Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-05
HOT WORK OF THE WHEELERS
Good Scores Made in the Contests at the
Lincoln Track.
OMAHA BOYS WIN SOME LAURslS
Racing Splendid and the Many Close
Finishes Kept the Crowd In
Excellent Humor
All Day.

LINCOLN. July Especial Telegram)-
A much better attendance was observed
at the second days meet Of the State League
of American Wheelmen than was at the VI
street park on the opening day. The racing
was good and the many close finishes kept
the crowd interested until the last race was
finished. and a better day could not have
been ordered for both riders and spectators.
Gadke won both OF the League of
American Wheelmen championships yester-
day and the two the day before, which
places him easily the fastest man in the
amateur ranks in the state.
In the half mile open professional for Ne
braska riders only Mockett won, but the
Judge on the turn said he had fouled Ptxley
and caused him to fall, but this was not al
lowed by the referee.
The quarter mile state championship was
quite easy for Gadke and was a surprise in
the way in which Flescher beat out Sabin,
who was considered one of the best riders
at the meet. In the two-mile open amateur
Fred Barnum Immediately Jumped to the
front and got the tandem, which set so fast a
pace that all the riders were dropped one
by one until only Barnum was left, and he
hung on like he was hitched on 10 the tan
dem, and finished in 4:42, which is record
time for this state.
TWO-MILE OPEN.
The two-mile open professional was the
worst spill OF the day. PiXley was follow
ing the tandem when Fredrickson at
tempted to cut through on the inside, where
there was not enough room, and succeeded
in dumping the whole field except himself
while he rode on to the tape. Holton was
the first to get his wheel out of the tangle
and finished second with Pixley third and
Mccall fourth. For fouling Fredrickson
was disqualified, giving the race to Holton,
who was thrown clear over the fork.
The tandem race only had two starters,
Pixley and Mccall and Mockett and Mcbride
of Lincoln, and was the most exciting con-
test Of the day, being won by the Lincoln
boys by about six inches. The fye-mile
amateur handicap was a race from start to
finish and was won after a hard unpaced
ride by H. S. Thomas, whom the scratch
men were unable to head of.
There were twenty-six starters in the
race and they were stretched clear around
the quarter-mile track. the limit men getting
400 yards. The last half of the tandem race
was run in ftty-eight seconds fiat, which is
remarkably fast considering the track. Re
suits:
First event, one mile, 245 class, with
Beatrice. won; Bergholm. Omaha. second;
Sabtn, Beatrice, third. Time: 2:2o.
fessional, for Nebraska riders only: f. E.
Mockett, Lincoln, won; o: O. Hayman,
Grand Island, second; L. Z. Holton, Omaha,
third. Time: 1907.
Third event, one-quarter of a mile,
League of American Wheelmen champion
ship: Fl. c. Gadke won, Louis Flescher
second, H. B. Sabin, Beatrice, third. Time:
0:Si.
Fourth event. two-mlle amateur open:
Fred Barnum,, Omaha, won; Gus Holton,
Omaha. second. Time: 442.
Fifth event. two-mile open professional:
T. q. Holton won, W. A. Pixley second,
Sixth event, one mile. League of American
Nheelmen championship H. c. Gadke won,
II. b. Sabin second, G. A Holton, third.
Time: 2:2l.
Seventh event, one mile, tandem: Mockett
and Mcbride won, Pixley and Mccall Sec
ond. Time: 2:lS.
Eighth event, one-quarter OF a mile, open,
amateur: A. NJ. Blake, Lincoln. won:
Baugh second, Miller third. Time: O:34 2-5'
Ninth event, one-half mile. handicap, pro-
fessional: NJ. f. Grifiths go yards won.
II. +. Fredrickson Cscratch) second. ]. A.
Baily go yardsl third. Time: 1:05.
Tenth event, ive-mile handicap, amateur:
u, S. Thomas geo yards) won, Gus Cooke,
York $50 YARDS second; d. CT. Brewer
lscratch) third. Time: 13:i9.