The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-03
FOR LAUREL AND MONEY
TANNERS IN THE GREAT BICYCLE
 MEET AT SPRINGFIELD.

Tom Butler, the Boston Flyer. Wins tho
 Mile International and Half-Milo Pro-
 fessional-Tom Cooper, Arthur Gardner
 and Eddie Ball Also Capture Prizes
 Walter Sanger, Big Favorite, Fails to
 Win Place in Any Evont-Bcst Time,
 Half-Mile, 1901 4-5; Mile, 2:O5 a-5--Good
 Work by Amateur Riders.
 Springfield. Sept. 2.--In close finishes. fast time and lack of disagreeabe feat- ures there has never bee, u more satis- factory race at g Springfield meet than this-the opening Of the great tourna- ment of '96, which has brought to- gether on Hampden Park the most rep- resentative American talent ever seen at tournament. But the time made in the various events was not so uni- formly fast as last year. This un- doubtedly was due to the fact that pac- ing was this year by single riders, last year by tandems.
 The race of the day was, of course. the one mile, International professional, in which all -he big men of the seasons previous meets appeared. Tom Butler won and ill he best of form, by grand spurt at the last turn. Be- hind him there was hard tied knot, And great were the efforts at time to disentangle that knot. Cooper finished second. by a half wheel whereas frac- tions of inches measured the distance between Gardiner and Bald
 Bald claimed tha. Cooper pushed him ir the confusion on the upper turn of the second lap, which resulted in the Newton mans fall and protested him. Referee Robinson this evening heard the evidence. Cooper admitted pushing Bald and was disqualified and fined $50. Sanger, who is clearly Springfield's fa- vorite this year, was next the last on the first lap and finished tenth. Sanger did not get a dollar out of his work, finishing as he did ninth in the half mile open, professional, and losing in the two mile handicap. The corn- plete superiority of Tom Butter over the rest of the riders was clearly demon- strated. He had everything he wanted. Eddie Bald made a better showing than was expected from his recent work on the circuit. Cabanne's long vacation has evidently been too much for him. He rode pluckily, but with- out place. After Tom Butler honors were easy between Bald and Cooper Among the amateurs there was no clean sweep by any one. Ludwig of Chicopee had the mile open won han dily enough, but he rode foul on the stretch, giving the race to Ingraham. Blake, winner of the half mile open;
 Elmer, of the local race, and Curtis, of, the mile handicap, showed good form.
 The prospects for tomorrow are excel lent, if the good weather continues. The summaries:
 Mile for local riders amateur Won by F. I. Elmer of Chicopee; w. D. Ten- zler of Broad Brook Conn, second; ID.
 c. Ferree of Springfield, third. Time 2:242-5
 Half-mile open, professional-Won by
 Tom Butler of Cambddgeport: B. C..
 Bald of Buffalo, second; Tom Cooper of
 Detroit, third. Time, 1:01 4-5. Half-mile open, amateur-Won by T.
 M. Blake of Keene, N. H.; Joe Harri-
 son of Asbury Park, IN. J., second; R. F. Ludwig of Chicopee, third. Time. 1:05 1-5.
 Mile 2:1O class, professional-Won by A. w. Porter of Newton; Frank Jenny of Utica, third. Time, 2:04 As. Mile open, anlateur-Won by c. c. lngraham of Dixon, Ill.,. Raw David-
 son of Brooklyn, second; Joe Harrison
 of Asbury Park, N. J., third. Time, 2:07
 Mile international, professional-Wo | by Tom Butler of Cambridgeport; Tom Cooper of Detroit second; Arthur
 Gardner of Chicago, third. Time,
 2:05 2-5.