Evening star., 1896-07-04
Queer Wheelmen Opened Their Race
Meet This Morning.
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS TO RIDERS
Summary Of the Events and the
Winners.
THOSE WHO QUALIFIED

OF the riders. The finals of the races start
ed at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The men
showed up we'll this morning and rode in
good form. The track was in excellent con-
dition and conducive of fast time. There
was an absence of wind and the weather,
while sunny. was excellent for the sport.
The officers of the meet present were: E.
E. Simpson. official referee: L. B. Graves,
c. A. Cabrera and G. NJ Fague. judges;
timekeepers. VIM. Gettinger, George E.
Boyd and r. R. Burr; starter, John c.
Crossley; s. w. etinemetz, scorer; F. M
Stearn, announcer; w. H. Henshaw, clerk
of course: H. r. Dawley and L. O. Slack,
assistant clerks; Howard 8. Gardner, E.
L. Hutchinson, Robert Stone and l.. ].
Woolridge; William Jose, official handicap
per.
Mile Novice.
The first race. the mile novice. had
twenty-five entrants, and was run off in
two heats. The first heat was a pretty
race, with a brisk pace and won by H. w.
Clum In the fast time Of 2.31 is. The
chain Of H. r. Thompson broke on the first
lap. and threw him out, incidentally throw
Ing out several other riders. The referee
permitted Thompson to ride in the second
heat, but refused to allow the men in the
second heat, where chances of qualifying
IN the first heat were received. The sec
ond heat OF the novice was a good event.
r. P. Pcsey took the lead and held it for
over two laps. but he was overtaken and
came in seventh. Five men in each heat
qualified for the final.
Half-Milc Handicap.
In the half-mile handicap there were
thirty-three entrants. and 1t was run Off in
two heats. seventeen men going in the first
heat. The men started off in good style,
end 1t locked like pretty race. Just
the men entered the back stretch the
whee. Of U. S. Barber slipped from under
him. He was at the head Of the bunch,
and when he fell a good many riders got
by him safely Hardy Pritchard struck
him. and was thrown with great force.
George 8. Ball was also thrown, and
struck the fence with a resounding smack.
heard all over the grounds He was
not seriously hurt, though his right hand
vas injured. Pritchard was picked up un-
conscious. and carried to cot under the
offteials' tent While badly bruised and
shaken up he was not seriously injured.
Clum won the race by q length. with the
other men punched.
Second Heat.
The second heat Of the half mile was de-
layed by the accident in the previous race,
and the men whose chances Of qualifying
In the first heat were ruined were barred
out The race was pretty one, Baur start
ing of in the lead. but was soon overtaken
by Mudd. who held the lead almost the en-
tire time On the home stretch Greer was
run on the track and Smith, running
against Mudd within 100 feet Of the finish.
was thrown. though not injured. Five men
In each heat qualified for the final
Mile Handicap.
In the one mile handicap run In two
heats. there were thirty-fve entrants
Sims was scratch man. but he did not
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ginning Of the third lap there was a spill
Immediately in front Of the grand stand.
E. A. Hehard, in the lead, swerved slightly
and in an instant Ronsaville's wheel
struck his, W. O'Connor's wheel was in
the bunch the next instant, and all three
riders vert down. scrap.ng the track. No
one was badly hurt.
The second heat of the mile handicap
was interesting. There was no spill in the
race and 1t was the prettiest race of the
morning. Mudd won by magnificent
spurt.
Racing Summary.
The summary Is as follows:
Novice race first heath. w. Clum won
G. ]. Morrison. sRC., second: D. p Moore,
A.W.. third; Arthur Van Deman unattach-
ed. fourth: A. H. Dawson, AW., fifth.
Time, 2.31 1-5.
Second heat-J. Walter Thompson, A.W.,
won; II. r. Thompson. unattached, second:
w. O'ConEor, unattached, third; Luther A.
Archer. unattached, fourth; Willett Len
eker. unattached, fifth. Time 2.3s.
Half mile, handicap. first heath. w.
Clum, unattached. 50 yards. won; W. F.
Throop, E.A. C.. 90 yards, third; W. o.
Woo. woodward, E;A:c. g. 40 yards. fourth: Billie
Second heat-T. N. Mudd, jr., A.W, 25
yards, won; E. L. Wilson, unattached 40
s yards. second; E. A. Hebard, unattached.
65 yards. fourth; H. B. Greer. W.R.C.. 30
yards, fifth. Time, los 1-5.
One mile handicap. first heat-George s.
Ball, w. r. c.. 40 yards. won; E. L. Will
Burnham. unattached. 165 yards third; p
?. Posey. Q. W, 1870 yards. fourth: c. E.
Ingling. L. W., 126 yards, fifth Billie
Sims. A; W.. IS yards, sixth. Time. 2.17
yards. won: VIM. T. Throop. E. A. c., sec
ond; H. w. Clum, unattached, 1G5 yards.
third; c. ]. Morrison. S. r. c.. 100 yards,
fourth; Wiliett Leneker, unattached, 100
yards, sixth. Time, 2:15h.
Larned Wins.
BRISTOL, July 4-In the semi-final round
of the singles in the lawn tennis tourna-
n.ent yesterday w. A. Larned, the Ameri-
can. beat Baddelly by a score of 60, 64
and g.
In the semi-f1nal round OF the double Ma
honey and Larned beat Boucher and Nevill
by a score of 90 and 7-5.
The Field says "Mr. Larneds decisive de-
feat of Baddelly was a great surprise He
played exceedingly well all through, hitting
the returns very severely, and placing
weL.'
UnsNtisfactOry Managers.
John Chapman, manager Of the Wilkes
barre Base Ball Club, has rendered his
resignation, and it was accepted The
failure Of the club to win under Chapman's
management caused dissatisfaction Mr..
Chapman returned to his home In Brooklyn.
Al Buckenberger, manager of the Toron-
to club, will finish the season in Albany
Grounds have been secured. and everything
is bright for prosperous finish. The open
ing game is to be played Thursday
Remarks by Philadelphia Writers.
Pretty good for the ancients
1t was close enough for seven innings.
We are again in the upper circle. Can we
stay there?
BY the defeat Washington went down to
ninth place.
It was one of their old-time hitting
streaks in the eighth, and we can stand
few more lust like 1t.