The herald., 1897-09-27
SMALL CROWD
Greet Sunday Cyclers at
Sacramento
SOME RATTLING GOOD RACES
MAKE THE MEETING A DECIDED
SUCCESS
SOME RATTLING GOOD RACES
Z. A. W. Sanctions Granted-State
League Ball Tossers Play Very
Punk Game-Notes
Associated Press Special Wire.


to the clubs headgear today. The rae
meet held on the Oak park track was
splendid success. The attendance wa
not as great as at the last races, OWN,
chiefly to the prevalence of brisl
breeze, which it was known would rem
der record breaking almost an impossi
bility. and people want to see record
riding.
AS it was there was upward Of thou
sand people, ard they witnessed som,
Of the best racing they had ever seen.
Despite the strong wind there wa.
some swift riding done, and above all
there were exciting finishes in nearly
every heat. In the one-third mile pro.
fessional scratch race, Vaughn of Sar
Diego, made a new coast record in the
first heat-42 3-5 seconds but this wa.
lowered by Downing of San Jose, in the
next heat, who made 1t in AZ seconds
fat
In the California Associated Cycling
Clubs professional handicap race
George Sharick of Tacoma, Wash, one
OF the scratch men, made it in. 2:O7 3-5
In the face of breeze that raised a
cloud Of dust which at times almost OBJ
scured the riders
1t is worthy Of note that in the final
heat Of the one-third mile professional
race those qualified to start represented
Tacoma, San Jose, San francisco and
San Diego, showing from what geo.
graphical extremes riders had been at
tracted to the meet.
The pacemaking in the various heats
(where pacing was required) was by
Mott, Wing, Russ, Sharick, Jones, Ell
ford and Deacon. For this work the
pacemakers were allowed to qualify for
the finals in various events regardless
Of their positions at the finish.
There were but two falls during the
afternoon. In the final of the half mile
amateur scratch event, Russ and
Leitch collided on the back stretch and
the former fell. He received some
bruises and the front wheel of his ma
chine was badly broken. In the final of
the two mile amateur handicap, Bird
sails handle-bars turned within thirty
yards of the finish and he received a
hard fall but was not injured.
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referee. The judges were A. P. Swain.
Charles Albert Adams and Scott Ennis.
Timers, Hadenfeld, Stratton and Christ.
Starter, Robert c. Lennie. Scorers, Geo.
H. Lavenson, Otto Salback and H. A.
Crocker. Announcer, J. E, Little. UNI
pires, W. A. Hubert, A. D. Patterson, o.
Morris and E. A. Garfield.
The committee in charge of the affair
was composed of M. S. Lavenson, c. E.
Wright, L. s. Upson, S, F. Ennis, J. Z.
Little, j. F Mcdonald and, ]. A. Wood
son.
There were large number OF San
Francisco wheelmen present and sew
eral rode over from Stockton, returning
after the races. Everything passed off
without the slightest friction, and ex-
cept for the two spills" mentioned, not
an unpleasant incident occurred. The
audience was composed of some Of the
best people of the city, large proper
ton being ladies'.
Following Is summary Of the various
events and the order in which they oc-
Cured:
Half mile amateur. scratch-First
heat won by George P. Fuller, Olympic;
Walter Leitch, Capital City, second.
Time, 1:04. Second heat won by H. w.
Squires, Acme; P. H. Rosenheim, Re
lance, second. Time, 1:05. Third heal
won by j. Hirsch, Capital City; C. j.
Birdsall, Olympic, second Time, 1:0S 3-5.
Final won by iWng, Fuller second.
Time. 1903 As.
One-third mile, Professionalism
heat won by Vaughn San Diego; Whit
man, Los Angeles, second. Time,
0:42 3-5. Second heat, won by Down
ing, San Jose; Palmer, San Diego, Sec
ond. Time, 0:42. Final heat, won by
Jones; Vaughn second; Sharick third.
Time, 0:45 3-5.
Two-mle, amateur handicap-First
heat won by Theisen, OTTO yards); Wing,
(scratch), second; Wyman, $50 yards),
third. Time 5:25 4-5 Second heat, won
by Birdsall, (75 yards); Wallace. Q5O
yards); second; Hallauer, G5O yacds),
third Time, 4:05 AS. Final heat, won
by Wing, Wyman second, Theisen third.
Time, 4:56 3-5.
One mile, professional, handicap-Won
by Sharick, (scratch; Jones, (scratch),
second; Palmer. Goo yards). third.
Time, 2:O7 3-5.
One mile, championship, amateur and
professional-First heat, won by Mott,
Rosenheim second. Time, 2:20. Second
heat, won by D. E. Whitman, Jones Sec
ond. Time, 2:19 AS. Third heat, won
by Downing, Wyman second. Time,
2:17. Final heat. won by Sharick,
Downing second, Deacon third. Time,
2:2S.
L. A. W. SANCTIONS
BALTIMORE, Md, Sept 26.-Albert
Mott, chairman Of the racing board of
the L. A. W., announces the nation al
circuit race meets sanctioned teday to be
as follows:
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 27; Buffalo, Sept
2S; Detroit, Mich, Oct. and 2; Peoria
ILL.,. Oct. 6 and Z; Racine, Wis, Oct.
and 9; Louisville, KY, Oct. IL and 13;
Paducah, KY, Oct. Is; st. Louis, Mo-,
Oct. 16; Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 25; At
lanta, Ca, Oct. 20 and 30; Jacksonville
Fla, Nov. 10; Bellaire (Tampa), Fla.
Nov. II and 13.
A RACE AT PARIS
PARIS, Sept. 26.--In the eighty kilo
metres cycling race today Chase, tn,
Englishman, beat Bonjurs, the French
man. Chase broke the record for fft,
Kilometres covering the distance ii
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