Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30
CAUGHT FOR CYCLISTS.


Lses Gossip About Bikss aud Their Own
srs-A Tandem Trip.
Charlie Spencer took a ride up to
Clinton today to return by boat this
evening.
JIG. Elliott. captain of the Y. NJ.
C. A. Wheel club. piloted the boys to
Moline last Saturday evening.
Messrs. Pollard and Blakesley
went to Chicago last night to wit
ness the road race there today.
John T. Stafford is among the
latest to acquire q bike. 1t is an
Erie, and John. like the rest. is en-
thusiastic.
John Fezler spent last Sunday in
Orion visiting friends and returned
early Monday morning. having rid
den both ways awheel.
Nessrs. Walter Hvnes. Al Mead.
John Hynes and Louis Brookman
will take the San Francisco and New
York relay message over this di-
vision. ~
w. H. HYDE, our local long dis
lance rider, left for trip to Missouri
last week. After visit Of few
days he went to Chicago, where he
will ride in the road race today.
Clarence Blakesley. the local consul
of the League of American Wheel
men, has been hustling for new mem
bers and renewals of the old ones
with very good success the past
week. He says we have about 25
league members in the CITY at the
present time.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will take a team
of athletes to Sterling the latter part
of June, where four associatiO ns,
composed of Rock Island. Morrison.
Dixon and sterling will have field
day. Walter Hynes, the Pocket
Hercules" and Rollin Sturgeon.
will represent the Rock leland asso-
citation in the bicycle races.
A new riding club is being formed
in the city and will most likely be
christened the Appolo or Tourist
Wheelmen. 1t will be riding club
only, and is being organized for the
pormotion of road riding and coun-
try touring. As there will be no
club rooms, the fees will be nominal
and large membership is expected.
The Y. NJ. c. A. is making extern
sive prepaI atoms for its lantern pa
rade, which takes place next Tuesday
night. Six prizes will be given for
the best decorated wheels-three to
ladies and three to gentlemen. The
line will be formed on Eighteenth
between Fourth and Seventh ave-
nues. and the parade will start
promptly at 8 o'clock.
There is quite string of speedy
Rock Island boys training on the old
fair ground track. They start at
$50 in the evening and ride till or
1880. They have good tandem
team for pace-makers in Herman
Hansen and Will Donaldson. Phys
ical Director Pentlaud, of they. M.
c. A.. has the boys in charge and re-
ports them as improving fast.
Herman Hansen and Will Donald
son started on 4-days' trip through
Freeport and Lauark yesterday after
noon. They ara making the tour on
tandem and propose making some
good speed. providing the atmos-
pheric conditions and highways are
favorable. 1t is the initial trip for
these boys. but they are both excel
lent wheelmen and no one fears that
they will not accomplish what they
attempt in this line.
The San Francisco Examiner and
the New York Journal will run a re-
lay from San Francisco to New York,
starting the early part of July. The
distance to be traversed is $500
miles, and each rider will carry the
message SO miles and they expect to
get the message from ocean to ocean
in IL days. The route will be
through Carson City. Ogden, Salt
Lake, Cheyenne, Omaha. Rock Island,
Chicago. Pittsburg. Syracuse and
New York. Local men will be used
on each relay.