The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
BECKER AWARDED THE PRIZE
COOPER. WHO WON, AND CALLAHAN
DISQUALIFIED FOR FoULING.
Two-MiIe Professional Handicap Cap
tured by Sanger and the Mile
Open by w. Coburn.

ugly WranEIe over the nNe-mle cnaDplOn-
ship. IL was a scrap from beginning to
end. There was no end OF jockeying. and
at one time Cooper and Bald had their
hands Off their handle bars grasping at
and pushing each other, and imperiling
the lives OF a dozen or more contestants.
Cooper and Callahan finished in the first
division. but were disqualified, the race
going to w. +. Baker. of Minneapolis; +.
s. Aker. Of Philadelphia, second; Nat But
Ter. third. This race was the last on the
card. the last of the meet. 1t was called
In the face OF an approaching storm. but
before the race had well begun it became
stormier even than the elements overhead.
Nearly all of the big men who started for
the trial heats were omitted, and the entry
left TO the election of the riders. Tom But
Ter and zeigIer staid out, but Cooper,
Gardiner. Coburn and the Others made a
representative string. n triplet manned by
Schrein and the two Johnsons was in the
pace When the men broke for the ma
chine Callahan waited and hooked on, al
though the machine got away so slowly
that half the field punched in front of it
before there was any semblance of the
usual formation in a paced event. Gardiner
went TO the front. with Bald. Cooper and
Jack Coburn, and dropped back, catching
the machine safely. This was but the
signal fer one after another of the contest
ants to go up head, some catching sue
cessfully and some failing to make good
their game. While this was going ON
Cooper and Bald came together, Cooper
elbowing his great antagonist, while the
Buffalonian adopted similar tactics and
reached out viciously for his successful
rival Tr0nhIa Knpf -. - -
ance Of the ride, and the grandstand man.
ifested its 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 Cal
lahan in third place. Aker, of Philadelphia.
and Nat Butler were unplaced. finishing
as named. but when all the protesting and
wrangling was over Cooper and Callahan
had been disqualified, and the Champion
snip went to Becker. a-,er taking second
and Nat Butler third. Gardiner and Bald
came in as named in Buffers rear. The
Time or the five miles was 12:1S 2-5.
SANGER'S GREAT VICTORY.
Up TO the time of this unpleasant affair
the feature OF the day and of the meet so
Tar was the victory of Sanger in the two
nile handicap for professionals. If any one
doubted Wooden Shoes Dopula ritv he
should have heard the crowd cheering when
ne scored his first and only victory of the
meeting and seen his enthusiastic friends
shoulder him and carry him bodily from
the track. The Milwaukeean had PLAYED
In hard lines, but he retrieved himself
riding the event in his old-time form and
winning in "A driving sprint that carried
him around the bunch as though he was
trying TO run circles about them. Sanger
had scratched, with Kennedy. Louie CaIla-
han and Eaton just ahead of him. and
these four succeeded in getting together
early In the game. Callahan paced for the
first half mile and then Sanger came I'M.
The result was that he caught the big
bunch ahead. The field at once slowed
down and the men loafed along for nearly
a mile. with Van Herik out in front. then
f. c. Johnson and then Callahan. Sanger
got down to his work Just as the bell
tapped. swinging along with his high gear
with an increasing stride that brought
MIN at evens with the head of the bunch
before the final jump started. The hic fell
low had been beautiful Docketed on the
back stretch. and his admirers in the grand
stand went wild with enthusiasm as his
vancouver was successfully worked. Gala
han was still at the head of the bunch
With Kennedy tapping his wheel from the
outside. and as Sanger went by. Kennedy
LETT the diminutive Buffalonian and went
after him The big fellows jump was too
aHu DdIScT CAME IN Inc
winner by all of a length. Kennedy bare
ly saved second. for Callahan was working
away with his famous finishing sprint.
speeding across the tape inches only TO the
bad
THE MILE OPEN.
In the final, the mile open. Allen was Civ
en- the pole, while at his right were Tom
Butler. Bald, Mcfarland. Willie Coburn.
Loughead. Rigby. Sanger, Acker. Gardiner.
Kennedy and Schrein. In the first Ian
Kennedy went Up with Tom Butler. Bald
and Allen trailing him. The second time
around Bald was at the front. with Rigbv
Kennedy and Mcfarland for company. In
the third lap Kennedy got to the front
again, with Mcfarland and Willie Coburn
up. Sanger was well in the rear. with
Gardiner safely on for a sleigh ride. and
GARDENERS rear, when the big fellow pre-
pared for his quad act. The crowd was
looking for something of this sort. and as
Sanger commenced cutting down Kenne-
dys lead. a shout went up from 5000
throats. At the middle of the last turn the
N~ilwaukeean was half a dozen lengths
clinging TO him. but Butler had been lost
I'm the drive and was out of 1t. Coburn
played a good game and staid at Kenne-
dy's rear until he saw Bald and Allen at
his side. He had the advantage of the pole.
and when he jumped he started a sprint
that landed him a winner hy a length. AL
len was coming like mad. fighting at Bald's
left. and i'm his last three or four iumps IL
seemed as though he lifted his wheel bodi-
~ and hurled 1t across the tape. 1t Is a
question il he really beat Bald. but after n
long wrangle the judges so decided. and the
Syracuse favorite cot the first bit of VIC
tory that has come TO him in many weeks.
Gardiner quit Sanger's rear halfway down
the stretch and ran into fourth place lust
ahead of Kennedy. who had never lost
heart throughout his race. and Yves fight
Ing to the very last Time OF mile. 219 %.
good time for an unpaced event.
Allen led of for the half-mile national
championship, but at the second turn
Cooper came up and took the pace. with
Allen. Bald. Butler and Gardiner strung
out 10 his rear. On the back stretch But
Ter jumped. pulling Gardiner up with him.
but when Butler dropped down on the pole
the center. between him and Bald. The
men fought a game and shifting battle
down the short straight. Bald. Cooper and
Butler on almost even terms and Gardner
and Allen looking for AN opening. BALD
had the advantage until the last twenty
yards, when Butler jumped and got his
wheel half a dozen inches in front. AT the
tape Gardiner shot TO the front and Tapped
Bald. showing Cooper the way in by an
open length.
The amateur events We're we'll contested.
Ingraham won the mile .ooen with ease.
but was beaten out In q hot finish In the
mile handicap by toward. of ST. Louis.
The two-mile State championship went TO
w H. Seaton, jr.- while Mccarthy. OF St.
Louis. piloted I'm the field OF 2:3o class men.
A rain came uo just after the fve-miie
championship, making IL necessary to