The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20
RACING At SAN JOSE
E. c. Bald Lowers the Worlds
TWo-MiIe Record to 4 Min
utes IS Is Seconds.
FIVE THOUSAND LOOKED ON.
The Garden City CyClers' Meet Is a
Great Success and the Track
Is Very Fast.

The great two days bicycle-racing tour
nament Of the Garden City Cyclers was
commenced yesterday at San Jose and was
8 grand success in every particular. No
accidents happened to mar the sport. and
the racing was all that had been expected.
some of the best riders IN the world COM
.petiug and the track proving to be safe and
very fast.
Fully 5000 people had assembled at the
grounds at half-past 1 in the afternoon
when the first race was called. 1t was a
gala crowd, all out for holiday, and their
enthusiasm showed they fully enjoyed the
sport. Bald, Ziegler, Edwards Terrin,
Wells and all the other crack riders were
cheered on their appearance at the track,
and they rode with dash and vim which
showed they were all riding their best. All
We're trained to the hour, as their times
viii show.
The two-mile scratch race. class B, was
the event of the day. The heats were
,hot1y contested and the final brought to-
gether as speedy a lot OF riders as ever
STROBE i wheel.
p In this race Bald proved himself the
. crack rider of the world, as he established
a worlds record for two miles OF min.
10 Is sec, and now holds the half, one mile
and two mile worlds records.
novice race, run in five heats. The starters IN
the first heat were W. W. Halliday, unattached;
B. Z. Clark, G. C. c.; c. c. Peppin, S. j. R. c.;
and c. II. Burg6nS, Acme.
They alternated pace Tor two laps and on
the third Clark assumed the lead and won by
q few inches from Peppin in min. 81 1-5
SIC, which is very good time.
- The second heat brought out John Wing, IN
attached; J. J. Carroll, s. J. R. c.; 7. T. Kell,
Unattached, and q. N. Smith, G. c. C. Carroll
= SET good pace on the first lap, and as no one
0ff Z n second
but he was LETT at the finish in consequence,
for Keu came on and beat him out, as did
Smith also. Kells time was 2 min. Is sec.
In the third heat the starters were K. s. Col
Inns, Reliance; Ted Belloi, S. J. r. c.; W. Jam
lSon, unattached; A. ii. AgneW, Acme; NJ. J.
-0'Brieu :. J. r. c.. and T. A. Coleman, Olym-
pic, BelIoli SET the pace the first lap and Ag-
new the second. The finish was very fast
Jamis0n winning in 2 min. 81 sec. BelIoh
second.
.*In the fourth heat were J. s. Rosbev, Reli-
ance; II. Hardenbrook, S. J. r. c.; Ralph Pinto,
-.uyiaTached T. H. Beatty, Acme; R. K. Belden,
u &. The latter paced a considerable part of
theway. Pinto was dark horse in this race,
and su were watching him, but the best he
could get'Was fourth place. GoSbey Won hand
lily in ? min. 56 sec, HardenbrOok second.
As the referee had placed time limit OF 200
on. the novice race, however, they failed to
quality Tor the final and were lett out OF it.
e.. V. 4, Benson and f. Smith, S. J. r. c., E. J.
Scott, Acme, and W. J. Rogers, unattached,
Started in the fifth and last heat. Benson took
the lead and kept II for two laps. In the sprint
81 the finish Rogers was the winner. Time,
? ~ 10. Benson second.
Then one of the best events of the tourns-
ment was run, the mile scratch race. class
B. 1t was divided into three heats, and the
referee announced a time limit of 3 min. 10
sec, which would necessitate their riding each
mile under :3715. The starters in the first heat
were w. J. Edwards, G. c. c.. C. c. Harbottle,
Keuance; G. NJ Castleman, Acme, and Z.
F. All but UIbricht alternated in making pace.
At the beginning OF the last lap the order was
Castleman, Edwards, Harbottle, UIbricht. The
4aIIer moved up, which sent The others moving,
and HarbOttle took the lead, which he main
tanned to the fnish.swinaSRglp min. 14z3-5
Sec with Edwards second, Castleman third.
For the second heat seven men came out-R.
Gushing, G. G. c.; I. 5. Hall, 3. c. w; Oscar
Osen, q. c. c.; W. A. Terrill, B. C. W.; W. A.
Burke, Acmei E. c. Bald, Press c. c., and G. A.
Nissen, Acme. Bald took the lead at the start
with Osen, Burke and Terrill and the others on
behind. On the second lap Osen assumed the
pace and on the third Nissen. Cushing paced
tRe'third and fourth laps which wore him out
and he quit the race at the end OF the fourth.
Burke then went up TO The front, followed by
TerTiu. Bald and Osen hung back. The final
lap was as pretty ride as was ever seen in Cal
liornia. Terrill had the lead, with the others
all close up. Bald, who was in the rear, came
UP on the outside and won a grand finish in
was smilingly looking at Terrill as he finished
The audience rose from their seats and yelled
themselves hOarSe as the men came flying down
she stretch. The result clearly showed Bald to
be q wonderfully fast Splinter.
The third and last heat had for starters: C..
r. Coulter, w. f. Foster and Otto Ziegler
Olympics, and c. 5. Wells, B. c. w. Coulter as
sumed the lead at the start and fell back to
third while Wells went up front on second
Hhey alternated pace all the way. Ziegler had
the lead on the last lap. He and Coulter raced
abreast until they reached the stretch, when
he sat 9p straight and quit riding. Foster
came on at terrific pace and beat both Ziegler
and Coulter at the tape, winning in 4 min. SO
sec.i with Coulter second. This was another
pretty ride, and the audience went wild when
their iayorlte, Foster, won in such fast com
pany
The one-mile invitation race, class A. was
next run in three heats, with a time limit of
Z;4,' r. Moody, 6. c. C.; c. D. Bates, Reliance,
and Archie Reid, B. c. W, competed in the
first heat. Moody won in a short sprint from
Reid in min. 81 sec. Bates was a close third.
:. The second heat was more interesting and it
DIQugnI out some OF the best class A men on
the. coast. The starters were F. N. Byrne, I'm
per1als; Ia Chapman, Olympics; Allan Jones,
G< e G., and j. Il. Dieckman Jr., Reliance.
The long-looked-for meeting between Jones
and ByIne had come. They led the others at
the. beginning OF the last lap and Jones
sprinted away from them all, winning by IF
teen rect IN = min. 20 10 sec, Byrne being
second; Chapman third. Il was expected that
Byrne would make a better showing The
third and last heat brought out E. j. Sherman,
g. I:-C.5 Z. W. Decker, Acme; r. Z. Dow, G. c.
.GE;F. Dieckman, Reliance and c. r. Frazier
Stanford. Frazier had been disqualified by the
Deague of American Wheelmen for riding in
en- uTSauct1oned race at the intercollegiate 4
:ganes.. last Saturday, but Chairman WEIGH of
the racing board permitted him to start He
felt: so good over this that he set very hot !
pace from the start and made the others ride /
fhefr best. Sherman beat him out, however, !
III 2 min. 80 Is sec, with Frazier second.
=, The. final of the one-mile novice race came
pGKtf those who had qualified being: B. T. I
Clark g. c. c.; c. c. Peppin, S. J. r. c., and T. /
4. .hell, w. Jamison and w. j. Rogers, unat-
taehed. A time limit of $50 was put on this /
blythe referee. The first lap was slow, but they /
quickened in the second and scorched home in 1
tie third. Kell won in 2 min. "a sec, but as I
This was under the time limit the referee Or 1
deTed the race run over later in the day.
a Wo-n1ile handicap Chinese race was then
iQtt0duced, though not on the programme. /
Ahaouncer Knapp stated that the entrees |
were: One Lung, Chew Gum, One Hop and One !
jump.
The riders were dressed in varI-colored silk |
racing suits and their appearance created no |
1AAll3{e IneIriment among the audience. Chew |
y won n 8 min. % sec, One Jump second.
a roar all the time
linen came the final of the great two-mile
sCTaLCh race, class Z. The riders who. had
quanled Ia their heats for the final were; W. |
. E1&a fds, y. G G; c. c. Harbottle Reliance:
" r.. roster ana G. i. Coulter, Olympic: Z. c. |
.Bald, Press Z. e., and W. A. Terrill II G. W
IN an endesyor to lower the two-mile track |
record tanoem pacing was introduced. the
teams being garmsn-Alexander ana Hubbard
DEYis, q. c. c.
At. the start Bald jumped the bunch and