Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-02
WILL MAKE NO MORE CHANGES.
OFFICIAL DECISION on WALDO PARK
ROAD RACE WILL STAND.
while There Are Some Discrepancies
Most OF the Kicks Are without
Foundation. Particularly
the Time Figures.

Tho committee In charge OF the waldo
| park road race announces that the official
result ms given out yesterday morning
| having been arrived at after a careful In
! vostiEa,ion OF tho facts and examination
| of all in Il position to know anything about
/ the finish, will not be further changed. OF
| course. It is possible that some riders who
! finished within the prize list may have
| been overlooked, but II Is certain that the
| first ten men finished as they were placed.
AS usual. there Is n multiplicity of
| claims. most OF which are absolutely With
| out foundation. 40 doubt most of the
| claims are made honestly. but It is n noto-
| fi0us fact that riders in race like that of
Saturday seldom have any adequate idea
as 10 where they are In the race, either
while 1t 10 IN progress or at the finish. In
tent upon the riders near them, they are
in position 10 know little or nothing OF
those who have gone before. As an in
stance, one rider was before the committee
who was positive that he finished not
worse than second In tile race. when ques-
toned as TO what his position was at the
torn he was sure that he was ss good as
nith. ana that there were no riders In front
OF the bunch In which he turned. The tally
sheets OF the checkers showed that the
hree or FOUR rldcts with whom he claimed
10 have made IN. turn ranged from thirty
mlth 70 tottieth at that point No doubt he
was honest IN his belief, but this Is an cx-
ample Oi now riders may be mistaken in
'hy sSsiisniicni oi the moment.
~ very slliy story has been sent out from
81. Louis TO the effect that Alex Laing
ROD" the race in less than twenty-sever
minutes. ami that he was beaten on; of the
time prize because h. hail j from 81; Louis,
Iu,re u absolutely not ihe s!ghtest t0un-
aaiion for such a malicious story. The fac.
j. mat starting on The one minute mark.
LjinS Gld not succeed IN passing single
I,.'F IN the HEe miles 10 the turn save
three. who had dropped out OF the race
from aectlert or exhaustion, The record
at the turn showed that he mad NOT caught
any of the TWO minU,, mon, Who were mex;
In 'front.' OF him, though he had cIos.- up
perhaps "a hdlt minute on them. In tae
run homo Laing passed. about twentyHya
men Of those VINO finished. just oysr;akia:
the 'wo minute men on the home stretch
Hna beating them In perhaps -" yards.
d.lins,s rys...9n at the hnish was seNer;y-
irst ANA his time was ISIS. only 'oug rlt-
err were between him and b. I. HiS5u the
first Of the TWO minute men to finish y nose I
time was @!.9i, just y seconds beailI !
the turn made up a little more than g1e /
minute on HiNon. Comparison o. the time !
OF these TWO men proves absolutely the cor
reetness OF the timing o; Li!ng, ami Ms /
kick IS uncal!cd FOR and uugererogs. L.a!nS 1
certainly cannot claim that ne finished bet- /
ter than seventy -hrst IN the race. an. there /
OF road racing where man finished that /
far back ana won time honoFs. hi.ly !
DO rae OF l%5 hnisasl twentieth, aai -
die GTatn, Of -. Louis, Nho non hTs; i.Fle
prize ia ls9i, finished seventeenth.
Chicago road race 5f Decoration cay ta-
ishsd In seventh position. HagheuperEer
Who won {he tine ni.-s Y TIE Big Dear
Instance can be found where tae winner
5i Il tHS rr@s IN f5Aa 5., T 4H!shet is f.5;5sr
ing from ihe sisl lnark. hE4sar- ~ SIKH
position, W.,lr L-s!h- AAlshs- ~ seventy
tween ;hem when they crossed ths iAT-.
Is 10 the SHY statement 3tiri1-ie- g
#rs htyc always been Evsa ,a= worst O:
!. In Kansas G.ty, th5i Is easily pln-t-rei
" The Na.4g races aGt ;azt EL1.- GrAia.
y -. Louis. WOE aFsJ t!ns p=.e- two years
.hry ever won In kansas City. anI j. they
age :tir mluas5 they w.l say 80.
me s.aiemsnt made !" an evening paper
tween the time taken fer klmba.l, sac
winner u the race, and Doi" 'H= time
as easily ue shown 4s that af- maze 1.
hlMhil, the winner %; arst place !l the
HE us oNleia. ;lne, aL '.!'.-a, lt= crossed
h4 tape a- ;ar finish g. +ii- =. The
elapsed time was exactly -;.-, the
,,r.est novice In Mathematics may fslre-
a4, 1eaofliuE 10 uis. ia. time. a. i.ly-5
gst one minute ans Attrsu seconds at;-s
ape al Tie finish In sixth position exactly
liEe seconds after k!Wua.l, az 81 o.. The
-.alf-H4 tune Was -t.FIt WN4.D Tld4n
l- tine nose on "a man face. To make The
lEuTus ssll palmer. l94e started sryeaty-
lvc seconds behind K.Wbtn and nui-hr.
nine seconds neAina a.m, gaining sixty
.iN seconds In ID" ten miles. 4 comparison
N the time credited To klWb8l, = t. Win
uAt credited so Dole, 10. Will show con-
.l.=lENly tuHt there l- lust tAr difference
Ji slNty--lA seconds gained by D1l.. in The .
ace. THIS SETTLES that claim efIcsually.
The statement made that Js EchsuscnIed |
made the course so -1;l-, according 10 "A |
credited TO Starter l. \. uatGeld !
Is equally without foundation. II was !
started from the fact that when Eehpu- !
sghieI crossed tho tape In n.nety-nfth |
,.aee Mr.. Hatfield pulled his watch out 5f !
bis pc, kyt and figured Eab,uschlcl haL |
made the distance IN a little over twenty |
seven minutes. This can be easily *
planned Mr. llaturl ala pun out his |
watch and catch knbuuscH.gi's time at the !
iUI-h. but he tuFsIt when he llI so thar |
lH mad started tho race boy the watch OF
FINER N"-por, and comparison OF the
.wO watches soon after showed that Hat |
iriFS watch was TWO minutes or more
luW'r than Nr-p"rS. that Erit,n-
'cnled's time was certainly over twenty
llnc minutes.
The rrcr stands as It has hecn officially !
ana there Will be- no riuuini-
lNHr ami no It0puuiug. There may huys
letn some mistakes made. but nine out of :