The sun., 1897-11-10
CYCLING.


team Of American racing men to Aus
tria next year to compete in the worlds
championship races, to be held in Wen
na under the auspices Of the Internation-
al Cyclists Association
Church and Fowcr rode an
tandem on Saturday at the W "r o'
track, covering the distan' ''''" "'o'e
~ seconds e N ! h'''fu'e
A New York y
is engaged upc ,~er', W. Ii. Anderson.
riding 100 >4thte seli-mposed task OF
sccutive .s&s every night for % con-
ed r. .~<N.ts, and has alsnsIdy celebrat-
.r'hilrics in ths fashiofl'
EHs]'ugh Lee Smith, til. SAyear-oIu son
'"TN-Policc Ii eutenant Smith OF Gam
den, is one Of the brightest little fellows
in New Jcrsc =. lie is an expert cyclls''
and besides being trick and fancy rider
of rare ex' e,lcnce, has won cons'deraoe
rcnowna "a long distance rider Altt'e
Mr.. smi IA las ridden ten century ru'ls
and m n, t,se trip to Atlantic City ana
retur tsx,, SHINES without showing the
least kaigst and
| T Usank Mcdaniel, OF this city, and
+ arlk l,ampman, the veteran RACING
y ,m,. ,ett Washington yesterday morning
Il, ,the face OF downpour OF ram anu
s,r,o,p wind for a trip awheel 10 Nc"
- Notk CITY in search OF a record. -,
=. 'thhe start was made from the IaPno,
~" ,i,,a;,r in the presence of u large croWo
'ee, nc 20 H. ~ was $ o'clock when McDanieps pace
'"" ,,,lers started off, with the Wilmington
,as, ' ian in hot pursuit, and as the rloels u's
,,,. appeared from view those VINO s'''', ~,
~" s 70 see the start shook their heads anu a'
''.H aar.ed that in view OF the rain wh.cn
.lo was bound to render the roa's ,nIe
nar M and heavy, both Dampman ana Mcpai'.
W. n,. 10, would fail in their record-oreak'iis
''oe st+omnt An hour later Dampmah
rno,nted his wheel and prepared tor the
Mrs. st,r. w. S. Ray, the well-knowh pro-
VINO foss;onal racing man Of this city was
.o:. selected to pace him out OF "as'',''s,'n' 49,,
g'h." fresh pacemakers being stationed "'ons
ao- the line. Ray started out at zin'',ei-
'e, oy man clip and in less time than 1t takes
o-day .o toll was taking Dampman through the
If the W .e'l .,;nstorm in rccord-breaking
, fashion. lilac fr,n
IN inc the starting point, Dampnan p'sSe' W. W.
D,n;o] who lad given up the race VI.
some n"n;ol ] u,s covered with mud from heao
ite the to foot and his wheel was sight Damp
yester- man continued, shaking his pacenaNe's'
"',a .,r,;nued on to PerryviIe, this sde
Of perrvvile, Nd, where he aee''eu y,
give ND, seeing that to continue wou'' ''
~, useless. ., hr
one OF Cvorvttiny was against the riders pu
'rhlon', thew made gallant attempt 10 ae'on
shou" n,;sh their self-imposcd and glor!-seef
vi "m ,'"m' ing task. As soon as 'he ~es'"s ',h' m
''>s' "'' roads improve they Will nl@Ae "''''''>
tha r' trial ,,0,1v Il
me ana vounec,t bicycle racer in the world.
was born on December 8, lsSl' anu
2 to get be sixteen years old next "onth' !
Several s,,rtcd racing in 1895, but 4id not
but that ,,,,ob IN account of his extrtme you'
y ON the He won four first, eleven seccnd anu III
would third prizes this season, total 'l '"e., e
9 Of the % s,a tho value of which Is near "
to-: III; a:; z:%s;: ?::: s:': ;ss'Ss mile RECORD
IN go ou' 50 2.5 seconds. ~
3. Tie experenced cycler I'll u 10.
fielding culty in turning his head to Nse' S'''
ips when going ON to the side or behind. niin'1
edly Gin n.,rntly being able to look. ql se1
the con- irctuns at once. The cool ana
les had its u,is,d manner a cycler trcadh his
8 fielding. through thick traffic shows. ,ii,s or
{ the Bal to be thoroughly experienced:
ong with look at the cro"ueo s''eo's ~ w.
,,oro trim niayer looks at the board, and zig
ant the situation in advance, Not
s. +.., htravs inexperience more than
a,;o,o movements Of the novice's head whe
- =, ar she is riding Oh a crowded street.
49,. ~, look nervousy first one way and
.sa no,,,np the other, everywhere but the
=. .,.an place. The result is that the couE
;. =, :. the wheel is equally erratic, the.
NJ" A''" cause Of the majority of collisions
=, Nv :..,a. n Now that he is in the middle-dls
WV u.;u game John s. johnson wants to get
~. ,,,ess match with Michael, at from te
ann 1,t hit twenty miles, paced, and he VIII
the plate. A!''''''' eo"o ''no ,t ~ 4
'''''''. o.' of the American Cycle Racing Ass
pople at San .:a. ,nd Dave shafcr, Mchael's |
n.'.''''o' ,n.- ger. Gardiner, too asplIes to Il
" /" !" :. with Michael, but is also open for
Warren Will with McDuffee, Starbuck orr Titus
lie I. OF !. cannot get race with one OF the
uel Abrams il ;s likely that he will try concli
'e bes' teaii' with johnson.
ochoo' WIS Jimmie Michael, the Welsl, M
nave Wv" attempted to ride twenty miles III
nave nav -" minutes last night, at Atlanta, ana
Law School I.,,, :. he. f,r tho fact ,ha
IN home this nov. s,.,..,.oa ,,a .,,,rel,ed him t(
team will be p"> ~ a.;t;ool t;,,o Time. 40 mi
lie who can NJ :. ,,,as Add;e Raid. the