The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
BAY C|TYS
CHALLENGE
OLYMP|CS
Will Race Over Again for
Fun, Money or
Marbles.
NOW TIRED OF TALKING
Any Time, Any Men or Any
Course Will Suit the Vic.
torious Club.
NOW TIRED OF TALKING
CAPT. DAYS SWEEPING OFFER.
Claims That Ed Kragness Was Not
Eligible to Ride in the
Great Relay.

The blood of the Bay City Wheelmen is
up, and the club intends TO call down the
racing element of the Olympic Club in a
manner that will settle for all time the
trouble over the recent relay, and put an
end to the talk that has been flying back
and forth ever since the great event was
won and lost.
1t is a fat proposition now of "put up
or shut up, and the challenge that is
herein put forth admits of no about the
bush" tactics.
The Bay Citys, through Captain Day,
their spokesman, say that they will race
the Olympics over again for fun, money or
marbles, al any time and under any con-
ditons.
"It is time this bluff game of the Olym-
pics came TO an end" said Captain Day,
land we will give them a chance to regain
their lost laurels that they cannot well
ignore.
They say that they think they have
the best team, and were not beaten on the
square; that they are willing to race
again, but do not believe they can drag US
into any kind of contest. Frank Fuller
is quoted as saying this, and no doubt he
did, but he knows better.
ITO make these kickers come to time or
forever hold their peace, we will do this:
We will race them at any time for fun, for
$500, or even $1,000, giving them the same
team they had before, or any team they
can choose from among their mem bers.
We will race them over any course they
can pick out. the same relay course pre-
ferred, and let them take their time TO
prepare.
Moreover, we will bet them 500 that
they dare not make race for $500 side,
ana as much more that We beat them as
far as we did before.
''Of course we would not put up the
trophy we have fairly won, for it is right
fully ours, and We value it highly, but we
are open 10 any other reasonable PROPOSE
ton. If they are so anxious Tor race az
they say, let them race for the mere sport
and see which is the cham pion club. That
would suit US, and it wouldn't cost them
a cent except for the training of their men.
'All this talk of tricKery and not living
up 10 the rules is rot, and is hurting the
sport IN the eyes OF those who have the
interests OF bicycling at heart. All We
say is, Race again or stop talking.
''The more they talk the more lnforma- a.
ton we get as to the iI.eligibilIty of the
men they raced to contest in such an
event. Take. for instance, Ed Kracness,
who rode the eighth relay for them. He
is an employe of the club, and there is a
law OF the organization that when a men,
Der becomes an employe he must resign
his mem bership. So Kragness must have
been ineligible.
Talk about tricks-look at the way
they stuffed Edwards in two years ago.
To ride in the race required sixty days
actual mem bership In the participating
club. Edwards had only been member
for ten days when the race took place, and
knowing that if they won protest and
investigation might reveal this, they
tackled his name on the end of list voted
on several months before in an effort to
gull US into believing that he was OF sixty
days standing. If that is not tricky work
then what do you call it?
''If any authorized representative of the
Olympic Club will call on me at any time
l will be glad to see him and ARA nge q
race"