The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-18

FEAT
Local Cycling Cranks Elatcd
Over His Victory
in the Five Mile
Championship.
PURITANS AND GREENVILLES TO MEET
The Rival Baseball Teams Will
Battle for the Champion
ship on Saturday.
PURITANS AND GREENVILLES TO MEET

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Tit great victory won by Walter
Roome, the crack cyclist OF this city. at
the New York State Division L. A. w.
meet at the New Manhattan Beach track
Saturday fulhlls the prediction made by
18th Jersey City News" before the
cycling season opened, hat Roome would
be the leading Glass A man this season.
The race was the most important of
the season. as it decided the champion
ship of the Metropolitan district. To
win it required. first of all, that the
rider must be the fastest man in the
East, for nowhere else are there SO many
record breaking Glass A champions as in
the Metropolitan district. Last year the
event was decided at the three days
meet at Asbury Park, the winner being
Monte Scott OF Plainfield. In this race
Scott created the first worlds record
made on the Asbury Park track. He
broke the f1ve-mile record and became
the hero of the day. Roome also start
ed in this race and set the pace for
four miles. He was in the lead when
the fourth mile was reached. but not
knowing that record time was being
made dropped out. His friends then
predicted that the time would yet come
when he would break records. Their
predictions were fulfilled last winter
when Roome chopped several seconds of
the three. four and 1--WE mile record at
the indoor meet at Philadelphia. Roome
left fer the South early in the spring
and trained with the Spalding team.
Dave Schaffer. the trainer of the. Spald-
ing team. who can tell a fast
cycler at a glance, was fav-
orably impressed with Jersey City's
crack, and spoke most favorably of him.
For the first few weeks after mis- ar
rival home. Roome was slightly stale;
came evident at the annual meet of
the New Jersey Division l.. A. W. at
Trenton recently. when he allowed Hand
of Philadelphia to beat him out for. the
State championship. During the past
week, however, his trainer. George B.
Spearin, succeeded il getting him BACK
walked away from such cracks as Bar
beau and Hand at the Manhattan Beach
meet. Trairer Spearifi will pay close at
~tenston to Rocnie and several new rec
ords by Jersey CLty's crack cyclist may
be looked for. By, winning the Metro
pSliian p;striet c shsnp tss MIw R EeTane
a. c., the silver championship cup, DO
mated by THE American Wheelman."
Nov that Johnson and Zimmerman are
matched for a special race, wheelmen
are kept busy discussing the relative
merits of the champions. Many wagers
m nsse is the @favori,e. Wheeimen in gen.
eral look to zimmerman to win because
OF his many great performances and
johnson a number of times The sup
perters of Johnson claim, however, thai
zimmerman is a back number, and eHae
ing with Zach seasons work. It will be
a great race. and the winner should be
recognized as Americas champion.
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'5fnd little to interest them outside of
xthe special race for Greenville and Bay
lime wheelmen. which will be one Of the
features of the New Jersey A. C.'s Carni-
val of Sport on July 4. TACK O'Halleron.
the Greenville crack, is SO confident that
he will be the winner. that he jokinglyg
O'Halleron is unquestioldbly the best
man Greenville can enter. but. who
a surprise by trotting out a dark
The Race Committee, having in charge
Park has decided to allow members of
the l.. A. W. to witness, free of charge.
the trial heats of the races. This priv
to members Of the L. A. W. A commit.
tee on information has also been found
and bureaus of Information will be open
stations. the North Asbury Park station
and the clubhouse of the Asbury Park
wheelmen.
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look to his laurels when he meets John
s. Johnson in the match race at As
M Snry park circuit waI ss MseFinyr ss of tSe At pr ths
Cycling Club at, the Waltham track;
JohEson. paced by a ~euadruplet which
q ney, record for the world for profes.
sicnal riders. johnson was by no means
in Is IS, With the greatest ease. The
first quarter was ridden in SO seconds,
half-mile in 81 seconds; twoe,thirds in
meet vas remarkable, two other records
also icing broken.
ye Mfs ssla c kde pic boy Tod;e ahe wo a1deefni
ha,s-rriin backward, doing 1:4 rs. whee
and rasn backing up. Tom Butler, Bos.
mile handicap from scratch in 2:1O Is
a worlds class A handicap record. The
a class 4 record, handicap. is 2:oS 2-5, held
an!vl.ar On for which IT : Sanger. x sims.
johnson iualiaed, zeigier and Coulter
were slut put in thetriaI heats Mays
I hnd sf ssa's mae tne ea an fbe pfara' War5
weald take the pace for third prize
At the enarter Bald. Sanger, and E
G. Johnson were meek and neck Tht
fourth. The Time was 2:is Is. Or. Brow
won his first race OF the season, defeat
ing Cshanne. Tyler, and Dirnberger, who
finished IN the order named in the one
third of a mile.
The mile handicap was an innovation
in starting, as the limit men were placed
on scratch and the other starters a
stated distances ack of scratch. II
this way the time of the scratch mar
is taken from the standing start and
also from the flying start as he passe:
the tape. The final heat of this con
test was a close win for L. C. johnson
Of Cleveland Porter running second, an(
Coburn of st. Louis third.
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