The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-27
Third ANNUAL
lOO-M[LE RELAY.
PERSONNEL OF THE ACME AND
CALIFORNIA CYCLE CLUB
TEAMS.
ZIEGLER FOR THE AGNES.
PRIZE LIST OF THE MEET AT SAN
JOSE ON APRIL 1e
AND 20.

Sunday last four of the prominent bicy-
Gle clubs who will enter teams in the great
relay race of April 7, held preliminary try
outs over the San Leandro course. They
were the Reliance and Acme clubs of Oak
land and the Bay City Wheelmen and Cal
ifornia Cycling Club of this city. No
remarkable time was made by the mem
bers of any of the clubs, but the ten-mile
tryout of the California Club materially
aided Captain Burke and President Wynne
in selecting their relay team for 1895,
which will be made up of the following
men: J. w. Harvey, William Reed, F.
Struven, E. Erbe, w. G. Lowe, II. A.
Friedlander, William Klutz, A. Thiesen,
II. iceberg aud A. Alcayaga. These men
are all local talent, as the club rightly
does not believe in importing Eastern rae
ing talent for purely home race, in which
regard the Bay City Wheelmen are also
conscientious. But the above list COM
prises some excellent road riders, who will
ride the race through and make a fine
showing.
The Acme Clubs 10-mile tryout Sunday
had fourteen starters, and the best time
made was % min. SO Sec, which was good
considering the condition of the roads.
Captain Kitchen had his eyes on the men,
and from their performances, past and
present, picked nine of his relay team for
1895 as follows: J. r. Sampson, M. f.
Rose, o. L. Pickard, Frank NJ. Byrne, G.
Y. Nissen, E. w. Decker, W. A. Burke,
John Kitchen Jr., T. A. Schleuter. Byrne
is the crack rider of the Imperial Club
Burke is q Los Angeles rider of great
speed and Nissen is one of the Bay City
Wheelmen's best class A riders, but as he
lives in Alameda County he will ride for
the Acmes. The others are all home
talent. The tenth man on the team is not
yet selected. He may be Ziegler or J. a
Howard, or the captain hints he may have
a surprise in store for somebody.
President Wynne and the road-racing
committee of the California associated
cycling clubs, being dissatisfied with the
last part of the tenth relay, went over the
ground Sunday and changed it as follows
Coming along the county road and turning
into Fourteenth street, thence to Eleventh
avenue, along that boulevard to Fifteenth
street, thence to Fourth avenue, and along
the latter to Seventeenth street, turning
into Seventeenth street and finishing at
Ninth avenue. This is great improve
ment over the proposed finish at Lake
Merritt, where the roadway is bad and the
street narrow.
In the Bay City Wheelmen's road race
Sunday, a tive-mile handicap event from
Fruityale. to Haywards, w. G. Brode won
with min. 40 sec. handicap. w. A. Ter
rill made best time, IA min. s sec.
The Reliance Club of Oakland also ran a
five-mile tryout, and Captain Bates will
announce his relay team this week The
Bay City Wheelmen's team will not be
made up until next Friday or Saturday.
All the wheelmen will be interested in
seeing the prize list for the great meet to
IN bo11 pf 20, i -.
is as follows:
Friday, April 10, novice race, gold and
silver medals, worth $35 and SIS respect
lively.
One mile invitation, class A, first prize.
$50 suit of clothes; second, piano lamp and
rosewood stand, $50; third, SIS upholstered
arm chair.
Half-miIe, class A, handicap. first prize
$50 diamond locket; second, S25 ONYX
table; third, $15 cycling suit.
Two-mile scratch, class B, two beautiful
unset diamonds for first and second prizes,
worth $3.50 and $50 respectively; third, $25
oyercoat.
One-mile handicap, class B, diamonds
worth $3.50 and $S5 for first and second
place, and $50 travelling bag for third.
For Saturday, April 20, one-mile handi-
cap, class A first prize, 500 gold watch /;
second, $50 chiffonier; third, $40 trousers.
One-Jhird mile scratch, class A, first
prize, $40 silver service; second, SIS cary
ing set; third, So shoes.
One mile class B, invitation, first $3.50
unset diamond; second, $50 diamond !;
third, $40 diamond.
One-half handicap, class B, first, $3.50
diamond; second, $S5 diamond; third, $25
pair link cuff buttons.
Two-mile Chinese handicap, first $40 gold
watch; second $18 cycling suit; third 81
sweater.
Altogether this is the most valuable prize
list ever offered at race meet in Cafifor-
MIA and it will attract the best riders from
all over the State.