The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01

their time. There was some dispute as to-
certain riders qualifying. Each rider was
given q number which was seWed upon his
back and was also given big tag bearing
the same number. This check was TO be
given TO the checkers at Broad ripple 70
show that the rider had ridden the course.
There were seven riders VINO nnlSned
whose tags did not reach the checkers. one
or Two OF these had been caught oy the
checkers who took the riders number as
they turned at Broad RIPPLE and one OF the
checkers was positive that another of the
problem to be decided, but it was finally
settled on the broad ruling that those VINO
did not give their tags to the checkers mad
failed to comply with the rules OF the race
and therefore were disqualified to win a
prize Fortunately, there were but two or
three of these riders inside the prizes.
There We're several protests mace, puI
they are valuable only for reference IN the
future, as the men, with the exception or
Jones, against who they were made. do
not win anything. L. n. watson mas the
most vigorous Kick coming OF ali. de
was riding a Stearns wheel ana was d
scratch man. He got good start ana be
tween the start and Broad Ripple he passed
riders at every jump; Close with MN fode
r. b. Patterson of NobleSVlle, another
scratch man. They kept up their rapid
gait TO the Fall creek bridge on the return
and there Watson claims Patterson fouled
him He SAYS he was riding behind Patter-
son across the bridge and on TINS slde
he sprinted and was about TO pass MN;
that Patterson seeing he would be beaten
pulled in ahead of him in such way Ihat
his front wheel struck the rear wheel or
Patterson's machine and threw him OH and
broke his bicycle. Several witnesses sent
written protests to the board regarding the
case 1t was claimed by people VINO knew
Patterson's record that he is equal TO such
a trick and that he has fOuled riders this
way before. The judges took no action in
the matter for the reason that, although
the first scratch man to finish, Patterson
did not get inside the prize nst. watson
finished well in spite of his mlshap lie
seized an arrow bicycle from somebody in
the crowd and rode to the tape.
W.
but none of serious consequence. The worst
resulted from collision between Mat Pax
ton and William j. Helm. They were of
the four-minute bunch and had ridden We'll
to the front for about mile When PaXton
started to go around Helm and their ped
ais caught together. Both were pretty
badly bruised. Their wheels were broken
so badly they could not have been rlden
and the men were so badly used up they
A carriage was sent out after
|, them and they were brought
are both bruised and scratched There
were several spills at the start, owing to
the large classes. In both the three and
four minute classes several riders got
mixed at the word and went down in con-
fusion. These accidents We're to be ex-
pected, however, and caused no more Sc
riders while they mounted again or in one
or two instances until they changed brok-
en- wheel for d good one.
ALL RECORDS SMASHED.
The race was good one for several rea-
sons Though the weather was fine. the
road was not at it's best; yet, nevertheless
all previous records were smashed. There
were no less than seven men who beat last
years records for time, and as many more
shaved it pretty closely. The record last
year was made by Otis Low of this city,
in 1886. The winner of the time prize yes
teTGay clipped a minute and forty-one sec
1 y 81 dV1aN
o. was only two seconds slower than the
winner, while II. I'll. hedges, OF Terre
Haute Charles Surendorf, of Richmond,
Jesse G. Pierce of this city, Charles H.
Pease, of this city, and Elva Jacobs, OF
Frankfort, went under 1t by from 2212 TO
Az seconds. The time this year all around
was better than before, everything con-
sidered. The riders finished in better or
der, there being very few minutes differ
ence in the time of the first and last to get
prizes.
The excellent records, some of the deal
ers claim, demonstrate the superiority of
the bicycle of this years model over last
years as well, perhaps, as the development
in the riders 1t also places the Indiana
Memorial day races in the same rank with
the Chicago road races, the 1rV1ngton- Mill
burn road race and the Martin road race
at Buffalo The success of the race also
proves the ability of Frank Erdelmeyer
and those associated with hlm IN manag-
ing such an affair. With the experience
gained by the race of last year ana MS
natural ability and acquaintance with BIZ
cycle men and bicycle matters, Mr.. Erdel-
meyer was able to bring to this city some
of the fastest road riders in the west 10
compete for almost as valuable lou OF
prizes as has ever been hung up for road
race event. OF the 162 men TO enter their
names for competition in the race, only
ten failed to start.
OF the ten who did not respond at the
call of the starter were ID. M. Grimes, OF
Brazil and Edward Raymond, OF this city
Both were kept away on account OF the Ill
ness of their mothers. Grimes had come to
the city and had made a trip or two around
the course and was in good form ana would
surely have made a good showing III the
race for he is one of the fastest ana sur
est of road riders. Sunday night he re-
ceived a telegram saying that his mother
on the first train. Mr.. Raymonds mother
has been i'll with heart trouble for some
time and she had bad attack Sunday.
She was not dangerously i'll yesterday, but
Edward thought she would worry over him
if he should start in the race ana ne staid
at home with her. He is also looked upon
as a crack-a-jack road man. He had a
new wheel made to order for the race and
had shown unusual speed in the trial runs
which he made.
WINNER A NEW RIDER.
Louis Gordon, winner of the first place,
is nineteen years old and has been riding
a bicycle only about a year and this is his
first competition. He lives at 265 West
washington street. He rode a Ben-Hur
wheel. Model 29, fitted with New York
tires. and with so gear. He wins a $100
Waverley bicycle.
Elmer Pierce, the time prize winner is
the Brazil agent of the Hay e Willis Man
ufacturing Company and rode an Outing
wheel in the race. His wheel was of the
style known as Model c. 1t had on it one
Palmer tire and one Defender tire, made
by the Kokomo Rubber Company. The
wheel was geared to S012. Mr.. Pierce is
twenty-five years old and though he has
long been a bicyclist and an enthusiastic
one, he has let others do the racing. He
belongs to a club at Terre Haute and
thinks nothing of riding the distance six
Haute in three-quarters of an hour. He
has made it as low as forty-two minutes
when he was in hurry to meet the club
for an outing, and would then be able to
set them a merry chase for days run