The record-union., 1896-07-24
THE BICYCLE TOURNAMENT.
Records and Heads Were Broken the
First Night.
A Good Attendance and Some Very
Fast Riding-To be Resumed
Tonight.

|
nament on the indoor track and they
witnessed some fine racing, which was
evidently ''for blood" a number of ex-
citing finishes being made and two
worlds records for inside track work
being broken. The management had
evidently taken pains to keep every
promise made to the public and long
programme, with plenty of close races,
was given.
Following is the list of those officiat-
| ing:
Referee-WaIker B. Fawcett, o. c. w.
| Judges-Scott Ennis, c. c. W.; Will
| Ripley, I'm; f. II. Kerrigan, B. c. w;
james E. Little, o. c. w; Lew An
drews, c. c. w
| Timers-H. d. Hadenfeldt, 0. c. w;
August york, S. A. c.; Horace Ball
Scorers-F. t Dwyer, C. C. w; H. H.
Cosgriff o. c. w; Galley" Graham, NJ.
| Clerk of Course-George E. Dixon, B.
c.. w;
| Assistant Clerks of Course-Fred
G. W.; Robert Smith, c. c. w.
Umpires-C. c. Hopkins; George Law
enson, c. c. w; ]. T. Sheehan. c. c. w.
n. L
Koenig, S. A. c.
Starter-Stewart Upson.
Assistant Starter-"Brick'' Kuhn, NJ.
c..
| Announcer-Horace Crocker, C. c. W.
| Following are the abbreviations for
| the clubs: 0. c. w, Olympic Club
Wheelmen; Acme. Acme Athletic Club;
r. A. c., Reliance Athletic Club; P. A.
| ~ tln, ~ ID ~
Bay City Wheelmen; I. C. c., Imperial
Cycling Club; o. c., Olympic Cyclers;
] G. c. w, Capital City Wheelmen; G. C.
c., Garden City Cyclers: S. F. r. c.,
San Francisco Road Club; S. A c., Sac
ramento Athletic Club; Un., Unat-
| tached
| The first race was q one-mile scratch,
amateur, with L. A. Payen, c. c. w,
F. r. Mott r. A. c., and c. H. Crafts,
Acme. as starters in the first heat. In
the sixth lap the lights began to flicker
suddenly and Crafts ran into the fence
On the upper turn, and got an ugly fall,
cutting his head and being run over by
| Payen, who, luckily, did not fall. Mott
won the heat in 2:50.
| The second heat was won by Ed
Chapman, o. C. w, in 2:30, L. A. Young
c. c. w, being the other starter.
| The third heat was won by C. f.
Bauer, c. C. W., in 2:27 1-5, the other
starters being j. S. Brereton, r. A c.,
and H. Ten Bosch, c. C. w.
The fourth heat was won by E. E.
Languetin, B. C. w, Walter Leitch, c.
G. w, and T. J. Welsh, c. W., being
the other starters. Time-2:21 %
| The final one-mile scratch, amateur
was won by Chapman in 2:26, Langue-
.tir second, and Mott third.
| In the first heat OF the half-mile
scratch, professional, the starters were
Hardy Downing, G.. c. c., d. z. Whit
man, o. c. W., NJ J. Lee, P. A c. and
r. e. Dow, o. c. 1t was won by Dow
In 1:O4, breaking the W orld s record.
The starters in the final one-mile
scratch, amateur, were Mott, Chapman
Bauer and Languetin. 1t was won by
Chapman in a very close heat, in 2:26
Languetin second and Mott third.
The one-mile exhibition tandem heat
by Geo. E. Dixon, B. c. w, and George
M. Hamlin, S. F. r. c., was another
worlds record breaker, they making the
half mile in OBS % and the mile in
2:G5 %.
W. A. Turrill, B. c. W., won the second
heat in 1:14 %, beating J. F. Edwards
O. c., and Bert Rucker, G. c. C.
| A. n. Jones' O. c. W., won the third
heat, in 1:04 20, the other starters be-
ing C. L. Davis, o. C. w, A NJ Boyden,
r. A. c., and c. C. Hewitt, R. A. C.
r. L. Long, B. c. w, won the fourth
heat. in :05 3-5, the other starters being
o. Osen, o. c., f. NJ Byrne, l. C. c., and
Peter Metcalf, l. C. C.
| The final ha1f-mile professional re-
suited in a total miX-up on the lower
turn in the second lap. Some one coll
| lided with Dow, who took a header into
the fence, narrowly escaping being bad
| ly hurt. The other three all went down
within a few feet of him and it looked
as if the race was over, but Jones
showed his presence Of mind by picking
ur his wheel, which was disabled, in
lis arms, and starting to run around
the course and the others followed, as
soon as they pulled themselves together.
They were provided with wheels as
they went around, but Jones maintained
his lead and came in ahead, Mott sec
end and Turrell third. The time was
given as 900 %.
Next came the half-mile handicap,
amateur, the first heat of which was
won by C. F. Bauer forty yards, handi-
cap; T. J. Welsh, c. c. w, and J. NJ.
| Goodwin, unattached, being the other
| starters.
Languetin won the second heat in
1:04 at twenty yards handicap, L. A.
Payen and G. j. Jackson, c. c. W., be-
| ing the other starters.
| I IiJSch G @ w at thirty wards g
handicap, beat E. Chapman and D. w.
Pierson on the third heat Time
| :03 2-5.
H Ten Brosch, C. c. w, at thirty
five yards, beat ]. L. Brereton. R. A. c.,
and T. Weidman, c. G. W., in the fourth
heat Time-1 :05 %
| Walter Leitch, G.. c. w, at thirty
yards took the fifth heat in :03 So,
beating c. F. Lennon, o. C. W., and
l.. A Young, C. C. w.
In the first heat of the semi-final half
mile amateur handicap, Chapman,
| Bauer, Ten Bosch and Hirst started.
Hirsch took the heat in :03 %, Chap
man coming in second.
In the second heat Leitch. Languetin,
Payen and Young started and Langue-
tin won in 1:04 2-5, Leitch second
| In the final half-mile amateur han
dicap Hirsch, Chapman, Leitch and
Languetin started and Hirsch won by a
burst of speed that brought him the
plaudits of his audience and he was car
ried off on the shoulders of his friends
The first mile handicap, professional,
was won by c. L. Davis. O. c. W., at
forty-fve yards, in 2:13 1-5, over o.
Osen, o. c., and R. Cushing, G. c. c.
The second heat was won by F. NJ.
Byrne, /. C. c., in 2:13, over NJ. j. Lee,
P. A.. c., p Metcalf and D. E. Whit