The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-11
TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM
CAUSED INDIANAPOLIS L. A. w. BOYS
TO BE CALLED DOWN.
notwithstanding State Meet at Terra
Haute, Both as to Crowd and
FinancialIy-The Races.

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Van Sicklen, with an enthusiastic crowd OF
followers. arrived this evening from Indian
apolis and marched into the Terre Haute
House shouting and singing for Indianapo-
lis for the national meet in 1885, When they
tried to continue it in the dining room
Landlord Baur ordered them out of the
house. They went TO another hotel and
later sang In front OF the Terre Haute
House an improvised reflection on the hotel.
Referee Foltz, State Consul Sherwood,
Handicapped Hunter, and others from In
danapolis say the State meet of the L. A.
w. which began here to-day is the best
held in any of the States. 1t is a record
breaker in the number of entries and in
the number of different riders for all State
and national meets except the national
meet at Philadelphia last week. There
were 2,4OO persons at the Nancy Hanks
track and 1000 of them paid extra for the
grand stand. The Wabash Cycling Club,
under whose auspices the meet is held, will
net $1,000. To make money at all in a state
meet is record breaking. Mr.. Foltz, of the
national committee, and Handicapped Hunt
er say no meet has been better arranged.
me track ana weather We're perfect and
entries so large that preliminary races were
held to select less than twelve riders for
the finals. During the afternoon there were
exhibitions on a tight rope of walking and
bicycle riding. There were two accidents
that looked to be serious, but the wheelmen
soon reappeared. In THE mile professional
Leonard and Bowler came together at the
finish In the one-eighth mile handicap Dan
ferguson, who was we'll in front in the last
eighth, had a bad fall. The five and one
fourth mile handicap for professionals was
a close race between all except Stewart,
the limit man. who led nearly quarter of
mile throughout. In the two-mile State
championship lots were drawn for the pace
making between the riders. 1t is thought
that the time in this race makes a new
State record. Referee FoltZ caused the mile
professional and the half-mile State cham
pioniship to be repeated because the first
heats were slower than the time limit. In
the former it was 2:S4 As and the latter 1:l5.
There were not as many riders in the
parade as had been expected most of the
visiting Wheeimen especially preferring
place on the : sidewalks or in the
windows of buildings along the route. There
a great turning out OF spectators
Fully one hundred new members of the
l.. A. w have been admitted since yester-
day, and it is expected that this number
will be more than doubled before the meet
is over and that indirectly the meet will
have, the effect of adding several hundred
members TO the league. The summaries
to-day were:
Mile novice: Braman, Terre Haute, first:
Biel, Terre Haute, second; ketcham, In
dianapolis. third; McNelis Terre Haute.
fourth. Other starters were Weinbrecht,
Hedges, Allen and Myers Of Terre Haute,
Harrison of Clinton. Time, 226.
Quarter mile; State championship: Hull
man, Terre Haute, first; Rose, South Bend,
second; Pfeffer, Indianapolis, third; Wat
We're Arch Ferguson, Victor Fechheimer
and c. A. Forster of Terre Haute, Muse of
Mile; professionai: Wilder Kalamazoo,
first; David, Indianapolis, second; Mckeon,
Greenville,, O., third Other starters We're
Duncan of Evansville, Bowler and Fisher
of Chicago, Marsh of Kalamazoo. Time,
2:2OA.
One and one-eghth mile handicap; anna
teur: LAWN, Chicago (scratch). first; Cor
don, indianapolis (25 yards), second; Pfef-
Terre Haute C10 yards), fourth. Other start
ers were Watson of Indianapolis, Hall OF
Danville, and Dronberger Colberg, Davis
and Dan Ferguson of TerTe Haute. T1mes
3:05.
Half mile; state championship: Huffman.
Haute. second; stone Terre Haute, third:
Watson, indianapolis, fourth. Other start
ers were Kalb of Goshen, Irwin of Camel
ton, and Pfeging and Forster of Terre
Haute. Time, Los.
Five and one-fourth miles, handicaps
Stewart, Chicago $50 YARDS, first; David,
isvlle (75 yards), third; Becker, Indianapo-
lis (scratch), fourth. Other starters were
(scratch) Thome of Louisville and Parish OF
indianapolis; (25 yards) Fairman of Chica-
go; (75 yards) Schrein of Toledo; 600 yardsl
McKeon of Greenville, o., and jackson OF
Mitchell of Louisville; Q75 yards) Davis ana
Worth of Louisville; GOO YARDS Mitchell OF
Terre Haute, Harrison of Lebanon and
Keefe of Kalamazoo 900 YARDS Miller OF
Indianola, ILL.,, Duncan of Chicago. Time,
1916 20
Half mile, open; amateur; LAWN, Chi
cago first; Watson, Indianapolis, second.
Arch Ferguson, Terre Haute, third; Hun-
man, Paris, ILL.,, fourth. Other starters
were Tibbs of Marshall, ILL.,, Buschman.
Pfeffer. Snapp and Deputy of Indianapolis
Davis and Arch Ferguson Of Terre Haute,
Riddell of Brazil. Time 1904 2-5
Two miles state championship: Dronber-
ger, Terre Haute, first HUMAN, Terra
Haute, second; Stone, Terre Haute, third.
Other starters were Watson Bates and Cor
don of Indianapolis, Engles of Terre Hautes
Singleton of Lebanon. Time 1858 3-5.