The herald., 1895-08-10
NATIONAL CIRCUIT MEET
Crack Cyclists OF America at
Chicago
BALD, OF BUFFALO, WINS
Lowers the Mile Record Ia Competition
One.iittb Second
Five lille Paced Rsce tet Contest Peat.
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BALD, OF BUFFALO, WINS
Five lille Paced Race . Het Centsst-Fsat.
ures Of the Days Events
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Associated Press Special Wire
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-All the crack
cyclists OF the conutry with the exception
OF the very few caah price professio nails,
whose wants are not provided for in this
instance. were on hand today at the
national circuit tournament which began
this afternoon at the one-third mile track
on the South Side. Among those in at
tendance include Bald, possibly the fast.
est mile man OF the time; Murphy, Nc.
Donald. Titus, L. C. andj e. Z. johnson,
Cabanne. Gardner, Bliss, Coulter, Cooper.
Maddox, Wells and number OF lesser
lights. Tho track today was in fine
shape. Intetest in the races this after
noon centered largely in the i've mile
paced event in which Titus. Maddox and
others were announced to start. Titus
was fancied little more than the other
men. Both he and Maddox we're in good
form. Gardner is yet suffering from the
effects of his fall at South Bend and
Cabanne has never fully recovered from
his fall at Asbury Park.
The feat of riding mile in COMPETE
tion in :5s 1-5. accomplished by Bald,
the class b leader, was the particular
event OF the afternoon. The heats OF the
one mile open race for class B, three in
number. had sifted down to the flyers. '"
until there remained Tom Cooper Of De-
troit Bald Of Buffalo, Coulter of Mans
field, Murphy OF Brooklyn, l.. c. john
son. Brown Of Cleveland and Kennedy of
Chicago. When the start was made Bald
made rush and 'hitched on" first at
the rear Of the triplst that was to do the
pacing. On the triplet were Citizens,
Holmes and Levy and they ground out
Cooper and Brown followed Bald III
order, but the others were killed off al.
most at the start. Pretty svon DOC"
Brown gave it up and before the last lap
was fully under way, Bald was hanging
tight to the wake of the triplet and was
leaving his competitors behind.
Going down the stretch he went past
the pacemakers and finished alone. He
Knocked 1-5 of a second of Johnson'B
Waltham time, and it was clear that he
could have reduced the record at least
another second had the pacemakers re-
manned at the head longer.
Bald was tho king of the meet and he
showed himself to be peer at the mile
gait.
uc ubo hll0 IdOcu idCo AOl SiasS ~
brought field Of nota bles among whom
as the likely we're Titus. Maddox and
Murphy. At three miles the procession
had narrowed to Murphy, Maddox, Titus
and Monte Scott. The gait was too
much for Cabanne. Mcdonald and Dacy,
while Coulter and Decardy had come to-
gether Ill tumble in front of the stand.
we're really in the race. as Maddox had
dropped out and Scott was being dis
tanced by degrees Two laps from home
Titus went ahead of Murphy and he won
easily with no competition near him.
Murphy continued. however, and took
second, and Scott came along later for
third.
The pacing was not particularly severe
in this race, and in reality Titus was the
only one of the felo of starters who
showed to good advantage, and even then
he was not forced beyond finish that
was rather tame.
Gus Steele, local man. rode q mile
paced against time in /: :55, and could
have done better had the pacing been
swifter.
About 1000 people saw the races, and
aside from Bald's brilliant performances
the programme was somewhat dull.
Summarizes:
One mile, open. Glass Ar. P. Rice
won, 9. e. Ing5anam second, M. Nelson
paced.
One mile open. Glass BE. C. Bald of
Buffalo won, Murphy second. Cooper
third, l.. e. johnson fourth; time,
:5S 1-5. Worlds competition record. J
C. r. Coulter A. I. Brown and ID. Ken
nedy also rode.
Two milo handicap, Glass A, fourteen
starters-Rice (1s0 yards) won; time.
:27 11-5.
Two mile handicap. Class BIG. A.
Maxwell won. J. p. Bliss. second, o. l..
Stevens third, W. Decardy fourth time,
4: IA 4.5.
Five mile handicap, ten starters. Glass
B-F. J. Titus won by twenty lengths,
Murphy second, Scott third. distanceu ;
time, 10 IA As. Maddox. paoey, Maxwell,
Cabanne also rode. Decardy and Coulter
fell.