The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-01
Big Cycrsr. at Manhattan Beach

New York, July 31-At the Manhat-
tan Beach cycle track this afternoon the
triple contest which was begun a few
days ago at Bay City, Mich. between
Bald, Kiser and Cooper, the professional
cyolers, was Drought to a conclusion.
I Cooper was there, but was a disnterest-
ed party. as the other competitors had
each won a neat in the struggle for the
thoussnd-douar purse in Michigan.
These two deoi5ed TO abide by the re-
sull of the one-mile scratch race for pro-
! fc15iona,s this afternoon. and Bald won,
( thus securing the 81 600. as we'll as
| 500 prize for today's race.
The Riverside wheelmen had their
! sixteenth annual race meet at the Sea
/ side track today. and attracted fully s.,
900 people. with a program which bore
/ the names OF the best amateur and pro-
I fessional riders in the country.
The one-mile. professional scratch
race was run in five trial heats. two
semi-finais. and a final The latter was
reserved for the last event OF the day.
Bald and Kiser, who had qualified in
the trial heats. were among the start
ers. There were eight contestants. and
I
Bald, Taylor. Hoyt. Gardiner. Cooper
and Titus in the order named after they
had traversed half the first Zap. On the
second lap Kiser, Bald. Gardner. Coop
er. Titus and Jenny ran I'm the order
named behind the pacenaker. Jenny
went high on the bank and shot into
first place as he passed the stand al
The beginning OF the third and final lap.
His lead was short-lived. however. and
ne fell back 20 sixth place in the next
COO yards. The finish was a beautiful
one. with Bald and Kiser working very
hard in the last 100 yards. Bald cut
away fifty yards from home AMI beat
the Ohio man out by length or
wheel. Cooper was the same distance
behind Kiser. with Taylor close Up In
fourth place Baid's victory vas very
popular, and he received an ovation
when ne rode past the stand after max
ing a circuit OF tAe track
The final neat OF the Jvo-rnile hand
can for professionals created a great
deal % excitement. Mcfarland 81 Call
f,~nia. the scratch man. overlook his I
fald before he had gone mile and :
STAYED IN q gOoi position until the last 4
Lao. when ne moved up and came /
through SplandIdlv On re turn into I.
the stretch. he pushed 70 the f-ont and /
seemed 70 have TIE race won twenty /
hv, wards from the fnisa. J1st then r 4
@ Havt Y Boston. Who mad an allow
an-e os 50 Yards. Jumped cut after The i
le7Aer ani caught him a, the fuis1 LIE.
y ming BY about three inches. When
Z. was announced that Hoyt had Won.
ana ne Judges mad placed M-Fsrianf
second. there vas howl % ind. gnatlon
from taos. in the grand stand. Fully
tgvo-thirfs q the spectators thought
NcFa..anI had w'n- AM trey persist
81 p Kissing the announcer. wh3 desist-
% in sis en1-:s tor a Nhiie. until TIE
sp--,a .o-s GAINED down T. those who
were c--se t- the huish u zss very pis n
mat the Boston man had Just managed
20 snatch the victory from the Cell
f,~n.an. ard the later. while ri5iGE
around alter ne race. sc<n7zledzei
that ne eastern naan bs5 bsa.en nina
Summarizes
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? NcFsr-zu1 san JoSe Cal
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