The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-20
CARMICHAEL 1T IS
NEW RIDER TAKES ONE STATE
RECORD AFTER ANOTHER
WITH EASE.
QUARTER, HALF, TWO MILES
ADDED TO THE SCALPS HE HAD
TAKEN IN PREVIOUS MEET
INGS.
IN THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS.
Becker Takes the Five-MiIe Race
and the Cham piOnship of the
State.

Quarter-mile, open, amateur state cham
pionship-D. F. Carmichael, first; F. L. KEEL
Ter, second; George Sudheimer, third. Time
:35 1-5 seconds.
first; H. A. Carmichael second; Archie Math-
las, third. Time, 2:4715.
Two-mile amateur handicap-E. Sudheimer
first; j. Cox, second; H. Perkins, third. Time
$50.
One-mile, open, professional state cham
pionshipzB. B. Bird. first; Charles Hofer
second; W. E. Becker, third. Time 2:49.
Half-mile, open. state championship. F.
Carmichael, first; William Martin, second
George Sudheimer, third. Time, 1926 2-5.
Five-mile tandem, open, amateur state
championship-Georg Sudheimer and H. Per-
kins; E. Sudheimer and F. Perkins; dead
heat Time 1888 1-5
Five-mile open, professional, state cham
pionship-Becker, first; B. B. Bird, second
Charles Hofer, third. Time, 14:34.
Half-mile paced exhibition race-Harley
Davidson. Time :58 seconds.
Two-mile, open amateur state champion
ship-D. F. Carmichael first; George Sud
heimer, second; j. Cox, third. Time, 4:4S 1-5
But little interest attached to the
second day of the state championship
bicycle races held at Hamline yester-
day The races in themselves were of
higher order than those of the pre-
Vious day, but, Notwithstanding that
the sun shown brightly, cold weather
conditions kept the attendance down
to mere handful of people and those
present exhibited little or no enthus-
iasm in the various events.
1t was expected that yesterdays
card would contain more entries than
participated in the races of the first
day Of the meet, but each class had
practically the same starters, and
though several of the finishes were
close enough to be exciting, the win
ners in the different events were gem
orally to be named before the start
No new records were established yes
terday owing in part to a strong west
wind, which swept up the back stretch
and the chilly atmosphere which
caused the riders in their thin cos
tunes much discomfort.
The quarter-mile amateur race pre-
scented the largest field of the day.
and when the pistol sent the men away
eight of the fastest sprinters in the
state came down the stretch at a mer-
ry clip. The riders were punched all
the way to the tape, but Carmichael
got his wheel over the line first, with
+. L. Keller half a length back for
second place and G. Sudheimer less
than wheel away for third.
There were but three entries in the
one-mile novice race which was easily
won by G. S. Keller with H A. Car
michael, four lengths ahead of A.
Matheis, for second place.
In the two-mile amatuer handicap
William Martin started scratch J.
Cox so yards, E. Sudheimer 100 yards,
H. Perkins 100 yards and G. S. Keller
$50 yards 1t was Martins race but
for an accident at the first turn where
he broke the chain on his machine
Perkins led the distance men for the
first mile, while Cox and Sudheimer
Rlternated the pacemaking the last
time around. When the sprint began
in the stretch, Sudheimer went to the
front and led the line, hard pushed by
Perkins and Cox. A few feet from the
line Cox showed half a wheel in front
of Sudheimer and won the place in the
slow time of $50.
The one-mile, open, professional
brought out a field of speeders, in
Guiding B. B. Bird Becker, Hofer and
McCleary. Becker set the pace to the
half mile post. closely followed by
Hofer. Bird and McCleary in the above
order At the half Bird moved up to
second place and began to push Becker
into the stretch. On the run in Bird
took the lead and won handily from
Hofer with Becker two wheel lengths
away for third place. McCleary finish
ed last by four lengths. The time, 2:49,
was particularly slow for the profess
siona; class
Carmichael had things his own way
in the half-mile, open, amateur race,
and won by pretty squirt at the tape
with Martin second and Sudheimer lap
ping his wheel for third place. The
race was unpaced, and the slow time,
1:26 rs. was in measure due to this
fact, as each Of the contestants had
plenty of speed in reserve when the
line was crossed.
The amateur five-mile tandem race,
between G. Sudheimer and H. Perkins,
e. Sudheimer and F. Perkins, was u1i-
Interesting until the final squirt, wher,
both teams rode hard. 1t was nip and
tuck to the line, and the judges decided
the race tie, though it was not run
over to settle the ownership of the
prizes.
Bird, Hofer, Becker and McCIeary
faced each other again in the five-mile,
open, professional race, and took turns
setting the pace throughout the five
miles. 1t was but question with the
riders of keeping close behind the pace
maker, regardless of fast time, and con-
siderable loafing was INDUCED in on
the back stretch. Each time around
Hofer led across the line at the first
mile, with Bird second, McCleary third
and Becker fourth. At the end of the