New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-09

MONDAY, AUGUST y, l
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
END OF THE ANNUAL L. A. w. MEET.
ATHLETIC CLUB RIDERs-KIsER. MERrENS
AND 1orGuEAp WIN THE PROBES
SIGNAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WANNA AHEAD OF NETWORK
IN THE L. A. W.
MEMBERSHIP.
The National meet Of the League OF |.,"e
Wheelmen for the year 1897 Is thing OF 'he pa'.'
md Philadelphia for the first time IN Il weeA 10
quiet ms Of yore Not since the Centennial mas tne
Quaker City presented such an a!pearn 'ce as - ~
las, v,o.L Tho merchants tradesmen. politicians
and society worked in unison make the thousands
Of visitors enjoy themselves and to ehaoie '"e" W
take TO their various homes kindly thouk"'' " -
town founded by William Penn They succeeu.u
nobly. and they are now Of the opinion tha' inc
outside world will no longer refer 70 'ni' o ,
expression "as slow as Philadelphia" the various
committees in charge of the meet did their WORK
WELL and the visitors left the cy for n,non that ali
rennrds had been broken in point OF attendance en-,
husasm and sport The racing was eXc cen ~
Whom n'e so much was expected did nothing while
several dark horses won the prizes ycinS Clubs
which had ought ,sot haze sSs %aSe
deal Of but i Is the Money and it
will naturally take the lions share OF t a WioW
Grove Track on Friday Of eighteen thousand and OF
hrty-two thousand on sat ~ ,ha YEAR ear
The friends Of Bald Gardiner. Powell and Dawson
were disappointed at the showing OF their iavor'eS
Bald went to the meet the favorite. after MS "oh
derful racing at Manhattan Beach track on the pre-
ceding Saturday and many thought ne wouu e"S''s
hold his own and capture at least two or three VI
the championships as well as the one-mie open
for which the best prize OF the meet was onereu,
While Bald was we'll up in nearly every neat anu
final he did win single race at the meet. ne
was much chagrined at his poor success ana the
chances are that he will settle down 20 careful
training and take better of himself than ne mas
been doing The real heroes of the meet in the pro-
fesscnal class F. J. Loughead. the Canadian
and Earl Kiser. of Dayton. Loughead belongs 10
the Morgan g. Wright team and kiser 10 the spaId-
mile championships on Friday with rare purst n oI
speed but the exerton was TOO mucn 1r n, o ap
ing Skater his i trainer said on Friday that Tough
a4 was in perfect a shs cr and the nn race said
When put Lopghead on his wheel 1 '6 6nHs sbo et
M Main ne thS pasv when he grasped the handle
bars. ana ! knew that he all right He was
k KEY nns Sh u" 10 fns d as" and he viii
heard during the Of int the and his
mate Mercns not far behind Each sh 5 bof
mile National championship and the one mile oren:
The .arg"st purse Of the meet Went 70 me winner
in the latter Kiser captured each OF the races
in impressive style.
ono OF the most sensational contests OF the meet
was the race for the emile championship In this
race Bald was determined to win back some Of his
lost laurels. II such thing was possible, and ne
was prepared with unusual care by his handlers
lie held a good position throughout. and coming IN
10 the stretch he went around on the outside and
showed in front for an instant. The throng knew
that the white streak was Bald and set I'D mighty
ven lad wins" But he did not. Mertens was on
ihc inside and he was travelling along n, gait
that fairly devourcd space Bald wavered near the
from Minneapolis won with something 10 spare n, IN
the best time ever made In race Of that sort Mer
professional races were won by o. l.. Stevens and
Mcfarland. the Californian.
The struggle of the amateurs was Just earnest
although medals and rinkets offered for prizes
instead OF cash. The critics expected that Powell
OF New-York: Dawson. OF New-Jersey. and Peabody
OF Chicago would capture OF the prizes. All
were more less Of disappointment. Powell being
the only of the lot to capture race. and that
the two-mile. which his friends counted on the least
He was well liked in the third-mile. halfmile and
mile races. Dawson was not IN his best form. and
Tr,z OF the Riverside Wheelmen who rides
Cleveland. won the one-mie championship for New
pionsh.ps. the first She has ever had. b c. Haus
man. the New-Haven rider. who Is member OF the
Harlem Whecmen. captured two frsts by winning
the one-mie open and the two;mIe handicap. Ray
Murray of Pleasant Valley. ~ y captured the one,
work the rest OF the season The entire West capt,
Chicago winning the third-Of-a- mile open.
One drawback 10 the meet the facilities for
reaching Willow Grove The track Is the fastest
In the country. as shown in the races and In
the time trials but as It Is fourteen miles from the
heart Of philadelphia. It days journey to
make the trip either by the trolley or by the
Reading road 1t was long after o'clock when
some of the enthusiasts got back to their hotels on
Saturday night. worn out and dusty. Possibly that
attendance of 5000 was not expected by the rail-
road officials There Jam at the Reading ter
ninal on the way to the track and the jam was
rcn VIZ TIE biv conrtc to the track from Pha-
delphia deferred many riders from making the Jour
dephia for their homes yesterday. The century
riders for This ey are1 prom3 ana bn rycs
started for Atlantic city between and clock In
fore the heat of the forenoon.
There was much talk at tho meet at the absence
% Isaac g. Potter the president Of the League.
who is on a tour through Europe. His enemies
made all the capital possible of his absence and
they were MOI slow to say that the New-York man
had made the mistake of his life in not attending
the most important meet In the history OF the
League While they say that the rumors OF
combination between Massachusetts and Pennsyl-
vlnia to elect George d. Gideon president are not
true. there are many who maintain that such a
deal has been discussed at length. Potters friends
are legion and they confident that II their chief
desires a recollection he have It for the asking
They maintain that Potters work stands out IN bOd
relief and that when the work Is brought 10 the at
lcnion OF the thinking members OF the DIVISIONS the
president Will not lack supporters. MT Gideon NM
self says that he does not desire the presidency
There IL a candidate In the Massachusetts division
who does Pennsylvania Will prove to be n power
in League affairs hereafter. az the gain IN mefnDer-
has been passed and the total membership OF the