The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-12
CORSER SECOND.
Scranton Rider ut Asbury Gets Place In
tho Third Preliminary Heat Of the Two.
Milo Handicap Profess iOnals Paced by
Jimmy and Wheeler on q Tandem.

Milo Handicap Profess iOnals Paced by
Jimmy and Wheeler on a Tandem.
Asbury Park, N. j., July 1.-THE rain
which fell this morning upon the trial
heats Of the first days racing Of the
League Of American Wheelmen's ma
tional meet ceased before the after
Moons work began. although lowering
clouds fingered and damp breezes
threatened during the entire day. The
weather, however, had little diminish
ing effect upon the crowd which COM
pletely filled the grandstand and went
a. long way out on the big new bleach
ers. Before the racing began Referee
Mott attempted to stop practice on the
stack and shook a bamboo walking
stick omincusly at A. d. Kennedy, the
Chicago flyer. Kennedy made an un-
complimentary remark and was or
dered of the path.
The racing was all Of a high order and
Unexpectedly free from accidents con-
sidering the dangerous banking on the
turns. The novice race was not extra
ordinary. Mckay, of Denver, looked
winner until the last shoot, when c.
Dirnberger, Of Buffalo. came away and
won out easily with Mckay second.
Corser Placed in Preliminary.
Walter Douglas, the champion SWIM
mer of America, who Is becoming q
class A crack, took the two-mile handi-
cap in mastery style. running we'll all
the way. In the third heat Of the pre-
of this race. ]. b. Corser, of
Scranton, was second. The heat was
won by A. w. Abel. Of Arlington. N j.
Little Tom Butler. Of Boston, should
have had the half-mile class an open.
but after winning his heat, was Obliged
to start ae once in the final without rest
or rub down, and ran second to ErtZ,
of New York, in a driving finish with
Douglas. Ertz squeezing between the
others at the very tape.
The class A tandem events were
pretty but rather tame: Caldwell, of
Manchester. and Tom Butler having
an easy thing In heat and final.
Paced by Q Tandem.
The main interest today, however,
lay in the single professional event.
and Wheeler. paced on
tandem, which Fred st. Onge caught.
with Berlo, Starbuck, Eaton, Bartholo-
NEW, Cutter and McCurdy tagging on
in order. The race was too hot, how
ever, and st. Onge soon lost the tan
dem and fell at the t'hree-quarters.
Berlo did the rest alone, Starbuck and
Bartholomew in the places.
However deserving of attention the
event may have been as
q novelty and curiO, the best racing
and liveliest performances were seen
in the class B contest. Cabanne, hav-
ing been laid up In heat of the MORN
ing Bald Macdonald, Titus and Gardi-
ner were left to fight It out In three
races-a half-mile, mile open and the
two-mile national championship. In
the latter. of course, class A men were
permitted to compete, and two quail
fed, but were lost In the shuttle when
the sprinting commenced.
Titus and Macdonald Ride bead Heat.
The first heat was q beauty. Mac
Donald, Titus, Scott and Earl started.
Earl made the gait for the first half
when Macdonald went up taking Titus
other until the quarter pole, at which
post Titus. who seemed to feel that he
must do something pretty soon, ran out
and gained twenty yards before Mac
Donald saw him. Then came memor-
able rush down the stretch, Macdonald
gaining at every inch, and Titus forg-
ing along like Kansas cyclone. The
men almost touched elbows as they
flashed over the tape at the same in
slant, Monte Scott beating Earl easily
for third place The judges announced
1t dead heat.
The other heats were less exciting
and caused a good deal Of uneasiness
owing to the large fields Of starters
although big Willie Terrell was the
only "B", man to cleave the earth.
Little Kiser and Gardiner made game
fight for the tandem at the push of.
and to every ones surprise Kiser got It.
The first mile was handsomely paced,
and the men stuck to their work nicely.
The Johnsons picked up the crowd
prettlly for the last scramble and all
went we'll till the tandem ran away
and Kiser lost his grip. Butler. Gard
liner and Coulter had II hot on the run
home, coming In side by side. At a
yard from the mark Butler jumped
ahead and the others came over with
wheels tapping.
Batd Won BY an Inch.
In the mile open Bald, the Columbia
crack, sustained his reputation for thie
sort Of thing, although he had his
hands full in doing 10. for Titus
showed his, old form and came within
an inch or two Of the rise. Gardiner.
Madden, Allen and Church were the
rest Of the bunch who followed Mayo
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