The herald., 1897-07-18
C.A.C.C. BOARD
Fires Riders Who Violated
the Rules
ROAD RACE TO SANTA MONICA
PUTS SIXTY-TWO WHEELMEN
UNDER THE BAN
ROAD RACE TO SANTA MONICA
Winners on Wheels at Various Places.
Yesterdays National League
Games-Turf Results



SAN FRANCISCO. July 1.-THE
weekly bulletin of the racing board Of
the California Associated Cycling clubs
this week contains the names of 81 riders
in Southern California who have been
suspended for sixty days for competing
in the recent Santa Monica road race,
which was held under the League Of
American Wheelmen sanction on July 8.
Among the list are such noted men as
Carson Shoemaker w. r. Ruess, R. H.
Cromwell, William Furman and Fay
Stephenson. The suspensions expire on
September 8.
Pacific coast Championships have been
established at one-half, one and five
miles, open to both amateur and profess
sional riders. The trophy representa-
tive of the championship in each event
is to be gold medal of the prescribed
design, other prizes to be Of the char
acter and within the limit of value al
lowed in the amateur class.
The California Associated Cycling
clubs will promote annually two special
handicap events, one for professionals.
the other for amateurs, open only to
members of the Associated clubs
TO the purse for the professional event
the association will contribute $100; the
management of the meeting at which it
is contested will add further sum, but
not less than $500, to which will be added
the entry fee of IS from each contestant.
The purse will be divided-50 per cent
to first rs per cent to second, Is per cent
to third and 10 per cent to fourth. In
the amateur event entries will be re-
stricted to one representative from each
club. The association will supply q
trophy to be competed for annually until
won three times by a representative OF
the same club. In addition there will be
four prizes of the value of $685. $25, SIS
and So respectively.
CINCINNATI, July .-Sandwiched
between amateur bicycle races of little
consequence Harry Cidwell, of Coving
ton, KY, in a mile race against time,
made the distance in 1:46 49, breaking
the worlds former amateur record of
1:47% made by Amos Hughes at Denver.
The race was a flying start, paced by
quad.
DENVER RACING
DENVER, Col, July 17-Walter C.
Sanger of Milwaukee won the series of
races with w. w. Hamilton of Denver
by taking two out of three. According
to the terms of the match this gives him
the stakes Sanger won the paced two
miles yesterday and the mile unpaced
today, while Hamilton won the five
mile unpaced race this afternoon.
One mile unpaced, match race-W. c.
Sanger won; time, 2:05. w. w. Hamil-
toms time, 2:0S 20.
One mile open, professionally. B.
Hughes won, Robert Woods second, c.
1. Himstreet third; time. 2:11.
Five-mile match race between w. w.
Hamilton and w. C. Sanger-Hamilton
won; time, II: 35 3-5
One mile, amateur, tandem handicap
Becker and Himstreet go YARDS won,
Shoupe and Herich (40 yards) second
McReynolds and Carruthere (scratch)
third; time, 1:5S AS, worlds record.
BEACH BICYCLISTS
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE American
Cycling Racing association held it's mid
summer race meet at the Manhattan
Beach track this afternoon. There were
five events on the program, the principal
one of which was a twenty mile match
race between j. Frank Starbuck of
Lewsburg, Pa, and Fred J. Titus of
this city. The prize was a $1,000 purse,
the winner to be matched against James
Michael in a contest to occur on the
same track on August 21st Titus quit
In the first lap of the seventh mile, say
ing he had stitch in his side, and Star
buck started in for record. He finished
in 41:06.