The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-05
THE NUMBER OF WHEEL MEN At
PHILADELPHIA LARGE AND
STILL INCREASING.
TWO FINE RUNS ON THE ROAD.
CLOSE AND SULTRY WEATHER
FAILED TO SUPPRESS THE CY-
CLERS' ENTHUSIASM.
JOHNNY" JOHNSON MAY NOT RIDE
Minneapolis Boy Injured in a Spill
Most of the Racing Men
on Hand.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug =
| Close, sultry weather characterized the
| openig day of the eighteenth national
meet of the League of American Wheel
| men, but 1t failed to suppress the en-
| thusiasm or lessen the number of ar
rivals. The number of wheelmen al
reaoy registered is far IN excess of any
previous two race meets. and I'D to .
,ate nour tonight every railroad train
olousht additional visitors Prominent
alnoHs looay's arrivals were Albert
MOL OF Baltimore. chairman of the
nDtlohaI racing board; Herbert w.
oltZ' chairman of the Indianapolis
racing BOARD; Abbott Bassett. secretary
and treasurer of the national I. w,
Sterling Elliott, ex-president of the
league, and William H. KIinker. score
tary Of the Associated Cycling Clubs of
New York. A. D. Peck, secretarv-trass
urer of the Massachusetts, division wh,
VIII act as starter in the races. wheel
ed all the way from Boston. G f.
kast, president of the Louisville
League Wheelmen, who will act as
clerk or the course. arrived today. Dur
ing the morning Chairman Mott and
1homas Hare. chairman of the race
meet executive committee, went care
fulIy over the list of entries and ex-
amlned the record of each professional
and amateur. Two entries DELAYED in
transmission were received today. They
were j. Frank Mohler and Andre BouI-
ing. of the City of Mexico. They are
the amateur champions of Mexico and
are reported to be very fast riders
From the first CLEAN of daylight I'M
til long after midnight the asphalted
streets, suburban roads and park
drives were dotted by riders of both
sexes. Although the humidity was
high, the sun was behind clouds most
of the day and lessened the discom-
fort considerably. The first scheduled
run of the meet was started at o'clock
from the national headquarters. Over
1900 riders, many of them women, COW
cred the ten miles to the country club
house Of the Century Wheelmen, riding
along the river drive in Paramount
park and the picturesque Wissahickon
valley. After refreshments the return
to the city was made, and a much
larger number rode out the Lancaster
pike, the finest macadam road in the
country. passing the country homes of
SO-AAN "a L iAioOOlpAIlet NScllAlcSI Cllt-
ZenS.
The Indianapolis delegation, headed
by Mayor Thomas Taggart, Post
master Rahm, and Superior Court
Judge Hackney, of Shelbyville. spent
nearly all of last night and all of the
day securing pledges for the '9S meet.
This morning Omaha began to rival
their efforts, headed by w. J. Shrader,
Edgar B. Henderson and L. T. Broad
stone
By midnight many of the racing
cranks had made their appearance.
Most of them went Immediately to the
track at Willow Grove, fourteen miles
from the city, and established them
selves in their quarters. Johnny"
Johnson, of Minneapolis. met with an
accident last night and may not be able
to enter. He was being paced on the
Willow Grove track, by Jack" Lind
ley, when the latter's rear wheel broke
and threw Lindley. Johnson spilled"
over him and severely bruised his
right side. Lindley was slightly
scratched.
Special attention is being given the
women visitors by an auxiliary COM
mittee of local wheelwomen. Head
quarters have been opened in the Odd
Fellows temple, across from the ma
tional headquarters. Tomorrow night
fete will be given in their honor at
Belmont mansion in West Paramount
park Word was received today that
the first section of a large delegation
of New York City riders left Jersey
City this morning on bicycles to at
tend the meet.
Between thirty-five and forty of the
New York riders arrived here shortly
after z o'clock. The few that dropped
out came in later by train. The run
was paced by J, F. Starbuck, but no
attempt was made to break any record.