The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
CYCLE CHAMPIONS
MAKE. NEW RECORDS
Loughead and Ziegler's
Fast Rides at the
League Meet.
Mott and Kenna Showed Re.
markab.e Form in the
Amateur Events.
A Day Replete With Surprises, Upsets
and Broken Records-Russ' Re-
verSaI of Form.

The benefit meet of the North Califor-
MIA Division, League of American Wheel
men, at the Velodrome yesterday after
noon, brought out the largest crowd and
furnished the best sport ever seen at q
cycle meet here.
The threatening weather did not keep
lovers of the sport away, and although
the men rode for blue ribbons the contests
were as hot as If they had been fighting
for gold and precious stones.
One of the prettiest features of the meet
was the one-third mile exhibition by Fred
J. Loughead, the Canadian champion,
paced by Dow, Becker and Boyden on q
triplet. Announcer Hynes said Loughead
was out of form, but one would never
have guessed it by the ride he put up.
He made the sixth in Is 1.5 and the third
in "a As seconds, record time. One can
easily understand, after seeing his ride,
how well he deserves his title of cham
pion. He will rank very high among the
professionals here on the coast.
Otto Ziegler. the California cha m pion,
lowered the coast record in halt-miie ex-
hibition, triple paced. He made 1t in
50 1.5 seconds, the former record being Sc
Ziegler showed splendid form and with a
little more conditioning will be promi-
nent factor at the Velodrome meets. He
is very popular with California audiences
and received an ovation on his appear
ance.
There were some pretty finishes in the
heats of the third of mile scratch, pro-
tessional. The first went to George Bovee
OF Texas, who beat Hardy Downing of San
Jose and others in hot sprint.
Charley Wells was shut out in the sec
IsL - hNtI,
beating Linn. 1t was a close finish be-
tween these two and Terrill won by
inches.
Harry TerrilI won the third heat in
easy style, Slater of Arizona second.
The final was v ry exciting. Slater fell
at the start and was out OF it. Downing
had the pole all the way, with Jones and
Harry Terrill trying to get 1t away from
him. Jones took chance on the final
turn, and got the inside, while bob"
Terrill rode high up the bank and cams
down with a terrible rush. A blanket
would have covered these four at the tape,
with Jones slightly in the lead Down
ing was second and Terrill third. The
time was :46 As.
The two-thirds mile handicap, profes-
tional, was run in one heat, Bob" Ter
rill, Wells, Freeman and Byrne compet-
ing. In pretty finish Freeman won,
Wells second, Terrill third. Time, 1:25.
Percy Mott rode half-mile exhibition,
| paced by an amateur triplet team, in 54
seconds fiat, making a new coast record.
The Velodrome shield race was the
opening event OF the long programme. 1t
was at one mile, unpaced the riders
starting al opposite sides OF the track. The
contestants were C. E. Dow of Seattle,
who has held the shield since New Years
day, and D. E. Whitman of Los Angeles,
who challenged him. The latter secured
good lead from the start, and won in
2:18 1-5.
The one-third mile handicap. amateur,
was run In six heats. Elford took the
first in AT 3-5. George Fuller put up a
great ride in the second heat, beating a
field of six in the fast time of :43 1-5.
Carmen and Raynaud fell in this heat but
were only slightly bruised. The third
went to Tony Alborelle in :46. Mott won
the fourth after hard fight, in 80 3-5
Russ, the popular Olympian, walked away
from his field in the fifth, winning as he
pleased in AT 15. Kenna's win of the
| sixth heat was also easy, time AS 2-5.
This brought the six fastest amateurs of
! the coast into the final, and it was fight
| from the crack of the pistol. The crowd
wen: wild over the finish. With Kenna
! land Russ fighting it out in front together,
Mott came on the inside and got the pole
and Russ vas beaten. 1t was so close
between Mott and Kenna when they
crossed the tape, the judges called it a
dead heat. The audience was about
| equally divided, half yelling for Mott and
the other half for Kenna. Their time was
! 43 seconds fiat, American record. Russ
! took third.
There were four heats to the one-half
mile handicap, amateur, the winners to
| qualify for the final. Kenna won the first
easily, and it was thou ht Russ would
have a similarly easy victory in the Sec
ond, but he finished last, TO the disap-
pointment of his friends, Gooch of the Re-
| liancs Club being the winner. Coulter OF
the California won the third in close
! finish.
Squires and Deacon fell in the next eat,
but were unhurt. George Fuller won,
| Williams second.
! The final went to Gooch, after a hot
struggle with kenna and Fuller, who fin.
ished in that order. Time, / :05
The following is the summary:
Half mile, handicap, amateur-First heat, ].
R. Kenna, Bay City, first, scratch; George Wy
man, Acme, secono, 80 yards. .Time-1 :O3 2-5.
Second heat, c. D. Gooch, Reliance, first, 80
yards; T. Sullivan. California, second 80
yards. Time-1:09 1-5. Third heat, r. A.
borelle. Olympic. second, 20 yards. Time
! / :03 3-5. Fourth heat. George Fuller Olympic.
first, 80 Yards; E. R. Williams, Reliance, Sec
ond, go yards. Time, 1 :02 4-5. Final heat, C.
D. Gooch, Reliance first; ]. R. Kenna, Bay
City, second; George Fuller, Olympic, third.
| Time-1:0 :05.
Two-thirds of a mile, handicap, profess
slonal-H. B. Freeman. Bay City. first; C. S.
Wells, Bay City, second; w. A. Terrill, Bay
City, third. Time-1:25
Third of mile, scratch, amateur-First heat,
B. H. Elford, Reliance first. Time, AZ 3-5.
| Second heat George Fuller, Olympic, first.
Time, :43 1-5. Fourth heat, P. K. Mott, Re-
lance, first. Time, 80 80. Fifth heat, E. F.
Russ, Olympic first Time, AT Is. Sixth
heat, J. R, Kenna, Bay City, first. Time,
! AS 2-5. Final heat, J. r, Kenna and P. R.
| Mott tie for first place; E. F. Russ, third.
| Time. :43, American record.
Third OF mile, scratch, professional
First heat, George Bovee, Bay City, first;
Hardy Downing, San Jose, second Time,
:46 2-5. Second heat, W. A. Terrill, Bay City,
! first; Allan n Jones, Olympic, second. Time,
| :46. Third heat, II. F. Terrill, Bay CITY, first
| Horace Slater, Arizona, second. Time, :46 3-5.
Final heat, Allan Jones, olympic, first; H. f.
Terrill, Bay City, second; W. A. Terrill, Bay
| City, third Time, 40 40
Hall mile exhibition, paced-P. r. Mott
! Reliance. Time "a, coast record
| Velodrome shield race, one mie. unpaced
! between d. E. Whitman OF Los Angeles and c.
| 2:1S 1-5.
One-third mile exhibition, t-iplet paced. G.
! j: Loughead, Canadian champion. Time,
| "a 2-5, record.
| one-half mile exhibition, tripiet paced
| Otto Ziegler Jr., California cham pion. Time,
| :53 l-5, coast record.
The following were the officials of the
| meet:
Referee, Henry F. Wynne; judges-F. H.
kerrigan. Z. b. Jerome H H White; timers
4. Z. Stoddard George p Wetmore j. F. Nc
2. Swain clerk of course George II. StrAtton !:
| assistants-E. L. Weatherhead L. Conklin, d.