The herald., 1897-08-01
Set by the Wheelmen at
Denver
ONE MILE AMATEUR TANDEM
GOES BELOW THE TWo-MINUTE
MARK
Last Days Races at Aqueduct Park.
The Winners Of the National
League Ball Games
Associated Press Special Wire.

DENVER, Col, July 31.-This was a
great day for record breaking. s. G.
Meixell rode for the twenty-four hour
record, unpaced, covering 1923 miles.
Amos B. Hughes rode two miles, un-
paced, in 4:24 2-5. lowering the profess
sional record of 4:29.
| G.. A. Maxell established a record for
the half mile, paced, flying start, of 55
seconds.
Joe He'll lowered the amateur unpaced
record for two-thirds of mile from 1:26
1-5 to 1:21 1-5.
One mile, Observation-Disclosures
won, Maxwell second, Mills third; time,
2:14 3-5.
| Two-thirds of mile, professional
Himstreet won, Maxwell second, Gam
mon third; time, 127 rs.
One mile, amateur, tandem-Becker
and Himstreet won, Maxson and West
land second, Zinn and Smith third; time,
1:5S LA worlds record.
Half mile, fessional-HiMstreet
won, Mills second, Collins third; time,
1:04.
NEW YORK WHEELING
NEW YORK, July 31.-At the Manhat-
tan Beach cycle track this afternoon the
triple contest which was begun a few
days ago at Bay City, Mich, between
Bald, Kiser and Cooper, the professional
cyclers. was brought to conclusion.
Cooper was there, but was disinterest-
ed party, as the other two competitors
had each won heat. These two decided
to abide by the result of the one mile
scratch race for professionals this after
noon and Bald won, thus securing the
$1,000, as we'll as $100 prize for today
race.
The Riverside Wheelmen had their
sixteenth annual race meet at the Sea
side track today, and attracted fully
5000 people.
In the one mile professional scratch
race the final five trial heats, two semi
| finals and a final, there were eight con-
testants, and they got off together, with
| Kiser, Bald, Taylor, Hoyt, Gardiner,
Cooper ard Titus in the order named.
The finish was a beautiful one, with
Bald and Kiser working very hard in
| the last hundred yards. Bald cut away
| fifty yards from home and beat the Ohio
man out by length of a wheel. Coope,
was the same distance behind Kiser.
| Two mile handicap, professional
Won by Hoy, F. A. Mcfarland of San
Jose, Cal, (scratch) second, B. Oldfield
third; time, 4:4S is.
One mile scratch, Professionalism
by E. c. Bald. Earl Kiser second, Tom
Cooper third; time, 2:10.
AT PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, July 31-The five
mile match race between J. F. Starbuc!s
and c. Church took place this afternoon
at Willow Grove. The former won in the
fast time of 113S.
Mile open, professional-Wo by C. S.
Wells of California; time, 2:2O 2-5.
| One mile professional handicap-Won
by c. Turville; time. 2:O7.
Ten miles, handicap - Starbuck
| (scratch) won, C. S. Wells O25 yards)
second, W. Simms Goo yards) third
time, 24:06 2-5.
AT THE HUB
| BOSTON, July 31.-The multicycle
race at Charles River park set 1000 spec
tators wild. The eextuplet was victori-
Gus in two straight heats. In this race
new triplet record for the mile was
made by Michael and his partners in
I1:46
! One mile race, purse-Fred Loughead
won, A. c. Mertens second; time, 2:O4 AS,
1855 2-5.
One mile open, professional-Won by
E. A. Duffee, Nat Butler second, F. But
Ter third; time, 2:11 1876.
One mile, muticycle race, best two in
three, purse $35O-Won by eextet (Mc-
Duffee, Caldwell, Sullivan, Mayo, Bar
nabee and Sanders; second, triplet
| (Michael, Stone and Bainbridge); third,
tandem IN. and F. Butler); fourth, quin-
tet callahan, Walsh, Leonart, Pierce
and Sherer); time, 14S, 1454-5
AN ENGLISH RACE
| LONDON, July 31.-At the Rochedale
events today, in the 600-yard dash E.
C. Bredin defeated Charles E. Fitzpatrick
by four yards, the time being 1 minute
IL 3-5 seconds. The Rochedale stake was
for G100.
LONGWOOD TENNIS
BOSTON, July 31.-The Longwood ten
mis- tournament was rounded out today
with two fine matches, which resulted
in the defeat of the champion, r. D.
Wrenn, by William Larned in five ex-
citing sets, while at the same time Ma
honey and Nesbit, the two British play
ers, won the eastern championship in
doubles by defeating G. L. Wrenn ano
Whitman in an equally brilliant five-set
match.
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