The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
BOOM IN CYCLING.
The Sport Is More of a
Craze Than Ever and
Catches Everyone.
NEW U AND OFFICERS
officials for Saturdays Games
The Meeting at Baldwin Park
News of the Boxers.

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At the meeting of the Mantle Wheel
men, held at the new clubhouse, the or
ganization received another very promi-
nent addition to its membership in the
election of these candidates:-Charles
Kelly. John F. Armstrong. F. Gocha,
George Let's, O.. Morris, A. j. O'Neill,
George F. Smith, Joseph T. McCoobery,
Martin Hosbach, William Heller, William
B.. Jones, George Garrettson. These app
plications were received:-B. H. Lewis,
Thomas Reilly, N. w. GaIsbury, Joseph
Martin, Fred Emmerson, Edward Brady,
Samuel Brown, George w. Berry, James
J. Coates, William Weyer, w. A. O'Brien,
Edward Perlberg, Thomas Duane, A..
Mayer and William Downs. The new
officers elected to fill out the places
created by the new bylaws we're
Assistant Color Bearer, I. Shaw; First
Sergeant. George E. Moersdorf; Second
Sergeant, George Donaldson; Board of
Trustees, Dhomas Drum, J. Waylett.
William Quirk, James Duff and Charles
Milton, Jr. The temporary standing
committees appointed by the President
some time ago were honorably discharged
and new and permanent committees will
be appointed at once. The House Com
mittee presented a number of estimates
from furniture dealers for the furnishing
OF the new house, but as Mullins was
the lowest his bid was accepted. The
parlor floor will be furnished with mo-
quette carpet, the second and top floor
will be furnished to correspond with
carpets. Vienna bent hairs will be pur-
chased, and blue shades will be placed
throughout the building with lettering
"Niantic Wheelmen."
The necessary pictures and other in
~cidentals will also be furnished, and
the club will add greatly to the com
fort of its large and increasing mem
bership. The clubhouse will be fur
nished completely within one week.
The Mantle Wheelmen have decided
upon these club runs for June:-Century
run. June Z; T%ottenville, June IA; Rock
away, L. /. June 81; Yonkers, June 2S.
A number of races will be held on July
a, probably at the Gutenberg race track.
The racing team will be selected within
a month and it will be able to hold its
own with any team in the city. Three
members of the club viii compete in
the races of the Alpha Wheelmen at
Norwalk, Conn, June II.
The Columbia Club of Hoboken have
added a cycling division to their other
branches, and the sport has taken a
firm hold on Dung, and old. Several of
the enthusiasts of the whee got to-
gether the other evening and organized
with the following oficers:-James Lord,
President John Gehrs, Secretary; w. T.
Willin, Treasurer; l.. Cells, Captain, and
G. P. Erkenbrach, Lieutenant.
The membership of the League now
numbers 1881. During the past week
2,11S members were enrolled.
Club runs lave been arranged by the
Manhasset Cyclers of Brooklyn as fol-
lows:-June 7, Roslyn; IA, Bergen Point;
q, Amityville; q, Coney Island; %, Long
Branch.
The Arcanum Wheelmen of this city
will hold races on the Boulevard on
Saturday, June 81.
The East Orange Ramblers will hold
a ten-mile road race on June q.
The South Anboy WiheelIpen have or
President, F. M. Lfttels; Vice President.
j. F. Fulton; Treasurer, H. r. Chatton;
Secretary, H. Berrian; Captain, John
The West End wheelmen of Newark
have elected the following officers
President, j. Barwell: Vice President,
]. Schwerkart; Secretary, VIM. French;
Treasurer, G.. Eisele; Captain, r. Rein
berger.
The st. Aloysius Cyclers of Newark
have arranged the following club runs
June Z, Paterson; IA, Yonkers; q, Bergen
Point; %, Fort Lee; July S, Plainfield;
Island.
TIL Sahodalica Wheelmen of Norris
toy = al hold a race meet on July 4.
Captain John P. Burke of the Excel
lowing club runs for the months of June
and July:-June 6, Parade; 7, Freeport;
IA, Nyack; 20, Asbury Park; IS, Roslyn;
July 4 White Plains; y, Rye; 10, Plain
The Mantle Wheelmen has arranged
the following route for its century run
next Sunday:-Leave clubhouse at six
o'clock in the morning; Belleville, TIPS;
field, 10 M; New Brunswick, 1855; Plain
field, $3.50; Elizabeth, S; Newark, $40;
Jersey City, Z. An survivors will receive
a medal. A silk banner will also be
number of survivors.
The annual century run of the Hudson
County Wheelmen will be held Sunday,
June a. The route Will include these
Little Falls, Leonia. Montclair, Orange,
South Orange, Milburn, Springfield,
Scotch Plains, Plainfield, New Brunswick.
Elizabeth, Newark and return to club
house. A silk banner will be awarded
to the club having the largest number
of survivors.
The Palma Wheelmen have organized
with ninety-one names enrolled as mem
bers. The election of officers suite as
follows:-President, Frederick C. VOL
bert; Captain, John F. Rich; First Lieu
tenant, George K. Coley; Second Lieu
tenant, illiam NJ. Bubier, and Secretary,
Melville F. Frame.
William ". Garrison. the Bergen avenue
real estate dealer, and the organizer of
the Business Mems Cycle Club. has
broken ground for the erection of a
building that will be a popular resort
for wheelmen of the county when COM
pleted, and 1T will be the official L. A. w.
headquarters. He has purchased a plot
of ground ON the west side of the new
roadway between Fairview and Duncan
avenues, 204 feet deep and 92 feet wide.
and yesterday workmen began to exca-
waite for the foundation. He intends
erecting a two-story building 100 feet in
length and S. feet wide. The space in
the rear will fbe leveled and covered with
used as a school, where lessons in riding
may be taken privately if desired. The
upper part Of the building will be fur
nished and occupied by the Business
Mems Cycle Club. Besides this there will
be dressing rooms and lockers for the
use of the public. Wheels will BIZ taken
care of by the week or month, and riders
will not be compelled to ride over the
uneven pavements in getting to and from
the Boulevard and their homes. The
new resort is conveniently located to the