The record-union., 1897-10-03
MlX-UP OF BICYCLE RIDERS.
SEVERAL RACING STARS BAD
LY SPILLED AT DETROIT.
It Occurred in the Last Eighth
Mile of the Final Event, the
Two-Hfile Professional.

DETROIT. Oct 2-To-day's national
bicycle races wound uD with a half
dozen of the fastest of the racing stars
being badly spilled along the track.
Just after the last eighth mile of the
final event of the day, the two-mile open
professional was reached, Tom Cooper's
wheel struck that of Butler, who was
lust ahead. Butler and Cooper were
badly thrown, and Bald, Mertens and
Kiser tumbled over them in a bad mix
up. Mertens' right side was painfully
injured by a heavy fall upon Cooper's
handlebar The st. Paul man lay upon
the ground for some time before he was
able to be assisted to the training quar-
ters However, his injury is not ex-
pected to prove permanent. Bald re-
sceived a hard blow in the side, and all
had severe shaking UP. The weather
was fine and the crowd over 300.
There was no loafing and little jockey
ing in the final of the twomile profess
sional Loughead led in the first mile,
with Mertens and Butler close UP.
Cooper, Bald, Butler and Kiser went
out successfully for the lead, and very
nearly got it. Then came the accident.
giving Loughead the race, which he was
il a fair way of winning.
The other professional event was the
one-mile 2:G5 class. Only a few of the
leading flyers started in this race. The
three preliminary heats We're won by
Taylor. Ho-t and Brown. Hoyt did,
some tall sprintng on the third quarter,
but Dr. Brown was the active man of
the party at the end, and finished first
in a hot tussle with Butler
Wood and Carlson, amateurs, went
mile on a tandem in 1:54, beating the
worlds amateur record. and equaling
the professional tandem rescord. Sum-
maIies:
One mile, 2:05 class, professional-Dr
A F. Brown of Cleveland won, Nat
Butler second, Watson Coleman of Bos-
ton third. Time-2:0S 1-5.
Two-mi!e open, PROFESSIONALISM
F. J. Louhead of Sarnia. Ont, Won:
Owen Kimble of Louisville second, J. F.
Esperon Of Detroit third. Time-4.17
". H. Stevenson, the one armed rider,
went mile in 1:54, paced by sextette.
STARBUCK DEFEATS MICHAEL.
PHILADELPHIA, Get. 2.-J. Frank
Starbuck of this city to-day defeated
Jimmy Michael, the Welsh wonder"
in a twenty five-mile paced race on the
one-third- d-mile board track at Willow
Grove by the narrow margin of six
yards II was one of the most exciting
middle-distance races ever seen here.
Starbuck's time for the twenty-five
miles was Al minutes > rs seconds. and
Michael's Al minutes 4-3 seconds.
Each man was in the lead three times
during the race, but neither led by more
than forty yards at any time, and the
race was in doubt to the finish Mi
chael led during the first ten miles
Starbuck was in front during the elev-
enth and twelfth miles. and Michael led
on the thirteenth On the next mile
Starbuck again assumed the lead. and
held il until the twenty-flrst mile.
when Michael took command. From the
tventy-first to the finish it was a battle
roval. on the twenty-fourth mile Star
buck forged ahead and maintained the
lead to the end. winning by about six
yards.
Both men rode in magnificent form,
and caught their pacing machines in
beautiful style. Eight thousand per-
sons saw the race.