The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-19
ToMoRRoW's BIG RACE MEET.
Waverly Will BE the Mecca for All
WheeImen.

Probably the greatest bicycle race meet
ever held in New Jersey will be run at
Waverly Park between Newark and Eliza
beth tomorrow. Entries for the meet,
which is being promoted by the ATLANTA
Wheelmen Of Newark, closed on Satur-
day last. Eight events are on the pro-
gramme. six amateur and two profess
sional.
For these oyer five hundred entries have
prominent riders in the Metropolitan dis
trict. The novice race alone has almost
hun hundr napd men ape'=e enaeredl in ane each ever Of the phe
handicap races. This will necessitate the
running Of numerous heats. The tandem
day.
The great attraction Of the meet will
tuplet, a machines ridden by five men.
This is the wheel which paced Berlo when
he broke the worlds record for one mile
at New Orleans last fall. He covered the
distance in lao 3-5. An attempt to lower
this record will be made at the A~talanta's
meet.
If it is clear, it will be a great day for
New Jersey cyclists, and Waverly Park
will undoubtedly be thronged with bicy-
Gle enthusiasts.
Diamond Chips.
The friends of the Pacific Athletic Club
will have the pleasure of Witnessing a
lively game of baseball tomorrow, as the
team will play the strong players of the
United States Express Company, a team
that has beaten the Puritan A. c.. and
several other w~ell-known clubs this
season.
will play the st. Louis College team, the
chelsea College team having cancelled
the date.
The Arlington Athletic Club will have
a Strong team a pa inst fhar1 a Tptorsro-
tional Park on Sunday in the woodstock
Athletic Club of Bellevile. The latter
their own ground. They Beat the p Airing
cons last year, and the latter hope to even
old scores.
The Ironsides of Newark will cross bats
with the Hobokens Sunday on the cricket
Professional teams in the State, and the
a' The Young wil ANNEX M aD dsfea aas d the Y lamls;
score Of 5 to { The players Of Young An
F. Lynch first base; J. Cummings. short
stop; L. Sedlow, right held; James Gillian,
left field; Theo. Smith, second base; John
Cooley third base; Joseph Riley. catcher:
games With the Young Pavonias and
Saturday, or any other E-year-old teams.
Address G. Sterling. NJ. 1871 Third street.
The Young M~cLaughlins claim to be the
Shl WlCQ6Co eClldAltblOIS VI 1uQS0Il
County in their class, Is years of age.
They would like to hear from teams out,
of town. Address all challenges to r. Be
han, Grove and. Ninth streets.
The N. j.. C. 8. & r. Co. would k
the captain of the Scrantons of this city
to send his address TO Harry Prove, sec
rotary. No. 273 Tenth street. to arrange for
the game on Sunday.
Palma Wheelmen Growing.
The advent of the new officers in the
Palma Club wheel division has introduced
more life than was eyer manifested in
wheeling at the club, and the craze seems
to have been Contagious, and there are
over one hundred members pushing the
pedals. Captain John F. Rich is taking
a great interest in the new division, and
with the assistance of First Lieutenant
George K. Cooley, Second Lieutenant Will
lam M. Baher and Secretary Melville F.
Frame, is arranging for a series of runs
for July and August which will probably
include a century, the first that the Pal
ms Club has ever a The uniforms are
pretty, and it is surprising to note the
peared on the wheel this year. Among
these are Dr.. Benjamin Edge, President
Leonard J. Gordon, District Court Judge
James F. Bedle. G. Herbert Rice. Jude.