The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-07

amateur. to be run in ten heats. first two
to qualify. Results:
First Heated Llewellyn, Chicago, won;
Fred r. Hattersley, st. Louis, second.
Second Heat-John Johnson, Worcester,
Mass. won; A. b. Goehler, Buffalo. second.
Lln1e, :45 20.
Third Heat-R. Dawson. Boonton. N. J..
won; J. j. Howard. st. Louis. second.
Fourth HEATH. P. Gastalder, Allentown,
Pa, won; Albert Batwan, Philadelphia, Sec
Firth Heat-R. 4. Miller, New York, won;
Q. Y: Babcock, New York, second. Time,
sixth Heat-E. D. Stevens. Buffalo, won;
Fred J. Morse, Chicago, second. Time,
Seventh HEATH. A. Powell. New York,
won; A. NJ. Zimbrich, Rochester, second.
Eighth Heat-Ellery NJ. Blake, Keene, N.
H., won; VIM: II: Fearing, New York, sec
Ninth Heat-CharIes Coleman, Scranton,
won; Joseph P. Rogers, Philadelphia, sec
Tenth Heat1E. w. Peabody. Chicago,
won; Club Nelson, Springfield. Mass, Sec
The third event was the quarter-mile
championship professional and was run in
five heats, winners only to qualify. All the
In the first heat Major Taylor, the col
ored crack, formerly of indianapolis, took
the lead. Tom Cooper, Of Detroit, kept at
his heels and won by a wheels length.
Becker, Loughead and Newton lined up
for the second heat, which Loughead, the
Ontario boy, Won by three lengths. Time,
| "a 2-5.
Eddie Bald, A. C. Mertens, of st. Paul,
o. l.. Stevens, of Ottumwa, Ia. and Harry
West OF Philadelphia, started in the third
heat. Bald won in a beautiful squirt. Time,
The fourth heat was a splendid dash.
Arthur Gardiner, of Chicago, won in "a ID,
with j. A. Newhouse, of Buffalo, at lis
pedals, and "A. I. Brown, of Cleveland, Just
/ h4hlnn NaVhnIGa
The fifth heat was a repetition of the
fourth, with w. M. Randall. of Rochester,
was a length behind and Owen S.. Kimball,
of Louisville, a good third.
The fourth event was a two-mile handicap,
amateur, first three to qualify. 1t was run
in six heats, and about seventy were EN-
tered.
The first heat was slow until the finish.
c. w. Crick (AO YARDS, Sinking Springs,
Pa, spurted and won by a wheels length;
lie Compile 600 YARDS. third. Time, 4:51.
Second Heat-W. A. Ladue GO YARDS,
won; A. T. Goehler (scratch), second; w.
a. Liant (55 yards), third. Time, 4:49 3-5.
Third Heat-Bob Miller was scratch. For
a mile the line Kept up a rapid pace, but
In the second mile they promenaded.
Miller won; George H.. Collet go yards),
second; c. M. BLY, 10 yardsD third. Cline,
Fourth HEATH. P. Gastalder u1O YARDS,
won; e. C. Hausman go YARDS, second;
O.. V. Babcock go yards), third. Time,
l t.Jf 30.
Fifth Heated L. Llewellyn eco YARDS,
won: Joseph F. Rogers 600 YARDS, second;
George B. Vanhest Q6O YARDS, third. Time,
4;51 4-5.
Sixth Heat-E. D.. Stevens was scratch.
H. d. Wright Q70 yards), was never over
taken; A. NJ. Zimbrich $50 YARDS. second;
| 4:i3. ~ 'AiO''' 'lU
The next event was the one-mile POS
class, professional, run in five heats, hrst
First HeatEThe pace was slow. and on
| the last lap Clinton w. Davis crossed first.
Butler hunted him down, however and
| came down in the stretch even with Barney
| Oldheld, but crossed hrst by a narrow mar
| gin; Oldfield second. Time, 2:52 %.
Second Heat-They loafed for two-thirds
Of The way. e. d. Fichtner Won; w. z.
ecker second. Time. 2:42. Time limit in
this heat Of ESQ. Referee Gideon decided
| 10 race and no turnover.
Z Third Heat-Pop Dampman led the field
the colored lad from Cambridgeport, Mass,
second. Time. 2:33. Time limit of 2:30 and
no race and no turnover.
Fourth Heat-The line jumped away at
the crack of the pistol and kept a rafting
good pace all around. F; A. Mcfarland
won; L. A. Callahan second. Time, 2;25 1-5.
Fifth Heat-This was a splendid race
throughout. A. C. Mertens jumped away
from the bunch and maintained an easy
lead, crossing a winner by thlrty-fve yards.
In the bunch there was a continual shifting
of positions and it was a dead heat between
Fred Titus and Fred Simms for second.
Time, 2:15 is.
III INTASIOs
At the conclusion of this event a post
| ponement was made until 5 o'clock. The
afternoon races opened with the postponed
trial heats. The first of these was the one
mile championship amateur run, in eight
heats, first two to qualify.
First Heat-Only five started. They tool
their time until the stretch was reached,
when a beautiful squirt was made, Raw
Dawson landing winner, w. A. Lantz, Har-
| risburg, second. Time, 2:27 2-5.
Second Heat-The line got away in shape
and kept up a fast pace to the finish; A: a.
dorff, Lo Hsw e0T Ky, W Second d T Mi Mi a:is.
Third Heat-Charles Muss, Milwaukee,.
Won; g.; y: Peabody Chicago, second.
Time, 2:16 20. The "chaSerS" kept at it all
through this heat and finished close to-
| gether.
Fourth Heat-Fred Morse, Chicago, led
the six men in this heat all the way to the
stretch. Charley Ertz, of New York, here
forged ahead, winning easily by five
lengths; II. G; Gardner Philadelphia, sec
Fifth H~eat-Seven starters, who kept up
a rafting good pace throughout. Fred
s srfas sf I HSrnde sa,co ma T Tims . a.i i. AZ x, How
Sixth Heat-Six starters. John S. john
son, Worcester, Mass. won; Bert Ripley,
Newark, second. Time, 2:15.
Seventh Heat-SeVen starters. They kept
well punched. finishing close together. r.
4. Miller New York won; 9; V. Babcock,
AN&h 80 N 1&OAA llli1 AElt
Eighth Heath. Bedell only led the other
six starters halfway round. In the last lap
II. Z. tusman, New Haven, went ahead and
finished winner; f. d. Stevens, Buffalo, Sec
ond. Time, 2:15 3-5.
The last event in the trial heats was the
one-mile championship professional, divided
into four heats, first two in each heat to
qualify. The time limit in this event
was 2:20.
First Headlight starters. Fred Loug-
head. Of Sarnia, Ont, crossed the line a
winner by six inches; Major Taylor, the
colored boy, second. Time, 2:14 1-5.
Second Heat-Johnny Johnson, who was
entered in the event. was still too stiff to
start and was excused. There were five
starters. Howard L. Mosher, Boston, won;
w. c. Sanger, Milwaukee, second.
Third Heat-There were eight starters.
Eddie Bald, Buffalo. won; L.. A. Callahan,
Buffalo, second. Time, 2:13.
Fourth Headlight starters. Earl Kiser,
Time, 2:15 2-5.
Inns ended the trial heats. With the last
event ended the preliminary trials and the
first semi-final in line of the third mile
open amateur was run, first three to quail
lily in the final.
Fearing second, Club Nelson third. Time,
LIelwyn won, John S. Johnson, Worcester,
second, a. B. Goehler third. Time, AZ.
Third heat, semi finals-J. A. Powell won,
+. j. Morse second, r. O. Miller and A.
NJ. Zimbrich, dead heat for third. Time,
AZ %.
The next event was the final heat in the
one-mile championship. professional, Bald
had the pole, with kiser, Loughead, Mosh-
er, Callahan. Taylor, Newton and Sanger
in the order named. Seaton and Weinig