The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-14
HOLDS HIS LAURELS
COOPER DEFENDS THE TWC-MIL
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

Meet Fairly Begun at Louisville, Al
PreIiminaries, in the Way of Country
Runs and Picnics Being Disposed OF
and the Track Events Drawing I'm
mepse Crowds-Miie Open, Professional
and Two-Mue National Championship
Louisville, KY, Aug. 13.-The L. A. w.
crowds after three days of pleasure
seeking in and around Louisville, were
prepared for the real events of the
meet. which began with trial heats for
today's races at Fountain Ferry park.
The crowd was on hand before o'clock,
the hour set for the first heat, the
grand stand being comfortably filed.
Some suburban runs were on the pro
gram for the early morning and they
were well patronized, but the big crowd
went TO the track.
Today's program included a one-nile
event for novices; the quarter-nTie state
championship; the one-mile profession
al, 2I5 class; the amateur two-Tnile
handicap; the one-nile open for pro-
fessionals; half-mile open for amateurs;
one-mile handicap for professionals;
amateur half-mile state championship,
and two-n1ile national championship
for professionals and amateurs
The officials were:
Referee-Ed H Corninger, Coving-
ton, KY.
Understanding Elliott, Boston; W.
N. Brewster. Philadelphia; Albert
Mott, Baltimore; Will A. Connolly. Dan
vile, H.: w. A. Howell Rockville,
Conn: A. r. Edmoston. Omaha, Neb.;
r. W. Slusser, Chicago; c. Culmore,
Houston, Tex.
Timmers-N. H. Van Sicklen, Chica-
go; Harry Goodman, Hartford; E. Lee
man, Louisville
lStarter-Charles P. Root. Chicago.
Clerk of course-Fred ]. Wagner, Chi
cage.
Announcer-F Howard futile, SYRIA
cuse, y. Y.
Scorers-Charles C. Percival. Boston;
VIII Pittman, New York; C. A. Doyle,
Philadelphia.
Tom Cooper won the best and fastest
race Of the year at Fountain Ferry park
this afternoon, winning the two-mile
national championship race for anna
teurs and professionals in 426 2-5, or
just % Of a second slower than the
time IN which he won the two-mile
championship last year at Asbury park,
defeating Arthur Gardiner. Today his
competitors were the fastest men of the
year-Bald, Nat Butler. Mcdonald,
Gardiner, Zeigler, Bliss, Eaton and
Ackers.
This, aside from the mile open profess
sional. was the principal event of the
opening day of the national l.. A w
racing meet. The weather was not I'M
Ill -
er with the high class card, brought out
a crowd of a bout $4,000 people.
Local interest centered in the two
state championships. the quarter and
half-mile, both Of which went to Carl
Thoqne. a Louisville boy who has come
into prominence this season.
c. c. Ingraham of Dixon. H., out
classed his friends in the other amateur
events. the two-mile handicap and the
half-mile open professional. The only
prominent men who failed to qualify In
the trial heats. which were run in the
morning, were Arthur Gardiner, Fred
Ioug'head, J. 2. Bliss and A D. Ken
nedy.
The men began 10 string out as soon
as the pistol was fired Bald in fifth
place and Sanger and Butler we'll in the
back There was scarcely any change
ninth place on the back stretch of the
hrst lap. The others were slow In MAX
ing their sprint, Bald missing the or
portunity 10 tack on as Sanger passed
him. As they punched at the head OF
the stretch. Tom Butler set a hot paca
for Sanger but Bald was pocketed
Sanger had made his start coo early
and was not equal TO the terrific pace
at which Butler came home. The lat
ter landed the money, a comparatively
easy winner, Bald finishing in his mock
ct al fourth.
Scratch men did not figure in the mile
hadicap for professionals. 1t was an
other scalp for the Buffers. Nat. with a
thirty-yard handicap, winning in a
close finish from A. d. Kennedy of Chi
cago who started from the fifteen-yard
mark.
In the two-mife national champion-
ship. Cooper had the pole The pacing
was done by Staver and wfnesett on
singles. Cooper caught the pacemakers
within fifty yards and Bald was at his
rear wha'i. While J. p Bliss flied into
chIrd place, the others strung ont in In
dian file Thus they pedslled for five
laps. At the last quarter Eaton made
his sprint from last place. Nat Butler
tacking onto him as he passed. These
two challenged the leaders at the head
OF the stretch but the great pair had
the race well in hand. 1t was a battle
royal between Cooper and Bald to the
tape. Cooper started in upon a spurt
he has seldom been called upon To
make. doing the last twelfth in :07 A.
This won the race for him and with II
the hrst national championship medal
awarded at the meet
at the records but he is too fat To az
compl'sh any of his old time feats. He
made half-mile behind a triplet in
SS 40. A J. Collet rode hif giraffe" a
quarter in :SS So, 10 the amusement of
the crowds
TWO record attempts were made bv
triplets. the best performance being a
mile In 1852 % by a local team. sum
Inaries:
Mile novice: Charles r. Mccarthy.
st Louis. Won; n. a. Dougherty. St.
Louis, second; E. GroscheIl. I,ouis,-iII.> |
third. Time 2:S7 %. Julius Luchsing- |
er, c. T Byers. G. Z. DrabeI Charles !
Rttnaur. Goodwin Speed. W. H. Med |
ner and II 5. Parsons also started.
Mfle. professional 2:l5 class: FRS. |
heat-Stevens. Bernhardt, Dehardy. |
Cox. House. Time 2:32 %. Second |
leat-tohn \. Newhouse. E. c. John |
son. Arthur French. eJsse Curry. Time /
2:6s A..
Two-mile handicap, amateur: First 4
heat. ?. BornwaSSer. Louisville.
scratch. won; ". Z. Lunl Montgomery.
Ala, 90 yards, second: Clarence Ham |
mond. St. Louis, 30 yards. third. Time |
b:1S So. Second heat-F. L. Eberharit.
Salina. Kan. scratch, won: ]. J r. /
Howard, St. Louis, scratch. second:
Joseph L;ndley. Trenton. y. J.. 50