The herald., 1896-01-10
LOS ANGELES BOYS Do WELL
McCrea, Hewitt and Taylor Are Showing
Great Speed
A Girls Smile eau ses Two of the Ten on the
Team to Take Twenty.
Mile Ride

respondence. This ~ resting week in the
Camp of the Sycamores, and yet not spent
in idleness, for every day the boys engage
/ in workouts that are frequently close to
record time. Several of the paeemakers
are laid up in consequence of the efforts
they were compelled to put forth In order
to cut the records down to their present
low notch. The severity of these record
riders. and the amount of nerve force ex-
pended by the riders, may be appreci ited
when it is stated that two of the pace
makers tainted upon dismounting from the
quad at the finish of the ride, after reduc-
ing the wor DIS tandem record to l :47 2.5,
making that wonderful time ten minutes
after riding mile in l "A 3-5.
San Diego is celebrated for the salubrity
of its climate aud the beauty of its women,
and the boys freque ntly forget that they
are supposed TO be in bed at O:30. E. F.
Smith and Swambrouyh ara two of the
best looking MN on the team, and the par
tiality OF the fair sex toward them is viewed
with envous eyes by their lesser favored
compa lons. Having eluded Mr.. Sh ,fer's
watchmen at the ferry one evening, they
hied themselves to the residence of one of
San Dieyo's III 1st favored daughters, and
in the charms of their fair entertainers
failed to observe how fast the hours were
slipping by.
"Hoiy Moses!" calculated Smith, as he
81 think we must be going" And with q
Rrea ly abbreviated good night" the two
hletes ran down the ST. eet, arriving at
the ferry just a- the last boat lefl. "Well,"
ssid Swanbrough, after Smi h bad i'm art
ed lnrid tinge to several cubic feet of at
mosphere, II think we had better go back
to town" This seemed the only thing to
d. q thare uara M hOats in ciuht and ~, "a
distance precluded the idea of swimming.
AS the boys were walking back to town,
their thoughts DIV Hing sadly on the vicis.
STUDIES of a racers career, SwanbroIgh
9 opped suddenly and exclaimed, "I've got
it," SCOT what?" asked Smith, abs n
mindedIy. "Why, let's get a couple of BIZ
cycles from Lennon and ride arouud the
bay"
smith gazed admiringly upon 'Swanny,"
and the two Immediately went TO Lem
mons who is The local agent for the Syra-
cusa, and succeeded in borrowing couple
of wheels.
1t was l2 o'clock before the boys got
started OH their 20.mile trip ard with
Smith setting the pace, soon covered the
frs ten miles. Then their trouble con-
menced, for they took the wrong road and
we're well on their way to Mexico before
discovering their mistake.
Finally they reached Coronado, and as
they opened the front door of the Jose
phne hotel the clock struck 2. "Go easy,
now." cautioned Sm h, as they groped
around in the darkness. ''don't wake
Dave" All was going smoothly wien
Swanbrouah, who was leading, stepped into
a bucket of wafer tho boy had LETT in the
hall; he slipped and in falling threw out
his hands and grasped the first thing he
struck, which happened to be the bell rope,
waking everybody in the house.
"Well,n said Shafer, VINO had been die
tatlng ters to his stenographer, ''ynu
fellows are good things; you had better go
to bed" and replacing his cigar in his
mouth returned TO his room. The boys
were just able o reach their rooms aud
tumble in bed without removing their
clothes. from sheer weariness. The whole
affair soon leaked out and in consequence
the boys have been joshed until they swear
they will never look at another girl while
they are at Coronado.
h. E. McCrea has made several sar
rides this week. With breeze in his face
this morning. behind Taylor and >wan-
brough on the tandem. he rode half in h5
seconds, and when the pacing machines
come will undoubtedly do some good work,
although he shows his rid ng ability best in
competition, having u cool head and nerves
that have won hun the soubriquet of
Certify Herbs His first competition work
was done in the lS-mile road race
from Los Angeles to Santa Monica.
Wner6 ne won nrst place ana
second time prize, from a large field.
He made his debut on the rack at RIVER
side in September, 1893, and won the mile
club handicap in the hen fast time of
2:22. He has been the victor in many
races since. and at Salt Lake last season
won the mile open, defeating such men as
Wells. Renshaw and Parkes OF Denver in
2:05 is, and came second in the half
mile open. He is the steersman of the
Southern California quad team, which has
been an important factor in the record
breaking.
"Old Hoss" Taylor of Duarte and Candy
Hewitt of Pasadena are also doing good
work. having cut four worlds tandem
records.
large number of spectators assembled
at the track this morning and Mr.. Shater
put ten of the boys on the tape. and paced
by the tandem with Smith and Nicer a
ND, gave a mile race. At the start
Taylor. who had the ADVANTAGE of hav-
ing Shafer to push him Off, tackled
on to the tandem and led the bunch
to the tnree-quarter pole, when Fewitt
crawled UP and Stone was pocketen.
A. the nne.eighth pole Taylor jumped and
beat Hewitt couple of wheel lengths,
Wells third; time. 2:l0. The quad, con.
sisting of Taylor, Washburne, Schmidt and
Hewitt, worked three miles in 2:l3, 2:15,
2:O9. and were followed by Stone, Swan
brcueh, smith and Nc rea, who paced
Wells three miles in 2:lO, :12 and 2:O2.