The herald., 1895-08-04
All the Great Riders Are
Worried by Ad=
mirerS
THEY CHASE ZIMMERMAN
Eddie Bald Now the Most Popular Class
B Man on the Track.--Arthur
Gardiner and His
Chances

10 see tlle amount OF auulatlOn bestowed
by the cycling cranks on the kings of the
wheel. Zimmerman, Of course to use
the cyclists expression. is the "king of
them all, - and the way the mere sight of
him strikes admiration and awe in the
soul of the enthusiastic wheelman is
truly remarkable. The bicycle crank is
hero worshIper as no one else is hero
worshiper as was most beautifully shown
at the recent national meeting of the l..
A. W. at Asbury Park. One of the
events in the way of entertainment down
there was bicycle run to Manasquan.
1.-THE home OF Zimmerman. There isn't
much Of Manasquan, but the mere fact
that it is the home of Zimmerman is
enough to make it famous throughout all
cycledom. Wheelmen speak the name
with reverence and awe, and to have
been there is an honor never to be forgot
ten. The run to Manasquan from Asbury
Park, therefore, was participated in by
every wheelman and wheelwoman at the
national meet who had a bike at his or
her disposal. and as there were several
thousand who had the process ion down
the coast drive was one to be remem-
bered The pilgrimages to the Holy Land
in olden times were made with more
solemnity, perhaps, but certainly not
with any more fervid interest. 10 see
Zimmerman, to be in his house, to grasp
his hand, to break bread at the thinner
man board-who would miss such
chance as that? And so it was that
great procession OF lays" as the king
of the wheelnen called them. rode down
the coast to Manasquan, to hip-hip-hur
rah till their lungs were tired and their
ears were cracked. and then rode back
again happier than they had ever been
before.
While in Manasquan they met thinner.
man peIe. who wasn't much known until
his son became a king. He lives now in
a reflected glory and boastfully affirms
that king Arthur" is but a chip off the
old block. So the cyclist pilgrims cheered
for Pa" Zimmerman as well as for his
son, the king, and then pa" took them
all inside the Jersey hotel and gave them
all feed.
And Zimmerman, the king, what did
he think? He made his guests at Manas-
quan think he was glad to see them. and
so. no doubt, he was, but he wanted it
to end there. Like most other kings,
King Zim, is surfeted with praise and
he isn't. Whenever he appears in crowd
of wheelmen it is: "how'ds do. Mr..
Zimmerman? 1 met you al Pounk five
years ago. I've got nice party of friends
over here. Won't you come over and
me t them?" or "Hellos Jimmy. Won't
you come up in the grand stand and meet
my wife?" or Just step over moment
here, Zim. Ny little girl wants to shake
hands with you" And so it goes on all
the day. 1t doesn't seem to make any
difference that the king shows he doesn t
want SO much attention and he sneaks
under the grand stand to avoid it. 1t is
heaped upon him just the same.
mo tired" says the king. Always
wanting me to meet somebody or kiss
their kids. Those fellows on the track.
too They're good things. There are
a lot of swelled heads who don't know
when they are we'll off. Take Bank. for
instance (mentioning the name of a
prominent class B rider). Two years ago
week, anchor his boat and catch it full OF
fish. Then he'd come in town and sell
the fish for 81 and think he was making z
a good living. Now he's winning $3.50
diamonds once or twice week and kick
ing about it. These bicycle roosters make
only let me alone, but its Jimmy here
and Jimmy there out of a lot of boosters
| never saw before
Next to Zimmerman, Eddie Bald, the
duke of the track" is, perhaps, the
most popular man on the circuit. not
WITH Ine rluerS, but with the crowds.
That is because be wins so many races
and is such good looking. smart sort
of chap. Bald has developed wonder
full speed of late. and this, with his
''ioxiness' in a race, makes him well
nigh unbeatable by the Class B men
who now compete with him on the
national circuit Bald has been winning
all summer, rushing down the home
| stretch and picking up firsts where it did
| not seem possible for him to win. His
| greatest success was at the national meet,
| where he defeated all the Glass B men on
the track repeatedly and won four of the
most valuable prizes given, including
two national championships. Bald is in
| better form than any other man on the
track. The reason he wins is that he is
| extremely fast to start with and knows
how to ride besides. So lar this season
he has picked up $1700 worth OF prizes.
| Arthur Gardiner of Chicago. one of the
youngest riders on the track in point Of
experience. gives promise of being one
of the pest. He is as speedy us any o
the fast lot, and some of the fellows who
claim to know say he is much speediel
tran Bald. On straightaway course
With fence between them. the young
Chicagoan could probably beat the 'dukt
OF the track" at any distance, but in {
ace with number of other riders Bale
certainly his peer. Gardiner, how
ever, never raced with the "big fellows
until two weeks ago. His initiation or