The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-24

this track late In August that Eddie Bald
was selected ny Asa Wlndie To take the
place of Austin Crooks. The latter today
won the mile handicap, his first tasto Of
the money since the start OF the circuit.
Crooks was at the limit l30 yards. but
won his race In the stretch from fourth
position, coming down the stretch.
Twenty-Five OF 80 entries In the mile
handicap started, with Fred Mcfarland
on scratch and Newhouse and Steenson
on back marks. None Of the three worked
up anywhere near the 'front.' Crooks
winning the race in minutes l3 seconds,
remarkable time. even from his mark.
The track was another neck breaker. like
Syracuse, with path foot wide for the
men To ride on, and with little show fur
man back In the finishing sprint. Nc
Farland, Frank Butler, q. X. knight,
Bald. Fred Titus and Maya qualified for
the final OF the mile open, starting In the
final In order named from the pole out
Frank Butler fought the pace Bald,
Titus. Mcfarland, Maya and knight fol-
lowing On the back stretch Mcfarland
went up, then Knight followed and lead
ing into the home stretch Frank Butler
regained his lead and was coming finely
down the home stretch. Eddie Bald was
In the ruck. but made the going inside
on the pole, and with the dust living
round him he came through and gained
the victory by q foot while Titus flew
up wide in the dust and gained third
position from Mcfarland. IL was pretty
finish, although Cooper was absent hav-
ing lett for Philadelphia yesterday. The
summary
Half mile open. amateur, J. A. Powell,
New York A. O., won; Ray Dawson, Nav
York A. G., second; George Reith, New
York.. third. Time minute 10 10
seconds
Mile open, professional, Bald won
Frank Butler second. Fred TITUS third.
m 1.h
Mile handicap, professional, Aust
Crooks Buffalo, won; Sam BROCK, w
yards, second; w. j. Helfert, 30 yards
third; 90 Tuttle, 80 yards, fourth. Time
= minutes l3 seconds.
Mile open, amateur Ray Dawson, y. Y.
A. c.. won; j. A. Powell, n. Y. A. c.,
second L. Tow, Troy third. Time .
minutes 80 90 seconds
Mile handicap amateur, A. 5. Lee,
Cohoes, 30 yards. won; III. Y. Bedell. 40
yards. second; 4. p. Low. Troy. 10 yards,
third. Time 2 minutes 24-3-5 seconds
Another record was broken at the races
on the Charles River Park, Boston, last
evening. 1t was In Tho final OF tho mile
tandem handicap event. The scratch
men, V. Eokberg and j. i. Casey OF Wor-
cester, covered the mile in zoo go This
Is 2-5 OF a second lower than the previous
record held by the Urquhart brothers. who
established the American mile amateur
tandem competition record on the Charles
River Park last fall.
Another feature OF the meet was the
pursuit race between Monte Scott and w.
j.. Becker. The majority OF the specta-
tors expected Becker would win, no being
the fve-mile unpaced champion OF this
country. Scott led from the start and
despite Becker's bursts of speed mt times,
he was unable to gain but a few yards.
They rode the entire five miles. and were
frequently applauded by the fair sized
crowd. Scott made the distance In IL
min. 40 Sec, and Becker's time was IL
min. 40 l-5 SEQ The purse was s75
In the third milo open professional race
there were close finishes. Gately's sprint
ON the back stretch in the first heat was
feature which won him first place.
Watson Coleman came down the home
stretch In elegant style, finishing second.
Reynolds had things about his own way
In the second heat, and Mosher shot over
the tape with few feet margin for second
position. The final was handsome
struggle. Gately barely got first, and
Newton had but few inches To spare for
second, while Mosher glided in for third.
The mile tandem handicap amateur
race was fairly exciting. Hills and mate.
l.. g. Cbesboro of Providence, from
scratch, rode around the field, and won
T by 10 feet.
The third mile handicap professional
-
100-yard handicap
The team race between the Metropolitan
Wheelmen and the Walthams was not run
inside the time limit OF five minutes, the
time being made being 400. The Metro
politans scored IL points and the Wal
thams 10. The Cadet Cycle Club triplet
team of amateurs attacked the mile rec
ord, but failed to reduce It, They made
the mile In 2. o. Id.
The summaries:
Tbird-mile open, professional final
beat-F. A. Gately. first; q. X. Newton,
second; ii. T.. Mosher, third. Time
Al 2-5.
One-mile tandem, handicap. amateur
V. Eek berg and j. Il. Casey, Worcester,
scratch, tirst; Il. Ehlick. Pruviderce, and
4. A. Reagan, Waltham. 15 yards, second
ii. Taylor and 4. Taylor, Roxbury, 20
yards. third. Time Pm. 2-5s.
Mile handicap, professionally. w.
Fierce, 100 yards. first; A. w. Porter, 40
yards, second; Watson Coleman, 60 yards,
thiru; Frank Mayo, 120 yards, fourth.
1ime-2m. IL 2-5s.
The Metropolitan championship lawn
tennis tournament was continued yester-
day on the courts OF the West Side Tennis
Club New York. The feature OF the day
was the two double matches. in which
che cracks participated. IL was George
Wrcnn's first appearance this season, and
although the champions brother showed
lack of practice, his brilliant strokes of
last year were much in evidence. Millett
also played his usual clever game, while
Fischer and Parker completely outclassed
their opponents.
There are only five men left In tho
scratch singles, and two more of these
were dropped by the wayside yester-
day. Fischer plays Pnret today,
and the winner will meet Millett for a
place in the finals
In the other side of the draw, Parker
will play Davidson, the Washington ex
perts, this afternoon In the semi
inal round for the other place In the
FINALS. The scores:
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES.
First round-E. A Crowninshiold beat
ARTHUR Taylor by default
Second round-W. u. Parker bent Dr.
h. H. Haywood, 81, 6--3. j. &. David
son beat L. A. Crowninsbisld. 6--3. Ga
CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES.
First rounds. G. MilIett and q L.
vrpun Jr heat Arthur Iaylor and