New-York tribune., 1897-12-27
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
POTTER AND HIS FRIENDS CONFIDENT
OF HIS REELECTION.
WITH GrpEoN.s WITHDRAWAL. ELLIOTT IANhN'
TO ABANDON HIS oPPosrTIoN-soME EhD0-
TON NPREDICTIoNs-M1cHAEh fANO
MAN TO BEAT AT HIS STYLE
OF RACING NOTES
AND COMMENTS.


-, No,,onaI Assembly OF the L. A. w"
which will he held al ST. Louis In February. VIZ
was received in this city on Saturday h's"' 81, .a
George D. Gideon who has been pos'eu % -
ling Elliott's candidate TO oppose Po'ter' hau ~
c;ded no, TO run II was said that meenng hau
been held In Philadelphia at which MessFs' D0!'e,
Collins Keenan, and Gideon had been present anu
that the L. A. w magnates OF that Sta'e Hau ue
cjded that the vote OF the State saouid 20 u -1i'
keenan, for first vce-presden on the Potter ''0"e''
The Pennsylvania men have, however pee" "a. "a
nous In the past for political maneuvrins' ou'
local L. A. w politicians seem disposed TO accep'
the truth of tho report when It comes In WIne
and under he ofcal sea- Of i,nnste Hne ,hat Mr.
Elliott w have practically d tbs Sny ce4av W not cut
politicians say that there will be positively a deie e,
that the actual number Of votes cast viii bs nearer
s55 o, this number Mr.. Potter's friends are now TOW
count on 1876 even without Pennsylvania. Il the
slate as now ARRANGED goes ihToGsn u VIII p,e pe
dent: T. J. Keenan, jr.. pennsylvania, nrsI VICE
president: and G. Frank Kireker New-Jersey
The giants seem TO be going to the wall in the
sporting world. Ten years ago the baseball man
ager thought that his players must be OF the bulky
sort and many a promising youngster was allowed
to slip away and become unknown to athletic fame
because his physical stature was not up TO the heaVy
weight limit Of the managers. The medium-sized
man and even the man OF small stature nave como
10 the front In baseball we'll as in other sports
IN recent years This is particularly true OF cy-
cling. Jimmy" Michael. the little Weshnan. nve
feet height and weighing 100 pounds. Is entitled
TO claim the middle-dstance championship OF the
world. Chase the English champion OF the
same class, is slight Of build. being about feet 6
inches in height. and weighing only about one hum
dred and twenty-five pounds. Taylore. the French
champion, who will meet Michael on New Years
appear TO be over seventeen or eighteen years old,
and whose weight does not vary much from mat
etrengiS to push the bicycle so fast and for so
long Is mystery to many Theg nave nronsh' s ana u
from present appearances they VII! continue 10
DO So
M!chaersdefeat o. Chase atMadison Square Garden
on Saturday night was complete and thorough Chase
had any chance at any part OF the game
Michael. with one exception has won every race he
has undertaken In this country in the last TWO
years, and his defeat at Philadelphia was due
entirely TO superior pacemaking so II Is said AS
no has defeated Starbuck so often and IN such
thorough manner. the one defeat at the hands OF
the Philadelphia man has not been charged up
against the little fellow Michael has shown In his
races that he Is superior TO all riders he has met
IN following pace. His pacemaKers no matter at
what speed they may be going, have & never u been
part of his pace. and he follows with the same
225 gait. None of his rivals have been able TO do
the sane ,hng Al lose insir r. pace s s %nen rdes tne
dY edy to siarSuek McDuee Titus and Chase and
10 Bald and Johnson il those iideis ever attempt
to follow the pace that Michael and his pace.
one time thought seriously of becoming jockey,
sa hs r e SAY tnas ne any
bonuses and percentagssa a M from race meets are said
tTavagont and he can retire from nj the track in a
Ws 'qDRsd 66s Th 'es worlds goods
cause Sloane was making more money than he. is
trainer and his mother.
There will be considerable speculation among the
msubers OF tho League and among persons closely
idN dhed with other branches Of sport to see what
action the L. A. W. Racing Board will take in the
matter Of the recent six days race. While some
people do not favor the manner In which the In
vestigation was conducted at the Grand Union
Hotel on Christmas. most people have every conf
dence In the work done by the officials. But there
is no place In modern sport for the six-day bicycle
race. and as the brdia! walking matches of o.den
more modern but equally undesirable six days bi-
shed therefor. N'N "' 'eA'' VIII 10
Conway W. Sans. tho chief consul Of Maryland,
has worked earnestly in the cause Of the L A. W.
and he has made many accommodations for the
cyclists Of his State. Mr. Sans is lawyer and
an enthusiastic wheelman, as we'll as an all-round
sportsman. In speaking Of the coming annual meet
Of the l. A. W.. Mr.. Sans said: There is point
which the League at large well afford to con-
sicer. In some Of the poorer divisions the L. A. W.
worker. find 1t impossible to send delegates TO the
annual meeting OF the organization They have
T1s not hs ne S sssn IN the mr.; st place for those distant
the National organization devisins plan by which
divisions should be paid Of the National treas
Hry sSs OF our brethren from the weaker divisions
L. A. w at large that these men should be present
work sTS af ali oSss Sa'h the n 1a
when asked about the suggestion said that he
would be taken in the matter soon as possible
There 10 at the present time bill before Con-
gress for q charter to build bridge from tho
mainland to Grand Island. in tho Niagara River |
This island contains eighteen thousand acres. and
10 only accessible by boat The boat is little more
than old mud scow that runs when the man in
charge has nothing else to do. Tho distance from
Buffalo to Niagara Falls is twenty-five miles. whle
with bridge to the island and cycle path through
and around II the distance will be shortened to
thirteen miles. This island is ono Of the most
beautiful spots in this part Of the country. and
10000 crossing both branches of the Niagara
driveway Below enabling the rier 70 aVTSs %hs. fno 10
s best sesn e Of the % and e y eys Of the
upper part Of the State much interested in the
e ala sem O O he wo4s
The wheelmen Of Buffalo have been working to get
AS the wsather moderated on Saturday cyclists
hoped for some enjoyable riding yesterday The
heavy snowfall. however put riding out Of the
question for the majority. STILL q few Of the nnost
enthusiastic were on their wheels and threa
members Of the South Brooklyn WheeImen mads
the trip down tho cycle path to Coney Island Tho
snow Yves as discouragng to the skaters as il was
to tho cyclists.
Walter Edgsrly. Of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club
who was run over by a Long Island Railroad train
and suffered the loss OF both Of his feet. was a
spectator at the races at Madison Square Garden
on Saturday Edgeriy expects to have automatic
feet arranged that he will be able again to rids
q wheel. He was wheeled to the Garden In a car
riage.