The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-23

Special Dispatch 70 the PoSr~fstsBi .kseT7cer-
TACOMA. Aug Z-TfIe attendance At
the second day % the bicycle meet under
the auspices OF the Tacoma Race Pro
motorg Association Was about 2s59 to-
day. The big turnout IS looked upon rs
an Indorsenssnt of Sunday racing
The Initial event 81 The day was the
one-thsrl mile professional run II three
heats ard = nnai. Those who entered
H. tins FIST heat were. Ns@orge shartcE,
Tacoma. James a. Jones. George Craw-
ford. Seattle. y. Downing. san Jose At
the stretch ShaF1ck made a hot brush
for place and pulled 70 the front bea--
ing Downing at the tape IN s. seconds
fat Downing second. Jones third.
Tlse entries in the second heat were;
Otto ZelRler. San jose. y, p. Vaughan.
San jose. A{lea Jones. San Francisco,
Zen Beemer Tacoma. Bet Elf0rd. Oak
land. IL the stretch ZegieF pulled TO the
front Nth Jones just ahead. Jones nn-
ssaea aFst wl1n Ziegier second and
Vaughan third. Time 81 seconds The
third heat was made up OF I'd u. Allen,
Of Spokane, " r. Bartholomew, OF Ia
coma. Danny Whitman. Of Los Angeles.
bartholomew won handiiy by a wheel.
with Alien second and Whitman third.
Time s. seconds.
The Anal heat for the event had entered:
q Sharick Downing. Zelgier. A. Jones,
l.. Alien. Bartholomew and Whitman,
and was one Of the pretty races cf the
day. Downing met with a spill At the
head OF the stretch. carrying Barthoio-
rnew with him. AL tried hard for first
but Jones had tt won. and Allen pulled
into second place by a bare few inches.
sharick beating Zelgier ~ half wheel
for third place.
In the one mile amateur. open. the start
ers were. Percy X. Mott. Portland; !.
T. wing San Francisco: Watt Shipp.
7
miester. Tacoma and l.. Dow. Tacoma
Wing won out. with Mott second and
Ship third ali but a few inches apart.
The time was 2.59.
The next event vas the messenger boys
race one-third Of a mile. with the follow
ing entries: o. WickeFshasn. Colin Durte.
Andrew PawIazsk. Felix ID. Schuta. Peter
Pawlazak Durie won first Schulta took
second. and p. Pawlazak third. Time, IS
seconds.
In the oue-nltle professional, run in three
trial heats and a final. the entries I'm the
first heat were: Ed ID. Allen. Spokane:
W. II. Vaughan. San Diego, Jack Sharick,
Tacoma. George Crawford, Seattle. Bert
Elford, Oakland. Vaughan won the heat
handily, Eddie Allen taking second. The
heat was run in go
Allen Jones. San Francisco; Otto Zieg-
Ter. San jose. George Sharick, Tacoma.
started In the second heat. Shariek set
fairly fast pace. bur as all three had neces-
sarily 10 quality there was no effort made
TO cut down the time. The time was
2.2s Is.
The third trial heat had entered: James
A. Jones Tacoma: y. Beemer Tacoma:
Hardy Downing San Jose: Danny Whit
man. Los Angeles. Whitman took first,
Jones getting second place by less than
two inches.
The final heat Of this race had big field
entered as follows: I'd Allen. Vaughan.
Jack Sharick. A. Jones. Ziegier @. Shar-
lex. ]. Jones. Downing and Whitman.
Jack Sharlck. George Sharick and Hardy
Downing were pacemakera. and qualified
without positions. Vaughan led in the
stretch and won. When near the tape
Jack sharick made a splendid squirt for
first but could not reach. He got an easy
second. however. with Zlegler third.
Time. sis s-5
In the two-mile amateur handicap the
entries were as follows: T.. Dow. Tacoma.
60 yards: Percy Mott, Oakland scratch:
Y. r. Wing. San Francisco. scratch: Frank
Cotter. Tacoma. 50 yards. T.. I.aumeister.
Tacoma, loo yards; Watt Ship. Salem.
Or. 81 yards The scratch men had the
field caught In the second lap. Cotter stole
the lead at the half in the last lap and
held II % the tape Wing just tapping him
81 the tape and winning first by n shade.
Ship took third place. Time % 2-5
The one ana one-thlrd mile professional
handicap came next with the following
entries: Otto Ziegier. san Jose scratch:
Alien Jones. san Francisco 10 yards; w
~ Bartholomew Tacoma g. vards. Danny
Whitman. Los Angeles. - yards; I'd u.
Allen. Spokane. p yards. w y Vaughan
San Diego, s. yards: C}eorge S1arlck t.
coma. s. yards. b Bcemer. Tacoma. IS
yards. George Crawford Seattle. 50 Yards:
Bert Eiford. Oakland Sl yards James \
Jones. Tacoma, - yards. Jack sharick.
TRcoma az Yards.
In the las; lap Vaughan got in FIRST place.
ziegler close behind with Eddy Allen.
George Shsricb. Whitman and Beemer
well punched Sharick was making long
strides TO the front when Whltman's
wheel struck the man in front He had a
hard fan. igst in time "a bring George
Sharick down with lin. Bermer piled
over the other two The spill was un8oubt-
cdty al that killed Sharick's chances for
a place iu the rae. The winner was
Vaughan the ss-yard uran. Zlegler second
Eddie Alien. OF Spokane. third. Time
SIS AZ.
summary
0ne-thlrd 81 mile professionai-A
Jones SaH Francisco. won. Allen. Spokane.
second. q, Sharlck. Tacoma third. Tine
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One mile amateur. Openly F. WING san
Francisco won. Mote oakland second .
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one mite pref ssiona}- vaughan Ssn III
ESQ. wen. , Saariek second. Dtto ZieEler
tfiri TiWe. SIS A-h
TWo-uaiin amateur. handicap Wing.
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tire and une-IH.r1 cf e ~s.i. professional
handicap Vaughan san DieCo - wards
Wou -. xirr. scratch second: Alien Sp8-
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