The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-10
Good Attendance at the San
jose Meet
PACEMAKERS TOO SLOW
Murphy Takes the five.Mile Nationa
Championship
Games on the Diamond and on the Oridiror
Field-Races on the Running
Tracks


Associated Press Special Wire
SAN JOSE, NOV. 9.-Five thousan,
people attended the last days rational cir
cult races which was practically the las
oil the season. The season has closed II
the point where it began. but not as aus
piciouly as it opened for the season.
champion, Bald. The day was perfec
and that there were no new records II
due entirely to the fact that there were
no pac pakers fast enough.
The class A races were Unusually excit
ing. Il. A. Mcfarland of San Jose won
the cne-inile open elias. A, the final oil
which was paced, in coast record time Of
2:05. II. Downing of San Jose won the
two-thirds mile handicap from tine
scratch in hard drive from Freeman.
None Of the eastern racers started in the
mile handicap. which was won BY J. M.
Campbell OF Spokane. from the eighty
five yard mark.
Great interest conferred in the class B
races. The people in Cali fornia had never
before witnessed race between Bald. Coo
per, Murphy and Kisser, the eastern
cham Sions. The one.third mile class d
race resulted in one of the most exciting
finishes ever seen on any track. The
starters were Bald, Cooper, Murphy,
Kisser, Well and Randall. Bald got I'M
der way first and led half round the track,
where Wells, of the Syracuse team. worRed
his famous long sprint and led into the
stretch by half dozen lengths. with the
others punched. Ten yards from the ta pc
the six men were all together, finishing
within the length OF wheel. Wells win
ming. Wells and Murphy were forced off
the track and both came down with full
force, rolling over and over. Both were
severely bruised.
Altogether it was terrific finish and
Bald's trainer tried to induce the judges
to change their decision in Bald's favor,
but the judges were not 20 be bluffed and
stood by the ori inal decision, giving
Wells the race. bald second, Murphy
third.
Five mile national championship race,
open to both classes A an 1 had eight
starters as follows: Bald, Cooper, Muir.
ply, Wells, Staver, Campbell, Ives AMI
Nlssen. The riders were paced by three
tandens. Bali eot OF first, as usual, and
caught the tandem, which position he
held for four miles. Ives dropped out at
the end of the secund mile on account OF
a punctured tire. Staver could not hold
the pace and dropped out, the remainder
Murphy. Cooper, Campbell, Wells and
Ms en-. Nissen droppei out and was fol-
lowed by Wells, who was suffering great
ly from his tall. Campbell could not hold
the pace and at the end oil the fuurth
mile the field was narrowed 20 Bald,
Murphy and Cooper. then f' lowed the
prettiest bit OF bicycls jockeyng ever
witnessed here. at the pickup by the
last TANDEM Murphy juggled Bald out OF
MS position and Co per pinned his wht ell
to Murphy's ami would not allow Bald
to drop IN behind the latter. B. Id, how
ever, would not accept third position and
rode one lap at the side OF the tandem
and finally by a cl' yer trick displaced
Cooper at the beginning of the last lap.
where he 70 ie until the tandem quit at
the last quarter. Then came desperate
struggle foi the first position at the tape.
Bald wanted the race to show rs fitting
climax to his wonderful work this season
and top uff his pyramid OF national
cham ionships, out Charley Murphy,
though plastered with bandages, was
still game and determined 10 share the
glory of the seasons racing with Bald
wi hout the latter's consent. They fin
ished tires width apart. Murphy. Bald
and Cooper, the latter wheels length
in the rear. Summaries:
One-tbird OF mile. class B, first heat
Bald first, Randall second. Nissen
third. Time. 40 As seconds. Second
he at-Kisser won, Murphy second, Camp
bell thi,d. Tine so seconds. Third heat
Cooper won. Wells second, Moody
third. Time, 46 As seconds. Final heat
Wells won, Bald second. Murphy third.
Time. AZ 2 seconds.
Two-thirds mile, handicap, class A, first
hest Freeman won. Alexander second.
Time. :29 3-5. Second heat-Hammoi d
fir ST, e wards second. Time, 12S. Third
Af4t nd III
1:27 l-5. Fourth heat-Leig won, Sher-
man second. Time, :27. Final heat
Downing won, Freeman second, Be son
third. Time, ] :2s 2-5.
Nj lie handicap, class B-First heat:
Dow first. Shefskl secord; time, 2:25.
Second heat: Randall first. Nissen Sec
ono. Campbell third; time, 2:23 1-5.
Final: Campbell won, Randall second,
Delmas third; time, 2:1S %.
Mile open. class A-First beat: McFar-
land first, Ackerman second; time, 2:24
2.5. Second heat: Downing won, Ives
second; time, 2:30. Third heat: Wing
won, Squires second; time, 2:30. Final
Mcfarland won. Downing second, Free.
man third; time, 2:05. making a new
coast record for CLASS A.
Five miles. national championship,
paced by three tandems-Murphy won,
Bald second, Cooper third; time. II :0l
1-j. Ives of Alameda. Nissen of Oak
land, Campbell of Spokane and Staver of
Portland as 10 started.
Edwards of San Francisco. against
coast record, paced, flying start, one
mile, time 300 fiat.
Metcalf's second attempt against the
coast record, half mic, paced. flying
start. class A, time :5S.
After Wendle's kick over the decision
of the judges Ill the third of a mile race.
Bald got on his high horse and put on n
regular street costume and said he would
not ride in the tive-milS championship
and would abandon the southern circuit I;
but as he earns his living by winning
pionships, he later on appeared in
his riding costume, as the result of the
championship will show.
Whenever Wells appeared On the track
he was given an ovation, but when he
came out for the ive-mile cham pionsnip
after his fall, the applause was the great
est ever heard at a race meet in this city.
On the Gridiron Field
CAMBRlDGE, Mass, Nov. 9.-In a
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