The San Francisco call., 1897-11-06
ILOuG-DISTANCE
CYCLE RACERS
Four Men Will Cover the
Association Century
Tomorrow.
To Ride One Hundred Miles
Around the Bay in Quest
Of a New Record.
Elections in Local Clubs-Runs for
o-MorrOw-MOnthly G. A. O.
G. Meeting.

Four doughty Wheelmen Will make an
attack on Father Time tomorrow, the
particular record they are desirous of re-
ducing being the 100-mile around-the- bay
mark. One C. Sorensor, he of 120-gear
fame, established the figures at hours 5S
minutes some two years ago. Here they
have remained largely for the reason that
nobody cared to undertake the hard grind
necessary TO make them lower. Then, as
if by oneimpulse. four men make up their
minds to take a try at it and all on the
same day. Three OF them are California
Club men, a. Theisen, G. ]. Birdsau and
T. H. White, all of whom have won fame
on the local paths as amateurs, and the
other is Ed Kragness Of the Olympic Club
wheelmen.
Theisen, BirdsalI and White will be
paced by five tandems from their club
They will start from Tenth and Market
streets at A. NJ and finish in Alameda.
kragness will start two hours earlier.
Frank II. Walters and Henry l.. Day of
the Bay City Wheelmen have returned
from four months visit in Trinity
County.
George Lyman Hall of the same club is
on trip through Tulare County.
The San Francisco Road Club held its
L
the clubhouse, SOB Golden Gate avenue,
and elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, o. r. Sterling; vice president, E.
Lewis; secretary treasurer, Ed Sands;
financial secretary, l. Adelsdorfer; SER
geant-at-arms, a. Gilmore; captain, Ralph
Robinson; directors. J. OMalley, S.
Blumenthal, J. S. Lewis.
Ex-Captain J. S. Lewis was presented
with a handsome medal in recognition of
his popular conduct of the clubs out ioor
events during the past season President
Sterling and Secretary Sands, who were
reelected for the third time, were also
complimented for their efficiency in The
management OF their offices.
John S. Egan has been elected treasurer
OF the Imperial Cycling Club to succeed
Godfrey Edwards, resigned, and W. L.
Wilson has been made captain, vice Z. +.
Finn, resigned. Captain Wilson has ap-
pointed Z. w. Schneider and c. II. Y ear
ian as his lieutenants.
The information that The Olympic the
local cycling authority, has suspended
publication. will come as a surprise to the
wheeling element. 1t was in its fourth
year and Hourished for the first two, being
recognized throughout the East as the
leading journal on the coast catering to
this sport. Bad management the last half
OF &c. coupled with q falling off in the
number OF cycle houses and riders gener-
"
very creditable attempt to bring 1t back to
its former standard was made by the new
editor, c. J. Williams, he found the effort
lmpracticable. The general sentiment is
one OF regret that the sport would not
warrant the continuation of the journal.
Captain GoetZ OF the Ariel Road Club
has called run 70 Walnut Greek, Ala
media County, for tomorrow. Mem bers
and their friends Will take the 9 A. NJ.
broad-gauge boat.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
board OF governors of the California Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs will be held in the
rooms OF the San Jose Turn Verein Cy-
clers North Third street, San Jose, this
evening.
The advance sale of seats for the an.
nual theater party OF the c. A. C. C. at
the Tivoi next Thursday evening has
been unprecedented. The clubs have been
vying with each other to see which could
turn out the largest following.
Slgmund Backman, the Austrian cy-
clIst who IS on his way around the world,
will lecture tomorrow evening at Aus
trlan Hall, 507 Sutter street.
Captain Harry LarkIn will lead the Bay
City Wheelmen on run to CentervilIe TO-
morrow, taxing the 8 A. N. broad gauge
boat. Thursday evening, the 11th, the
club will attend the g. A. G c. theater
party in body. Saturday evening, No.
NcmDeI 4OJ al OlQ-Llme smoker Will be
held at the clubhouse, AL Golden Gate
avenue.
Dave Shafer, manager of the racing in
terests OF a firm whose career when out
here last winter was so crooked as to dis
gust every honest lover OF the sport, can
not seem to Keep his hands off the Callfor-
mans. Floyd Mcfarland, the well-known
San Jose rider. now on the Eastern circuit.
is said TO be out 1925, which the thrifty
Dave pocketed when he as manager of the
team received it at the rate of $75 a month
for three months salary for Mcfarland,
SO an Eastern paper states.
Mcfarland is spoken of in the New
York World as "the greatest handicap
rider in the country during the '97 sea-
son." he is almost invincibIe at this
style OF riding, and has rolled up a com.
forta bic bank account.
An adjourned meeting of the Cycle
Board OF Trade will be held at it's rooms
in the Parrott building next TUESDAY, even
ing, Novem Der 9. SPALpING.