The San Francisco call., 1897-05-31

flashed past the Judges it was almost a
dead heat, but Wing was trlne In the
lead and got the decision. Wyman was
close third. The time was :43 80 seconos'
almost within the record.
The Garden City Club made mistake
in allowing four men to quallty In each
heat of the mile amateur hanclcap, Drlng-
ing twelve into the final. Regular fol-
lowers Cf the game shook their heads as
the men were lining up FOR the start anu
predicted an accident with so many men
racing on that or any other track, ana
particularly amateurs who are prone to
recklessness in their riding. And the re-
suit proved their prognostication was
correct.
The starters in the final heat were Nor
ton, Mott, Johnson, Wyman, Deacon,
Wing. Taylor, Kraft, Gooch, Ham m onds,
Belloli and Beal, from various clubs IN the
State. All went well until the last turn
on the last lap. The bunch had just COM
menced to sprint Tor home and johnson
had the lead. Gooch cut down to the
pole and threw himself and Johnson. The
field behind them was going too last and
was too close up to avoid the wreck. ana
down they went one after the other,
piling up on top of each other, men and
wheels being intermingled and strewn all
over the track. Belloli and Taylor went
over the bank, fall of about ten feet, ana
the audience uttered cry of horror as IL
thought of broken limbs and bruises and
scrapes which all the men were likely 10
suffer. Wyman was the only man VINO
did not go down. =,
''I was back in about tenth position,
he said afterwards, land just rode
through the wreck, humping into fallen
man here and riding over broken Wheel
there, but without being thrown from my
l. a
body being left to contest with me.
Norton was first up. ana, his wheel De-
ing unrid BILE, started on a run ior the
tape, dragging it after him. Mott Jump
on his wheel, but could not rlde IL anu
gave UP, sitting down to nurse lew
bruises. Wyman, Wing and Kraft got on
their wheels and managed to guloe tneIn
slowly over the tape, passing Norton VINO
was still on the run. So the hnlsnlng
order was Wyman, Wing, Kraft.
A crowd of cyclers rushed over to the
scene of the smash-up and helped to carry
the injured men to their dressing rooms.
1t was soon found that no bones were
broken, but some of the riders were Sc
verely scra ped and bruised. The amateur
races az Vallejo tomorrow, where the
men intended to ride. will be eleven men
snort and healing lotions will be IN great
demand in San Jose tonight.
A feature OF the days racing was spe-
ciaI event-a match race between five n ar
ried men of the home cluh-Messrs. j. A.
Desimone, II. L. Miller, d. L. Miller, G..
II. Osen, once the coast champion, and W.
E. Whiting. George Owens also entered,
but backed out at the last moment. Both
the Millers met with mishaps, and the
race proper was between Desimone and
Whiting, the former winning in a carefully
pre-arranged sprint amid the plaudits OF
his entire family, present to witness his
efforts and his many friends in the stands.
The riders, trainers and officials all left
for Vallej 10 tonight to attend the big meet
of the Ariel Bicycle Club there to-mor-
row.
The following is the summary:
One mile handicap, amateur-First heat,
won by P. R. Mott Reliance, scratch; second,
F. L. Norton, Bay City, 90; third, A. b. john
son, Redwood. 45; fourth, 6. A Wyman,
Acme, 25. Time 2:1S 2-5.
Second heat, won by A. P. Deacon, Reliance,
so; second, J. E. Wing, Olympic, scratch;
c. A. Kraft, Bay City, 80. No time.
Third heat-Won b. G. D. Gooch, Reliance.
90; second, R. H. Hammonds Olympic; third,
Healdsburg. Time, 2:15 2-5.
Final beat-Won by Il. A. Wyman, Acme;
second, J. E. Wing. Olympic; third, c. A.
Kraft, Bay City; fourth, T. 5ellol, San Jose.
Two-thirds mile handicap, professional
Won by Otto Ziegler Jr., San Jose; second, G.
R. Coulter, Ohio; third. Allan Jones, San
Francisco. Time, 20, worlds compe tition
record.
one mile. open, profes sional-First heat:
Won by Otto Ziegier Jr.. San Jose; second, C.
r. Coulter, Ohio; third, B. II. Elford, Reliance.
Time, 2:15 3-5.
Second heat-Won by Allan Jones, Olympic;
second, Hardy Downing, San Jose third, A.
NJ Boyden, Alameda. Time, IT 80.
Final heat-Won bv Otto Ziegler Jr., San
Jose; second, Hardy Downing. san Jose; third,
c. l. Davis, San Jose; fourth, Allan Jones,
Olympic. Time, 2:1O 2-5.
One third mile scratch, amateur: First
heat-Won by J. E Wing, Olympic; second.
C. D. Gooch, Reliance. Time, :43 3.5.
Second heat-Won by A. Z. Deacon, Reli-
ance; second, D. ]. Murphy, Garden City.
Time, AS D.
Third heat-won by C. A. Wyman, Acme;
second, C. a. Kraft, Bay City.
Fourth heat-Won by Percy r. Mott, Reli-
ance; second, r. H. Hammonds, Olympic
Time, "A 2-5.
Final neat-won by J. E. Wing, San jose
second, P R. Mott, Reliance; third, G. A. Wy
man, Acme. Time, :43 35.