The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08

Bay City; Mott, Reliance, and Thiel, San
Francisco Road Club. Mott proved him.
self the better man, winning easily in 2:37.
Smith, Garden City; Languetin, Bay City
and Robinson, San Francisco Road Club,
started in the next heat, and they finished d
Time, 2 :3S 3-5.
In the third heat the starters were Tan
tau, Olympic; Menne, Bay City, aud
Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club. Tan
tau was true to his form and won easily in
2:23 80
The next three to come out were Delmas,
Garden City; Boyd, California, and Bates,
Reliance. 1t was a hot finish between
Delmas and Bates, and they finished in
that order in 2:37 2-5.
Crafts, Acme; Hall, Bay City, and Will
hanson, Santa Rosa, started in the fifth
heat. Hall was easily the best man, and
won without appreciable effort. Time,
2:29 1-5
In the sixth heat were Lefevre, Acme;
Barley, Imperial and Pels San Francisco
Road Club. Le:evre took the heat by a
small margin, his time being 2:36 2-5.
Boyden. Reliance, and Metcalf, 1mpe-
rial, started in the seventh and last heat.
They made a hot race Of it together, and
Metcalf carried off the honors. Time,
2:43 As.
After short intermission, giving the
riders chance TO rest and get breathing
spell, the two sem-tinals of the one mile
post race were run, those who had quail
fed in their heats being Edwards
(Olympic), Griffiths Bay City, and Yeo-
man (Reliance). This trio comprises as
speedy set OF riders as any contesting
in the tournament, and every one knew it
would be hot race. They did not make
very hot pace until the last two laps
when they shot around the curve three
abreast with Yeoman on the inside and a
bit in the lead.
Edwards came like shot on the last
lap, however, and passed him, mid deaf
ening applause. The Olympic boy is very
every time he appears on the track. He
is clever, gritty rider and deserving of
all the credit he receives. The heat was
ridden in 2:30 Is.
In the second semi-fnal the starters
were Squires, Acme Lapguetin and Vim
cent, Bay City. and LANCER, Imperial.
The two Bay City boys made most of the
Squires right alongside. Vincent got first
place in 2:26 As, Languetin second.
Oscar Osen, the champion professional
rider, then came out for an exhibition
quarter mile ride against time, flying
start, unpaced. to beat the worlds record
of 80 As seconds. Osen made great ride
ofit, covering the first eighth in 10 seconds,
and, cheered on by the audience and
the yells of his club mates in the Olympic
Cyclers, came tearing around the banks on
the last lap and down the homestretch the
watches were snapped on him at 60 3-5 Sec
onds, another worlds indoor record for the
Pavilion track.
In the semi-inals of the one-mile invita-
tion those who had qualified in their heats
for the first were: Z. r. Mott, Reliance;
G. M. Smith. Garden City; Lefevre, Acme;
Metcalf, Imperial. Smith rode wide on
the west bank of the sixth lap and fell,
but was uniniureS. Metcalf beat the 9TH
ers out in hot sprint in 2:25 1-5, Lefevre
second, Mott third.
In second were: Hall, Bay City; Delmas,
Garden City, and Tantau, Olympic. The
public were at loss to pick the winner OF
tnis heat, they were all SO evenly matched.
They kept even up to the last lap, then
Tantau lost his pedal and was out of it,
Delmas beat Hall out not more than a
couple OF inches in 2:34 2-5.
At this juncture Announcer Knapp
stated that the gate prize offered by the
management each evening had been won
that evening by DR.. Charles Parent,
prominent local physician.
The starters in the final Of the one-mile
post race then came from their dressing
rooms and took their places for what was
one of the prettiest rides of the evening.
They were Edwards, Olympic: Vincent
and Languetin, Bay City. The announcer
stated that the leaders at each quarter
mile would receive special prize, besides
the usual first and second prizes at the
finish. The pace cut out was lively from
the start. Vincent led the. first and Sec
ond laps, and LaOguetin took the next
two. After that it was all over, practi-
calIy. Edwards came up from behind