The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-11
OFFICERS IN A RACE
Preliminary Trials Decided
Yesterday to Select the
Local Police Team.
LIVELY INTEREST MANIFESTED
Freedman Expelled From Atlantic
League-Games at the Bergen
Point 0val-Handball, and
Yachting.
LIVELY INTEREST MANIFESTED

Jersey City can boast Of a number Of
policemen calculated to give the best OF
the ordinary scorchers a scorch and when
the Boulevard squad becomes a reality.
the offending seorchers who speed along
on the county road needless of the
warning implied in the officers orders
to slow up, will need to have a care as
they win find the strong arm of the law
strongly mounted and ready for a race
at all times with the evil doers who now
chuckle in their ability to speed away
when threatened with arrest. An exhi-
hilton Of what may be expected from the
officers whose duty It may soon be to
patrol the Boulevard was given yesterday
afternoon in a series Of races at Bay
me between members Of the local force.
who are proficient in the art of cycling
as well as in club swinging. The races
were held for two purposes, one was for
the purpose of selecting a team to rep
resent the Jersey City Police Depart
ment in the Interstate bicycle races to
be held on July 3 at Manhattan Beach
against those of Philadelphia, Newark,
New York, Boston and Brooklyn, and
the other was for the purpose of select
ing the proper men to patrol the Boule-
ward on the bike. the same as Is done in
New York and other large cities. The
contests were in charge of Chief Murphy
and sanctioned by the Commissioners.
who manifested as much concern in the
contests as shown by anyone else along
the course There were not quite as
many starters as was expected. but there
We're enough to develop the team and as
another series win be held next the pres
ent winners will need to keep in trim to
meet those who are sanguine of uphold
ing the honors of Jersey, but were pre-
vented from competing yesterday. An
added feature was the entry of a mem
Der of the Bayonne department.. The
races were held in the Bayonne territory,
20 enter a team in the race at the sea-
shore, requested permission of Chief
Murphy to allow his only representative
this city and gaining the consent Of the
local coppers. Fred Lulnbreyer was sent
70 the scratch with J.. s.. Murphy and
lanes Lenahan Of the Second precinct,
George Hicks of the Sixth and A. Hertle
and N Clemenson of the Seventh. All
the members of the night SQUAD and all
those of the day men who could beg off
were At the scene OF the race, which was
OF others there. The details were soon
arranged n the officials selected and
the men mounted their wheels in racing
or light attire. The course. which was
n mile straight away for the first race.
was cleared and Al LANCER sent the
men away to a good start with the SIX
eeption Of Cleraenson, who took q tumble
and thereafter was not in the hunt. The
Bayonne opper showed his opponents &
fast pair of revolving pedals ali the wav
and proved himself a good one by winning
Is seconds. A Hertie was second. Muir
ply third, Heck fourth, Lenahan fifth.
Clemenson sixth. A half mile was next
decided Without Lunbreyerss competi-
ton. Murphy won this. Hertle' saannd
Heck third, Clemenson fourth ana Lena
han fifth. The time was / minute I9
seconds. The Judges were Captains Kelly
Farriers; timers, Chief Murphy. Presi-
dent Abernethy of the Commissioners.
and Captain j. Bumsted of the Fourth
The police. throughout the
contests.