The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
TWO CYCLE RACES IN JUNE.
\ TEAM RACE ON THE 10TH AND
SUMMER MEET ON THE 18TH.

SUMMER MEET ON THE 18TH.
= Mig String of Riders in Training.
The Programme of Events-A Live
~ Interest in the Professional
Races-Some of the Men who VIII
Ride in the Team Race-A Gold
Medal the Prize.
Savannah is to have a bicycle meet soon
and the riders who are now in training on
opportunity of showing what kind of stun
they are made Of. The races will be held
Saturday, Jupe u.
The programme has been arranged and
is as follows:
one mile novice.
One half mile, open, professional.
One mile handicap, amateur.
One half mile open. for boys under Is
years of age.
Quarter mile dash, amateur.
One mile match race, to be run from op-
poste sides of the track. unpaced, by
two local cracks.
One mile, open, amateur.
Two-mile handicap, amateur.
Two-mile open, professional
Exhibition mile by Dayton triplet team,
Gross, Williams and Edwards.
The card offered is an excellent one, and
includes eight open events, with a match
race and an exhibition mile by the triplet
There will be two events for profession
ais, half mile open and a two-mile open.
The list of prizes has not yet been made
up. The prizes, however, win all be val
liable and worth riding for. There will
be three prizes in each race, if the entries
warrant it.
Entries to all events will close June 10
at p. m, and riders who intend to par
ticipate in any of the races are requested
to hand in their entries by that ime to
Mr.. f. w Williams at the Savannah Cy-
Gle Agency.
There are so many riders of wheels in
Savannah now that no trouble in reach
ing the track is anticipated. Nearly
everybody interested in cycle racing owns
a wheel. and, as the ride to the track is
pleasant one, nearly all who attend will
go out in that way. Arrangements have
been made, however, for a system of
City and Suburban railway at the Cathe-
dral cemetery to transfer passengers who
go out on the cars.
There has not been a bicycle meet in
Savannah since last Thanksgiving day,
and one is about due. 1t is regretted that
a meet could not have been gotten up
while the big guns were here, but it was
not deemed advisable.
Nearly all of the fast local riders are
in training, and the entries to all the
events will doubtless be large. Among
the riders who will probably ride are the
following: l. U. Kinsey, w. H. Connery,
c. d. Coburn, Sigmund Berg, Deyereaux
Bacon, l.. 3. Bilingsley, Steve N. Har-
ris, Billy Newman, p. Del Barrio, Theo-
dore Morgan, Descomb Wells, p. G. Leist,
Harry Raskin, w. I. Dixon, w. e. Guer-
ard, John ]. McDonough, Jr., John Hall,
Carl Moehlenbrock, w. E. Vegneur, j.
NJ. Wilson, A. Blum and Amson Myerson.
There are some fast men among the list
of probable riders, and the races should
prove interesting from every point.
Coburn has turned professional now.
and, with Connery and Klnsey, the pro-
fessional races will be not the least in
teresting part of the programme. Again,
| if reports be true, there may be other
| professionals in Savannah by that time,
and the list of entries in the professional
events may be greater
June 10, are training daily, and every team
is endeavoring to get its men in the best
| possible riding trim.
The teams from which the riders will be
| selected are as follows:
Dayton-W. w. Gross, f. w. Williams,
S. N. Harris, William Newman, w. T.
| Dixon and F. w. Williams.
Cleveland-L. B. Billingsley, Sigmund
! Berg, Devereaux Bacon, Frank Del Bar
rio and Davis White.
| Spalding-T. T. Morgan, A. Blum, Des-
comb Wells w. f. Veigneur, and Charles
| Moehlenbrock.
From these teams of FIVE, three men
will be selected to ride, and the man max
| ing the best time viii be awarded a gold
medal. The teams will start five minutes
apart, and the individual time of the rid
| ers will be taken.
The race viii be for five miles and will
be run over the course on the Augusta
| road.
The number of riders in training, both
| on the roads and at the track has never
| bppn iaraa a DrpSapf Tho roads