The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-16
THE WELSH WONDER WON
LESNA DEFEATED IN THE GREAT
 2O-MILE MATCH RACE.


 Riders, Acquit Themselves in Credit
 able Manper-Bald Redeemed Himself
 Cooper Won in the Mile Professional.
 Springfield Mass, Sept. 15.-The sec ond day of the Springfield Bicycle clup's tournament closed tonight with the Michael-Lesna race, the greatest event of the tournament. Jimmy" Michael won in fine shape by 150 yards in the record breaking time of 3S:11. The former worlds record was 3-5 sec onds slower. The two started paced by quads Michael took the lead at the start and kept 1t to the third lap, when Lesna passed him. Michael kept few he shot ahead and took the lead At
 the fourth mile he was 100 yards ahead.
 He kept the lead to the seventeenth lap
 when Lesna's pacers passed his.
 Michael then hitched on to Lesna,
 leaving his own pacers behind. Mich
 aels pacers caught up on the next lap
 and Michael led again. Lesna then took
 the lead and kept it for mile. Mich
 ael took the lead at the twentieth lap
 and kept it for two miles. Lesna then
 took the lead by a few feet for mile.
 Jimmy then shot ahead, and with a fine
 burst of speed kept forty yards ahead.
 He kept this lead till the thirty-third
 lap, when Lesna gained and led for
 mile. That was the last time that the
 little Welshman was headed. At the
 seventeenth mile Michael was fifty
 yards ahead. He gained right along to
 the finish and passed the tape fully 150 yards in the lead. The crowd piled on
 to the track when he came around and fairly went wild. As he passed down
 through the crowd the people patted
 him on the back and head until he reached his quarters
 Eddie Bald redeemed himself in the half-mile open, professional, by win
 hing out with a fine spurt. Dr. A. I.
 Brown followed half a, wheel behind and Arthur Gardiner third. Major Taylor had good position all the way but was outdone at the tape. When Bald came around the track after the race the people went fairly wild with enthusiasm. The time, 1:O1 2-5 was the fastest that Bald has ever made in a competition race
 The semi-final heats of the one-mile open amateur were won by E. M. Blake and C. H. Collett, and H. B. Hills also qualified in the first heat. The second heat was won by I. A. Powell with E. c. Hausman and George Keith close behind. Ray Dawson and Victor Elk harur fai i1pH tn p1, ;,, tlo In the final I. A. Powell won with G. H. Collett second and E. M. Blake third In the one mile professional, 2:10 class, Fred J. Titus kept near the front all the way around and won out by half a wheel. J. T. Kelleher of Spring field came in second by a great spurt, and F. W. Randall finished third. The race between George Hendee and W.A.Rowe,on high wheels, was the next event Hendee won after being led all the way round.
 The quarter mile L. A. w. National championship was exciting. E. C. Hausman barely won at the tape over R. T. Ludwig. E. M. Blake finished third.
 In the one mile open, professional, IolIl SoOpeI WOli, LDuOWeu Dy LOuS- head, Major Taylor, J. s. Johnson and w. E. Becker in the order named Becker took the lead from the start,
 but the rest closed up at the home stretch, and the finish was all in a bunch.
 In the mile handicap, professional, Tom Butler won in nice shape He with his brother started at the 35-yards marl. together, and they managed the race in fine shape, pacing each other until the buch was reached. Tom then shot ahead and won out. Arthur Gardiner
 won second close up. Fuller Watson,
 Coleman and H. B. Freeman finished
 as named.
 Over 15,000 people were present. Twenty mile match race between Lucien
 Lesna and Jimmy Michael; Michael won by 150 yards In the fast time of 3S minutes, Il seconds-beating the worlds record by 3-5 seconds. The leader by miles was as follows:
 First -Michael-1:55. Second mile-Lesna-3:45 4-5. Third mile -Lesna-5:44 2-5. Fourth mile -Michael-7:34 1-5. Fifth mile-Michael-9:23 1-5. Sixth mile-Michael-11:19 Seventh mile-Michael-13:16. Eighth mile-Lesna-15:102 2-5 Ninth mle-Michael-17:05 2-5. Tenth mile-Lesna-19:02 Eleventh mile-Michael-20:5 :56 4-5. Twelfth mile-Michael-22:50 1-5. Thirteenth mile-Michael- AS 1-5. Fourteenth mile-Michael-26:42 Fifteenth mile-Michael-2S:35 Sixteenth mile-Michael-30:3 4-5. Seventeenth mlle-Lesna-32:2 20 3-5 Eighteenth mile-Michael-34:27 Nineteenth mile-Michael-36:22 Twentieth mle-Michael-3S:11 Besides breaking the twentymile record, Michael broke the siXteen-mile record,
 which was formerly 30:32 4-5, and held by Lesna. The 20-mile record was formerly held by Lesna. The fastest mile was the | tenth, made In 1 AS 4-5.
 | One mile Open. professional-T. M. Coop CT. Detroit, first; F. l.. Loughead, -Sarnia, second; Major Taylor, Cambridgeport,
 fourth follf Time Time 2:o5 4-5> i'''''' One-half mile amateur handicap-F. J. Dresher, first; F. c. Hausman, New Haven, l scratch. second George Keith, New York, 1 10 yards, third; [. H. Mimic, Chicopee, 1 B yards fourth Time 1:01 4-5. | Carlsen for the present mile unpaced rec. | ord of 2:O4 3-5, held by A. P. Hewes of Denver. He made the mile in POS 4-5, last | half in :01 4-5.
 1 One mile professional handicap-Tom But
 Ter Cambridgeport, 8 yards, first; Arthu. 1 Gardiner, Chicago. scratch. second: Watson i Coleman, Springfield, 60 yards. third; H. B | Truman. San Francisco, S5 yards. fourth Time of winner 2:04 1-5. Scratch time 2:04 2-5 breaking the worlds record. A Notorious Bank Eobber. l New York, Set. 15.-Charles Cummis-