The San Francisco call., 1895-07-20
THE WHEELMEN.
Many Runs and Road Races Sched-
uled for Tomorrow.
lTUR FyFNTS TO-MORRI

CLUB EVENTS TOMORROW.
California Cycling CIub-Blind run
around the City.
Eintracht CycIers-Road Race at San
Mateo.
Golden City Wheelmen-Run to Palo
Alto.
Golden Gate Cycling CIub-Run to Hay
wards.
Liberty Cycling C1ub-Run to Crystal
Springs.
Outing Road CIub-Run to San Mateo.
Pacific Cycling Club-Run to W oodside
Reliance Club WheeImen-Races at
Oakland Trotting Park.
Royal Cycling CIub-Road race at San
Mateo.
San Francisco Road Club-Road race at
San Mateo.
There are four road races and q number
of club runs on the cards for tomorrow,
so that the wheelmen will be on the move
all day. The racers always chose the
straightaway stretch of road from San
Mateo to San Carlos when competing in
five-mile races, and there will be four run
Cyclers, the Royal Cycling Club, the San
Francisco Road Club, and the last by the
employees of various establishments at
Butchertown who have the cycling fever.
With the departure of Charles S. Wells
for the East, where he will compete on a
National circuit with the crackeriacks, the
coast loses for the time being one of the
fastest class B men we have ever had here.
Since Bald, Ziegler and the other flyers
went East about the 1st of May, Wells has
had things his own way, there being no
one here who could give him half race.
L. -o1 kI.oa q
about Allan Jones with ease, and even
Walter Foster was afraid to race against
him, Wells had developed such marvellous
speed. He has many friends on the coast,
who all wish him the greatest success on
his Eastern trip.
In an evasively worded article the Pacific
Cyclist attempts to answer THE CALL s
statement that Allan Jones and Clarence
Davis did not join the Olympic Club
Wheelmen of their own volition. Itclaims
to produce sworn statements of these men
that mot single member of the Olympic
Club has ever approached them in regard
to joining that organization" But on
reading the statements" (of which there
is only one, by the way) fail to find the
sentence quoted, and still stand by my
previous assertions. Robbed of its un-
grammatical yerbiage, there is nothing
whatever in the Cyclists article, and space
is too valuable iii this paper to waste it
answering such trash. G. S. Wells, H. F.
Terrill and W. A. Terrill are still ready, if
called upon, to swear that they were ap-
preached by members of the Olympic Club
Wheelmen and urged to desert their own
club. Frank NJ. Byrne of the Imperials,
Floyd Mcfarland of the San Jose Road
Club and S. B. Vincent of the Bay City
Wheelmer were also solicited to wear the
''fying O." Foster, Ziegler, Jones and
Davis fell prey to the opportunities of the
Olympies, but the others named had more
loyalty for their clubs and would not de-
sert the colors they were proud of.
a prominent wheelman of this City puts
it thusly: ''Supposing the Olympics do Sc
cure all the best racing talent 1t will kill
the sport on this coast. But with the diff
ferent clubs each having fast men whom
they work hard over and cheer on to the vic
tory there is still some excitement and riv-
airy left. OF course we know the Olympics
have pever developed any racing men of
their own, but is that any excuse for them
to try and get them away from other clubs !?
Why, only last Sunday Captain Thornton
called run to Mill ValIey-a nice, short,
easy launt with the prospect OF an excel
lent lunch at the end. Out of member
ship of over $50 but seven or eight attended.
On the run TO Santa Cruz, June Ia, there
were but three members with the captain
going over on the boat. The question is.
Where were all the others?"
With the many advantages offered the
Olympic Club Wheelmen should be the
leading cycling club on the coast.
President Charles Albert Adams, Cap
tain ]. J. B. Argent, Byron D. Bent and
II. c. Owens, of the Camera Club Cyclists,
have returned from their tour through
Lake County. These gentlemen made the
trip not only with desire for the present
enjoyment, but with view of ultimately
presenting narrative of the trip to the