The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
FIVE RACING Nv ROTH GLASSES ~
THE LEAGUE NATIONAL MEET,
Loughcnd, tho Canadian Professional. wire
Two Championships In DnshinE styIc-Erts
rNcw Work Creates n surprise by Winninu
tho A,nnteur ENent-nIg tIclds Compete.

Two Championships In DnshlnE a~tyIc-Erts
of new York Creates n surprise by Winnin1
tho Amateur ESent-DIE ficids Compete.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Ga Canadian rider,
Frcd Loughcad. hailinR from Sarnia, Ont, cap
tured the onc-quartcr of q mile and tho ono
mile national championship races of the League
of American Whcelmen to-day at the Willow
Grove track. This morning hcraldod tho third
dny of the week. Increased interest was maui
tested and additional crowds arrived to particle
pate in the meeting. Racing, which always
proves n popular feature OF the annual gather
ings, was tho chief attraction. All roads led 70
Willow Grove, which is located some distance
from tho city. During the progress of tho trial
heats in tho morning the attendance was small,
but fully 10000 persons witnessed the after
noon races. The onu-third OF n mile now board
track was In excellent condition, and the weather
conditions wcro also conducive TO fast time.
In the trial races tho best amateur and profess
sional riders camo together, and IL was possible
to figure on tho chances OF tho respective candi-
dates for championship honors.
The amateur championship race was p~uzzling,
The Chicago crack, Peabody, was picked to win,
while Powell and Dawson, the New York Ath.
letic Club cracks, and II. Miller and o. Babcock,
also OF New York, were conceded to stand .
fighting chance. The result OF this race also
furnished n big surprise. Charley Ertz Of the
Riverside Wheelmon of New York, who was
little thought Of, captured the event handily.
The racing altogether was Of the highest or
der ever witnessed at a championship meeting.
The finishes in some of the races were 30 close
that the winners were not announced until after
lengthy elaboration by the judges. The entries
were large. ncccssitating semi.fnal heats. but
despite the lengthy programme. the meet con-
cluded at $50 O'Clock.
The starters In the final OF the one-milc pro-
fossional championship included Sanger, Tny-
Tor, kiser, Bald: loughead, l.. Callahan, Mosher,
and u Newton ;hn Two G stn1SIIe P"e s.msSf INV were reoPEn ns
| machine, followed by Taylor, Bald and Loug.
head, The riders strung out in single file and
when Newton, the Connecticut flyer, and
tions. This movement. was the signal for q
general closing up, and coming into the home
orod rider. who has displayed rare sprinting pow;
ers lately. shot out from the bunch on the bell
Kiser, bald, and Loughead at the threo-quarters
pole; At this mark Loughead, who was pointed
watching, came up outside the bunch with a
ER ato the slret ShF' had Or a fi esS Of ana a iiSmahs
Bald and Kiscr; who were In the rear OF
PEELED to ride in and out among his field to get q
good position, and, drawing abreast OF kiisers
Loughead. HI succeeded in shaking Kiser, but
Loughead's burst of speed was enduring, and he
Although Loughead. who is big, sturdy look
ing rider. about a years OF age, complained boz
fore the meeting that he was not feeling a.; he
his credit by winning the quHrter-nile event.
In this race, which was a sprint from start to
finish, the Canadian rider won by n close mar
gin from Tom Cooper. The starters included
Bald. Cooper. Rainfall. GARDINER, and Loughead.
Entering the homestrctch, Randall. the lsoch-
ester rider. looked like a winner. but hard work
landed land, If L %0Slsr w GGrG }sa The RsD5 tsRHen s an ab inch ,b IN
same distance. Bald was ~unplaecd in this race.
but his failure can be attributed largely TO q
s P19F start the "na dis q nss PSU oWtsTer. en Mas 70 ihs
liking, and his friends were confident no would
The time, . minutes 3 So seconds, established
in the one;milc, professional championship. %
vania State competition record for one mile was
9 minutes 4 40 seconds. which was also ro-
Neither Powell, Miller nor Bsbcock qualified
for the final in the one-mile amateur champion
from his trial heat owing to a mishap to his
wheel. Charley Ertz displayed rare Judgment
OF BuGaio and Middendorf the Louisville
amateur, in one of the closest fnishes of the day.
the Columbia University man, rode well in the
one-third OF a mile amateur race and secured
SPRING pini0 Z L. III LieMsiiy neA tho eiV Chicago - rider.
was hard pressed by Fearing for first honors in
this Is F e Me .Rs Sn! 6t T 81. I 2ot sy f = Si9ss % e]onspIeu.
ously NJ the meeting ne to-day by proving that nc
% Hnn ride pref wssi in fH s!o eo alass n clever aS we e1y ies G NC:
Farland, Nat, Butler. Titus. Sims, l.. Callahan.
and p, OldGeld competed in the Anal; The lat
ter followed the pacemakers and led until the
last quarter, when Mcfarland shot out. followed
by Mertcns. Nat Butler mado a jump coming
into the stretch, and was successful in passing
nrst: with butler second and Sims third. ~
great reputation as u handicap rider. Starting
from scratch in the twoinile professional
marx. waiter sanger. the oli,time crack:
qualified in his heat. but was sixth at
the finish. In the twoimile professional and
presenting a pretty effect in the struggle at the
finish: schade, the yoang intercollegiate crack.
admirable form most of the way, bur after tax
Ing the Lead he went mt. to S pieces in the r ria"I or Wits
twenty yards handicap. Won.
The tTia! hS Fat OF ot the races TIM n OF le tiss w y1ro,
large. ana outside Of a disposition 10 LOAF"
until the last quarter some good racing was
IN inr the tpial i heats sm Of the A" Sha nnT5T5 i'i' events
were forced TO- ride last a. ana eN'T Win.
h SP and Sis second men oniy; Sarned. The right 70
ride in the finals OF the chnmpiionship. Bert
mile amateur race, but outside OF a bad shaking
up and some cuts on his arms and legs is untn.
jurcd.
BY +. J, L]ouElhead, Sarnia, scratch w.: I. Becker.
second i'r9t. ' r., W seS g !, s"n Sf;ials' TS'sss1 30 'G g.sd.;
third. Time, 8 minutes 9 45 seconds. Third
heat won by Tom Cooper, Detroit. scratch W. T.
Sims. Washington 100 yards. second; J. A. Newhouse,
Buffalo. % yards. third. Time. 8 minutes q 20 SEQ
onds. Fourth heat won by Arthur Gardiner.
Chicago, scratch; l.. A. Callahan. Buffalo. 30 yArls,
socondi Barney oldne!d. Buffalo. 10 yards, third.
jay Eaton. Elizabeth. rs yards; +. {. Hoyt, Bridge.
port, 20 yards. second; WIN Copurn. 81. Louis. IS
yards. third. Time. 1 minutes 30 10 seconds, sixth
heat won hy c. A, Church, Philadelphia, 40 yards q.
y. Wells. Chicago. 90 yards. second; O. l.. Stevens.
San JOse. 20 yards. third. Time. I minutes az seconds.
one.Third OF a Male open. Amatenr-first heat won
} by T., ~Ilcwellyn. ChlcagOi y. X. Hatterslty 81. Lou q
! second. Time, ~ seconds. Second heat won by Jonn
S. johnson, WORCESTER; A. Il. Gochlcr. Buffalo.
' second. Tim, A. 20 seconds. Third heat won
by Ray Dawson. Goontoni j. J. Howard, 50.
. Louis. second Time, 17e5 sesonds f2pIt.
Bat,man. pnilatelphIa, second; Iin'c. - ~ '"e'
und,, fi'th heat won by X. A. Miller. New YORK y.
". Babcock, New York. second. Time. ! 3 q .rn"nds.
Sixth heat won by +. u, Stevens. ilIralu. !. j Morse.
0 Chicago. second. Time, A. 20 seconds. seventh heas
. won by /. A. Powell, New York; A. 81 ~E!mbricl. R""h-
ester. second. Time. A seconds. Eighth heat Won
= b. l. y IUaSe, !KccHe. n. IL; ". II. Fearing. Sew
NLnrL aprpnI ,TiInp Az IN seconds Elutn hpal