The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-21
OUR BUSY CYCLERS
What the Local Clubs are
Doing to Promote
the Sport.
TIGERS WANT REPRESENTATION
Confident That They Can Win the
One Mile Collegiate Race
On the Diamond.
TIGERS WANT REPRESENTATION

The Club cyciers are ridlnG
fast to the front rank of cycling organ
izatioas in Hudson county and certainly
no organization of wheslmen finds more
endowment in the sport than they Ine
weekly runs always bring out at least q
score Of sayciers, and as the most at
tractive routesA are chosen. those VINO
participate in tAe run are amply repaid
for their exsrtionssof the day. The mem-
ners are interested at present in the
tea-miIe race. which will be run on July
4. Mr.. Adolph Walter. Jr., offers a hand
some gold medal to the winner, and al
most every evening the "~scorchers' OF
the club can be seen training for tht
eve. The clubs champion, Ed Hart,
wisSS.lave to hustle if he wishes to re-
tain his laurels. Wyiett and Stone. with
their new vampire MOUNTS, are looked
upon as dangerous. Tommy Norton. Ned
Farrell, Tom O'Brien and James Burns,
VINO VIII All ride lightweight wheels.
say that they VIII be somewhere neal
the front at the finish
The sGreenyille Wheelmen took a pleas
ant run to Pompton on Sunday. No
accidents were met with, and the brac-
ing air brought the Celeryville cyelers
nome with razor sharp appetites. On
Saturday, June I. the club will take a
moonl;ght run to New Haven. Conn.
Sydney Allen is a busy man these days,
and he seldom has the opportunity to
test his speed on the Vampire. Sydney
is very popular among the wheelmen
on the Hill. and his advice regarding
cycle matters is much sought after.
Walter Roome Will return shortly from
~ Co,,zI, prbara ha hos hpap in 9rfiVo
training. He will make his first appear
N. J.. A. c.. on Decoration Day. Roome
is in fine form, and will make the Class
A champions hustle.
Trustee Charles f. Burger of the Lin
den Avenue NJ. E. Church is an entflusi-
astic cyclist. He is frequently seen spin
ming along Ocean avenue and through
the prominent ~thoroughfares OF West
Bergen.
The local wheeimen who are interested
In the Manhattan Beach bicycle track
will be pleased to learn that the track
will be completed by June 10 at the latest.
On that day the League Of American
Wheelmen will hold their State cham.
pionships. The managers of the meet
are working industriously and hope to
have all arrangements made on june
reported that the foundations for the
track have been laid, the banking finish
ed and the work OF putting on the sur,
be the finest one in the country when
completed. A heavy wall of concrete
has besQ sunk on each side of the track
belo Se frost line. SO there will be
no Sing of the surface in spring
time Id no sinking at the edges. Aus
tin Corbin has given orders to employ
enough men to have the track ready
for racing on June Is. The foundations
for the grand stand have been laid
and work IS going on for the accom-.
mediation of the competitors. Some OF
the ideas brought over from France
by Willis Troy will be used in building
this new track and its buildings. As
at the Paris tracks, the quarters for
competitors will be removed from the
stands Thsy-MuL haye4 building-a
the second turn. In front of the dress
ing looms used by the men a veranda
events in which they are not entered:
None but competitors and trainers will
be admitted there. 1t is possible that
willis Troy will be the manager of the
new track, for it is reported that its
owners are considering the a~dvisablity
Of engaging him.