The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-22
WHEELING NOTES.

WHEELING NOTES.
The race of W. w. Hamilton against
the celebrated PAGER, Joe Patchen, has
been arranged and the date set for
August 22. 1t will be run in Chicago,
but the track has not yet been select
ed Washington park track will be
| chosen. it is thought. as it is the best
arranged course for such q race.
Dave Shaffer the great trainer. who
has handled such riders as Bliss. Titus
and Sanger, will in all probability take
an American racing team to Australia
during the coming all. after the racing
season is over here. 1t will be an all
American team, be made up of the
best riders in the country. possibly
including Eddie Bald, Tom Cooper,
Sanger and several more Of the Amer
lean cracks. Tandems, triplets, quad
ruplets and perhaps a seXtet will be
taken along.
Johnson and Parsons are going to
Australia about the latter part Of Oc-
| tober under the management of Tom
Eek. Johnson may join the all-tmer-
lean team. With such an aggregation
of world-beaters the American team
should capture nearly all the rich
prizes put up by the Australians.
The prizes offered at race meets IN
Australia are much larger than any
hung up in America. as they can well
| afford to be from the large crowds
attending them. Shafer said yester-
day he was considering the matter,
and would probably so, as he thought
big money was TO be made out of the
trip.
New York cyclers are about to es-
| tabish a bicycle Relief Corps" the
objects of which are stated to be "re-
lief to those meeting with accidents.
whether on trip or on the road
Many serious accidents to cyclers have
occurred at Il distance from medical
aid, and ii Is the purpose of the new
| organization to give temporary relief
until a regular physician can be Sc
cured The aim of the corps is to
have each club supplied with its own
attendant by selecting d member of
the corps for admission into said club.
who will in turn instruct his fellow
members. When fully organized the
corps will endeavOr to have a member
! located on each of the much-frequent-
ed roads near the metropolis.
Cincinnati cyclers. by means of their
complete organization. have succeeded
in downing the sprinkling nuisance,
and have had an ordinance passed
which not only prescribes how much
water shall be used on the Streets but
also allows a portion of each thor
oughfare to remain unsprinkled.
The race track management Mt
Butte, Mont has decided that female
cyclists who wear boomers belong in
the mems class, ana have denied them
the free privilege that ladies' enjoy
at the track. Hereafter they viii be
compelled to either pay 81 for every
admission to the track, as men do, or
purchase season ticket.
A Nutmeg state bicycle manufac-
is putting two wheels on the market,
one of which is known as the Gold
| Bug and the other as the silver
Bug" The metals manufactured by
the concern are in each instance a per-
feet imitation of gold and silver. and
no plating will be used in the entire
makeup of the wheels.
The scheme of allowin" professionals
and amateurs to ride together in the
national championships is. in the opin-
ion Of the Referee entirely wrong;
not on the ground that the amateur
will in any way he contaminated. how
ever. for il would be difficult to pOllute
the present-day pure in any manner.
But ii is folly to believe that an 1896
amateur has even a ghost Of show
to win championship honors when pit
ted against any of the circuit chaser5,
! to say nothing of such men as Cooper.
Bald. Sanger and Gardiner. The
! championships are gifts to the pro-
| fessionals. There should be two sep
arate classes of ampionships--pro-
| fossional and amateur-for then the
purrs will have some show TO he
crowned with championship wreaths.
| Parsons, the Australian crack. who
came across with Johnny Johnson. has
been on the track but eighteen months.
during which time he has won forty
! two tirsts. thirty seconds and nine
| thirds. He holds every Australian
record from the quarter to fifty miles,
besides all the championships. He says
, he and Johnson will go TO Australia
| in November or December.
Leh;gh Football Practice.
bethlehem. Pa. Aug. 2i.--Captain
Gunsolus. of Lchigh university's foot
bali team. has called his players to re-
port on Sept. II. "Chub" Morris. Of
Yale. will coach the eleven. and the
prospects are good for q strong team.