The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-16
NEWS OF yHS wHBsLMEx.
Firsnen Change The Naue OF Their Club
Division Aroettngs.

Division h9ostinGs.
The bicycle organization which was started
by the nremen Of Company 10 and called the
Fire Department Wheelmen. will hereafter be
known as the New York Firemen's Cycle Club.
This change was brought about at the re-
quest of tho Board Of Fire Commissioners.
who thought that the" Department. part Of 1t
should Ne dropped.
President McAree says tho club musters
100 paid members. and that e2 applications
for membership arc being considered. At a
meeting last week o club uniform was adopt
ed. consisting Of a navy blue flannel military
coat. with stiff collar and black braid. -reEu-
lar short knee pants. black stockings. and
blue sweaters. with the emblem of tho club
worked in silk on II. Regular lremen caps
wi. be utilized as headgear. President.Shef-
field Of tho Board OF Fire Com missioners, Mod
ical oriccr Banta, and DR.. Archer have been
elected honorary members of the club.
The next meeting will be held on Dec. 90 at
SO Lexington avenue. the future meeting place
Of the organization. A road committee COM
posed OF Chief Castles and Second Battalion
Lieut.. Hellner of Engine IL will arrange .
schedule of daily runs for next year. On New
Years Day about twenty members Of the club
will take a run to Philadelphia. and they ex-
pect TO cover tho distance in about seven
hours. The fastest man developed. 30 far in
the club ia Fireman Dressler, who wants to
meet any rider in the department IN q hve or
ten.mile race.
At the coming meeting q Board of Directors
and a committee. will be appointed q, adopt
a standard, wheel. Some changes In the by
laws will also BIO made.
II. H. s%pindler. Chairman of the Good Roads
OF, the Norris Wheelmen, has
city:
On Thursday morning. Dec. II, at II o'clock, tho
the MAYORS once In the city Hall for the purpose
OF hearing the application of the Commissioner of
twenty .toprth wards OF she city OF New York. for
an appropriation to enable him to construct a ma
cadaniEed strip on each side OF Jerome avenue.
from the new Central avenue bridge, north. TO the
As this would give TO the wheelmen of the city be- |
low the Harlem River q hne and direct road to reach
and a good wheeling roadway that is much needed.
as the roads In the upper wards are not In cycling
tive to appear at the meeting 70 show that such re.
quest for Improving jerome avenue 1, not for the
only. but for the entire wheeling population VI
Manhattan Island. As this is of great Importance,
do not fail TO be represented.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.-The semi-annual
n a w. or S sns hheiRdn. yestePaay p'E CsiSf c CO sni
Samuel A. Boyle OF this city presiding. The
most mOsn,I i@p DoEs;Hn w business Inc ins sranSaSte % a., e. s sae
AIRY Of the Chief Consul from $500 to $1,000
per year. Consul Boyle's report showed the
secretary Treasurer p. S. Collins Of this city
reported a balance in the treasury of $3.7e6. |
The following delegates were elected to the Ma
tional Assembly:
H. b. worrell. Thoma. Here. A: H. Allen. @. H.
Lokes; "; ": Randall, n: MSAi!ifssr; J; j. Gs..ii.
J. 8. Larzslere. and G. A. Demon Of Philadelphia
ani Il. o i; Dare Il asssass4F 4. F +. s ss %1t q E 9cta! {:
3. puanIns, Seran ton: A: 2. Knapp.
4. F. Msyier. PittsSSrsh: j. 3: Taylor. Allegheny:
W. y. Cook, McKessp ort, and c. D. Du shane, New
castle.
7. -,, doo;da5 co ,rnIv to ~. National A..
meet at Phiiadelpfia. The delegates were
that will conn before tho assembly.
At the annual meeting of the Illinois Divi,
showed the membership to be S.2o4. A bal.
ance of S473 is in the treasury. Fred Patee.
f pei;e R Y eject Elected d0 To tho yas t q Asaem m H~ are
as follows:
Fred rasoe. Peoria; W Arthur. Chicago; Geo.
c :'s: cn wi a; u oG RnSinyon De spyinsa. IL q yi sST cs,, rsS.
cago; Harry N. Gardner. Chicago.
II was expected that the delega los would be
for President. but they go to the meeting I'M
Secretary Bassett of the L. A. w, reports
that 235 new members have been enrolled this
from the leading divisions are as follows: New
Jersey, IL, total. 1855: Ohio. IS. total, aga;
Illinois. 4, total. 3.2o4: Iowa. 3. total. 1,407;
Missouri. 8. total. 5000: Connecticut, II. total.
Lag: Wisconsin, l. total, 1.5S1. Total,
1859.
SARATOGA, Dec. l5.-When f. c. Smith. Sara
toga's representative In the six-day bicycle race
In Madison SQUARE Garden. arrived home to-
day he received an ovation. He has gained nine
pounds. and two hours after he landed at the
depot was climbing poles for the local electric
light coinpany by whom he Is employed az
lineman. He shows no Ill effects from his long
ride of nearly 1900 miles.
NOTES.
The annual election OF officers OF tbs Riverside
Wheelmen will be held on Dec. 20.
The leaders In the mileage competition of the VIII.
liamshurgh Wheelmen are W. l.. Baker. 1908;
J. II. Wetzler. 3. 8s2: c. Campbell, zoos; ID. q. De
Gran. l,l32; W.. 4. Miller. 1880.
Waldo Fuller Is talked Of as the next President OF
tho Br ooklyn BICYCLE Club.
A meeting of the L. A. w. Consulate OF this city
VIII be held this afternoon. |
son, l.. A. W., Will hole their nrst meeting at New
ark tomorrow evening. when committees will be
appointed and plans arranged for next year.
Capt. Drew or the Tourist Cycle Club team says
he Will not withdraw his men from the Netropoli.
tan Association of Cycling Clubs tournament, but
tan Bicy Gle Club and Jersey City Club wheelmen
are decided against him he will apply 10 the SUI
prone Court for q mandRmuS 70 restrain the orRani-
Zation from distributing the prizes. |
AsBuRY PARK, Dec. l6.-HArry Maddox, one Of the
contestants In the recent six -day race In Madison
Square Garden. has arrived at his home. Maddox's /
face Is pinched. and he has lost several poundS-Sf
flesh. Both his wrists are numb, due foSsAe con-
slant strain on them while whirin4 around the
track. He is also very hoarse.