The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-07-11
THE WORLD OF SPORT

1t was a golden meet for Lincoln.
The men wore yellow straw hats and
yellow tan shoes. The ladies wore yell
low dresses. The people rode to the
races in yellow street cars. They were
admitted to the grounds by yellow
tickets. The programs were yellow.
The races were won and lost by men
in yellow racing suits riding yellow
wheels. The prizes in the professional
events were gold pieces. and in the
amateur events gold watches. The
bandmen were yailer. red-headed
nagurs. but the music was decidedly
off color. Everything was yellow and
gold. But what is most surprising of
all. the lemonade was yellow. The
only thing silver that appeared during
the two days races was when Joe Sui
Ivan entered the one-half mile handi-
cap race all resplendant with smiles
and effervescent with ambitious Joy,
riding an elegant silver-finished wheel,
and the way he scintillated around that
track was sight to behold. By a
strange coincidence seventeen men
started in the race. making one silver
wheel against the field-sixteen to one
no wonder he lost The races were
none of them remarkably fast, neither
were they slow. Mockett covered him.
self all over with glory by defeating
Pixley in the quarter-mile open and
again in the mile tandem race, when
he and Mcbride beat Pixley and Nc
seen in this city. The time for the
mile was 2:1S, the last half being made
in IS seconds. While this is not very
fast for a tandem, the competition was
delightfully."- close. The Lincoln team
set the pace for the half at a rather
slow gait and the visiting team, think
ing that Mockett's energy was about
exhausted, commenced to squirt early
in the race, which acted as a signal
for Mockett and Mcbride, who darted
as if shot out of a cannon. doing the
last half in almost record breaking
time. Mockett has now met and de-
feated Pixley, an event that has been
eagerly looked forward to for some
time by Lincoln enthusiasts. Mode
Griffith made an especially meritor-
winning easily in one minute, five sec
onds. Fred Barnum distinguished
himself in the two mile amateur open
by his plucky ride. He certainly is well
trained at holding pace. During the
entire race he was whiting twelve
inches of the tandem until the last lap,
when after his remarkably hard ride,
he started out on squirt and finished
well ahead of the field. HALEY did not
start, he, of course, had a fall the
night previous that prevented him
from riding. HALEY and Sabin of Be
atrice broke the state tandem record
the day before, standing start, 200 2-5
for the half mile. Fredrickson deserves
the sympathy Of Lincoln people. He
has had more hard luck in Lincoln
deal Of it was brought on by himself.
he is hardly as bad as he is made out
to be. People are certainly prejudiced
against him in Lincoln.
Robert Glenalvin doesn't seem to
have caught on very well with the
fans Of Milwaukee, as the captain
manager of the brewers taking the
place Of Larry Twitchell, resigned. He
ia ono of the best second basemen in
the business. but his record as a man
ager is nothing to be proud of. He has
managed five or six teams and it re-
mains to be seen whether he will make
a success of the brewers or not. Why
known, as there are other men on the
team who would make capable man