Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
Project Being Discussed by Looal
Whsel@en.,
4 WARM WELCOME WILL GREET THEM
Cyclists From the Monumental
City to Return the Visit.
GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS

done, outside of the determination to make
| such trip. The wheelmen of Baltimore
were highly in favor Of the plan, and be-
gan working up a scheme for rousing re-
| ception. But the cold weather blocked the
| movement.
| Now the matter Is again brought UP,
with every assurance of success. No cate
| has been set for the trip. but 1t is likely to
| be made before the end Of May. There are
plenty of bicyclists of both sexes in the
| city who would be glad to take advantage
| of an opportunity of this sort, and the pro-
| jectors Of the trip are anxious TO make as
large showing of wheelmen as possible.
The general outline Of the run Is to take
the trip some Sunday, which Is the most
convenient day for majority of riders.
Special railway rates will be obtained.
Those contemplating going will assemble
| at given hour in the morning, and ride to
the depot in a body, where a special train
will be in waiting. Upon arriving in the
monumental city the wheelmen will be met
by the wheelmen Of Baltimore who will
| take them around and show them the city.
A stop will be made for dinner and In the
afternoon a trip will be made through
Druid Hill Park. up to The Point" The
| return will be made early in the evening.
The projectors of the plan are Messrs
William Hayden Henshaw and w. X Larri-
| more. The Baltimore wheelmen will he ex-
pected to pay return visit and be recev-
| 60 by the local Wneellnen
Two Races.
Next week there will be two local races
The first will come off Tuesday evening,
and the scene Will be the Conduit road.
The course will only be one mile, and there
will be only three contestants The entries
will be B. F. Fry, J. Orr and AL. Sigmund.
| unattached wheelmen. who have gained a
reputation as scorcherS on the course. They
Ill
be en- on the race track in a competition
race, yet they could give many of the To-
cal racing aspirants very hard tussle
for honors. The race Is the outcome of a
friendly rivalry among the three riders re-
garding their speed merits. Capt. E. c.
Edwards of the Corcoran Cadets became
interested in the matter. and he has offer
ed silver trophy cup to the best man of
the three. This will be an incentive, and
good race be looked for. The men
have been hard at work for the past week
over the White Lot course. and they man
aged to distance all of the candidates for
racing honors who nightly SPIN around the
course to test their speed capacity.
The other race will be the one mile race
held by the Eastern Athletic Club for the
championship of the organization and the
Weiss gold medal. The entries will be lin
tied to the club members only and among
the number will be Harry Gather the pres
ent holder of the medal. who won the
championship last year when the old Po-
course will be somewhere in East Wash
ington. the intention being to get a straight
away mile over the commons on a line
with 18th or 10th streets southeast. If this
cannot be done the race will come off on
the Hamilton road. near the insane asylum
Nothing has been done during the week
In regard to the road race which the Ar
lington Wheelmen decided to give soon over
the Conruit road. The. distance will most
likely be ten instead of twenty miles, and
the club has secured the promise of a val
liable silver trophy. The committee in
charge will meet during the week and ar
range further for the event.
The race meet of the Washington Road
Club Decoration day Is being pushed for
ward and the entry blanks will soon be
out. Mr.. Perry p. Patrick, the chairman
OF the racing committee. has lost the as
sistance Of valuable man in the resig-
nation Of Capt William Jose from the
club. Mr.. Jose found that he .1sd no time
to properly attend to the work. Mr.. A. G.
Gensler has been appointed in his place.
Cyclists Plans.
Tomorrow will be a great day at Dick
ey's, at the Virginia side of the Great
Falls. Three Washington clubs are sched-
uled to make runs there, in addition to a
crowd of cyclists from Rockville and the
unattached wheelmen who regularly visit
the hostelry. The Washington Road Club,
the Queer Wheelmen and the Arlington
Wheelmen are booked to take the run to-
morrow, and as a club run to Dickeys
generally brings out the largest represen-
tation Of any other run, there will be a
lively crowd al Great Falls.
There will be a game of base ball be-
tween the Road Club and the Queer Wheel
men. Capt. Jose having challenged Capt.
something as follows: Queer Wheelmen-
Slokey. catcher: Slack. pitcher; Pitkin.
nrst base; Chas. Long, second base; Geo.
f. Boyd. short stop; Fred. Vogt, third
No hall 1NPt a11l
Henshaw, center field; Atkinson. right
field. The Road Club team-Perry P Pat
rick, catcher: Eddie Coleman, pitcher; C.
l. Ronsaville. first base; c. E. Cause sec
onQ base; Charlie Wood, short stop; A. H.
wall. third base; Joe Prince. right field;
A. e.. Gensler. center field, and William
Jose. left field.
This will be the first all-day run of the
season Of the Queer Wheelmen The run
Will start from $40 18th street at $50 a. M
sharp. Capt. Boyd has in course of prep
aration two months schedule which he
will mail to all the members of the club
The Affair Wheelmen will take a run
Monday evening to Takoma Park starting
al Z 80 O'Clock from the headquarters. at
i2Os sd street. This is the second run I'M
Weaver
The Liberty Wheelmen have arranged
run Tor tomorrow morning, starting at 8
O'Clock. The course will be out the Glen
wood road to Soldiers Home, thence across
country to Brightwood and Tenleytown,
and home via the Conduit road in time to
cool off before dinner.
AS there was no run scheduled for last
sunday a party Of fifteen Of the riders of
the club. accompanied by their wives and
iaoy friends, took trip to Fort Myer Ar
hngton and Alexandria by way Of Mount
path" Il o
There is a movement pn foot among the
ladies' OF the Liberty Club to form a ladies'
cycling club. but whether the membership
VIII be confined to- the few who have the
matter In hand or VIII assume larger pro-
p Iba is secret jealousy guarded by
President R. R. rRevell of the Eastern
Athletic Club is gaining quite a reputation
any desire to be scorcher. n B. Frver
captain OF the E. A! C.,Tspeaks in glowing
terms Of the new material admitted to the
and plenty Of work.
DESPITE THE WEATHER.