The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-16
ENDED IN A ROW.
The Louisville Meet Came Near Being the
Scene of Rowdyism


Scene of Rowdyism.
Louisville, August 15.-The l.. A. w.
national meet came to an end to-day i'll
an ugly wrangle over the five mile ma
tional championship. 1t was scrap from
beginning to end. There was no end of
jockeying and ut one time Cooper and
Bald had their hands off their handle bars
grasping at and pushing at each other,
imperilling the lives of n dozen or more
contestants.
Cooper and Callahan finished in the first
division, but were disqualified the race
going to w. f. Becker, of Minneapolis,
first; +. S. Acker, of philadelphia, sec
ond; Nat Butler, third.
This race was the last one on the card,
the last of the meet 1t was called in the
face of an approaching storm, but before
the race had we'll begun it became
stormier even than the warning elements
overhead
Nearly all of the big men started for
the trial heats were omitted and the entry
left to the election of the riders. Tom
Butler and Leigler stayed out, but Cooper,
Gardiner, Bald, Coburn and the others
made n representative string \ triplet
named by Schrein and two Johnsons was
in to pace.
Gardiner went to the front with Bald,
Cooper and Jack Coburn, and dropped
back, catching the machine safely. This
was the signal for one after another of
the contestants to go up head, some
catching successfully, and some failing to
make good their game. While this was
going on Cooper and Bald came together,
| Cooper elbowing his great antagonist,
| whilessthe.Bulfalo man adopted similar
| tactics and reached out viciously for his
successful rival. Trouble kept up
| throughout the balance of the ride and
| the grandstand manifested it's displeasure
| by kissing every time the bunch came
around.
The consequence Of the final sprint was
| that Cooper won out, with Becker a
| length back and Callahan in third place
Acker, of Philadelphia, and Nat Butler
were unplaced, finishing as named, but
when all the protesting and wranglng was
over, Cooper and Callahan had been dis
qualified and the championship went to
Becker, Acker taking second and Nat
Butler third. Gardiner and Bald came
in as named on Buffers rear. The time
for the five miles was 12:1S25
n rain came up just after the five mile
championship, making it necessary to
abandon some record trials that were to
| wind up the last day OF the meet. The
crowd was rs large as on the preceding
| days, about 5000, and the greatest
| enthusiasm seen during the meet.
Most of the racing men leave tonight or
tomorrow for indianapolis and Erie.
First race, one mile handicap-ingra-
ham, first; Coburn, second; McKeon,
third Time PIP
Second race, professional and amateur,
national championship, 1.2 mile-Tom
Butler, first; Gardiner second Ray Nc
Donald third Time, 1:1335.
Fourth race, professional, two mile
undergraduates, first; Clark second;
Allen, third. Time, 4:23
Fifth race, amateur, 2:30 class-Pea-
body, first; Coburn, second; Cummings,
| third. Time, 2:45 3 >
Sixth race, professional, one mile open
Sanger, first; Kennedy, second; Eaton,
third Time, 2:2S2.l.
Seventh race, amateur, mile, open
| Peabody, first; Ingraham, second; Seaton,
| third. Time 2:31 81