The evening times., 1896-03-24
GIDEON TO ENFORCE LAWS
Lines Will Be Drawn as Closely
as Last Season.
CYCLE PATH AT CAPE MAY
Titus and C:tbanne Awaiting a Final
Disposition of Their Cases by the
Racing Board-wiiat the Devotees
OF the Wheel Are Doing In Various
Parts of the Country.

Chairman Gideon intends to draw the
lines as closely again this year as he
did last season; this is evident from his
reply TO letter written him for iHfor.
nation Mr.. Gideon says that any EN-.
pioye OF a cycle company. or any anna
teur Who rides a wheel for which he has
not paid, or even has partially paid for,
| VIII be liable to be placed in the mo-
| fcssional ranks. The cn:ii irrnln is one OF
those tnen who believes that Icing laws,
| IKE statutes, are made to be- enforced
anu not TO be broken. In the bulletin of
| the racing board last week amateurs are
| lorewarned, SO that those who are caught
| IN acts or disobedience may have no excuse
| ior not knowing what was contrary to the
| amateur rule as outlined.
| The weakness last wear in Transferring
| rider from Class A to Glass wis that
| his punishment consisted merely in bciu,
| transferred Thus riders who were re-
| ceiyiBg assistance from manufacturers did
not look upon their transfer as punish
ment, but rather as a means OF advance
| ment- Until detected they would ride as
| an amateur or the first class, and when
| this was 10 longer possible they accepted
| The inevitable with a grace that was eiify-
ing This year, in addition to removal
from the amateur to the professional class
| rider will ia kc vacation from the track
Dcfore ne resumes operations
The racing board OF the League of Amer
icdn Wheelmen. In deferring action upon
| the cases Of Titus and Cabanne, the riders
| who, while riding i'll Class events last
son, were accused OF fixing a race
| at st. Louis in August, and suspended by the
l.. A. W for life from further participation
in any races, are inflicting no little iDcon-
venience on these men-
in arranging the ST. Louis race, and also
suspended for life. but at rehearing
OF the charge against Murphy it was proved
that he was innocent. and his suspension
was raised.
At a meeting of the National Assembly
in February il was voted TO recommend
to the racing board that in view of the
exoneration of Murphy. that the suspen-
sion on Titus and Cabanne be placed at
one veal from the date or the charge.
This recommends ton was just. and
Titus and Cabanne have been waiting to
see what steps the racing board intend TO
take. Up TO the present time no action has
been tak ken. and they are in doubt 10
what their chances of racing this year are.
Considering the fact that bicycle racing
men arrange their plans months in adj
vance. it is felt that the racing board is
doing both Titus and Cabanne some in
justice by not acting in the matter.
Eddie Bald and Tommy Cooper viii
fight it out This summer. and they Will
have Arthur Gardiner for exceedingly
interesting company. Neifer Cooper nor
Gardiner is satisfied with the result OF
| last seasons work, brilliant that
work was They both accord the Buf-
f3io Splinter all due credit for his really
remarkable success, and have none but
friendly feelings for him, but at the same
time they have in mind what they con-
slider valid reasons for Tie fact that he
.natched the Iaurels OF victory for which
they worked so hard Gardiner attributes
his defeat to his falls at Fort Wayne
ana South Bend, Ind, which forced him
from the circuit Just at the time that
he was beating Bal! in Just as good and
just as fast races as were run during
the season. COOpers complaint. although
he might not express it in so many
words. was that the trainer who brought
him out and developed him, old Ed Moul-
ton. left him after the Springfield meet
TO take cha rye OF football team
Judging from the numerous applications
for sanctions that have hcen filed with
the members of the L. A W. Racing
Boar,I The building OF many new tracks
| and the expected invasion of a large
contingent of foreigners. the coming sea-
son promises to tc tie most brilliant
competition in This country Though the
| meet promoters are not unanimous in
appro-ing the abolition OF class he
| fore the active sea- son is very far advanced
all will lie inclined to admit that the cash
prize idea is the most sensible. satisfactory
| and honest plan. OF CouIse, ihe amateurs
| will cut a big >w;th. but on account OF the
| s35 prizc limit and tie 100 mile clause. the
| ..Simon pures'' Will not have - very eS-
tended field 10 r their OEprdtlOnS.
| That remarkable young speed merchant
| Frank Mayo. who. with Billy Saunders,
| OF Boston. used to cut such q dash on tan
| dem, has just returned from London. where
| he picked up many prizes at the Olympic
| He Is going TO try to induce Saunders to go
| back with him, believing TINT they can put
ND a race together that the tandem era cks
on the other side will find il hard 20 initiate
| successfully. The Olympic track - = nIne-
| lap affair banked very high. ard built or
| wood A mile in 2:02 was Ma yo'S best time
| with a tandem mate during his recent visit
| there.
| Johnnie johnson aud his party have ar
| rived at Carlsbad Springs. and have been
| the recipients OF much attention at he hands
! of the Germans. At Hamburg tine Nord
| ncutscher Rahfahrer Bund gave the Ameri-
| cans n hearty reception. Johnson may
| take part in the International Cycling Asso-
| citation championships if the dates selected
| will allow him TO fill his cnca semcnts. This
| meeting will he scheduled either for Faris
| or Glasgow. The latter part OF this week
| Manager Eek will take the party TO Mian-
| News comes from Cape May that county
| wheelmcu have organized the Cape May
| Bicycle Road Improvement Association,
whose object is TO build Il wheel path from
J Court House to Cape May four feet wide.
! covering Il distance of twelve miles There
| are no great engineering difficulties 10
| overcome, hence the improvement is likely
| to lie speedily completed. The Officers or
| the association are: President, W. Scott
| Hand; secretary and treasurer, Horace l.
| Richards They report subscriptions
! coming in every da y .and many OF them
Some ten young ladies OF Minneapolis VIII
start from that city on wheeling trP
| about May 90. Chicago is the objective
| point and after n short time spent in rest
ing and sightseeing, the party viii return
|