The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24

CLUB EVENTS TOMORROW.
Acme Club WheeImen-Run to the
Park.
California Cycling CIub-Road Race,
San LeandrO.
Imperial Cycling CIub-Run to san
MateO.
san Francisco Road Club-Ruu to six-
Mile House.
The principal event in cycling circles
tomorrow is the tlve-mile handicap road
race of the California Cycling Club, which
will be run at IL o'clock in the morning
over the San Leandro- Haywards course.
There are twenty-nine men, whose names
were given in THE CALL last Wednesday,
who have been in active training for this
race for some time past, and as they are
sill now in excellent shape the race should
be run in record time.
Captain Robbins Will take over club
run of the California members, VINO are
not entered in the race, on the 9-o'clock
broad-gauge boat.
The membership of the North California
Division, League of American WheeImen,
Is now down to $40 odd from 100, which
it mum bered up to March l. The ember-
ship of the California Associated Cycling
association has but to gain fifty more new
mem bers, with the likelihood of the
league losing an equal number, and they
will then meet and pass each other, where
upon the organized cyclists here will have
q great joliltication in honor of the event.
1t will but the realization of Judge Kerri-
gan's prophecy that the association would
have more mem DerS than the league
within six months after its inception.
The next meeting of the board of gov
ernors of the California Associated Cy-
cling Clubs will be held Saturday evening.
August Z, at Stockton instead of Oakland.
The board will then have an opportunity
TO confer with the Stockton wheelmen
upon matters Of general cycling interest
and will attend the watermelon run of the
Terminal City Wheelmen the following
day, Sunday, the 9Th.
The San Francisco Road Club will have
a clam bake at Browns Retreat, the six
mile house on the San Bruno road, to-
morrow. CAPTAIN J. S. Lewis has called a
run, to leave the clubhouse at IL A. M. All
friends of mem bers are cordially invited.
The board of governors OF the Associ-
ated Cycling Cubs might discuss the de-
sirabiilty OF holding the associations 8
annual theater party at its next meeting.
This is about the time of the year when
that gala event is due. The annual joint
run (Remem Der the one to Niles p should
also come about this time. These, to-
gether with the questions of future racing
and the increase of individual memb ber-
ship, should all be given careful consider
alton at the meeting at Stockton August Z.
Charles A. Kraft of the Bay City Wheel
men is desirous of regalning the twenty
mile road record, which was taken from
him by BoZio OF the Imperial Club last
Sunday, and will make the attempt Sun
day, August l. With the admirable pac-
ing facilities the Bay City Club can afford
him, coupled with his own remarkable
speed and endurance as roadrder, Cnar-
ley ought 10 be able to place the mark low
enough so that he won't be bothered with
having to regain it for some time to come.
George Banker, the crack Eastern pro-
fessional, returned East yesterday, after
an enjoyable fortnighrs visit on the coast
Banker was very much interested in the
new association here which has supplanted
the League of American Wheelmen
in the control of cycling affairs, and said
he was convinced tDat IL had complete
charge of the field. He thought that the
control of racing woulo be lost to the
L. A. w. before another year had passed,
and that whatever body then took it up
would be glad to affiliate with the G. A.
G. c., the Southern Cycling Association
and similar movements
He also said he admired the pluck of
the California wheelmen, and particularly
of the leaders in the secession" move
ment, for breaking away from the mis-
management of that old fossil the LAW,
and that there was no question, from the
progress already made and the energy
shown i'll the work, that it could not
possibly fail. He also had some kind
words TO say for the people of California.
and the wheelmen in particular, by whom
he had been royalty entertained while
here. Banker says he is not gong to take
up with racing this year after all. he
does not think he is back-num ber. how
ever, and expects to start in training early
next year and enter the lists from the be-
ginning of the season. California will be
his training ground, he says.
R. G. Lennis, w. ]. Kenny. e. G. Christ,
Joseph A Ostendorf, Edwin Mohrig and
President Us. Con well OF the Cycle Board OF