St. Paul daily globe., 1895-07-13
JIMMY ApD BALD.
BIG FEATS PERFORMED BY MEN
AT THE GREAT CYCLE
MEET.
TRACK RECORDS SMASHED.
CHAMPIONS COME WITHIN A
FRACTION OF EQUALING THE
BEST MILE.
PROFESSIONALISM FAVORED.
l.. A. w. to Abolish the ElB1 Class
and Leave the EEA,, for Ama-
PROFESSIONALISM FAVORED

ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 12-
This was an ideal day for bicycling,
and the sudden change from the de-
pressing weather of yesterday was
thoroughly enjoyed by the army of
WheelerS, who own Seven-eighthS
Of this town. The attendance dur
ing the trial heats at the athletic
grounds this morning numbered
about 5000. There were several
spills" during the morning, but
the most serious one was the fall Of
f. D. White, on the stretch in the
best heat of the half-mile national
championship for Glasses A and B.
He was carried on a stretcher to the
hospital tent, but was able to mount
his wheel again in the afternoon,
and won a heat in the half-mile
open race. The event of the day
was that of the half-mile national
championship, open alike to Glasses
A and B men. An unusually large
field of entries was disposed of
through a tedious series of trial
heats. When the final heat was
called the four to line up were Bald,
Mcdonald, Murphy and Little Zeig-
Ter, the latter all bandaged after
his fall of yesterday and present
ing sorry spectacle. Bald took
the lead in the start, followed by
Murphy, with Zeigler and McDon-
aid trailing. Then to the finish Bald
set the pace, with Mcdonald along
J1csf of
ter made a phenomenal jump and
landed ahead of Bald over the tape.
The audience cheered Mcdonald,
but the judges gave the decision to
Bald.
ANOTHER FOR BALD.
The two-third mile open Class B
event was a siX-man affair, Bald,
Gardiner, Murphy, Porter, Coulter
and Jenny qualifying. Bald had the
pole, and in the start took the lead.
In the back stretch of the last lap
Murphy climbed to the front, and
at the turn still had the lead. with
Bald and Gardiner abreast. Bald
then cut for home, and came in an
easy winner. Murphy was a length
beh1ng and Porter hanging on. Fiji
teen men qualified for the final of
the two-mile Class B handicap. b1t
these included none of the cracks
except Coulter and Johnson. In the
professional mile event, handicap.
Conn Baker and Silvie made their
first appearance as professionals. ;,
and as they entered late in the game
mad to go back to scratch. Silvie
gave up in the second lap. Baker
made a game fight until almost the
finish, and then crossed the tape
sitting up. Stewart, who started
from the 150-yard mark and had
been saving himself through the
race, jumped for the lead at the
end and won by length The best
time of the day was made in one of
the Class A events, the one mile
open, when little Tom Butler won
in 2:0S. This is a track record for the
class. The Berle quad team, in a
mile race against time, did the dis
tance in 1:5O 3-5, while the Syracuse
team took 1 :55 to cover the ground
NEW TRACK RECORDS.
Inc Iitch record was broken three
times today. Bald did it in 2:O7 l-5.
Dlrnberger lowered it to 2:O1, but it re-
mained for the only Jimmy to fur
ther lower it. After the last race on
the programme had been decided Ar
thur Augustus came out and was
greeted with cheer after cheer. He
was paced in his trial by a SQUAD.
When he had traversed the first third
OF the mile the watches registered 80 Is
seconds; the two-thirds mark was
reached in lis, and he crossed the tape
which marked the mile IN the excellent
time of 1:57 As. This is only four
fifths of a second lower than the fast
est mile the champion ever did, and
that was accomplished at the VaIo-
drome, Paris. The experts say that
the track here is several seconds slow
er, and are loud in their praise OF
Zfmmerman's feat.
The meetings of the committees an
pointed by the L. A. W. and the Cycle
board of trade opened tonight. JOS
eph Mckee, of the Cycle board. in an
interview tonight said: "The board OF
trade has indorsed and ratified the
rules of the L. A. w. They have also
agreed to take an interest in increas-