The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-17
NATIONAL CIRCUIT
RACE MEETING
Attracted a Large Number Of Fast Riders
to Wilkes.Barre.
BALD, SANGER AND MANY OTHERS
They Took Part in the PrOfe ssiOnal
COntests..Scrant Had Several
Riders in the Amateur Events and
they Made Good ShOwiugs..Sum.
maries of the Various Races.
to the Scranton Tribune.

men, was grand success. The man
sGement WAS first class, weather
perfect. racing very fast. and the at
tendance fully five thousand.
A better field of riders was never
brought together. Among the pro-
fessionnls who competed Mere: i. q.
Bald, Tommie Eutler. Walter Sanger.
Tom Cooper. ]. T.. Starbuck. l.. $.
Acker. Con BAKER, Kay Mcdonald.
Clinton Davis. l.. \. Callahan, +. j.
Jenny, j. a. Newhouse, j.. II. Allen.
Arthur Gardiner. OF" Zeigler, Pat
pconnor. owen kimhle. Charles
Wells, Fred longhead, \. u. Kennedy,
A. G. Mrrtens. +. Mcfarland. otto
Maya and Carroll Il. Jack.
In the amateur events were such
riders as G. ". Krirk, W. q. Douglas,
Iohn u. Corser g. W. Thorne, y. i.
'iitfcnderfer. Ralph Gregory, Charles
coleman. Robert White, Ben Keller.
win McMicha"l, j. n. Harry and a
s. ore more.
HALF MILE OPEN.
otto X-igler T., :. Ackrr. Fred
I.onphoid, Tom Cooper. Arthur Caro-
'in"r l.. A. Coleman, j. a. Newhouse.
Walter Sanger ana Jay Eaton quail
iiad for the one-half mile open profess
Sipnal, the final Of which was paced
10y A. &. Mertcns. Of Louisville, Ky.
N"WhouSe caught the pace, the others
strnging on behind in single file nm
I'll the quarter l~le was reached, when
the Juggling for n good place to sprint
from took place. They swung into tn"
- trh in al oil
Gardiner and Cooper to the front. A
desperate finish followed. Xeigier,
Gardiner and Cooper fought it out all
the way to the tape, finishing in the
II hove order.
No event of the day seemed to at
tract more interest than the one-mile
amateur. 1t was ridden in two heats
Corser Diffenderfer, White. krick,
Thorne and Keller getting places for
the final. Ii was in this event that
u. V. White ana Ben Keller, the
young Scranton riders, surprised the
fast ones by winning second and third
priHes respectively, thereby defeating
Corser and Douglass, who are consid-
cred two Of the very fastest amateurs
on the track today.
DlFFE CAUGHT THE PACE.
DiTenderfer, Of Rinehamton. caught
the pace the riders stiinging ON be
hind In one, two. three order. Krick
jumped at the last quarter. closely fol-
lowed by White, Corscr and Keller
The finish was a Whirlwind, and It
looked as though they would finish in
the above order, but when n few feet
from the tape, Keller, of Scranton.
developed u wonderful sprint. beating
torscr out for third by half a wheel.
Erick first White second. The Scran-
ton contingent broke lose about this
time and cheered the favorites To the
echo.
The professional event Of the day, viz. |
the onc-mile open. clearly demonstrat-
ed the fact that Eddie Ball isn't has
been. as many claim. The following
men lined up for the final in this event:
T.. C. Bald Arthur Gardiner. l.. y. Cal |
lahan, Tom Butler, Fred I.onEhead, T..
5. Acker Tom Cooper, Jay Eaton and
otto Xeigler. 1t was paced by Mertcns
and Wells on singles. each rider taking
the pace for one half mile. 1T was q
great race. the finish bringing the audi |
ence to their feet. The entire bunch
swung into the stretch together, lined
completely across the track. Bald fin
ished first with one of his old-time
"corkscrew sprints." closely followed by
Longhead, Butler and Callahan. Bald's
win was a popular one. 1t especially
pleased Sanger, who cheered the White
Flyer like mad. and afterwards nearly
d N rn
VICTORY FOR KRICK.
Erick won the two-mile lap amateur
with eleven points, with Douglass Sec
ond and Corser and Thorne tie for
third. Corser would undoubtedly have
done better had he not fell on the third
lap. badly wrecking his wheel. COM
polling him to withdraw with still an
other lap, i'm which was n chance To
score. lie was riding in good form and
would most certainly have scored
again.
An amusing feature In the one-half
mile state championship occurred at
the tape before starting. Only League
If American Wheclmen members can
ride in such events. About n dozen
riders lined up for the start. Referee
Price asked each rider "if he was
league member" and it was found that
only four of the lot were members. con-
sequently only four riders started
II rick had what is commonly known as
y "cinch." winning out easily. No
Scranton riders were in the event.
The long mark man was too much for
the short mark riders in the one-miIe
amateur handicap, Sturdevant. Il
Wilkes Earre man, winning from the
ilO-yard mark. Thorne, OF Bingham
ton. was second from forty-five yards.
with Krick third from scratch.
The two-mle handicap for profess
sionals was another case Of poor handi-
capping. The short mark men never
caught TO ..far-a-ways." Sanger and
Gardiner rode from the scratch and
rode well. too. catching the first bunch
very handily. but the limit bunch was
too far away. both scratch men riding
into il on the home stretch, but too late
to get through. Williamson. of Niagara
Falls. won first from 12J yards. with
Clinton w. Davis, Of Buffalo. second.
from the same mark.
C.. NJ. Price. Of Scranton, was ref
cree, and did his work well ana to
the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
THE SUMMARIZES.
Onc-mile novice-Del Brown. Wilkes
Barre. won: :. ". Hendershot. plymouth.
second: T.. +. CASTOR. Wilkes-larre. third.
Time. 2.25 20. ,.
Half-mile open (pro.)-F'irst heat. otto
Ieigler. won; II. $. Acker, second: Fred
i.onghead. third. Time. Lis. Second
f,at. Tom Cooper. won: Arthur Gardner.
second: l.. A. Gala ham third. Time. Lis
Third heat /. A. Newhouse. won: Walter
sanger, second; jay Eaton, third. Time,
Ia 81 Final heat. otto Xeigler, Won
lslRJ; Walter Sanger, second $50: Arthur
Gardner. third ($30l. Time, Los IL.
Dne-mile open (amateurD-tirst heat. j.
u. Corser. won: 4. +. Diffenderfer. sec
ond. u. V. White. third; Charles Coleman.
fourth. Time 30, %. Second heat. e.
W. krick. yon; G, w. Thorne second: h.