The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-30
Wheelmen Are Planning for
a Lively Windup Of
the Season.
POUNDING THE PINS
Boxing Tournament in North Hud-
son-Marksmen Have Begun
a Lively Campaign on the
Range-Football.

The Jolly Wheelmen have arranged this
schedule of club .runs:-Oct. A, Passaic
Falls: oct. Is. to Oyster Bay, L. l.; Nov.
/ to Plainfields Nov. 10, to Rye, N. Y.
This will in all probability close their
regular season. after which the cyclers
will turn their attention in full to bowl
ing.
The contest between William Fuller, of
the Town of Union, and Fred Sarg, of
Hoboken, has been put off for two weeks,
and will be decided at the Gutenberg
track. The men win ride two miles for
a medal. Fuller is considered a scorcher.
of no mean ability, but as Sarg ray a
New York bicycle cop a hot chase on
Eighth avenue sometime ago and finally
distanced him, his friends are OF the
opinion that he will win. c. Smith viii
be the starter and the referee.
The Hudson County Wheelmen ave
arranged a complete programme OF very
interesting races for the meet to be held
at the Gutenberg track October II. They
have been promised a large entry from
the better riders in the Harlem Wheel
men, Riverside, Vim Bicycle Club of New
ark and other ~well-known clubs that are
noted for their fast men. TIL Hudson
SOuAt3 SAuD AdS dfEditSeu EliS LiSSlfAiS
on the largest scale ever presented for a
meet in this country, and they anticipate
a very great success. The club viii give
valuable prizes and there will be three
events for amateurs and two for club
members. These will be:-Half mile
open, one mile open, two mile handicap
open. one mile handicap for club members,
and five mile club championship, scratch.
The entry blanks are in demand. and
may be had of Charles E. Blakeslee at
the clubhouse. No. 157 Belmont avenue.
Friday a dozen members or more of the
Business lens Cycle Gu will start on
a trip which viii be of great interest, and
should result in an unlimited amount of
pleasure for the riders. They will be
in charge of Captain William ". Garrison,
and will take the train to Port Jervis.
where the Business Men VIII remain over
night In the morning they VIII start
early for the Delaware Water Gap. riding
along the beautiful valley of the Delaware
River. They VIII pass through Ding
mans Ferry, and will dine at noon at
urday afternoon. Sunday the Business
Men will continue the journey through
this State back to this city.
The Hudson Ri Club, which has just
been organized. is a split from the Hud-
son County. and is made up of a number
of former members who because Of some
imagined grievance, have resigned, pre-
ferring TO tax their chances with the
r.ght in the stronghold of the II. c. w.
and Clio Wheeimen, and these organiza-
tons predict a rather hard struggle for
the new body with their present cpposi-
ton. Nevertheless the Hudsons are i'm
proving, and at last nights meeting added
new members which has sent the list
close on the forty mark.
The Clio Wheelmen organized its bowl
ing division last night. The club met
for practice at the Pythian Hall alleys
and had a good attendance. notwith-
unusually interested in the work. and the
club VIII be an Important factor this win
ter in the New York and New Jersey
Cycling Leagues.
Sunday the Castle Point Cyclers and
Hamilton Nheelmen viii a a run to
The Hamilton wheelmen win have a
toint.run with the Triumph Wheelmen OF
New York to Bergen Point over the Boule-
ward. The start viii be from the Hamil-
tons clubhouse IN Union Hill at $3.50 P. N.
The Castle Point cyclers OF Hoboken
celebrated their hfth anniversary last
night. The club house on Park avenue
was tastefully decorated Inside and out.
Notwithstanding the snclement weather
nearly all the guests invited made their
appearance to share IN the festivities.
The early part of the evening was spent
In listening 10 a select programme of vo-
followed at the Palade Hotel. in which
prominent wheelmen and leading. bushes
men and politicians of that town took
part The club has met with success
ever since It was organized five years
ago by a quintet of young men in small
quarters on Washington street. TheE
were each IN possession of an ordinary
high wheel at the time. but were amone
the first to realize the future of the now
popular safety wheel. The club is ac.
knowledged the leading one of its kind
in Hudson county, 1t can also compare
with any in the State. The club house
Is one of the finest possessed by wheelmer
and is richly furnished.
At a meeting of the Iroquois Wheelmen
Of the HEIGHTS held at Their clubhouse,
No. z3l Sherman avenue, on Monday even
ing, the following officers were elected tn
MI vacancsesSSecretary Mr.. F. w. Won
Thaden3 first lieutenant. Mr.. J.. W. Van
Zle; color bearer. Mr. Albert HAYNES
The offices of librarian and assistant IL
brarian we're created and filed by the
respective election of Mr.. Won Thaden
and Mr.. Haynes.