Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-09
Philadelphia Carries Off the Palm for
Bicycle Meetings.
SCHADE MAKES A WORLD RECORD
Results Saturday Afternoon After
the Recess.
CONTESTS WERE SPIRITED

The greatest race meet in the history of
| American cycling came to an end Satur-
day evening at Willow Grove Park. when
| the eighteenth national meet of the League
| of American Wheelmen closed.
| In attendance there has never been a ma
tional or local race meet that has ever APP
preached 1t. During the two days of racing
| nearly 5000 persons witnessed the cracks
from all parts of the United States, two
from Mexico. and the Canadian crack,
Loughead. strive for fame and prizes. In
| the particular of racing, all the circuit
| chasers showed themselves to be in fine
form, which resulted in the closest. pretti-
est and most strategic competition that has
been witnessed in a long time.
| Fred Schade of Herndon made new
| worlds amateur record. Immediately fol-
| lowing the conclusion of the racing pro-
| Gram, he rode an exhibition one-thlrd mile
4 against time and established new record
1 for the distance, OBJ As. This eclipses the
| best previous amateur worlds record by
o. %, A. w. Porter of Massa chusetts hold
| ing the record of 0.34 10 until the speedy
1 little representative of the Columbia Ath-
leiic Club wrested it from him by his great
| performance Saturday afternoon. Schade
was paced by a quad mounted by some of
! the best local amateurs, whose work was
| the prettiest ever seen on the Willow Grove
| track. They whirled around the board sur
| face without a quaver and Schade was
| tackled on to the rear wheel as IL his ma
chine was an annex to the big multicycle.
| Paced by n Quad.
| 1t was just after the five-mile profession
| al champion race. the event of the meet
had been run when Fred appeared on the
track in his light blue racing costume The
quad team. all in white, followed. Schade
soon caught the quad. and together with
the four-manned affair began a warming
ur spin 1t was then announced that he
| would try for the amateur thfrd-mile rec
| ord. All was in readiness when the team
came around the third time, and the signal
was given to go"
| The starting line was crossed at frll tilt
| and with the crack of the starters pistol
the timers watches began to roll off the
nttul seconds The pace was beautiful.
| Schaoes front wheel Tapped the quad. and
| pacemakers and paced were doing their Ut
| most Freds wheel was as steady as a
| rock Do what they would the quad team
could not gain an inch. 1t was soon evil
| dent that the record would be smashed
! When Schade crossed the tape a lusty cheer
went up from the 10000 people present
ne applause was doubled when the an
| nouncement was made that the worlds rec
ord had been beaten with plenty of margin
to snare.
The Washingtonians present We're down.
| cast with the showing made by the Wash
| iHSton boys in the races, and Schade's ner
torrance was welcome theme for elation.
Result After the Recess.
| After the recess till 3 o'clock Saturday
the first event was the trials in the one
mile open, amateur. There were eight
heats. first two in each to qualify
First heat-F. r. Hattersly, St. Louis Won
and Ed. Llewellyn, Chicago, second. Time.
2:163-5
Second heat-The race was slow and the
| riders loafed around. George Reith New
| York, won, and II. w. Middendorr Louis
| vile, second. Time, 2:21
Third heat-Charley Ertz. Ne,v York won.
I and H1,,.tN
| 2:11 3D.
Fourth heat-W Z. Tenzler. Broadbrook.
Conn. won easily, and F. p Gastalder, Al
| lentorTn. second. Time, 2:I4
Fifth heat-I. A. Powell New York. won.
| and George n. Collett, New Haven, Conn.
| second. Time 2:13 3D.
| Sixth heat-E. c. Hausman, New Haven
Conn. won. and E. D. stevens, BuffaIo
| seccrd Time. 2:23.
Seventh heat-R. A. Miller, New York.
Won, Won. and f. w. Peabody. Chicago. second.
Eighth heat-Ellery NJ. Blake. Keene. n.
H, won. and w. A Laudy. Cold Spring, n
| Y, second. Time, 2:l5 80.
Mile Open Professional Race.
! The great mile open protest. oaal race was
the last of the preliminary tri,ls to be rum
| All the big fellows were entered There
| were seven meats. The first in each tc
| qualify.
| First hcat--The starters were Steenson,
Aker. Tom Cooper. Becker. Randall and
| Weinig. Charley Henzell was pacemaker
| On the first round he set merry pace The
| second lap found Aker right at HenzeIls
! wheel, and half way round on the last lap
Cooper dashed clear of the bunch, and in
| brilliant squirt landed a winner; r. II.
| Steenson, second. Time. 2505 3D..
| Second heat-Henshaw of. Brooklyn did
not start in this event The line was Good
man. Major Taylor. Aughenbaush, Sanger.
Newhouse. Doc Brown and Hcyt The lat
| ter led on the first and second rounds with
| Taylor close up. The plucky coored boy
! made great squirt going round the curve.
| ana came down the stretch like bullet,
amid the plaudits of thousands and landed
| winner by a length. J. A. Newhouse was
| second. Time, BIB.
Third heat-Four starters, Church. Loug-
head. Newton and Oldfeld. West was
| pacemaker. The men rode cautiously until
he last lap, when Loughead spurted, with
| Church at mis- heels. In the stretch Loug-
mead increased his lead tribe and won;
! Fourth heatIfftus, Shelton. Mcfarland.
Frank Butler. Kimball and Eaton started
A. 5. Lee Of Cohoes paced the line in good
shape. Jay Eaton of Elizabeth. N. j., and
| owen Kimball, the Louisville crack, squirt
ed half way round and finished in the or
der named. Time. 2:l4 %
Fifth heat-Fred. Sims of washington
! acted as pacemaker. The starters were
Becker. Mosher. Coleman, David, yernier,
| kiser and Coburn. kiser kept close to the
paccmaker, with Coleman at his heels The
procession kept this order until Coleman
got abreast Of kiser in the stretch. Then
the Dayton boy Hoped away and won; Cole
man second. Time, 200 49,
Sixth heat-Bald, Wells O. l.. Stevens
Nat Butler. Brock and Repine started. IL
was beautiful race for the entire dis
| lance. In the stretch Bald who had been
| lying third, shot out from the bunch like
| d rocket and won by half wheel; Butler,
| second. Time, 2.0S4-5
Seventh heat-Mertens. Davis, Callahan
Gardiner and Huffsteller lined up, with b.
b. Stevens as pacemaker. Callahan got
behind the pacemaker at the crack of the
| pistol. and held the place for two laps.
Then Gardiner. the Chicago man. and Mer-
tens. the st. Paul boy, jumped in and fin
ished in the order named. Time 212 3-5
This closed the trial heats.
Tsyo-Mfle Championship, Amateur.
The two semi-fnals In the two-mile
championship. amateur. were then started,
the first three In each heat to qualify for
the final.
First heat, semi-final-There were eleven
starters. and they soon strung out into a
procession, making ordinary time On the
way home George Reith of New York
jumped away and won; /. A Powell, sec