The herald., 1897-03-29
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Nav 80 will be celebrated by the
wheelmen of Los Angeles with big race
meeting, which will be run under the
auspices of the Associated Cycle clups
Of Los Angeles. The Athletic park has
| been secured and sanction granted, aud
a committee appointed, and the out!ook
for one of the most successful meetings
is very promising.
Upon carefully reviewing the situa-
tion. writes a we'll known local wheel
man. it seems that the secession move
ment is rapidly losing ground. After
the defeat of the Sunday racing amend e
ment its supporters were loud in their
claims that the national assembly had
made a grave mistake. and the result
would be secession and the formation of
a new body to control racing. As the
days roll around and the league mem
bers have time to calmly consider the
question, the great ma iority believe the
League of American Wheelmen could
not afford to indorse Sunday racing
against public sentiment. 1t is true
that in some places Sunday racing
would prosper. but in the majority of
towns in the United States it would be
a failure. 1t must be remembered that
the greater per cent of the population of
this country is in the east. and 1t is
there that meets are the most frequent
the largest purses are put up, and where
the greater portion of the racing men
are found.
The much published statement that
the Associated Cycle clubs of Northern
California would secede and control
racing has very little to back up the
assertion. OF the large number of prom
inent men now in Frisco not one would
join the new order and thereby become
an outlaw to the league and be cut Oft
from all chance of racing on the eastern
circuit.
Southern California has never had the
slightest intention of seeding. The ex-
pertinent of Sunday racing has been
tried and found unsatisfactory.
Oregon has denounced the San Fran
cisco people and sworn loyalty to the
league.
Thus it will be seen that the control
of racing by the A. c. c. Will be con-
fined to San Francisco.
Minnesota and St Louis are the only
places which talk secession, and judging
from reports published in the st. Louis
papers that town will cut little figure
in the scheme. Minnesota is reported
to be forming a secession organization
of any other organization.
An organization that does not contain
the entire racing interests of the United
States will never be able to assume the
control of racing.
The League of American Wheelmen.
which has been the means of placing
bicycle racing at the head of the list
of sports, will continue to look after the
interests of the racing men and remain
oh Int n aI a
the same time the league will devote
its best energies in the advancement
of wheelmen's rights and good roads
legislation-the two most pronounced
features of the leagues work.
The East Side Cycle club gave q very
enjoyable entertainment Friday even
ing at Banquet hall on the east side
The program consisted of music, singing
and races on the Home Trainer. The
attendance was quite large. The east
side boys have a happy faculty of
Hitting 'em up" that is very enjoyabl
and always make success of anything
they undertake.
The apathy of California cycle track
owners toward taking dates on the ma
tional circuit has practically lost this
state the opportunity of witnessing the
best outdoor racing that has yet been
held here, says the San Francisco
Chronicle of Saturday. Two meets in
San Francisco, or the last week of the
present indoor tournament meets at
San Jose Santa Rosa, Sacramento and
Fresno would have been sufficient to
start the circuit and this would have
guaranteed the attendance of nearly
every noted crack in America. Now all
tha hest ring f0 leave
California.
Becker will be the first to break away
the popular little. fellow going TO Den
yer to make an attack upon all of the
unpaced records and to ride an unpaced
twenty-five mile match race with Hack
enberger unpaced king, Eaton Lough-
cad, Starbuck. Stevens, Mcfarland,
Wells, Bovee, w. a. Terrlll and Jones
will leave about the same time for
circuit through the south. Within few
days after their departure. Harry Ter
Mll will pack bag and baggage for
Paris, where he will spend the summer
among the French racing men. Coul-
ter will accompany Becker to Denver
as the latterS manager, and from there
may go east.
All preparations for the annual relay
race are now completed and most of
the riders will take muchneeded rest
during the coming week for the great
event the following Sunday.
Keene of Company f won the one
quarter ard one-mile bicycle races at
Ventura on the 18th
In case of a breakdown on the road,
if your forks are bent back so that
they will not allow the front wheel to
pass the frame loosen the lock clamp
and turn the forks around and lock the
handle bars in place ten if they are
not cracked butt them up against some
thing solid, a tree or a fence post VIII
do, good and hard so as to spring them
into place again. 1t isl best not to try
this if the forks are cracked or if they
are so they can be ridden at all. ~
straighten bent crank borrow a large
monkey wrench at the nearest house
and spring the crank into shape again.
being careful not to twist the crank
when doing so. for if the crank is twist
ed it will cause the pedal to run uneven
and this is very unpleasant.
There are quite a number of riders
training at Athletic park
and Ground Keeper Prof. Gilroy is once
more in his glory. Old John is never
so happy as when he has a lot of young
colts under his charge. The most noted
riding at the present time are.
A. w. Cleaver, of Chicago; Fritz Lacy
Cromwell brothers and De Lay. They
are some of the old-time riders who
have records for good racing. There Is
a lot OF good material in the new men,
and it will be surprising if the coming