The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-05
WHIRLING WHEELS.
In the Revolutions Interest
ing Items of News
Are Turned Out.
WHAT WHEELMEN TALK OF
olympic A. c. Will Have a Lively
Field Day-St. Peters Ath-
letic Team-Tennis at
Long Branch.

through which the main canal flows are
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of making
a concentrated effort to influence the
next Legislature to build a bicycle road
along the present canal towpath. II this
scheme could be carried out successfully.
the wheelmen would have a most beau
tiful route through the State.
The image of the metropolitan
cycling clubs lave selected the officials
for the coasting contest, to be held at
| Cedar Grove, this State, on August Is.
The referee will be f. B. Prial of the
Manhattan Bicycle Club; Fred Keer of
| the Hudson County Wheelmen will be
starter, and H. F. Neefus of the Vim
Bicycle Club, chief umpire. The chief
scorcher will be E. Allen Smith of the
ATLANTA wheelmen.
The New Jersey Division meet will
be held Saturday at Paterson. and prom
ises to take a place in history with The
big meets of the country. The track.
Tourist Oval, is being put In excellent
condition, and the entry list is a large
one. The Jersey City clubs which viii
| participate are the Catholic Ciub Cyclers.
Clio Wheeimen and Mantle wheelmen.
All viii have teams entered in the team
! race for the championship, ard will also
enter the parade with a hope of winning
one of the prizes.
Pat Powers of this city has become
associated with A. G.. Batchelder and
James Kennedy in the management of a
six days bicycle race at the Madison
Square Garden, during the week of De-
cember Z, n ending December 70. Sew
eral international riders Of prominence
viii participate. The prize money will
be $4,000.
At a recent meeting of the New Jersey
Division of the League Of American
Wheelmen, Chief Consul Gentle, in his
report. showed that in six months the
division had increased 70 per cent. in
membership, and hat auaong the consuls
he had appointed up to that time II
were
The Castle Point Cyclers of Hoboken
will have their annual race meet at the
Gutenberg track on August IS and 16.
On the first day there will be a quarter
mile. half mile and one mile scratch,
| one mile handicap and one mile ~consola-
ton. On h succeeding day there will
be q two mile tandem race.
Bicycle racing will be a prominent fea-
ture this season at the county fairs.
The Management of the Fair at Waverly
this year will offer several events for
cyclists. and the State Fair at Trenton,
September Y, will also wind up with a
race meet.
The cyclists of Trenton have won a
victory IN their fight for good roads. The
city authorities have decided to heed the
appeals and macadamize Pennington ave-
city. and with it's o-vershadowfng trees
n other identifying objects the road
viii be a popular route for wheelrnen.
Of rI Paeerso afs for p09 Ghief Consul sulna and dif there
is every reason TO believe that he will
receive the nomination, as every one con-
favor of him. Mr.. Kireker is very con
sentative in his opinion. and always says
the right thing at the right time. It was
he, at Baltimore. Nd, in February last,
at the National Assembly Of the L. A.
W., who settled the long standing dis
pute between Chief Consul Potter Of New
n f,eagl,e The case II viii he eme, y
bered. was a suit brought BY Mr.. Potter
against the League for several thousand
dollars. Mr.. Kireker, with a timely
thought and action. settled this matter,
or rather brought it to a head.
Now is the time. just before the tour
ing season. for all wheelmen to come I'M
der the arm of the L. A. w. How any
wrheelman can afford to stay out of the
League. when such value is given for
tne mG ndsyy,st IS pore 7J than q sensible man
see a dollar behind twenty-five cent
piece it is time he consulted an oculist.
The New Jersey Division IS getting two
dollars apiece from wheelmen for the
first year n one dollar for each adj
dittonal year and is giving away TO each
new member a road book. hat pin, cap
pin, hotel discounts, legal protection. the
Bulletin" q reward for a stolen wheel.
and getting all the good road legislation
this for two dollars. Application blanks
may be obtained from r. r. Chiswell,
Press Office.
The Transportation Committee of the
L. A. w. has succeeded in securing the
best possible terms for league members
who wish to visit the annual league
meet at Louisville next week. All rail-
roads west of Buffalo and Pittsburg will
carry 1: A. W members TO and from the
national meet for one fare. Roads east
OF these points viii charge a fare and
class fare one way will be charged for
carrying a wheel on the round trip to
be esrr;ed fr rne u 1aN Nsw req v y wheels te
therefore the charge for a wheel to and
from the meet will be s2.5S. The Presi-
dent and Secretary of the L. A. w, to-
AXE the Fall River boat on FRIDAY
evening. They will join the New York
sS9 So tRs 5. q z g. s Igsfiila1 srain The r9 wsela
party will leave New York on Saturday,
at s O'Clock F. NJ. They are due at Louis
vile about $3.50 p ny. Sunday. At the
Louisville the existing city ordinances
regulating the use of bells and lamps by
bicycle riders were made imperative dur
ing the meet. The Council also passed
an ordinance appropriating $500 to be
used in improving the condition of the
city during the meet.
There Will be plenty Of novelties in the
big wheel parade at Paterson next Sat
urday- It viii take place prior to the
race meet of the New Jersey Division. Il.
A.. w. at Wizards Park. In that city.
The Tourist cycle Club has charge of the
arrangements in both events. The lead
ing clubs of Newark and Jersey CITY
viii try hard 70 surpass one another in
the wheel parade. Some of them are
having fancy polka dot and white crash
suits made expressly for the parade.
TENNIS AT LONG BRANCH
Richard stevens Is in Fast Company