The evening times., 1895-09-07
SWIFT RIDERS GATHERING
ALI Is Now Ready for the Mann
moth Meet at Springfield.
Johnson, Sanger, Tyler, Cabanne,
Cooper and the Rest of the
Scorchers Are on Hand.

Springfield, Mass. Sept. 7.-Much inter
est is felt In the great race meeting which
takes place here next week. The fast
! cylicsts have been coming in at livel,
rate for the past two days. and from nov
until the tournament begins the riders vii
come in rapidly.
Tyler, Titus. Cabanne. and Colema n mad'
their appearance yesterday. Sanger arrived
last night and johnson Will be here to-day
Tyler came in from Buffalo with webb, hi.
trainer. He is in the pink of condition
and says he expects to do the best work Of
his life here. He was not prepared to say
| how he would come out with johnson.
Tyler intimated that there was some
thing more to his recent defeat by Johnson
I than the mere speed of the latter, although
johnson is now riding faster than ever.
Titus and Cabanne were very reticent
regarding the alleged crooked affair at st.
Louis. Neither could be prevailed upon TO
| give any Information about 1t, one way or
| the other.
This cycling season, which is now more
than half gone, does not promise to be as
pIOuuItiNc VI DO " ds iud U
OF 1894. Nearly everything in the way OF
a mark for bicycle riding was swept away
last year, from a quarter of a mile to
twenty-five miles, but thus far this year
not more than duzen, IL that many, new
records have been made. Among these
are Gardner's Leg for two-thirds of a
mile, unpaced; flying start; Bald's one
mile, competition In 1853 Is; Titus ten
miles. 20:5S As, and few others of less
importance.
Every effort, 1t is said, will be made to
bring johnson, Sanger and Tyler together
at the meeting of the New York wheelmen
the latter part of this month. A race by
these men would create widespread inter
est among the friends of the bicycle every
where, for they are surely the swiftest rid
ers the country now affords
The beating johnson got at ochester the
other day at the hands ofSanger and Cooper
has made the st. Paul man mad. He says
Sanger and Cooper put up a job to pocket
him, and he fell into the trap as innocently
as any novice could have done. He is mad,
however. at no one but himself. and prom
ises TO even things up the next time he gets
into company with these men.
Fred A L. schade, OF this city, will at
tend the class A diamond tournament to be
held al Charlotte, N c., on the 18th of this
month. under the auspices of the Charlotte
Cycle Club. He will also attend the meet
at Greenwood, S. c., which occurs on the
11th and 18th. He has entered for all of the
open and handicap events, and will also
ride for the one-mile championship of the
South
A. g. Spalding has given letter to the
public in which he says there is no truth
in the charge that Titus and Cabanne Jobbed
that race at st. Louis. Chairman Gideon,
ef the League of Anserican Wheelmen, re.
plies that Spalding is a very nice man, but
that he may find out later that Titus and
Cabanne are not saints, as there are sew
eral things connected with the st. Louis
affair about which he seems to be entirely
ignorant.
A feature of the big cycle meeting that
the Quill Club, of New York, proposes to
give the latter part of this month Is to be
q quad race for the championship OF New
York. AS there are not more than a half
event promises to be one of rare interest.
Each is to be manned with a picked crew
from among the fastest men in New York.
Another diamo nd meet Is to be held by
he Waluham Bicycle Park Association
on the 14th. Coming right after the great
meeting at Springfield, the event promises
to draw all the noted riders who will attend
the Springfield affair.
G. w. Phillips arrived at Springfield,
Mass, yesterday from Chicago. distance
of / ,14O miles. Mr. Phillips rode a twenty
one pound wheel all of the way without
a break or accident of any sort. He weighs
1875 pounds. 1t took him two months to
make the trip, which was purely for pleas
ure.
Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 7.-R. V. Come
rat, of Savannah, Ga. has entered for the
diamond meet of the Charlotte Cycle Club,
September 16. He will go for record for
the track and for the South. He now holds
the Southern record, having made full
mile at Jacksonville, August 27, in
2:10 1-15- All the prizes offered at this
meet are diamonds.