The San Francisco call., 1895-05-18
LOS ANGELES SPORTING.

LOS ANGELES SPORTING.
The Winners of the Southern Cir
cult Racing Meet.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, May 1.-THE
twenty-five mile scratch bicycle race, which
is to take place in this city on Saturday,
MAY 18, is attracting much attention among
wheelmen, as it will be the biggest thing
Of its kind ever given in the West. 1t will
take place at the Los Angeles Athletic
Club Park, by the Wheelmen's Training
League of this city, and the prize is a tan
dem bicycle valued at $3.50. Six of the
best long-distance riders of Southern Cali
fornia have been training for it for some
weeks. The race from the start to the
commencement of the last lap will be paced
bv tandem teams, who will relieve each
other at short intervals. There will be four
tandem teams under the direction of Tom
McAleer, vice-president of the Wheelmen's s
Training League and twenty-five mile
champion of the coast.
The starters in the race will be Emil
Ulbricht, champion road-rider of the
coast, holder of the worlds indoor record
for twenty-five miles, winner OF the Los
Angeles Wheelmen Santa Monica road race
in 1894, the Coronado road race the same
year and the Pasadena and Ventura road
races this season. Another starter is w.
Hatton of the Columbia team, winner of
third time in Doth the Pasadena and Ven-
tura races. He is considered-after Ul-
bricht-the favorite for this race, having
ability to ride it while holding a good
sprint for the finish. The other starters
will be Fritz Lacy, Godfrey Schmidt, w.
M. Jenkins and Phil Kitchin. The latter
was the winner of the time prize in the
Riverside road race in 1894. He was also
winner at San Diego in May, 1894, of the
25-mile team race. Owing to a rather bad
fall he had lately he is not training.
The Athletic Club park track has had a
special dressing for this race and will be in
the best possible condition. Some fast
work is confidently expected.
A possible outcome of this 25-mile
scratch race is race between Ulbricht, the
'.Flying Dutchman," and Champion Nc
Aleer, vice-president of the Wheelmen's 8
Training League. Ulbricht has his "back
up" and thinks he can wrest the cham
pionship from McAleer. AS a forerunner
he has issued the following challenge to the
latter:
the contestants who are entered in the coming
25-mile invitation race, or any other so-called
crack of this city, hereby accept his challenge
and offer to race him twenty-five miles un-
paced, to start one-eighth of mile apart, no
pace, or to q finish, the one catching the
other to be awarded the race, date to suit him,
the earlier the better.
Mr. McAleer has yet to be heard from.
The programme for the race meet OF the
Los Angeles Wheelmen announced for
May 80 will have TO undergo some changes.
| The national racing board has decided that
| the Knippenberg annual Syracuse class A
stake, best three in five heats, for which
Will Knippenberg donated 5000 worth of
prizes, cannot be run IN its present shape.
| A communication has been received from
| the board that it cannot sanction class A
race with so valuable prize and refuses to
allow a prize to be competed for having a
value of over $50. The race will come off
| but changes in the programme will be
made to suit the rulings of the racing
| board, but what the changes will be has
| not yet been announced.
| The first annual road race of the Santa
| Monica Bicycle Club last Sunday was
rather tame affair. The race was from
| Second street, Santa Monica, to the Santa
| Monica Soldiers Home and return, but as
| the distance has never been measured NO
/, com parison could be made. There were
| nineteen entries The best time was made
by Arthur Nelson in 24:10, but the prizes
were awarded for place and the first prize
| The Pomona wheelmen have moon
| light court case on their hands. A party
| of them last week started out for a full
moonlight ride with dark lanterns. They
were all arrested, charged with violation
of the city ordinance providing that wheel
men must have their lanterns lit at night
| In the preliminary trial last Monday the
| Judge decided against the wheelmen, but
| they have appealed to the Superior Court
| The southern circuit meets of the Cali
fornia Cycle Racing Confederation opened
| at Santa Barbara last Wednesday, MAY Is
Many crack riders from all over the State
were present, but the track was poor, and
to make things worse, a heavy wind was
| blowing.
The first event was the mile novice, class
| A, race, which was won by L. Norwayo
unattached, Santa Barbara; G. Blake un
attached. Carpenteria, second; Walter
Pratt, Ventura, third. Time, 3 min. % sec
The second race was the mile open, class
| B, won by w. A. Burke, Los Angeles; G.
| Castleman, Riverside, second; w. f. Fos
| ter, San Francisco. third. Time, min. 2;
| sec.
In the mile handicap, class A, A. w
| Cleaver of Chicago, scratch, won; ]. Eek
| hardt, Santa Barbara, IS yards, second
Louis Wade, Ventura, 20 yards, third
| Time, 2 min. 36 As sec.
Two-mile handicap, class B, C. Castle
man, Riverside, scratch, won; w. A
Burke, Los Angeles, scratch, second; A
N. Jones, 80 yards, third. Time, min A
sec.
The mile championship for Santa Bar
bara and Ventura counties was won by
O. g. Robbins of Santa Paula, Jacob Eek
| hardt of Santa Barbara second.