New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-08
FLYERS AT THE BEACH.
CYCLING MEET OF THE STATE DIVISION
OF THE l.. A. w. WE'LL ATTENDED
PENNoCK CARRIES OFF THE HoNoRs IN THE
MESSENGER BOYS RACE-FUILER WINS

PENNOCk CARRIES OFF THE hoNo1o IN i''-
MESSENGER BOYS RAcE-FrILER WINS
THE MILE NOVICE UNDER PROTEST
What many persons qualified to speak said was the
biggest crowd that has visited the cycle track az
Manhattan Beach this season witnessed the races
there yesterday afternoon at the fall meet OF the
State Division Of the l.. A. W. An atmosphere a.
exhiarating champagne. card che names on
which contained nearly every amateur crack in the
metropolitan district. track that was perfectOn ana
a seabreeze that invigorated. while ii did not hampe7
the coniesants-liit.e wonder that the huge holiday
crowd and racing men, enjoyed themselves thor
oughly.
The meet Was run off by the South Brooklyn Wheel
men. The members OF that organization have tood
reason pat themselves the back. The crowd.
that filed every seat in the grandstand and loaded up
the 'bleacheres" a fashion 10 turn baseball mag
nate green with envy, was admirably handled, ana
the long list Of contests was through without a
hitch The South Brooklyn Wheelmen were proud
and happy young men lasI night as indeed they had
cause be and they held high revel in their club
house. in Nlnth-st.. Brooklyn. which pretiily
decorated In honor Of the organizations first and
most successful attempt in the promoting line.
A noticeable feature of the programme was that
it scheduled less than four State
championships. Three of these were sure enough
champiorships-the quarer-mio and the two-mle
for amateurs and the one-milc cycle police cham.
pionship The fourth was Of a character calcu-
lated to make the judicous grieve, for who Is
there oblvious OF the eternal fitness Of things
to to distric: messenger boy depar.
from the tenets of that dignfeG motto which bids
him make haste slowly? And yet these mis-
guided South Brooklyn wheelmen put up prize
for cycling messenger boys, a championship prize
at that. And--more is the pity-the prize went to
the messenger boy who finished first, not as
Cordng to the traditions OF the order 1t ought to
have gone. the boy who finished last Anyhow,
NETWORKS reputation for messengers Of dignificd,
mn Is
person of James o. Pennock. took the prize James
cast discredit himself 10y riding mile in two
minutes and forty-nine seconds. and w. ID. Cobb.
a New-York boy had the bad taste TO press him
hard the line. T. c. Venting. another Syria
lad finished third. The rest Of the field
preserved their dignity under these trying circum-
stances. and did not finish at all
The police championship went to Hugo Won Ro-
deck. Brooklyn man. The race was run in one
heat. Schuessler. feared and respected by every
Boulevard "scorcher' a strongly tipped IA
vorite but he killed his own chance by doing the
pacing for the field for at least two-thrds Of the
mile. When Schuesser had shot his bolt Won
Rodeck took up the pace, and after shaking on
George Mckay's gallant challenge. won clever
race Negeersmith third, and the much
touted Schuessler could DO better than fourth.
even with Police Commissioner Andrews pres
ence to urge him
There some talk Of protesting Won Rodecl:
on the ground shat ne was a special" and not
regular, but at last accounts Won Rodeck had the
first prize, a gold stop watch valued at So safely
slowed away in his vest pocket. Won Rodeck is
particularly stalwart "cycle cop. and II will be
bold man who tries 10 get that watch away from
him.
The one-mile novice brought out sturdy rider
in B. G. Fuller of New-Durham. n. j. He won
his heat by fully a hundred yards. So impressive
was lis performance that some one thought 1t
would be prudent 10 protest him. the charge being
that he had a prize in club races. The weight
of this protest did not prevent Fuller from win
ming the final of the novice from looming up
prominently in the qLarter-me State champion
ship--another in which he was protested on
the ground that he is a resident Of New-Jersey.
The new quarter-mile champion is "Wally
Owen the pride Of the South Brooklyn Wheelmen.
''Wally' won the title after a blood-strring con-
test with II. X. Bird. the New-York Athletic Club
crack and Frank ID. White. OF Lynbrook. L. l.
His victory popular one and was received
with great enthusiasm.
An unfortunate time limit took all the interest
out OF the mile scratch. 1t was placed at min.
80 sec There three heats. and in only one or
these heats did the riders qualify within the limit.
As a result only three men started In the nnal IL
was won by John III. Lake. of the Harlem Wheel
men after ding-dong finish with W. A Brown.
the speedy Riversider Lake crossed the line all
out"
cloth would have covered Barbeau. owen and
Bird as they finished in that order
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