The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-12
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Re Come Prom - Louis 80 Cont@st IN q
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CsRsEFy Uith CTlbe-
Ross Miller. q former Eioaita boy.
arriveyI IN the c " yesterday afternoon
"a prepare for tie century FACE next
Wednesday ~ Wan the chang tonssllp
OF Kansas - involved. The START w!u
Se made from tas Esgle Office AZ .
O'Clock Wednesday morning. The Post
Dispatch OF E'Fldsy covers tie details
thoroughly. Il says:
IsosSs +. SfaAsT and r II. Combs, SNco
q 11e mcSt prominent young w3seimer
81 s. Louis, VIII leave toaighz FOR
Wlchitl. K-ta- They 60 tEasler tle asl-
spices Of tsae Poss,-Dfspaccn - defend
me BOO miles mad Championship Of rs
sgcSta 81 K@ESus wG5cn a. present re-
SIDES IN AiF. Aiiller. 30 having Won q IN
1874 and successfully Defended u "a
fSSs. 1lr Combs VIII not compete hue
accompanies al. Miller As a chompIoR
and second.
Great inceresI S5cCas,leS - tai- event,
which has resolved sSelf tnEo an iussr-
state af'a5r. and The best wishes x
thousands OF NIiSsosri wheelncn VIII
travel vi5h Mr.. Miller over the long
ssreteh OF Poad. Bo5h Miller aEd
Co-nbs Of the Cenruy1- Road club and
AlsIleT win wear his club colors ~ we'll
~ those q TIE Post-DlS patch
as L-ttAH = t4il ts-aAAttsssi 4sAAAt-i AAA-s
won it IN 1894 from a good fleld. includ-
lax ths best riders in the state. TIE
man who finished second % him was
John +. Gr1bbl. The race wos a close
one and Csribbi's rrieud.s were dLssat1s-
fed VIII the result The following yea
found Miller and Gr1obi again The prin-
cipal contestants and Che rivalry was
intense. Miller again won. after n hard
r,fce. GrlbbI finishing second. 4 EhorE
time after Jllis race Miller came 20 s.
IlDufs - reside. ms f.Ine as a road
FI,Rer had preceded ham and fe wan
ehect-I a member II the Century club
ana bas since been prominently idenri-
6--d with that organisation. Although
Miller brought JAe championship %
Missouri he was not allowed "a rcrin
Il without defending g. Recently he
was challenged by h;s OLD oppousnt-
Csrftbi. and he promptly asz-spts-d
TIE r2cs WI DO run on "Wednesday.
April Is. from Wichita 10 Winfield and
resurn. a distance 81 700 miles Fo- ths
greater part rhe course Lea urr'Dss nls
rolling prairie, there hslr.( TO h4ls %
any consequence Lam an .crs r-port
Ono r1ads 10 be IN e1Ccsllent coTfz ton
ana Il e. not a. AL iynpro2.~ oiE inst ara
record VII suffer F-hs START VII %
rrsssc r. IN Wic.lak Ia ? oNol1scE. Prom
flcEL TINE ~ III tItr I4-AisiA -. foet--sas-
palt,Ih VIII receive hourly bulletins con-
cernlu- tho r-8s7s AMI cl1@ cor di;nofl az
ne rtsars. 1ULer - ia E1sEEiGc<rls
sfsar-s and coadderE 81 bringing 10
chanrpionskIp hack % 81 Lolzs Us-la
him The zzsc@ - Ss particular Interest,"
- S1c-tl vvfs~slTu.e1. a. 3Ile- - ona q
IT, principal rsJsrs Who WlH ckrry IT,
sJtors % slps Csururys in rlla ~ road
race with ~ 81 IsoEzls Cycling ciuo. 4
line Of ht8 1orm ca be c5tAEz ~ tais
race.
The yorTag mn AFRO VII cnuIT-.s
araiu<c Kansas ha-t rlrxI VTci1ssttay
- r517v oEliy 20 years Cd Although 90
young - hiss aIrtadfy rrIStoe "a great RIP
utaclD1 "a 4 rad EB1er AMI s. Teccg-
ntzed as ors- q ne -c14Ders-" lie VIII
cot q figure ~ locnl Fscing
c3-ch-S tf<s ssasJu In tie fail p In
terssa 20 e after al long dfstancs roc
orCs or O. q famous Ds.LsgytIIe track III
now h.ylffB Gre Kassaa Tcrzrds. trrck
and rad. fr1xu two - uTle hundred
rnIIeR Miller XII rite a iu5ulnuru wheel
n his coming race.