New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
JOHNSON TO MEET SANGER.
A SERIES OF RACES ARRANGED BY THEIR
MANAGERS.
ONE is TO TAKE PLACE IN THE EAST ANOTHER
TRAIL sECTIoN-THE MEETING BE-

TWEEN Eek AND sHAFER
Sanger and Johnson. the flying wheelmen nave
at last been matched The friends of each have
laid claim TO the championship for their respective
favores and the matter will be settled as all sucn
disputes should be settled. in test or speed ana
endurance by the champions OF the Spaldng anu
Stearns teams D. c. Shafer the trainer Of san
ger Titus and Cabanne, has been in the city ior
a week irving to meet r. W Eek, Johnsons mana
ger TO arrange a series OF races. Johnsons trou-
bes with his employers. which res ulted In lawsuit
kept Eek in syracuse until yesterday, ana In cohse
quence he did not reach ths city until atter W."
o'clock last night An appointment had been MADE
bv telegraph TO hold meeting at the Everett
House at II O'Clock last night. and at that nour Eek
Shafer and a party of we.l-known whee.men' came
together.
No words were wasted in preliminary sparring
for each manager seemed to be IN earnest anu
neither seemed disposed to bubble over techhical
points. Each manager was Wiling 10 STAKE MS
reputation upon the result and each represented
cycle whirwind who only too anxious 10 meet
his rival.
well. Eek. I see you are here at last said
Shafer. "and your presence here SHOWS 'ha' you
ready to make a match: so let's get " "'iH
without further delay"
81 am lust as anxious for a match as you are,
said Eek "and you can't get to work too quickly
10 suit me. Johnny Is ready and so am l. SCI II
stated that the races should consist OF the peS'
two ont Of three contests. think that three races
should be run no matter how the first two shouid
come out"
"Oh won't qu.bbe on a llitle point ike tha''
said Shafer "and IL you prefer three races why
three races 1t shall be. We want TO race ana we
won't e, any little thing like that stand IN '"e
way"
Dixie Hines was called upon to draw up the arti-
cles OF agreement and the work was not COM
pleted until early hour this morning The agree
ment Will stpulate that Walter Sanger ana Johh =
shall contest three races at one mile edcn
The first race will take place before June ~ ana II
this contest could be secured for the state meet a'
Manhattan Beach. it would prove great attraction
ono race will take place in the East one in the
West and one I'm the central section. IL is not stpu-
lated in the agreement that the races are for the
championship. for the managers are fair enough 10
admit that there may be several riders on the track
this year whose work Will show that they are as
much entitled to race for the championship as are
Johnson and Sanger
Shafer was In excellent humor over arranging
tbe match II am happy now" said he for my
,rin to Ne York has not been In vain sanger mas
fully recovered from his recent Illness, ana ne mas
brought back his weight TO 1871 pounds Nheh ne
faces johnson he won't be a sick man l leave TOT
Chicago tomorrow. and will start for the oouth
with Sanger Titus and Cabanne next week We
have abandoned all idea OF securing Manhattan
Field for a week or ten days for training purposes
,s the track there Is out Of condition. and as IL
looks to me. II cannot be got into good cohdi'ioh
at least at present . , - n,
.iohuson viii be all right when the time comes,
said Eek. but he needs rest ana propose ma i
be shall have Il. You he has been wheeling an
summer and skating all winter for three years:
and ne ought TO have A let up Three weeks
work will put him back in good condition. The
referee decided against us In syracuse put me
know how anybody knew We were going TO France.
FOR we certainly did not tell any one. Even my
,,I,e dId not know what our intentions were, 80 |
Gon.t zee how any referee could ind out our
plans.
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