The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-16
SCRANTON RIDERS WON.
Captured a Big Share Of the Prizes
at the Bloomsbury Races on
Saturday.

Scranton riders figured prominently
in the bicycle races held at bloomsbury
Saturday. Among the well-known rid
ers who participated were: G. w.
Krick. Reading; Earl Bovee, Bingham
tom Craig Stewart, Harrisburg; VIII
McMichael, Berwick; George Harry,
Berwick; and about twenty others, in
cluding the Scranton riders.
Robert White, of this city. won the
final of the one-half mile open by inches
from Charles Coleman, also OF this
city, in a cyclone finish, with Earl
Bovee, of Binghamton, third.
Krick won the two-mile lap race, the
one-mile open and the three-mile han
dicap from scratch. George Harry, OF
Berwick, won the one-mile handicap
from las yards, with Charles Coleman
a close second from the 30-yard mark.
Charles Coleman clipped ten seconds
from the track mile record, paced by
Duncan Hall, Jack Dawkins, Harry
Strong, of Scranton, and VIII Nc
Michael, of Berwick, each pacing
quarter. Coleman's time was 2.06,
which is very fast for that kind Of
riding. Duncan Hall, another Scranton
rider, won second place in the novice.
and fourth in the three-mile handicap.
The entries were so numerous that
each race was run in several heats.
SUMMARIES.
Following are the summaries:
One mile novice-First, c. L. Miller,
Bloomsbury; second, Duncan Hall, Scran-
ton; third, George Grey, Danville. Time.
23S1a.
Half-mile open, first heat-First, Earl
Bovee, Binghamton; second, E. l.. Van
Valkenburg, Pittston: third, r. " White,
Scranton; c. W. Krick, Sinking Springs,
pace. Time, los. Second heat-First, c.
L. Coleman, Scranton; second, p. F.
| Gstalder, Allentown; third, c. G. Stew
art, Harrisburg; H. c. Jewell. Blooms
| burg, pace. Time, los. Final heat-First.
| r.. V. White; second, c. f. Coleman;
| third, Earl Bovee. Time. L2lla.
Two-mile lap race-First, G. w. Crick,
| Sinking Springs; second, E. L. Van Walk
enburg, Pittston; third, C. L. Stewart.
Harrisburg. Time, 50ilh.
Mile handicap, first heat-First, j. G.
Dawkins. Scranton, 10 yards; second.
George Harry, Berwick 80 yards; third,
w. l.. Fulmer, Williamsport, so yards;
| fourth, d. A. Hall, Scranton, 130 yards.
| Time, 2.12iA. Second heat-First, G. f.
| Coleman, Scranton. 25 yards; second A.
j. Seifert, Harrisburg, 60 yards; third,
C. NJ. Sarley, Reading, 100 yards; fourth,
NJ. C. Jewell Bloomsbury, 80 yards. Time,
219. Final heat-First, George Harry;
second, c. f. Coleman third, H. c.
Jewell; fourth, w. L. Fullmer. Time.
2.20Ia.
Mile open, first heat-First, C. w
Krick Sinking Springs; second, f. l.. Van
Valkenburg, Pittston; third, c. G. Stew.
art, Harrisburg; fourth. p. f. Gstalder
Allentown. Time, 2.25lk. Second heat
Earl Bovee, Binghamton; second, r. "
White, Scranton; third, II. P. Strong
Scranton; fourth, ]. S. Kunkle, Kings
ton. Time, 2.1S1R. Final heat-First, c
w. Krick; second, c. G. Stewart; third
f. L. Van Valkenburg; fourth, j. S
Kunkle. Time, 2.2S 1-5.
Three-mile handicap-First. c. w
Krfck, Sinking Springs, scratch; second
c.. G. Stewart. Harrisburg, 80 yards
third, e. L. Van Valkenburg, Pittston, 10
yards; fourth, Duncan Hall, Scranton
| It's yards.