New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-04
BUTLER AND COOPER Lean
THEY CARRIED OFF THE rtoNops
THE SPRINGFIELD BICYCLE MET
THE TOURNAMENT A GRATIFYING srccrss
TINE MADE AND RECORDS BRoKrx


TINE MADE AND RECORDS Bpovrx
THE WINNERS
Springfield. Mass. Sept 1.-The creates,
OF this years Springfield bicycle meet hava .o''
to two Toms Yesterday Tom" Butler 80.
haho'iy from All the myers In the haif-mie and ~,
mile International: to-day Tom Coos. ,
everything his own way and surnri.sa NAG
by taking easily the haIf-miie open and ,ho ~.,
record race, the two big professional o..'.'
Bald gave Cooper his hottest rub rba, ~ -
the half-mile open. From his "a, ~ nr,,. "
nings Cooper will have difficulty in nav,n.
$50 fine which Referee Robinson imposed me- ~, Wv
yesterday for fouling Bald WI"
Every one glad TO see Sanger On, ., H..
little something for his hard work dur,nr -,
tourney The third position that he tool :, ~. .''
record race to-day the only thing ba ,o,., 'e
He seems to have lost partly because OF had $50
Gaping and partly because of poor iudvr,sr, -
measuring his field One Of the sa,rnr,sa. - !"
day was the taking by F. c. Hoyt OF this ct, VI. ~
second place. worth $780, in the mile reco,d ~, y
only this sea son ranked professional, s,a ~,
brainy and brawny work lie foxily picked CO..
for winner and hung to his rear wheel. ,,,s
skill and grit that finished him ahead Of Sanger
and Butler.
The half-mile open was one OF the best r,c..o.,
tournament. and the manner in which Coonsy rn,,",
out ahead Of field In which were ALI the 49, go
cracks OF America. excepting Bald was mos, 49,,
able. The speed OF the race was particul.,,v g.,
and Tom" Cooper crossed the tape in lools vh,,.
is the track record and also the mark In scr,,.h
race The fight between Cooper and Bald for A..
place was equaed by that between Zeie.r ana
Cabanne for third. The money went TO IN. c,u
fornian. Bald was rather more unfortunate thar
he was yesterday for besides taking second pac. !,
the half-mile open, he did nothing having failed to
,a,if i,,t
and Arthur Gardner deserves considerable credit
for the way In which he rode the half-mils hsndi
shape and finished third in the fast time Of sSoa
Amateur honors were evenly divided between e.
e, "f mspdsn the G RnSn q ss s1s u Cur
n. r.. rode well In the half-mile handicap and
In the record trials Messrs Tvers Randenbers
mile with flying starr in s. :-5 seconds; thereby
minute fiat. made In 1894 by Murphy. Kennedy
and Saunders.
The half-mile handicap amateur record was
broken by Z. NJ. Blake, who won his race IN
100 3-5. The record heretofore was l:o, made in
@ BY f5snS W sSons al The san ha,
completely success as any ever held in the city
The races have been uniformly fast considerably
no serious accidents Summaries:
sI,. Of Ms BE- g. .scon %sr'a5 q D1
Asbury PARK y. j.. third. Tlme-l;oa
saa mss1.' Of Bo nsonSs 5 Geo
field 80 Yards. sscord: Arthur Gardiner. Chicago
,scratch, third Time-i:0l 80
Mile record race ,ap,ateurl-Won BY a ~ curtis a
Msriaen G. e Insrsssn. second r. F. Ludwig q 'o
Mile record Observation-Disclosures by Tom Cooper. q
Detroit; f. g Hov Springfield. second ". = sanger
third. Tlme-205 ID . - ,.,
~ norcheser Watson Coleman. II Springfield second
r = Wisnig ~ Buffalo. third. Tlme--2oI 3
HaIf mile Handicap. amateurD-WOn oy T.. VI. Blake :"
Keene y H. as YARDS; W. I, Lewis - Wes'boro WAS.
as YARDS c. G. Ingrafam ~ Dixon H. scratch
third Time 90 35. 49,.
Half mile (open professionaD-Noa b, Tom. Cooper.
Of Detroit f. C. Bald. second: Otto Zesler tnird Tine
Il -. ~ =,
Mile handicap. amateur,-Won by F. A. ';aeiy, Of
BOSTON ,25 Yards w l.. Curtis. Of Nesihoro. Mass 90
yards, second; ". II. MIME. Of Chicopee thru 7 me-
215 -. 49, - ,.
Nile (handicap professonaD-Won oy ". T Saunders.
OF Boston yardsJ J. b. Bower. y Chicago 100 ysrfs
second c. j. Lewis. Of Northampton tiS' yarfS third
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