The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16
FOUL BICYCLE RIDING
Cooper and Bald Push Each
Other In Five-Mile Race.
SANGER WINS THE TWO MILES.
He Rides In His Ola Form and Re-
cefve. an Ovet3on-Cfose OF the
Meet OF the L. A. w.


tgonsi championship. II vas a sCrap from
beginning 20 en1. There was 10 erd u
51eEgy9nz. and a. one time Cooper and
Bald rad their HANDS OF their handle bars,
Eraaping az and pushing each other. I'M
perlsug the lives Of dozen Or more coz
tsxtsutS. Cooper ard Callahan halsned IN
TIE frat division, bat were disqualified,
s4e race gesnx 20 ". r Becker, q Min
neapeiis. s9tn z. 8. Akers. Of Philadelphia,
second and Nat Batter raird. This raes
vas The last on the card. the last OF the
meet. IL vas called IN the face OF an ap-
preaching storm, but before the race had
well begun IL became stormier even than
the warrlnx elements overhead. Nearly all
az the alE nen Of the game started. for
tbs trial heats Eere omitted and the entry
left to the election OF the riders. Tom
Butler and Zeigier stayed out. but Cooper.
Gardiner. Bald, <Coburn and the others
male a representative string. trtpiet
manned b. Sner4n and the two Johrsons
vas p3t ia 20 pace. When the men broke
for the big machine Callahan waited and
hooked on. although the big nachine got
away so slowly that half the field punched
:n front of IL before there was any SEM
bIance Of the usual formation In paced
event Gardiner went 20 the front, with
Bald, Cooper and j. CoDuTn, and dropped
back catching the machine safely. This
VAS but fns signal for one after another OF
the contestants 20 20 ahead. some catch
ing successfully and some falling 70 make
good their game While this was going on
Cooper and Bald came together. Cooper
elbosfng his great antagonist. while the
Buffalo man adopted similar tactics and
reached out vicloasly for his successful
rival. Trouble kept 10 throughout the bal
aBcs OF the r1de, and the grand
stand manifested its displeasure by hiss
Ing every time the bunch came around.
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was that Cooper won. with Becker
length back and Callahan In third place.
Akers. OF Philadelphia. and Nat Butler.
unDlaced. finishing as named. but when
al the protesting and wrangllng WAS over
Cooper and Callahan had been disquah-
fed and the championship went 20 Becker.
Akers taking second and Nat Butler third.
Gardner and Bald came In as named,
on Buffers rear. The time for the i've
miles was f2.is Is.
Up to the time OF this unpleasant affair.
the feature OF tho day and OF the meet
was the victory Of Sanger In the two-mile
handicap for professionals. IL anyone
doubted Wooden Shoes" popularity. tina.
one should have heard the crowd cheer
when Sanger scored hts only victory of
the meeting, and have seen his enthusi-
astIc friends shout for him and carry
him from the track. The Milwaukeean
had played in hard lines, but he retrieved
form and winning In a driving spring
that carried him around the bunch as
though no was trying TO run circles about
them. Sanger had the scratch, with Kerr
nedy. Louis Callahan and Eaton just
ahead OF him. and these four succeeded in
getting together early in the game. Gala
han paced for the first half-miie, and
then Sanger came up. The result was
that he caught the big bunch ahead. The
Held at once slowed down. and the men
loafed along for nearly mile, with Van
Harry out In front, F. G. Johnson. and
then Callahan. Sanger got down 10 his
work just az the bell tapped, swinging
along with his high gear with an Increas-
ing stride that brought him at sveDs with
rha head OF the bunch before the final
jump started. The big fellow had been
beautifully pocketed on the back stretch.
and his admirers In the grand stand went
wild with enthusiasm as his maneuver
was successfully worked. Callahan was
stin at tho head OF the bunch. with Ken
nedy Tapping his wheel from the outside,
and as Sanger went by Kennedy left the
dminutive Buffalo man and went after
him. The big fellows jump was too
strong however and Sanger came In the
winner by all OF length. Kennedy bare
Is saved second. for Callahan was working
away with his famous finishing sprint,
speeding across the tape few Inches
only 20 the bad
IN the finai OF the mile open Allen was
given the pole while az his right were
Tom Butler. Bald. Mcfarland. Willie Co
Burn I.oughead Rigby. Sanger. Akers.
Gardiner. Kennedy and Scherin. In the
sirst lap Kennedy went up with Tom But
Ter. Raid and Allen trailing him. The Sec
ond time around Raid was at the front.
with Rigby. Kennedy and Mcfarland for
company. In the third hap Kennedy got
90 the front again. with Mcfarland and
Willie Cohurn up. Sanger was we'll in the
lead With Gardiner safely on sleigh ride
and foxy little Tom Butler Just a. safe
on Gardeners rear. when the big fellow
prepared for his "qusd' act. The crowd
MAS looking for something OF this sort.
and "a Sanger commenced cutting down
Kennedy's lead shout went up from $500
throats At the middle OF the last turn
she MnwNukee boy was haf n dozen
lengths back OF first place, With Gardner
slu cIlnging % him. but Butler had been
losg Ia the drive and vas out % II. Co
burn nIsyed good game. and STAYED az
kenne3y's rear until he saw Bald and
Alien az ais side. He had the advantage
o. the pole. aud when they Jumped he
started a spring that landed him a winner
~ a length Allen was coming Ike mad.
fighting AZ Esld's left. and In his last
sfrea or four jufnpS it seemed as II he
lifted MS wheel bodily and pushed it
across Tire tape II - a question II he
really beat RAID but after a long wrangis
the Judges so decided. and the Syracuse
favnrfto got the FIRST hit OF victory that
has come to him IN many weeks. Gardner
atst Saneer's rear half way down the
stretch ana ran into fourth place. just
ahead of Kennedy. who had never lost
heart throughout his race and was fight
ing 20 ths very last The tine OF IRE mite
was s:is IS. GOOD tims fcr al unpacei
event
Allen led OF fer the Asl,-nne national
championship. bat az TIRE second turn
Cosper came NJ and took the pace. wi.h
Alien Bsld. Butler and Gardiner strung
out - his rear. on the hack stretch But
Ter Jumped pulling Gardner az With him.
hut when Butirr dropped down on the pole
hack % Cooper. Gardner WAS forced 70
the canter between Hiii and Bald. The
rrcn fn0EAt a game and shifting battle
down The shay, straight. Raid. Cooper ana
Bette. % alncst even terms. and Gar
e5rer ana Alien looking fer al opening.
Tala hsd the advantage uatu The last
tws MY yards. when Butler Jumped anf
60 bis wheel hall toEcu inches IN front
A. the tape Gardiner shot 20 the front
and 'agpst PAID showing cooper the way
iA sv an epsa ie1Eth.
The amateur events were Wei contes tcd
Inr-ahsm won the rifle open With ease.
hut was beassn cat ia = hot aassh IN tie
rslse handicap hy Howard. 90 n louis.
TAc fao-mile state chaua3onshtp went .
II " Seaton. ST.. while McCarty. 81 $.
I.aniS pllote3 IN the Geld % ess1 class rneu.
4 rata came - iast after the ave-niile
ehs E,nioeship, maSiuE - necessary %
ahaudon some record trials that we're 70
wind un she last day 90 the meet The
crowd VAS as large as 81 ire preceding
DAYS aboee 6a00 and thc most e. h,ls5 ast5c
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