The San Francisco call., 1896-08-16
RECKLESS RIDING
At LOUISVILLE,
Wholesale Fouling at the
American Wheelmen'S
Meet.
COOPER DISQUALIFIED.
Tried to Gain an Advantage by
Unfairly Displacing a
Rival.
RAIN CURTAILED THE CARD.
Walter Sanger Made the Best Finish
of His Life in the Two.Mile
Handicap.

LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 15-The last
meet ended with a quarrel among the
racing men on account of fouling, the
equal of which has not been seen on the
National circuit this year. The trouble
arose in the fve-mile National champion
ship race, in which were entered all the
cracks in attendance at the meet except
Sanger. Cooper started the fouling by
trying to push Bald from the pole with his
hand. Bald retaliated, and after that ex-
ample from the leaders nearly every man
who wanted the pole got it by pushing.
Protests were entered with President
Elliott of the league by Bald against
Cooper, Cooper against Bald, Coburn
against Cooper and Gardiner against Cal
lahan. The finish was: Cooper first, W.
E. Becker of st. Paul second and E. S.
Acker of Philadelphia third. The time
was 1918 2-5.
The officials took an hour to decide the
matter of the protests and the result was
that Cooper was disqualified for fouling
and the race given to Becker, with Acker
second and Nat Butler third. There is no
appeal from this decision. A heavy rain
storm prevented the running of the last
race on the card, the professional trial for
one mile unpaced, and that event was
called off
The attendance to-day was the largest of
the meet. Excursions had been run from
all points within 800 miles of Louisville.
Fully 10000 people were in attendance at
the races. They saw Walter Sanger make
the best finish of his life in the two-mile
professional handicap. His time was
within one-fifth of second of the worlds
record.
There was no meeting of the racing
board to-day, as had been expected, and the
matter of the charges against almost all
the amateurs that were entered in the
National meet races that they were in the
pay of manufacturers will be investigated
at a called meeting if at all. In a letter
to the Meet Club President Elliott and
Chairman Gideon of the racing board de-
clared the Louisville meeting the most
successful in point of entertainment that
has ever been held by the league. The
wind-up of the meet was held at the
league headquarters tonight. Sum-
maries:
Half a mile, National championship. first
semi-fnal Tom Cooper of Detroit won, Arthur
Gardiner of Chicago second. c. r. Coulter, ].
F. StarDuck and w. Coburn also started. Time,
Second semifnal, E. c. Bald of Buffalo won,
Tom Butler of Boston second, F. B. All en- of
Syracuse third. Ray Mcdonald, A. D. Ken
nedy, Louis Callahan and Conn Baker also
started. Time, 1:08
Final, Tom Butler OF Boston won, E. C. Bald
of Buffalo second, Arthur Gardiner of Chicago
third. Tom Cooper and T. II. Allen also
started. Time, Ill LIS.
One mile, handicap amateur, final, ]. ].
Howard of st. Louis won. Time, 2:40 2-5.
Two miles, State mpionshiD, amateur, w.
b. Seaton of Louisville won. Time ) :0I 3-5.
One mile open, professional, final-W. Co
burn, st. Louis, won; F. 81. Allen. Syracuse,
second; E. c. Bald, Buffalo, third; Arthur
Chicago, fifth. Tom Butler, F. A. Mcfarland
Fred Loughead, F. B. Rigby, w. C. Sanger
E. C. Acker and F. C. Schrein also started.
Time, 2:19 2-5.
One mile amateur, 23O class, fnal-C. R.
Mccarthy, St. Louis, won. Time 2:l5
Two-mile handicap, professional, final
W. G.. Sanger, Milwaukee, won; A. D. Ken
nedy, Chicago go, second; L. A. Callahan
Buffalo (30l third; Jay Eaton, Elizabeth (4O)
fourth; II. P Mosher Storm King (14O) fifth
F. c. Scarein, r. Hotter. R. H. McCieary, J. A.
Newhouse, L. c. Johnson Barney Oldfeld Dr.
Brown, H. Van Herik, Fred Allen, n. C. Clark
w. Becker, 5. C. Cox and B. Walthour also
started. Time, LIS 2-5.
graham, Dixon. H., won. Time 2 %
Five mile National championship w F.
Becker, st. Paul, first; E. F. Acker, PhiIa-
delphia second; Nat Butler Boston third A
Gardiner, Bat Mcfarland, J. Cob1rn, Stevens
Starbuck, McCleary, Walthour and Hause also
rode Time, 1918 2-5. Cooper winner and
Callahan third disqualified for foul riding.