The evening times., 1896-03-26
IN THE CYCLING WORLD
Titus and Cabanne Are Anxious
to Be Reinstated.
SOME RECORDS ACCEPTED
Murphy Says He VIII Race This Year
as n ProfessiOnal-Yale Bicycle
Squad Now Numbers Twenty-three.
Brooklyn Bridge Free to Riders OF
the wheel-NOtes OF Interest.

Titus and Cabanne are Bitterly complain
ing because the racing board has not rein
stated them and allowed them to go INTO
training for the spring meets, claiming that
the National assembly at its recent meet
ing in Baltimore recommended that such
n ction be taken. The rec oInmendatloh
pa ssed by the Assembly was that the sus-
pensions be raised o2c year from the tiie
they were first declared, which was in
September, 1895.
The great Irvington Millburn twenty
five mile handicap road race Will be held
as usual over the old course, which gave
TO IL its name and prestige An OLD cyclers
Will be more than delighted to hear OF
the affair in hand. Those wneelinen who
have been the strong c1aJnplops OF tile oh
routeas against the Hudson county DouleVaru
are more than usually de1sbteu. lnuoupt
puiy mad the latter course been hosen the
race would have lost its Identity coInpieteiy-
For a good many years the lrVinetoh-
Miliburn handicap had been the leauihe
cycling event in the vicinity OF New 1ork
on Decoration Day, thousands or people
throurIng the course during the race.
To qualify for the regular prlZes the rue
will nave to be finished In l:2o or petler'
Chairman Gideon mas announced tnat ap
nlicatiops for national circuit dates not III
by April l cannot be considered me
number already received is sufficient, but
those receiver up "
chance TO be placed. Inc ioiio" "ns
records are accepted: <, 49,.
Three-quarter mile, paced, flylng start
against time,. l:lo 20, by =. "eis, an.,
mile, paced, standing start, against lli,ie'
I:4s 2-5, by Herbert E. McCrea, Corohauo'
Cal, February IA, 1896. ,o,-
Those declared professionals are as ioI-
lows: Charles Woodward, NashVille, Tenn
under clause (D; Walter Thompson, Nash-
Vile. Tenn, under clause u; Otto May,
Erie, Penn, own request.
Yale's bicycle squad numbers twenty
three men who have been tranihS 1 sIncS
January. Up to February "A tue Work
consisted OF exercise in the gymnasium.
Outdoor riding was tried, but 1t was stop-
ned owing TO storms. The squad Is unuer
the leadership of Hills, 80, and or the men
in training ten VIII De seieGteu no, 70 einb,
singles and two tandems Will be tnteteu IN III
the intercollegiate races. Men VIII DC .ii- e,i-
tered in the Harvard meet Oh une . , III duul .i,
tion to the regular circuit races ID a,, anu
around New Haven. Men Will be entered
for the one-mile race in the Yale.frlhcetoh
games. Through the efforts or the 1ale
Athletic Association the expenses or the
riders will be very small. The proJect OF
having a Yale bicycle meet early III May,
similar to the Harvard races in June, has
been discussed. but 1t is doubtful II IL can
be held this year.
The Brooklyn Bridge Is free to wheel
men. The board OF trustees received
certified copy of the bill from Albany
Tuesday. and at once held a NEE etnng ING anu III
decided to throw the rOadways open TO
riders of the wheel yesterday morning
The trustees have received much ad-
verse criticism, owing to their delay IN
not acting on the resolution after the gov
ernor had signed it., but the board SAID
that the trustees had not been officially
notified, and could do nothing.
The officials OF the bridge were in favor
- ly;n rnadwuvs TO CyctlStS,
hut were unable to do SO without action
by the legislature.
The fee originally charged a eyclist trU was IS
was reduced to one cehv.
A few days ago Charles Murphy stated
to a friend that he would shortly coInfnu-
nicate with the racing board and make an
nOuncement that he would race uuis year
as a professional.
1t is not improbable that match race will
eventually be arranged between w. w:
Hamilton, who now holds the mile paced
record, and Walter Sanger, the Milwaukee
There is much doubt of Dave Shafer's sin
certify in issuing challenge TO sanger
Willie Sanger, q brother uf Walter, In con-
proposed match race, said: Walter stands
ready to meet Hamilton atany time, as he is
confident that he can ridearound Hamilton
IN a clean contest. WdUle QdS Deel tTyluS
to get on q match with Hamilton for some
time. He wanted to arrange meeting on
the new Cambridge track, 'Just outside OF
Boston on Memorial Day, but this challenge
Sf Shafer's is ridiculous. Shafer knows
very well that Wallie would not make any
twenty-five or fifty mile race. l think
Shafer wants some nototiety out of this.
But il Hamilton is willing to get down to
business, Walie will meet him at any time"
Not long ago the Marquis OF Queens
berry challenged any cyclist over fifty
years of age to road race OF ten miles.
The challenge was taken up by c. b.
Lawes, the wellknown sculptor. and the
contest came off last week in the neigh
bOrhood OF Ripley. The police determined
to prevent such breach OF the peace,
but they were thwarted, and the mar
Quis won.
A substantial increase has been made In
the L. A. w. membership this week. Nine
hundred and twelve applications were re-
ceived. and all but fourteen subscribed to
the Bulletin. =
No one knows what command he has OF
the English language until ten miles from
anywhere he discovers q bolt loose and
his tool bag safe at home.
Athletes of Many Nations.
Athens, March 26.-Twenty-one Ameri-
can, twenty-three English, eighteen French,
forty-two German, six Swedish and Aus
trian, seven Italian, and seven Danish ath-
letes have notified the mana cement of the
Olympian games that they Will take part
In the contests.