The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-05
SCRANTON RIDERS
AT BERWICK RACES
White, Keller, Coleman and Dswklns
Were Prize.Winners.
KRIcK BROKE THE TRACK RECORD
Paced by Keller and Gregory He Re-
duced the Time from 2.I6 to
Minutes--white Defeated Krick IN
the MiIe-Open in 2.2O-.keilor, Next
to Scratch, Wins the Smile Handi-
cap from Fast Field.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Berwick, Pa, July 4.-The Scranton
contingent of bicycle racing men was
very much in evidence here yesterday
at the fourth annual race meet of the
Berwick Bicycle club. Robert V. White,
of Scranton, won the mile open and
was second in the nalf-mile open.
Charles Coleman and Ben Keller, also
from Scranton, won the two and hve
mile handicaps respectively. j. Z.
Dawkins, another Scrantonian, cap
tured the third prize in the fifteen-mile
road race, which started from Blooms
burg, twelve miles below here, with a
three-mile finish on the track.
Fully two thousand persons had as
sembled in the Driving Park when the
road racers began to arrive. The hrst
three to reach the track were Harry,
of Berwick; Dawkins of Scranton, and
Brittian, of Berwick. They were close
ly followed by a large bunch of dirty
and worn-out pedal pushers. The fin-
ish was very exciting, Harry winning
out, with Brittian second and Daw-
kins good third.
Among those qualifying for the half
mile open were Coleman, Gregory,
White and Keller, of Scranton. The
final of this event was won by krick,
with White close second and w. G.
Keller, of Wilkes Barre, third.
The two-mile handicap was won by
Charles Coleman from the eighty-yard
mark. A bad spill occurred in the last
lap of this event. in which five men
went down, including Ben Keller,
short mark man who had just caught
the bunch. Keller's front tire was bad
ly torn, which kept him out OF the
mile open, as a new tire could not be
procured in time for the event. ]. N.
Harry, of Berwick, sustained frac-
tured collar bone in the mix-up.
c. w. Krick, the veteran rider. was
the conceded winner of the mile open
before the event occurred, but White
upset all calculations by developing
phenomenal sprint on the home stretch
and winning from Krick by a full open
| length.
KELLER'S GOOD RACE.
BY far the most exciting event of the
| day was the five-mile handicap, which
was won by Ben Keller, who, with
| Ralph Gregory, was next to scratch. A
| field of twenty-five riders, the nearest
| to them on the 165 yard mark and the
! farthest out at 400 yards, gave Krick,
| Keller and Gregory an exceedingly
hard proposition to solve. krick gave
| it up and rode off the track after the
| third mile but the two Scranton boys
kept at it, catching the bunch at the
| end of the fourth mile.
McMichael broke from the bunch on
| the home stretch and for few sec
| onds looked like a sure winner, but like
| a flash Keller shot out after him, over
taking and passing the Berwick boy
| few yards before the tape was reached,
winning out by good margin.
c. w. Krick broke the track mile
record of 2.16, paced by Keller and
| Gregory, of Scranton, covering the dis
| tance in the remarkable time of 200.
Summary:
Fifteen-mile road race-George Harry.
Berwick, first; Charles Brittian, Berwick
| second; ]. C. Dawkins, Scranton, third; ;
| George Sarley, Berwick, fourth; time,
| 43 minutes 2-5 seconds.
| One-mile novice-Burt Hart, Wilkes
Barre first; Clifford Barton, Hazleton,
second Willard Boston. Berwick, third !;
time, 2S5.
Half-mile open-First heat-Charles
| Coleman, Scranton, first; Budd Moore,
| Williamsport, second; r. A. Gregory,
Scranton. third time, 10il@. Second heat
C. w. Krick. Sinking Springs. first: r.
V. White, Scranton, second; b. f. Keller,
Scranton third; time 104 Is. Final
C. w. Krick, first; r. V. White, second;
w. G.. Keller third: time, 1.13%.
Two-mile undergraduates Coleman,
Scranton, so yards. first; w. F. Nc
| Michael Berwick, 80 yards, second; w.
G. Keller, Wilkes-Barre, 90 yards, third;
r. A. Gregory, Scranton, 20 yards, fourth
time, AL
One-mile open-R. V. White, Scranton
first; C. w. Krick, Sinking Springs, sec
ond; w. +. McMichael, Berwick, third ;
time, 220
one mile exhibition to break track rec
ord of 2.11-Charles w. Krick, tandem
paced by r. +. Keller and Ralph Greg
ory; time, 200.
Five-mie handicap-Ben Keller, Scran-
ton. 20 yards. first: w. F. McMichael'
Berwick. 165 yards, second; Guy Dewitt,
Wilkes-Barre, 225 yards. third; r. A.
Gregory, l25 yarus, fourth; time, 1217.
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