The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-07
LATE SPORTING NEWS.
Some Good Races at the Fair
Grounds Yesterday.
No Records We're Smashed, But
Events Interesting.
Boston Evened Up With the Orioles
in the Second Game-Joe Patchen
Defeats Star Pointer
in Fast Time.

The management of the bicycle races
at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon
demonstra ted that il is possible to run
a series of seven events without en-
barrassing and prolonged delays when
once the programme is commenced
The condition of the track was such
that it was necessary to delay the be-
ginning of the races until $3.50. In the
meantime every person on the ground
who owned a wheel was prevailed upon
to ride around the track, which, aided
by the racing men, soon had a well
beaten track next to the pole. The
surface hardened very fast and the
track proved to be in much better con-
dition than was anticipated: There
should be broken records this after
noon. The track will be fast and the
riders are in excellent condition.
Yesterday afternoon was not a record
breaker. 1t was an afternoon of good,
clean sport and the 500 people who
braved the prospect of a rain to attend
We're highly entertained, so they them
selves said. Only one man kicked, but
he is said never to see merit in any
thing.
The program mme was carried out with
but two accidents, and neither was ser
ious. On the back stretch in the last
half mile of the amateur the tire on
the rear wheel of the machine ridden
by Frank White came off and he went
down. Emslie of AtchiSOn went over
the machine and rider. Emslie sus-
tanned a slight cut on the arm near the
elbow. The worst ''spill'' of the after
noon occurred in front of the grand
stand in the lap preceding the finish of
the two mile amateur. Felix OF Sallna
went down, striking upon the side of
went over Felix and White of Kansas
City went into both of them, landing
some ten or fifteen feet in advance of
the pile of wheels and the two riders
The riders got up Immediately and
cleared the track, none of them being
seriously injured.
The summaries of the various races
follow:
First race, one mile novice, amateur
Arnie Allen, Topeka, won; A. B. Ran
dOlph, second; j. P. Anderson, third
Time, 2:53.
Second race, one-fourth mile, state
champiOnShip-JeS Jesse Hendricks, Cher
ryvale, won; I. w. Felix, Salina, second;
w c. Stevenson, Topeka, third. Time,
"a seconds.
Third race, mile open, professional
E. E. Anderson, St. Louis, won; F. H.
Cummings, Morengo, Ia, second; w.
w. Oudkirk, Arapahoe, Col, third.
Fourth race. mile open, amateur-E.
Maule, Jr., Kirkwood, Mo-, won; John
H. White, Kansas City, Mo, second;
w. w. LeBaum, st. Louis, third. Time,
Pap
Fifth race, mile handicap, t. A. A.
| w. championship-W. c. Stevenson
won; N. H. 7. Jury, second. Time,
Sixth race, two mile handicap, profess
| siOnal-R. S. Aird, 225 yards, won; r.
| S. Enslow, Lawrence, 250 yards, sec
ond; R. D. Hunt, Kansas City, 225
yards, third. Time, 4:3512.
Seventh race. two mile handicap, am
| ateur-E. P. M&Ule, Jr., scratc kirk
wood, Mo, won; F. White. St. Louis,
| 20 yards, second; H. Rebenscheid, Kan
sas City, Mo, 40 yards, third. Time,
4:57 3-5.
The officers of the meet yesterday
were:
Referee-C. w. Barnes
Starter-Chas. N. Nelson.
Clerk of the course-O. S. Townsend.
Assistant clerk of the course-M. Ste
vensOn.
Announcer-F. w. A. vesper Kan
| sas City.
Official handicapper-H. D. Crosby.
| Judges-F. D. Dreisbach, o. G. Tay-
| man and H. G. Lescher.
| Timers-Arthur Murphy, A. G. Sheer
and Theo. Snattinger.
Scorers-L. B. Wyman, Charles Hood
and G. H. Nettels.
Umpires-E. Buling, G. G. Boardman
and H. Mason.