The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-09
THE WHEELMEN.

Likelihood That the Sunday Racing
Amendment VIII Be Accepted.
The benefit race meet of the North Cali
mia Division, League of American Wheel
men, to be held at the Velodrome next
Saturday afternoon, is the principal topic
now being discussed by the cyclers. The
programme is admitted to be the best ever
Offered here, and new features are con-
stantly being added to it. The professional
and amateur riders are training for the
meet all the time, ana the blue ribbons to
be given to the winners as prizes will be
as highly valued and as valiantly con-
tested for as any more intrinsically valu-
able one could be. There has been big
demand for box seats, which contain five
chairs and are sold for So. Frank W.
Fuller of the Olympic Club WheeImen
secured first choice and selected one near
the tape, and many others have heen sold
in other favorable positions. The Bay
City WheeImen are out With bid for
fifty seats in one block, and the Olympic
and Acme Club wheelmen have arranged
for4tfty more apiece. so it will be seen the
meet Is not lacking for patronage from the
organized cycsrs. From far away San
Jose the Garden City Cyclers have sent
word to save Them some room, and in
this connection an effort is being made to
have Otto Ziegler, who is now at his home
there, ride in competition or an exhibit
ton at the meet.
The purposes to which the money raised
by the League o. American Wheelmen at
this meet is to be devoted are to defray
the expenses Of delegates from the North
California Division to the National As
sembly of the league. to be held at Albany,
n. Y, February 10-14, and also for funds
10 secure the passage OF the bill shortly to
be presented to the legislators of Califor-
MIA providing for the carrying by trans
portation companies of bicycles free as
bagga e. Thus it will be seen that the
objects are worthy of the support OF every
wheeIman, and each owes it to himself
and to the league TO attend the benefit
meet next Saturday, and thereby lend his
assistance TO the general good.
Admission will be % cents, reserved
seats 90 cents, the latter to be had at Sher-
man & Clay's next Wednesday and there
after
The officials who have been honored by
appointment to serve at this meet are as
follows:
Referee, Henry F. Wynne; iudges-F. H.
kerrlgan, E. b. Jerome H. H. White; timers
John Elliott, George z. Wetmore, J. s. Con-
well; scorers. f. Meherin, S. G. Scovern, A.
?. swain; umpires-John S. Egan, c. S. My
rick r. 5. Duncan, A. W. Wehe: clerk of
course, George H. otratton; assis tants-E. L.
Weatherhead, David Marshall; starter, Doug
lass White; announcer, John c. Hines; L. A.
w representative, r. NJ. WEIGH; Handicapped,
r. A. Smyth.
The Garden City CycIers of San Jose
will hold q meet on their celebrated
three-Iap cement track Friday afternoon,
January %, the proceeds to go toward
paying the expenses of their delegates, J.
E. Alexander and S. G. Tomp kins, to the
National Assembly. Zegler will surely
appear at this meet, besides all the pro-
fessionals now in training at the Velo-
drome.
1t looks as though the next president of
the L. A. w. would be Isaac B. Potter,
now chief consul OF the New York Diri-
sion; and, would you believe it, there is
said to be movement to Dust Secretary