Evening star., 1897-01-04
SPORTS OF THE DAY
Waller Won the si1-Day Bicycle
Race.
DEATH OF PUGIIlSr JAMES DUFFY
Winnipeg Four to Row in the Hem
ley Regatta.
CHESS AND WHIST NOTES

CHESS AND WHIST NOTES
The six-day eight-hour cycle race at
Convention Hall ended Saturday night un-
der the most favorable auspices There was
a large gathering Of people present. fully
5000. who filled oil of the seats and throng-
ed the ice. crowding the skating surface SO
that the skaters were unable to get much
enjoyment out of their sport. 1t was much
warmer in the hall than ever before, ard
this fact was demonstrated by the cordil
tion of the ice. In spite of the working Of
the pumps forcing ammonia to freeze the
surface, the Ice actually melted, leaving
small pools Of water. This is the first time
in the history Of the ice palace that this
has occurred
To certain extent the people were dis
appointed in the finish. It was expected
that there would be continual sprint all
during the evening to secure a position,
but this did not materialize. The r,en
were too tired. and their riding Saturday
was the worst Of any day during the 1crg
ride. They could have made much better
time had occasion demanded it, but each
rider expected the other to make the first
strength. The sprinting Saturday evening
was not up to the order of the sprinting
OF previous evenings. Maddox was not
particularly anxious to make up his two
laps. This was shown by his riding during
the day.
There were a number Of events out Of
the ordinary Saturday. For the first time
during the race Charles Ashinger was off
his wheel. 1t being through no fault Of his
own. Three riders endeavored to make a
sprint simultaneously, and the man in front
threw the second man, who happened to
be little Hunter Ashinger was the third
man, and he went down with Hunter. With
out loss of time he remounted his machine,
but he lost lap by the operation, while
Hunter lost three to the main bunch, and
two to Lawson, who waited for him. The
handle bars of the plucky Englisnman
came loose, and he was forced to change
his wheel, this taking up valuable time,
though it was rapidly lone. The act of
the Swede In waiting for his nearest rival
was greeted with applause, and nore firm
ly established him favorite in the eyes
of all present.
Poor Fritz Forster met with mishap
that fortunately did hot result seriously
appeared He was on the secon1 turn,
deavoring to pass the lunch. who had
sprinted, and he ran over the track, str:k-
ing the rope railing which ha1 been placet
there. With presence of mia1 he seized
the rope. but the force of the collision made
him turn a complete somersault, while his
wheel slid down the steep incline 10 the
base of the track. The rider was dazed
for a moment, staggered 4 little, and then
slid down the embankment and remounted
his wheel just as the bunch made their first
lap on him. Had he gone over the track he
would have fallen about ten feet headfore-
more serious results. He continued to Idle.
and finished out the evening. llough much
of his spirit was gone. he cDrnpiainias OF
pain in his back. Had Forster been N his
H.
would have carried the bunch around the
track the whole of the evening al n go6
speed, indulsing in some OF his spurts,
which had the effect many times during the
race of making all Of the riders hump live
ly to catch him.
Flowers were plentiful. and the popular
ity of the Swede was attested by the fact
that he received more than the others.
On three different occasions he was pre-
sented with large punches, being the first
rider of the lot to be thus recognized. Lit
tie Hunter was also remembered, and re-
ceived beautiful floral tribute. None Of
the other riders were forgotten, and in
turn they received punches of flowers dur
ing the night. There was some applause
when Forster received his gift. but the
spirits of the always jovial German were
dampened by his accident, and he could
not respond by one of his pretty sprints.
The greatest surprise Of the evening was
when Charles Ashinger, who was pacing
the bunch, made squirt and got about a
quarter of lap ahead. He kept on, hop
ing to get a lap, but he was not successful,
the other riders catching up to him after
hard pedaling. The only other sprint was
made by Maddox, just before the close Of
the race, and after the first gun had been
fired. which goes off ten minutes before the
close. He gained half a lap, and managed
to hold 1t, though the rapid pace was tell
ing on him, and he was in that position
when the last gun was fired, marking the
close of the race.
Courtesy.
Another graceful act Of the swede during
the ride was the holding back of the whole
bunch when little Hunter changed his
wheel the second time after his fall. Here
tofore the other riders have gained one and
two laps on changing a wheel, but the
Swede was in front, and he held all Of the
riders back until Hunter caught up. He
and Hunter were tied for fourth place,
though, had he wanted, the Swede could
have held that position safely by taking
advantage of the Englishman's mishap.
The tie was not decided until the finish,
when the Swede sprinted and came in by
lead of ten feet. giving him the place. When
the list Of names was read OUT In the order
of the finish the only name cheered was
that of the Swede.
The exhibition distances were excellent,
the riding of Eddie Bald and Tom Linton
being of record-breaking order. Bald rode
quarter, unpaced, flying start, in % 20,
breaking the old indoor quarter-mile record
of % 1-5. Tom Linton went against his
mile, unpaced. record. of 2:22. and sue
ceeded in covering the distance in 2:11.
Fred Schade went against the District
quarter-mile record of "a seconds, and, &C.
cording to the time given, Topped OF Sec
ond and several fifths. Teddy Hale gave
his regular exhibition mile, but his time
was not of fast order.
The Score.
The score at the close Saturday night
was as follows:
Total Corrected
revised score.
Name. 9th day score. Miles.Laps. Feet.