The herald., 1896-04-20
THE WHEEL

The youngsters had their first field
day of the season on Saturday. when
the first OF the monthly bicycle races
was run over the Shorb course. Johnny
Finnall, who was a green man." made
the course in the best time in 16:45, and
won third place, receiving the silver
medal presented by w. s. Obenauer.
James Mcdonald won first place from
the four-minute mark and Jasper Grif-
fin with the same handicap was second.
There were fifteen starters. A num-.
Der of spills occurred, but only one
resulted seriously, Will Horn running
into wagon and breaking his collar
bone.
The Riverside wheelmen will give a
good list of sports atAthletic park Mon
day, April 9th, consisting of baseball
game and bicycle races. On that day
will occur the great relay race from
Los Angeles to Riverside, a distance
Of 6S miles, between teams of those cit
les. The start will be made at the plaza
In Los Angeles at 8 o'clock am, and the
finish will be at the corner of Main and
Eighth streets, Riverside. There will
be relays of seven men, and Scott, who
will have the first relay for Riverside,
will go right through for record. He
expects to make it in less than four
hours, and the relay men in three and
half hours. In the afternoon the Red
lands and Riverside mines will cross
bats, and as, the last game between
these two clubs resulted in the ecore
of to 6, some good playing may be
looked for. Bicycle races will follow
Immediately after the ball game, and
rs all the cracks of Southern California
will be in attendance first-clasS races
will be put up. This will be the first ap-
pearance on the track for two seasons
of Scott and Shoemaker, the fast Riv-
erside men.
r. NJ Welch of the national racing
board Of the l.. A. W., in last weeks
Bulletin, publishes the following eau
tion: Race meet promoters and man
ayers of school and college track teams
will please note the following: Every
year about this time the various col
ieges and schools begin to develop rae
ing men to represent them at the inter-
collegiate and interscholastic outdoor
games. 1t is customary to run off one
or more trials to pick out a team. Rae
ing throughout the United States is
governed by the l.. A. W., and the l.. A.
W. requires that every track race be
sanctioned. A man competing in an
unsanctioned event is liable to suspen-
sion. Now your men in particular may
not care whether they are suspended or
not but they are sure to find somebody
1T the final meet from some other col
lege who does care and Will not allow
them to ride, If under suspension. The
trouble occurs every year, when by
little caution it can be prevented. Re-
member that every race on track, be
It one event or more, must be sane
tioned If you are to have any trials
send for sanction every time. For open
races a fee is charged; but no fee Is re-
ouired for closed club or school events;
6ut in all cases send for sanction and
save your men from suspension, which
IN one or more cases last year affected
fhe standing Of the school in points won
Al the championship meeting.
No less than seven worlds records
were captured by H. B. Gleezen's team
st Coronado on Friday. Young Schef-
eki of Salt Lake city has already the
reputation of being one of the pluckiest
riders in the country, and when he fin
iehed his worlds record for the third of
. mile, standing start unpaced, in
:S7 As, 1-5 seconds better than his prev
lous record blood was streaming from
his shoes, for In starting he sprang both