The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17
NEW HAVEN LADS WORK
HAUSMAN BREAKS SAMERICAN AMA-
 TEUR EYE MILE RECORD.

Day Races of the Springfield Meet
 "Jimmie" Michael Breaks the world's
 Ten Mile Record-Coilett of This City Got
 Second Place In the One Mile Amateur.
 Springfield, Mass, Sept. 16.-Eddie "Cannon" Bald was the champion of
 the last day of the Springfield bicycle clubs tournament. He won the half
 mile open in 1;02 2-5, the third l.. A. w championship in 45 3-5, and the one mile open professional record race In 2:05 1-5
 Jimmy Michael again made himself popular by breaking the American rec ord for ten miles, his time being 1927 4-5. The former record was 1888 1-5
 The great race of the day was the tional championship. The starters were Loughead, Taylor, Cooper, Butler, Bald and Kimble At the sound of the pistol Cooper took the lead with Major Tay- Tor second and Eddie Bald third. They kept these positions until the home stretch, when Bald, Kimble and Tom Butler came down the track side by side. At thirty yards from the tape Bald pulled half a wheel ahead and won out by yard. The other two men finished second and third respectively, and Tom Cooper took fourth place.
 The five mile amateur l.. A. W. Ma tional championship record race was the great amateur race of the day and the winner broke the American record of 10:35 held by Kennel of the Pacific coast. E. c. Hausman of New Haven did the act in 1O:33 3-5. The starters were Peabody, Powell, Hills, Johnson, Mimic, Hausman, Ludwig and Dawson, the fastest amateur riders in the coun- try. Dawson soon took the lead and led for the first mile with Ludwig last. Dawson kept the same position during the second mile with Ludwig second and Hausman fourth. Dawson, Powell and Mimic dropped out in the next half and Peabody fell in the fourth lap, leav- ing but four riders to finish. Hausman finished first at the tape with Ludwig close second and Hills third.
 The half mile open professional was great race, and was won easily by Bald. Tom Butler led at first with Bald third. At the quarter Bald pulled ahead and won out by ten feet w. w. Randall came second with J. s Johnson third
 Jimmy MichaePs fast ten miles brought out lots of cheers and at the start he was presented with an Ameri- can flag belt, which he wore during the ride. His first mile was the fastest, being done in "A 2-5 and from then un- til the finish he broke all the previous American records.
 George M. Hendee of Springfield and w. A. Rowe of Lynn rode three more heats to decide the high wheel cham pionship. The first was a dead heat; the second was won by Rowe, and the third by Hendee, giving Hendee the race. as he won the first heat yesterday.
 The one mile anna teur, 2:15 class, was won by Victor Ekberg, with G. H. Col lett second. E. C. Ferre was away be- hind until the last twenty yards, when he made wonderful spurt and finish ed third
 The one mile open, amateur was won by Ludwig in close finish. Hausman finished second, Peabody third and Dawson fourth. Blake held a good po- sition until the finish, but did not come in we'll at the tape
 In the one mile open professional, Bald again won by half wheel. Coop CT took the lead at the start with Major Taylor second and Bald third, but at the finish Taylor fell behind. o. $. Kimble took second place and Tom But Ter third, with Tom Copper fourth.
 The half-mile handicap, professional was won by o. s. Kimble, with Randall second and Dr. Brown third. Tom But Ter finished fourth
 The two mile handicap "pro" went to Kimble. Freeman, Callahan and New ton finished second third and fourth re- spectlvely. Casey and Egbert, the fast tandem team. went for the quarter, third and half mile records. They suc- ceeded in breaking all, the quarter by ] 1-5 seconds, the third by 1 second. and the half by 3 2-5 seconds. The half mile pursuit race between John S. Johnson and w. w. Hamilton was won by Johnson. At the quarter the men were even, one at the tape and the other at the quarter mile post, but At the finish Johnson barely won out by 1-5 of second. His time for the half was 1:03 3-5
 The summaries follow: In his try for the 10-mile record Michael broke all American records from the two miles up. His time with the best previous ms,st % records was as follows: l :36 1-5, held by McDufie.
 Second mile-3:33; American record 1 S:a3 25, held by Michael.
 Third mile-5:20 3-5; American record | 20. held by Michael Aeeo'"
 Fourth mtle-7:12 2-5; American racord I:15 held by Michael -"i"
 Fifth mile--9:O6 2-5: American roo,ra ! a:O7 4-5, held by Michael. tee'iu
 Sixth mile-10:56 1-5; American rocord Il 100 1-5, held by Michael -'~oi"
 Seventh mile-12:53; American record l2 :53 3-5, held by Michael -''oiu
 Eighth mile-14:45 1-5 American reco,d l4 :46 3-5, held by Michael -0'oiu
 Ninth mile-16:85 1-5; American recor5 l6 40 2-5, held by Michael. ieeoi" Tenth mile-1S:2I 4-5; American record Is: :3S 1-5, held by Michael eo0i" One-half mile open professional-F (, | Bald, Buffalo, won; W. M. Randall, Roc6. ester, second; John S. Johnson, Ninneann- I4 lis. third. Time 1:02 2-5. One mile open, amateur, fnal-R F. Iud- wig Chicopee, first; P. c. Hausman. New Haven second; E. W. Peabody, Cf,icego hird; Ray Dawson, Boonton, fourth Fime ,:04 4-5
 one-third mile, professional. L. A. w. national championship, fnal-E. C. Bald. Buffalo, first; Major Taylor Cambridges port second; r J. Loughead SarnIa thiTd. l