The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-08

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MILE OPEN PROFESSIONAL
The great mile open professional wa:
the last Of the preliminary trials. There
were seven heats. the first two TO quail.
ify.
First heat-The starters were Steensor
Aker. Tom Cooper. Becker. Randall and
Weines. Charles HenseH was pacemak-
; or. On their first round he set merry
pace The second lap found Aker RICH:
at Hesseh's wheel and half way round
on the last lap Cooper dashed clear out
Ct the bunch and In brilliant squirt
landed winner. r. H Steenson was
second. Time, 2.o53-5.
Second heat-Henshaw OF Brooklyn
did not start in this event The line was
Goodman, Major Taylor. Aughenoaugh
sanger, Newhouse DR., Brown and
Hoyt. The iattsr led on the frs. and sec
end rounds. with others close up. The
riucky coiored boy made a great squirt.
going round the curve. and came down
the stretch like a bullet amid the plaud-
It's of the thousands and landed winner
by a length. ]. A NewhoUse was second
Time, Pig.
Third heat--Forr starters Church,
Louohad, Newton and Oldneld. West
was pacemaker. The men rode cautious
Iy until the last lap. when Laughed
spurted, with Church at his beeels. In
the stretch Loughad increased his lead
a trife and won. C. R. Newton was sec
ond. Time, PA Is
Fourth heat-Titus, Shelton. McFar-
land. Frank Butler, K,mball and Eaton
started. A. S. Lee OF Cohoes was pace
maker. Jay Eaton Of Elizabeth, n. J.,
and kimoall. the Louisville crack. squirt
ed half way round and finished in the
order named. Time. 2:l4 40
Fifth heat-Fred Sims OF Washington
| acted as pacemsker. The starters were
Becker. Mosher. Coleman. David, Vern-
Ter, Kiser and Cohurn. Kiser kept close
10 the pacemaker. with Coleman at his
heels. The procession KEEP, in this order
until Coleman got abreast Of Kiser in the
stretch. Then the Dayton boy leapea
away and won. Coleman was second.
Time, 2:09 as.
Mile open. professional. final: Bald
had the pole. with Kiser, Gardiner, Fa-
ton, cooper and Major Taylor in the or
der named. There were two pacemak-
ers Cooper caught them, and Kiser.
Bald and Taylor followed as named.
There was nc change in the first lap.
Half way around on the last lap Gar
diner and Eaton swung out from the
rear with the colored by at their heels.
Bald came after them, however. at a
hot pace and the whole line punched
closely in the stretch. Bald forged
ahead but little Earl Kiser fairly lifted |
his wheel ahead. winning by a ew
inches, Bald second: Cooper, third. Tay-
lor was fourth. Time 2:03 Is
Mile open. amateur, final heat: The |
line covered two laps in the procession. |
f. G. Hausman pulled away in the /
stretch and won by a wheels length. |
George H. Collett, second; Charles NJ. |
Erts, third; w. A. Laduy, fourth Time
200 as
Mile handicap. amateur, final heat:
Ray Murray. 20 yards. won; ]. F. Chal-
mont, 100 yards. second; r. NJ. French,
100 yards. third; Robert A. Miller,
scratch, fourth. Tine 206.
Five-ncile championship, professional.
final heat-Aker was behind the pace
strong. At the second, the men were
punched, Callahan. Mertens and Church
crossed in the order named. All The
men jockeyed for position in the next
mile. Church gave up the chase on the
twelfth lap and Callahan went out in
the lead. Mertens led into the last lap
with Bald right behind HIM. On the
turn into the stretch, Mertens and Bald
were In the lead. There was a spill.
leaving only four TO finish. In a beauti-
full squirt Mertens won; Bald, second; A.
F. Mcfarland, third; j. A. Newhouse.
fourth. Time 10:45
SIDWELL AND ZIMMERMAN.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. AT Chester
Park, on the one-third mile banked
track, this afternoon, two worlds ANA
teur records. paced, flying start, were
broken by Harry Sidwel OF Covington.
KY, in run for a record. A. A Zim-
herman, the famous wheelman. made
several exhibition runs. He was given
L banquet by the board Of trade tonight. |
Here are Sidwell's two broken records:
First, one-third mile. amateur. flying
start. paced by quad and triplet. Time
g 3-5 seconds; former worlds record
a IL seconds, by A W. Porter, Walton,
Mass, November 2, 1894.
Second, one-haIf mile. flying start,
1aced by quad. Time 81 S-5 seconds;
ormer record SO seconds. by A. W.
Porter, Walton. Mass. November 2, 1894
A. A Zimmerman tried the one-third
nile under the same conditions as above.
Iud made IL n 80 3-5 seconds. equaling !
,idwalrs time. Zimmerman also made
wo-thirds OF a mile tandem paced in I
IA 4-5 =
HUNDRED-MILE RECORD. !
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. Frank Skin 4
Ter. a local cyclist. made wonderful :
c0-nlile record this afternoon. on a
track. He was paced by :
andems and the century was completed ! q
n hours, IS minutes and q 1-5 seconds.
hat beats the best previous amateur :
ecord in this country. Fifty miles were +
overed in 2:O5 :O5 2-5, and 75 miles in G
1923 3-5
JIMMY MITCHELL'S RIDE.
Providence. r. l., Aug. Jimmy n
Iitchell rode five miles against the |
ecord atCrescent Park track today. He {
Tas paced by two triplets and a quad i
.f;er covering the first mile N l:5s. ne I
ARMED up 10 his work and struck a =
;ea-iy pace. despite a poor pickup or =
NO. and finished The FIVE niles in .
SO Is. 4 strong wind vas blowing O
I'd The track was rough. q
MLAUGHLIN WINS. Z
New York. Aug. The six-night bill j
arr contest between Hugo Kerkau, o
hampton OF Germany. and Edward Nc :;