The herald., 1896-05-17
San FranciscO's First National
Circuit Bicycle Meet
AMATEUR RIDING WAS GOOD
Professionals Race on the Loaf and
Sprint System
Professional and Third Place In
the Handicap

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16-The first
national circuit bicycle races ever run
in this city were witnessed by 250O peo-
pie at the new Central park six lap
track. The sport was good, especially
IN the amateur handicap race, which
was run off in twelve heats and three
semi-finals. The time was fast in every
heat, much faster than in the profess
Sional races.
In the one-mile scratch professional
there was loaf in-eXery heat for four
laps and q sprint at the finish. rms
style of racing was very unpopular with
the audience, which expressed it's dis
approval by kissing and hooting the
riders The finishes were, however, des-
perate and exciting enough. Charles ).
Wells, the big San Franciscan, won the
honors of the day, winning the mile
scratch professional and beating out the
fast brigade in the mile handicap, get
ting third place. In the latter race
Wells and Foster, old and bitter rivals.
were on the scratch and caught McCrea
and Terill twenty-five and sixty yards
respectively. in the first lap. Then be-
gan loaf, the men realizing they coulC
never catch the limit men, Jones and
Gushing, eighty-five and sixty yards re-
spectively. owing to the wind, and were
content to play for third money. The
finish for third place was far the more
interesting, as 1t decided, in measure
the superiority of Wells over his old
rival, Foster. The limit men finished
half a lap in front of the bunch. When
the time came Wells used his terrific
sprint and won out by half wheel from
McCrea of Los Angeles who beat Fos
ter a few inches. Jones won the race
easily from Cushing.
The one mile scratch professional final
had Wells, Coulter Davis and Terrill as
starters The riders took things
much to the disgust of the public, for
four laps, when Wells stole around the
bunch and won by six inches from Ter
rill, who beat Coulter a wheel.
Summaries:
One mile scratch, profesonal-First,
Terrill, Staver, Campbell; second, Osen;
third, Davis, Long; fourth. Coulter, Nc
Crea. Finale. S. Wells, San Francis
co, won; w. A. Terrill, San Francisco,
second; c. r. Coulter. San Francisco,
third time 1884 Davis also started.
One mile handicap, amateur-Final
heat won by H. L. Squires $50 yards), p.
Mott (20) second, j. A. Wing (40) third;
time, 2:15 2-5.
One mile handicap, professional
Heats-F'irst, Foster, Staver; second,
Gushing, Wells; third, Jones' McCrea
final, A. N. Jones. San Francisco (60),
won; r. Gushing, San Jose $3.50. second
c. S. Wells (scratch), third; time, 1928
circuit races was a good one and at
tracted large crowd. The final Of the
one-half mile scratch for professionals
was won by Wells, Terrill second and
McCrea third; time, 1:24 rs.
The one mile scratch for amateurs was
Won by Downing, Freeman second and
Gooch third; time, 1925 As.
Another national meet will be held
next Saturday, after which the circuit
chasers go to Southern California.
COLLEGE FIELD SPORTS
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 1.-the
first annual Yale Princeton track and
field contest was held at the Yale field
today. Yale won handily by the score
of 81 to 25 making it one Of the most
crushing defeats administered by any
team since the first Harvard meet
1t was not record breaking day, and
the only record to go down was that held
by Hickok, Yale's great weight thrower.
Harry Cross Yale's present champion.
threw the 16-pound hammer 1870 feet
inches, thus breaking the record The
biggest surprise of the day was the
showing made by r. Garrett. captain of
the Princeton team. This conqueror at
the Olympian games was shut out in
putting the 16-pound shot and only won
third place in the broad jump. The
feature OF the day was the running OF
HinEley of Yale in the half mile. who
won in POI from Bryant of Princeton.
contrary to expectations of the sons of
old Nassau, her athletes made a poor
showing in the running. only meeting
success in the 440-yard run and the 200
yard dash. Burnett of Yale surprised
the supporters of the blue by winning
from Derr of Princeton, doing 100 yards
In 10 Is seconds
The most interesting race of the day
was the bicycle race in which the Yale
riders, by good team work. shut out the
rrlhceton men completely. The Eng
lish innovation abolishing the prelimin-
airy events and taking the three best
men IN the list of entries worked we'll
ana the events We're run off in quick
succession, with none of the tedious de-
lays so common to such contests.