The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Continued From Third Page.
Cycling.

7. c. Bradford, the well-known bicycle
dealer, demonstrated his confidence in a
business revival by closing a deal yester-
day with the Reading Manufacturing
Company for 500 wheels, '9S models.
He has also completed arrangements
with four racing men on the Southern
circuit, to ride his wheel during the
coming season.
B. Frank McDaniel's ride for the record
from Washington to New York, to take
place on November s, Is exciting quite a
little interest in cycling circles. Frank
Dampman, at one time one of the local
cracks and Macs old racing rival, will
start on the same day for the same rec
ord. Owing to the fact that Dampman
is professional he cannot start at the
same time with Mcdaniel, but will start
at least an hour later. Opinion is divided
as to whether the plucky little rider will
be able to catch his amateur rival.
Next Sunday Carlos de Leon, a Span
ish rider hailing from New York and
said to be descendant OF Ponce de
Leon, will start from Jersey City for
Washington. He is a crack man, and
instead of Wise's record it is likely to BE-
ide Icons record that the local riders will
80 for.
The .up-to-date wheelman or wheel.
woman takes great pride in being able
to tell you the gear Of the bicycle to the
fraction OF an inch. 1t was easy to de-
termine the gear on the chain wheel, the
process being simply to multiply the
diameter OF the rear wheel by the num-
Der of teeth in the front sprocket and
divide the result by the number OF teeth
in the rear sprocket.
But the chainless wheel has been plz-
cling those who have bought them or
intend to buy them. To determine the
gear Of a chainless wheel, unless the
formula is known, is an extended and
difficult problem. The new chainless, as
now made, has but two gears, the high.
est being seventy-two. Later on there
will be others to choose from, but as it
necessitates cutting teeth OF different
pitch in the rear cogs it will be imprac-
ticable to have the variety of gear OBJ.
tainable in the chainwheel.
The seventy-two inch geared chainless
has forty and fifteen teeth, respectively,
in its front cogs. On its rear cogs it has
twenty-three and twenty-four. The for
mua for determining the gear is tc
divide the number OF teeth on the inside
cogs front and rear by the number OF
teeth on the outside cogs that engage
them. These results are multiplied and
the total is again multiplied by ths
diameter Of the rear wheel. The result
is the gear, as follows: (4Ox15 23x2i
2S-7l.5G.
1t has been positively stated that the
following makes OF wheel will be made
up in chainless style as well as will
chains next year: Columbia, Heating
Howard, Stearns, White, Syracuse, Spald
ing, Sterling and Barnes.
Just as the sun was going down yes
terdav afternoon at Willow Grove, Ed
ward McDuffec, aided by his small arm.
of pacemakers, cssayed to lower TIN
worlds record for riding two miles
There was hardly 4 breath OF air stirrin!
and the Boston rider was apparently il
fine fettlc. He was aided in his effort
bv two sextcttcs and one quint, and Il
the conclusion OF the six laps the bulletil
board displayed 3 minutes p seconds
which is just 2-5 OF a second inside OF tn
previous record. As he passed the mark
which subdividel the two miles tn
watches clicked as follows: ! mile
"a 10; !, 1915; I, LIS %; ! mile
Ia 4-5; II, 2.O7 10; u, 2.34 80; Il
2.34 35; II. SOB; > miles, 1927.
At the Crystal Palace track. London
yesterday, Palmer, the bicyclist, brok
al records from thirty-four to sixty-tw
miles. He rode the latter distance i
hour, 80 minutes 29i seconds. He ais
broke the record for two hours, GOVERN
in that time sixty-two miles $50 yards.
These are some OF the men who hay
. held the one-hour bicycle record durin
, the past twelve years: W. A. Rowe, H!
, land Smith, Fred J. Osmond, Tom Lii
ton, L. s. Meintjcs, Henry Fournier,
Bonhours, Tom Linton, ]. Duboi
Jimmy Michael and J. W. Stocks, tt
present holder the distance being
!, miles and loss yards.
Football.
A despatch from Providence says.
:. Brown is making great preparations Il
=, Saturdays game with Pennsylvania, al
:, it is expected the eleven will make