The evening times., 1896-08-29
|. A. ". AND COLLEGE MEN
Yale Will Look Into the Sus-
pension Of Her Riders.
CYCLE CASE IN MICHIGAN
Wheelman Who Ran Into IA Girl Held
TO BE Liabie-The Brake Bound to
Grow in FnvOr-Circuit Racing Men
Want Larger Purses In Order to Be
Able to Cover Expenses.

.lsi. JpD ON t.dUi whenever III
10 discipline an athlete who has IA lead
ing college at has back. As an amateur,
the college student is Favored sports
man. Custom has made it rule that
college associations nay, without damage
TO their amateur status, pay the actual
travelling and training expenses OF the
men WHO participate In college sports
and gaines IL is hardly fair, perhaps,
that a college association should he al
lowed to ray the expenses OF its repre-
sentatives while wheel club. Tor in
stance, may not But the wheel club is
the weaker vessel, with no alma mater TO
look To for support and engagement
a college bach ing is the strongest back
ing tina. . rndns man can have. 1t is
fair To the college associations to say that
it is disposed to put as strict an interprc-
tation on the amateur rule as any sport
ing organization could reasonably wish,
ana to meet the L. a. W fairly and openly
ON its own ground, with the single rcser
! walton that the college may looS after he
fiscal need OF the student in preparing for
races and travelling to aud from them.
No outside sporting organization has yet
succeeded in ovcrruling this preferred
claim Of colleges
! the racing board, after competing ut the
Intercollegiate games at Manhattan
Field last May. No charges Were made
The riders We're merely hung up. pend
ing Investigation Two or them, Butler
ana Anderson. were declared profession
ais. Butler says that in answering The
questions OF the hoard. he stated that he
received his expenses to the meeting
| from the Yale Athletic Association, and
that every one Of the suspendees had doEe
| the sams
Anderson was not al the games al all. but
| was a member OF the Yaleteam, Now. WHY
| Butler and Anderson should have been de-
! clared professionals. while the other 1if-
| teen Were reinstated is a question which
! the Yale men think ought TO be answered in
| full. ef,.,.-- --r
| When the college opens next month the
! matter Will be taken up, and, il the cases
/ of Messrs. Butler and Anderson are not
| reconsidercd by the league, ii should not
cause surprise IL all the colleges throw the
good old league overheard, and run their
| cycle events hereafter 10 suit themselves.
| The college footballers, baseballeis and
OarsmeD have. received their expenses
| for years, and no outside body has pre-
sumcd tu question the soundness OF student
! amateurism for this reason; If college,cy-
| clists may not he taken care OF MS we'll as
the others the college athletic associations
propose 10 find the reason why.
The supreme court OF Michigan has re-
| Gently rendered decision in a ticyclc case
| that is OF more than passing interest to
wheeln,eu everywhere, inasmucb as prln-
ciple is Involved in which courts generally
would doubtless coincide. A prominent
| citizen al StauntoB, one Mt Hin6s while
riding down hill on public footpath, ran
intoa young girl who was walking ahead OF
him, seriously iniuring her.
Suit was bruught against Mr.. Kinds for
damages and charging negligence on his
part The Case cane to trial in the lower
cour; and verdict was rendered in favor
OF defendant o Il the ground that ii was not
shown that he was guilty OF negligence OF
carelessBcss. The case was appealed TO the
supreme court and the lower court verdict
WIS reversed by the full bench and a rew
trial ordered The important feature Of
this decision is the practical and sensible
Interpretation or the law embedded in the
opinion Of the higher court, the gist of
which is Us follows: -s.-,-....
"A bicycle is u vehicle, and the question
therefore is. What was the duty OF the de-
fendant on a vehicle in passing petles-
tran going in the same direction? His
vehicle made no noise and lie gave no sig
nal. The roadbed for vehicles was open
to him. II granted that he STRUCK "A stone
or other obstruction. Was the otstruc-
ton such that he ought i'll the exercise Sf
due care, to have seen and avoided the
danger When one passes another. both
using bicycles and going in the same direc-
ton, il appears to be the rule that the one
passing is liable if damage results without
misconduct on the part of the one passed.
when one comes up behind another who
sunconscious of his approach ard is walk
ing where lie has right to walk gives
no warning and strikes him with his wheel
these circumstances, unexplained, tend &c
negligence
This is an eminently proper decision
and will be approved by sensible wheel
men. 1t cantot be alleged that this decis-
ion is representative OF the prevailing pre- !u-
dice against wheelmen, iRasmuc as the
chief justice and two of his asso ,iates on
, the bench are among the most enthusiastic
riders of Lansing When an injury OCCURS
through the carciessness or negligence oi
! u wheeiman he sh"ulI be punished Bicycle
riders are entitled To the same rights and
privileges as others. but they must moi
, claim immunities that are not Conferred
upon other people. This Michigan decisior
is altogether right AMI Just and 4 sensible
Interpretation OF the law.
The brake Is bound to grow in favor. Cir
!. cumstanecs during the last few weeks force
this conclusion upon the students of the
cycle trade. Accidents, several fatal one.
, among the number, have occurred in thu
East lately, and it has been shown that IL
each case a brake, had there been one at
tached, could do1btles have avertel tn,
fatality.
1t now apparently remains for really
clever device to be placed upon the mar
ket for it to score n great success A guol
brake is really wanted. The cyclists real
ize it, and each day they are becoming NOR,
and more convinced OF its necessity Al
expert rider has said: .'If brakes were IL
, universal use the number OF accidents wouit
. be decreased nearly 80 per cent. Even tn,
dreaded and universally condemned scorch
| or would not be SO terrifying il he had
brake on his wheel. 1t would be OF dc
, cided benefit even on level places, wher,
n stop couii be male quickly. NoOneneed'
to be toll that it wo1ld be i decided ad
vantage on hills.
1.-The novice, above all others, should no