The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-10
CORSER BROKE #.
A STATE RECORD
Made the tiaIi Mile in One Minute On
Driving Park Track.
KELLER THE COUNTY CHAMPION
He Won the One Mile Event and De.
teated Gregory, Coleman, White
unL Others..It Was Very Exciting
Finish.. OF the Different
EVENTS. ANOca Wheelman In
jured..NOtes OF the Meet.

The Green Ridge Wheelmen'S third
annual race meet which occurred at the
Driving Park Saturday afternon was
n great success from u racing stand
point. The spectators were treated to
very spirited finishes of the fight-it-out-
TO- the tape order throughout the whole
afternoon.
The attendance was about nineteen
hundred. which was much less than the
Green Ridge boys hoped for. 1t GER
tainly was no fault of the managers
as the best amateur riders obtainable
We're on the track. Intact no better field
Of amateurs We're ever brought together
In Pennsylvania. "Tis true that the
time was not as fast as it would have
been if tandem pacing had been used
in the competitive events as advertised.
but Chairman Gideon Of the League of
American Wheelmen national racing
board telegraphed the Green Ridge
Wheelrnen that the racing board had
decided not To permit any more tandem
pacing In competitive events, which
fact accounted for the non appearance
of the tandem as general pace-maker.
Corser's slashing of the state record was
one Gf the features of the meet.
hltl'h III SiN1t.
Charles W Krick of Sinking Springs.
Pa. was ths star of the occasion. win
ni.ig as he did the three big events. viz
the one mile open. two mile lap race
and two miie handicap, thereby cap
turing diamonds to the value of SlOo.
His work in the handicap was of the
hair-raising variety, bringing the entire
audience to their feet. krick rode
from the scratch against Il field Of thir-
ty-tve riders, the limit men starting
from the 225 yard mark. For one mile
the stocky little fellow made no gain ON
the crowd of flying cyclists, stretched
out as they Were, for about a quarter
of a mile. and very few of the spectators
had the least idea Of his catching up
with them, but on the first lap of the
last mile he lowered his head and start
I'd after them like an engine.
The muscles of his limbs stood
out like whip cords. The audience
fairly went wild as he flew away slowly
but surely closing up the big gap b.,
tween himself and the end of the bunch.
AS they crossed the tape for the be-
ginning of the last lap h- rode with the
rear of the bunch passing four men. He
continued cutting his field down
by twos and threes in this
manner until on reaching the home
stretch he had passed them all but
Gstalder, Stutzman. and Dickcnson.
Fora secondit 1ookedas though he was
In II pocket but in an instant he shot out
from the middle of the bunch winning
by two lengths. the last four riders
finishing in the order named. 1t was Il
rid hat xii, & nj
effort was appreciated by the audience,
was evident from the rounds of applause
that greeted him when he dismounted
his wheel to 20 to his quarters.
MADE A GOOD SHOWING.
The Scranton riders made a good
showing, when their ill-luck is taken
in consideration. Keller, Cox and Greg
Dry all receiving bad falls. GregOrys
fail in the two mile lap race lost him all
chances in all the following events. his
wheel being SO badly damaged that he
had to ride a borrowed machine the rest
of the day. Nevertheless. he landed
third money in the one mile handicap.
Ben Keller also of this city, won third
IN the one mile open. besides winning
the Lackawanna county championship.
No race on the programme was looked
forward with so much interest, nor
caused more excitement than the one
mile for the championship of Lacka-
wanna county. There were ten starters
In this event. The favUrites being Cole
man, Gregory. Keller and White, but
when they lined up with Gregory on
strange wheel, the wise ones immedi
ately counted him out. A limit of 40
was placed on this race. The ride to
the home stretch was an uneventful
one. Coleman. White and Keller
swinging around the upper turn to-
gether and then started one of the hot
test nome sprints ever seen on the Drv
ing Park track. White and Keller
gained on Coleman very slowly until
about ten yards from the tape. when
both Green Ridge riders began to jump
their wheels for the tape, Keller getting
the best of 1t. and winning by a wheel
White finishing second II length ahead
Of Coleman. who up tn that second held
the championship. Keller's rooters
We're wild with enthusiasm at the great
ride of their favorite and cheered 10
their hearts content.
CORSER BROKE, THE RECORD.
The famous Black and White Barnes
q, n, f,,, ,,.h;,h mn ,,aoo,, Tah, ID
Corser, Of Allentown, for the state half
mile record, which was l.Oi 2-E. held by
Douglas. of philadelphia. Corser sue
ceeded I'm the a,temut. encirclins the
whole treor In .xactIv ono minnie His
performance is considered an exceed
lhsi! gooa oiie' III iact as s"ou as
hfty-eisht second hali mile on sood
track The track was rpllph on the