The record-union., 1896-04-16
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN WHEELMEN.
LATEST BULLETIN GIVEN OUT BY
CHAIRr1AN GIDEON.
Many Dates Assigned for Meets to
Take Place During the
Present Year.

PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-The fol-
lowing L. a. w. bulletin has been given
out by Chairman Gideon:
Declared professionally. L. Stevens,
Ottumwa, Iowa, own request.
Sanction granted-July 4th, the Silver
Wheelmen, Denver, Col.
A rule to the following effect has been
quite generously quoted as part of the
l.. A. w racing rules, viz: ANY cyclist
ceases to be an amateur by riding after
April, 1896, in a bicycle race upon any
make of bicycle offered for sale or man
ufactured in any factory, store or other
place Of business in which he is en-
ployed in any capacity whatsoever"
There is no such rule in our racing
rules, and it is not intended that there
shall be this year. Clause F of the anna
teur rule in the L. A. w. constitution
provides that any racing man employed
in a cycle establishment may by vote
of the racing board be transferred to
the professional ranks. This does not
mean that the board will make whole
sale transfers of such employees, but
that it may use it's discretion in trans
ferring racing employees, against whom
1t may be impossible to obtain other
evidence and by whom the board may
believe that advantages are received
contrary to the spirit of the amateur
definition.
Race meet promoters and managers
of school and college track teams will
please note the following: Every year
about this time the various colleges and
schools begin to develop racing men to
| represent them at the intercollegiate
and interscholastic outdoor games. 1t
| is customary to run off one or more
| trials to pick out a team. Racing
| throughout the United States is gov
erned by the l.. A. W., and the l.. A. w.
requires that every track race must be
sanctioned. A man competing in an un-
sanctioned event is liable to suspension.
Now, your men may not care whether
they are suspended or not, but they are
sure to find somebody at the final meet
from some other college who does care
and will not allow them to ride if under
suspension. The trouble occurs every
year, when by little caution it can be
| prevented.
Remember that every race on a
track, be it one event or more must be
! sanctioned. If you are to have any
trials, send for sanction every time.
For open races a fee is charged, but no
| fee is required for closed club or school
! events, but in all cases send for sane
ton and save your men from suspen-
| sion, which in one or more cases last
year affected the standing of the school
| in points won at the championship
meeting"
National Circuit dates assigned-Oak-
land, Cal, May 1st; Santa Rosa, Cal,
May ID; San Jose, Cal, May 9th; San
Francisco, May 10Th; Santa Monica,
1 Cal. May 23d; Phoenix, Ariz., May 30th:
! Tucson, Ariz., June 1st; Ell Paso, Tex.
June Sd; San Antonio. Texas, June 9th;
Laredo. Tex, June Sth; Houston, Tex.
June 10th; New Orleans, La, June 18th;
Little Rock Ark. June 10th; ST. Louis.
June 20th; Kansas City, June 23d; Pc
oria, H., June 25th. 26th, 9th; Gales
| burg, ILL.,, July 1st: Davenport, Iowa,
July I'd. Chicago, July 11th; Appleton.
! Wis, July 9th; Milwaukee, July 4th;
Battle Creek, Mich, July 14th; De-
troit, Mich. July 18th, 18th: Toledo, o 3.
july 21st. 22d; Lima, Ohio, July 25th:
| Springfield Ohio, July 2Sth; Dayton,
Ohio, August 1st; Nashville. Tenn, Au-
gust Sd; Evansville Ind, August 9Th;
Cincinnati, August 7th, Sth; Louis
Vile, KY, August 10th, 18th: Erie, Pa.
August 18th; Washington, d. c., Au-
| gust nth