The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-06

Tom David Again Takes Both tn
Professional Prizes.

Tom David Again Takes Both the
Professional Prizes.
There was a larger attendance at Wash
ngton Park to witness the bicycle races
last night than on Saturday night at the
inaugural meet. The races were fully as
good and the crowd fully as enthusiastic.
Nearly everybody went loaded with fire.
crackers and blank cartridge pistols, and
they kept the Welkin ringing. When the
riders would pull into the stretch on the
last lap of a race the noise deafening.
There was one slight mishap during the
night. Something went wrong at the pow
er house, and it was necessary to shut Oft
the lights for about fifteen minutes While
repairs were made TO the boilers. This oc-
CURED Just previous to the final race. The
crowd, however. took the matter good
naturedly, and seemed TO have as good
time in the dark as before. The band
played its repertory of familiar airs, and
the crowd took them up, and there was a
grand chorus of unsolicited voices following
the music.
The professional races went the same
way as on Saturday night, Tom David win
and was surprised at his own sprint. AT
Lebanon Saturday he received a fall which
skinned his knees badly Saturday night
they were sore but not yet stiff. Last night
he was lame and his knees were stiff. lie
was unwilling TO make an exhibition half
mile, but when it was necessary in the
races in which he was entered he forgot
the stiffness and took the races in
walk" They We're both one-mile open
events The first was a lOafing race. David
set the pace, and set a low one until the
last lap, when he pulled away from the
field. The second race was run in better
time. Slayback kept the lead for four and
a half laps Then David pulled around
him and won by two lengths.
The first amateur event was the one-half-
mile handicap. and it showed the incorrect
ness of the judgment of the Handicapped,
for the limit men never allowed the others
81 fah how pY,A aA1y E~Hf md
places. There We're two men with nifty
yards and one with forty-f1ve. They got
the three prizes. Lee Hibben took the two
htthS of mile event for boys under ffteen
years old from a field of four. In the fourth
event, a mile open for amateurs, there We're
fourteen starters, and they were run in two
heats, the first three men of the fastest
heat and the first two of the other heat to
qualify. The three men were taken from
the second heat, which was run in 2:29 80,
tWo-ffths of a second better than the first
heat. The second heat was the prettiest
race of the night. 1t showed a beautiful
piece of sprinting by Harry Deputy a boy
sixteen years Old who was pitted against
some of the fastest amateurs in the State.
He began the sprint when the last lap was
commenced, and pulled around the field
and took the lead, though Jacob Steinmetz
tried hard to get ahead of him. The sprint
was too fast for him to keep in such COM
pany, and he was overtaken in the stretch
by Singleton and Watson these two riders
and Deputy crossing the tape close together
in the order named.
Fifteen men started in the final race, the
fve-mile handicap This was the only
event in which there was a spill and this
was of little consequence 1t knocked Davis
and SurendOrf out of a chance to win the
race. 1t was in the thirteenth lap, and
Davis was riding high up the bank in the
back stretch, with Surendorf at his wheel.
Davis fell and Surendorf went down with
not get in the mix John Rotach, who
was riding as No. Is, dropped out after COM
pleting the thirteenth lap. The results:
First race; one mile; professional: Tom
David first. George Slayback second, E.
Spring third. Time, 3:11. Ben Lukins, of
Anderson, and c. Smith, of Frankfort, also
Second race; one-half mile; handicap am
ateur: Charles Surendorf 60 yards) first;
He W f 60 S yi4rGds' second M w J.
Other starters: Charles A. Bates (25 yards),
r. c. Bell go yards, James NJ Davis go
Levy Us yards), II. w. Mcbride go yards),
John Rotach (25 yards) Edward Steinmetz
(25 yards, Jacob Steinmetz 90 YARDS F; r.
Hill Us yards), Edward Roll (Scratch( Jap
Clemens (scratch) Lee Heller (scratch), c.
F. Snapp (scratch).
Third race; two-ffths of mile; for boys
under fifteen years old: Hal Hibben first,
Edward Monford second, Ward Dean
third, Newton Devay fourth. Time, :28
Fourth race; one mile; open; amateur:
Deputy first, S. G. Singleton second Chas
Bates third. Time. 2:29 3-5. Final-Single-
ton first L. O. Watson second, Deputy
third Time 22S is. Other starters: j. II.
Woodruff Marshall Levy Edward Stein
metz, John Rotach, Jacob Steinmetz, II.
Muse H. w. Mcbride, c. S. Surendorf,
Lee Heller.
Fifth race; one mile professional: Tom
David first, Slayback second. Lukins third.
Time, 2:25. Edward Spring also started.
Sixth race; five-mile handicap; amateur:
s. G. Singleton (scratch), first; jacob Stein
metz $50 YARDS, ,sec0nd; j. II; WoodTuff
CPS yardsl, third. Time, IA: 59 20. Other
starters: Charles Bates (75), r. G. Bell
Q70 j. NJ. Davis $50, Harry Deputy 800,
George Fosdick Q25), w. j, Helm (200(,
John Rotach Q25), E. Steinmetz GOOD, <.
Surendorf (25O). c. E. Willis C5), Lee
Heller (Scratch.)