The evening times., 1896-06-30
on THE WHEEL
III Made Zimmerman the Peer
Of All Bicycle Riders.
WON BY CLEVER WORK
The "Elbo W" Trick Stamped Out
- and the Leaning" introduced.
Amateurs Cannot Employ Trainers.
Quint and Self to Race at Tioga-In-
teresting Gossip of wheelmen.

Qufnt ana Self to Race at Tiogn-In-
teresting Gossip of wheelmen.
The beauties of head work In races
are never understood by the public.
who must be educated up to that
standard. The public has been misled
as 10 what Constitutes good racing by
the old style OF pacemaking since tie
racing board has made the rule barring
IL from the rights OF u meet promoter TO
place In such pacing. The uDpaced race
gives all men chance TO play for their
positions, for 1t is necessary to he in good
positiun for the final grand rush tor home.
The men are more ON an equality in an un-
paced race, us the speed is not SO great,
and anything that tends to place men more
nearly equal, tends TO make fine finisheC
at all times, and gives each and every man
chance TO shift positions in the race until
IN the place TO sprint. The unpace race,
the singly-paced race included, does not
string the men out all over the track, and
does not give one man, the one following
closely the pacenaking machine, an op-
portunity to gain that which his fellows
may not gain, the advantage Of position
behind good, steady pacing. The men
back in the line are following single ma
chimes, and all will tell you that the tandem
or the multicycle,, with any number of
riders up, Is far steadier pacing than the
rear wheel OF a rider who is attempting
himself to follow pace closely.
Fairness In all sport should be the rule,
and especially fairness in cycling, the
greatest sport now claiming the attention
Of the world the most universal sport ever
promulgated, the sport OF all countries. from
the faroff Australia to any and all parts OF
Europe and the Old World. The tandem
and multicycle paced race is not fair.
1t gives an advantage to a man over
his fellows, and the race for position
back OF the pacemaking machine often
settles the result as to the winner. The
man who is a good staI:er, the mau
who first reaches the favored position,
first in liue back Of. the pacemaker, more
often turns out TO be the winner than any
other man In line.e
Sinety-three did not have tandem pace
| making, aud Zimmerman won his races by
| good clever head work. 1t is not claimed
| That zimmerman was faster man than
John s johnson. but II was his generalship
that won contests for him when others Of
| greater speed were competing against him
| all over the country yes, laying off for a
month to jump into the circuit and defeat
the mighty Zimmerman. Que OF the greatest
campaigners OF the age.
That they thd hot defeat him was due
| to his clever work ard generalship in
| his contests. and ia those days the papers
| spoke OF this as a great feature Of the
| races won by Jimmie. In these days
| races run just as fast as those are
spoken of as slow. aud the men are
reviled for poor work. when as Il matter
| OF fact they are showing superior head
work TO any that was ever seen in the
days OF Zimmerman. Jimmie was head
| and shoulders above his fellows in the
matter OF racing qualifications and the
4 n 10 mo rtn frfln
very evenly matched. Head work against
men OF Just acute attainments in this
| way is far more meritorious than head
work against one lot OF men Of whom one
| man is superior in all ways.
The public must he led to make
| study or the problem VI heady racing.
and not until then will they appreciate
In full the racing as IT will be run this
easOn, without pacemaking.
A surprisingly large proportion OF women
riders do not know how to place the feet
on the pedals. 1t is common to see women
| riding with the pedals against the heels
OF their shoes. This is not only gawkish
| to look at, but wasteful of energy. The
proper place for the pedal TO rest is on
the ball OF the foot. There is greater,
leverage and more ease in this than In
any other position. Another cycling alb
| surdity Is high French heels, which are to
he seen on some women. 1t would be sri-
perfluous TO speak about women wearing
pointed shoes on the wheel. Nearly all
OF them do. The common cycling shoe for
men Is square in front. Perhaps women
find the toothpick shape comfortable. II
they do. there's nothing more to be said.
Last year" says the American Cyclist
"certain class men became proficient in
the art of giving their competitors what is
known as the elbow This trick, however,
was stamped out by the disqualification OF a
number OF riders who practiced it. This
year professionals hailing from Boston and
vicinity have introduced something new
which is called leaning a number of men
who have no business in open events are
ready to make terms Of from So to So a
lean with the understanding that If the
party of the first part does not succeed In
throwing his competitor entirely out Of the
race, no payment is to be made. This trick
is full of danger. and should be promptly
squelched by referees.
George Gideon has been written to. asking
him if 1t were permissible under the rules
Tor club to employ trainer to look after
team of amateurs. Mr.. Gideon's reply
was in the negative. and yet it is said on
good authority that the rule covering this
point is repeatedly violated in this and other
cities. II Mr.. Gideon investigates the mat
ter. he will find clubs that are violating
this rule.
In Police Officer John Pinkertnn, of the
Germantown force. that district has one ol
the speediest bicycle riders in the depart
ment. He has been doing duty on his W heel
for some time past. and is known by the
greater number of the 1000 or more rider,
in that suburb. Many scorcher. conscious
OF violating the law in this respect has come
to grief in trying to outdistance the expert
cycle officer. who never in one instance
allowed hisman TO wheel away from him.
Another scheme to promote good road
las originated in the fertile brain of Cbte
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