The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-10
News ef The wbceImen.

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Tom Ward, the popular century fend
Of the Riverside Wheelmen, will act as
chief ~paceTnaker at the one hundred
men next Sunday. The trip will be to
New Brunswick and return. The H. G.
". expects a large entry list and the
Riversides have already made a big in
stallment for the banner 10 be given the
club having the most survivors. George
e. Blakeslee viii receive entries at No.
54 ~Comunipaw avenue.
The Clio Wheelmen will present a sill
yer bugle to the club having the largest
number of survivors in their century
run on Saturday, June 90, to Lake Hopat-
cong.
The Wheelmen of ST. Pauls Catholic
Church propose to organize a cycling
division.
The East Orange cyclers have arranged
fer another ten mile handicap road race,
to be run over the Central avenue course,
on Saturday afternoon, June q. About
twenty of the members will enter. The
scratch men will be Percy Johnson of
eWark a. ]. M. Edwards and A. W.
a time medal will be awarded.
The Jersey City police have received
instructions 70 vigorously enforce the or
on bicycles. The Instructions. however.
state. that a rider without a light shall
not be arrested providing he is accom-
panied by one who has one, SO that one
light is sufficient for a party of wheelmen.
This idea IS certainly a good one, and
should be followed by every city in the
riders lamp fails to burn for lack Of oil
or because. of a short wick, yet even
though he is riding with q dozen cyclists
arrest.
The ~Iroquois' run, which was to have
peen 10 IarrytoWn, on Sunday was short
ened and a stop made at Westchester in
stead. Every member Of the club. excepf-
ing. Two, made the run. Several unaf-
1aG1ed Wheelmen also took part. On Sum
gay, June u, the club holds its first la
dies run, and at least thirty couples will
participate.
ennis for The Middle States CUP.
The tenth annual lawn tennis tourna-
ment Of the Middle States championship
began on Monday on the courts of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Association at Noun
tain Station. Among the entries are CHAM
pion r. d. Wrenn, Clarence Hobart. Rich
ard Stevens of Hoboken, S. C. Mfllett. T..
P. Paret, W.. M. Cranston, J.. F. Talmage.
Jr., Miss Juliette Atkinson, the national
champion, and Miss Bessie Moore. be-
slices other experts. Only one of the five
events OF the programme was started.
= SoAe SieNtF teiIhS piaylng was deVel-
oped in three championship singles. and
Inc Hobart-Paret match ELECTED much
enthusiasm. Paret outplayed the veteran
az every point during the first set. but
tlred toward the end, while Hobart's play
improved. Some surprise was occasioned
Ply the poor play of Cranston, the Eng
iish expert, who was beaten in his first
match to TIA local player after a close
match. The handicap singles villa begin
today. Richard Stevens. of the ST. George
CLUB, is playing a better game than ever
TINS year., and will be able to give the
pest OF the contestants a hard rub for
the championship cup, which needs to he
won only once more by him to become his
personal property, as he has won 1T in
ioWo previous tournaments. He was paired
with the Princeton crack in the prelimjn-
airy. round, but the latter preferred to
FORFEIT rather than take chances with the
Hoboken expert. The opening series were:
Championship singles. Preliminary
round-Dr. W. n. Frazer, Kings COUNTY
I. G, beat r. M. Miles, Jr.. Orange +.
y -, rs, Sd; Clarence Hobart. New
aork q. G., beat A. P. Halves, Longwood
e Y, Cd. 6S; J.. p. Paret. Orange l. r
e.. beat A. P. Simmonds, Plainfieid r q
6S, -, 60; E. Lyman, Orange r a.
peat ". IN. Cranston, Queens Club Lon,
don, %, rs, 6E2; +. f.. Talmage n
Crescent A. c., beat E. A. CroWninshield
west SIC L. c., by default; Richard Sfev.
ems, st. George c. c., beat A. e. McVdttv
princeton l.. I. A., by default; J. /, Rob,
ertson, Jr., Orange L. T.. c., beat Lieuten-
sfs + +. Davis, West Point 7. g.. ID,
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