F. NJ. Byrne, I. c. c., and
! G. A. Nissen, B. G. w, had qualified.
Jones barely won in 1 min. 10 sec, Byrne
second. Byrne claimed foul, which was
disallowed.
Then followed a race between two six
year-old children-George and CIotide
Devaney. The boy won amid much APP
plause.
For the final of the third of mile class
B race w. F. Foster, 0. A. c.; o. Osen,
G.. C. c., and w. A Terriu, B. c. W, had
qualified. This was a squirt from the crack
OF the pistol Terrill had the lead all the
way, but ran wide on the last turn and
Osen beat him out few inches. Time,
AZ Is sec.
James Ordway, champion trick rider of
the coast, then gave an exhibition of fancy
riding, which was cleverly executed and
well applauded.
The mile handicap, class A, was next
run, divided into heats and final. The
starters in the first heat were: f. McFar-
land, S. J. R. c., 40 yards; C. F. Lennon,
0. c. W., 60 yards 0. L. Pickard, A. c. W.,
60 yards. Pickard had the lead for six
| laps, when Lennon passed him and won
in 2 min. % sec. Mcfarland was over
handicapped.
The next heat had for contestants: G. A.
w l.
c. c., go yards; A. H. Agnew, A. G. W.,
ITO yards. Nissen made a great endeavor
to overcome his limit men and caught
Agnew, but could not reach Howe, who
won in 2 min. 25 1-5 sec.
For the third heat were: P. Metcalf, l.
G. c., 60 yards; f. L. Day, B. c. W., 20
yards; w. L. Thompson, B. G. W. $50
yards. Metcalf proved the best of the trio,
winning by 20 yards from Day in min.
q 2-5 sec.
Fourth heat-Starters: E. Languetin,
B. c. W., 40 yards; E. S. Battles, B. C. W.,
Barley and Battles collided on the west
bank and Barley's Cleveland wheel was
completely wrecked. Languetin was also
caught in the general smashup, but he and
Battles remounted, their wheels being I'M
injured, and Languetln won in min. 8
Sec Fortunately none of the riders were
hurt in the fall.
Then came the first heat of the two-mile,
class handicap, with starters viz: w. F.
Foster, 0. C. w, scratch; E. UlbriCht, B.
c. w. scratch, and f. G. Lacey, 175 yards
Lacey was never headed and won in
minutes fat.
In the second heat were o. Osen. G. c. c.,
scratch, and w. A. Terrill, B. C. W., so
yards. 1t took the former just five laps to
overcome this handicap, but he did not
attempt to get the lead which Terrill kept
to the finish, winning in 5 minutes "a
seconds
Then came the final of the one-mile,
class A, handicap, those who had qualified
being E. Languetin, B. G. W., 40 yards; p
Metcalf, l. c. c., so yards; C. f. Lennon,
A. C. W, 60 yards, and w. C. Howe, l. c..
c., 80 yards. They were all punched in
few laps and stayed that way to the finish,
Howe barely winning by minutes, %
seconds; Languetin second.
This was followed by the Alameda
County championship, two miles, scratch,
in which were entered &. w. Decker, A. G..
W.; G. A. Nissen, B. c. W., and NJ. F.
Rose, A. G. w. Nissen was not entered
but rode under protest and won easily, with
Decker second. Time, min. q 3-5 sec.
The next race was the two-mile class B
handicap. Starters: w. f. Foster, o. C.
W., scratch; w. A. Terrill, B. c.. W., so
yards; f. G.. Lacey B. c. w, 175 yards
At the start Lacey spurted and caught on
to Foster and the pair were soon up with
Terrill, this bringing Lacey lap ahead of
the others as he had handicap of IT'S
yards. Foster beat Terrill in the squirt,
however, while Lacey won in min. 16 Sec
AS the final event of the evening and of
the tournament as well Emil Ulbricht of
the Bay City Wheelmen started in an at
tempt to break the worlds indoor track
record for twenty-five miles, paced by all
the crack riders who have participated here
the past week, including Edwards, Terrill,
Foster, III. Smith, Davis, Delmas and
Lacey. Ulbricht made % miles and 2
laps in an hour and finished the % miles
in :5:17 SO, beating the worlds record by
three minutes. A large crowd awaited
the finish and he was loudly cheered.
After the races were over a meeting of
prominent wheelmen was called, the pur-
pose of which was to contradict the state
ments made by Otto Ziegler to the effect
that the management of the tournament
had not kept its promise with him. A
resolution was passed as follows:
WHEREAS, Adverse criticism has appeared il
the local papers in reference to the indoor
bicycle tournament just closed the under
signed officials and committeeman desire to ex-
press their opinion as follows:
First-That the management and control
throughout has been eminently satisfactory in