Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22
last year remain in the old ranks leaving
plenty Of room for new men to come to the

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plenty Of room for new men to come to the
front.
Fred Sims was the first of the local men
to Join the ranks of the pros. and he was
| followed by George Ball. On top OF these.
| Nat Mudd announced his intention of join
| ing the ranks. Billie Sims will undoubtedly
| go over before the season ends. and on top
OF this comes the announcement that Harry
| Greer and George E. Smith will undoubt-
edly turn professional a tandem team.
| There are also a good many who make the
prediction thai Schade will be in the pro-
| fessional ranks before the close of the
year, but this appears to be an annual an
| nouncement. In addition to these. John
Lawson will train In this city. and prob
| ably spend the eater part of the season
in this vicinity. while Charlie Church. the
| speedy Philadelphia. is also making this
place his training ground Frank Waller.
| the flying Dutchman. is also expected to be
| in the city to train and ride. The an
nouncement made in this column last week
| that Lawson and Waller. as tandem
| team. would challenge any team in the Dis
trict has created considerable talk 1t is
| understood that the Sims boys will make a
| tandem team and accept the Challenge.
Greer and Smith are also expected to take
| some notice of the same, and this fact may
| hasten them in turning professionals.
| In the amateur ranks there are not many
| men of any prominence. Paul Won Boeck-
| man announces that he will ride an
| amateur. Z. l.. Wilson who showed up so
| well toward the close of last season. will
| also probably continue in the ranks. II.
| W. Clum is also likely to remain an anna
| teur, as is also II. w. Hardister. J. Wal
ter Thompson may. perhaps. be seen on
| the track this season, though 1t is under
| stood that he will not do much training.
Bayard Wrenn is also apt to stay with
| the bunch. Throop, the little East Wash
| ington boy, is said to be a candidate for
| horrors, and little Leo Voigt. the youngster
| who made such a creditable showing in
| the twenty-mile road race of the Washing
| ton Road Club last year, is also slated for
1 Oh ynrE 10 n M
| Der of other names that might be men
| toned. From these and others a team of
| three will have to be picked TO represent
| the city in the race for championship hon.
| orS with Baltimore.
The announcement conveyed in the press
| dispatches of the performance of Henry
| Smith Of Baltimore. a member of the Mary
| land Century Cycling Club, who. in per-
| Torrance last Sunday, rode 314 miles in
| twenty-four hours, is somewhat mislead-
| ing. Smith is given the credit of establish
| ing an American twentyfour-hour road
| record. which is not the case. His course
| was on the shell road just east of Bali-
more. In twelve hours he rode 10 miles.
| and at the end of twenty-four hours had
| ridden 314 miles. His actual riding time
was something over twenty hours.
| The performance of Smith does not equal
the ride of e. c. Yeatman. formerly a
member of the Washington Road Club Of
this city, who was accidentally killed sew
| eral years ago while hunting in Virginia.
On the Conduit road course Yeatman rode
! 331Ia miles within the twenty-four hours,
clearly breaking the record held by John
| ]. Fister. then of the Georgetown Cycle
Club, who In an attempt short time be-
! fore rode over 81 miles in the time. In
| both cases neither of the riders had as
| much resting time as did Smith. The Bal
| timore rider went against the Maryland
| twenty-four-hour road record, and he was
! successful in breaking this by good mar
| gin. He also established a state road
| record for ten. twenty, fifty. 100 and 300
| miles, but so far as breaking any national
| record is concerned, the reports are err
| roneous.
One thing that will be noticeable this
/ year will be the large number of white
| enamel wheels that will be ridden at the
local race meets. AS one cyclist expressed
| it, there will probably be ten white wheels
TO one of any other color, though this may
| be slightly exaggerated. One thing IL
| certain, however, and that is most OF the
prominent local racers will have white
| wheels their mounts. all being employed
| by the same manufacturers. who in news
paper parlance have made scoop on the
other dealers.
The state meet of the Maryland division
of the League of American Wheeimen will
be held July 2. and at Frederick As
stated in The Star last week a mail vote
was taken of all of the members of the
division. the result of which was an
nounced Thursday morning. Frederick re-
ceived nearly all of the votes cast, and the
honor of holding the meet was awarded
| 20 the hust!ng and enterprising cyclists
of that town and vicinity. The wheelmen
| of that vicinity can be relied upon for hold
| ing an excellent meet. in which many Of
the local riders will undoubtedly partici-
| pate. The town wanted the meet of last
year. but after a strong fight Cambridge
secured the honors. The state meet of last
| year was not such financial success as
was expected. though such will hardly be
| the case this year.
By an official order from Chairman Mott
E. E. Clapp formerly of this city, and ex-
captain of the Arlington Wheeinien. has
been reinstated. The order was issued re-
Gently. and the. many friends Of the old
Washngtonian were glad of the good
news. Clapp's father still resides in this
| city. though the son is employed in Boston,
Mass. The facts of the case leading up to
the suspension of Ciapp are doubtless ia
| miliar to a good many of the local riders.
the matter having been published several
times. He was suspended for two years
and six months. the date of the same end
ing May 1 of this year. There are a good
| many people in this city who firmly be-
leve that Clapp was not given a fair trial,
his suspension being effected by George E.
Gideon, who at the time was member of
the racing board, in charge of this dis
trict, H. E. Raymond being chairman of
the racing board. On the day that Clapp's
suspension was announced he was at a race
meet in Philadelphia and rode magnifi-
cent race, defeating Wallie Sanger and
number of other cracks. He was at the
| time a speedy rider, and gave promise of
developing into a fine racer. 1t is under
stood that during his suspension he has
been riding. and will again appear on the
track. though 1t is doubtful IL he will follow
the cycle path regularly.
The Decoration day race meet at Balti-
more will be held Saturday. May % at the
Electric Park. This will give the local
riders an opportunity to compete in
these events and return to this city and
enter the big meet of the cycle board of
trade on Monday. There are in all five
races on the program, which include
mile novice; half-mile open, professional:
one-n.ile open, amateur: for club team
championship; two-mile handicap. amateur,
and ha.f-inile open. amateur. The prizes
for the professional race are: First, $50
second $685. and third. $40. For the club
team championship the George n. Pierce
trophy, valued at 500. Counting this, the
total value Of the prize list is S40S.
A good many Of the local clubs have re-
ceived entry blanks and Invitations to par
ticipate in the sixth annual Martin road