The evening times., 1897-11-18

a meeting Of the l.. A W.eXecUtive com
mittee. with President I. b. Potter, Nice
L. esident =. CreSsy Morrison and {. Frank
K.roi;er in attendance, wa hrldat the head
quarters i'll New York. November Il. and
| adjourned for u few days. Matters -elat-
ing to an arrangement with the foreign
cycling organizations, which vii! sna ble
league members To take their wheels brOa d
without paying cuStom-tuuse duties, Were
taken up, and also the program of the
National Assembly, to be held at ST. Louis
in February next. The idea will be TO
make Good Roads Day the most important
one during the session. As soon as these
matters are finally arranged. bulletin.
giving full details, will he sent oIt for
the infoI nation of lea que mrmbers all
over the country.
Tie Ne " York consulate Of the l.. 4. W.
has arranged to cooperate with the local
organizat ions OF united clubs and good
roads associat joins for the purpose of de
vising and having carried into effect a
plan for special wheeling way across
the Bro uklyn Bridge. President Potter is
taking al active interest in the matter and
has been invited % preside at the first
rleeting of the joint committees 1t is
expected that under the pressure of this
movement the bridge trustees will feel
Obliged To grant ti,e,iemauds OF the cyclists
Chairman Mott, of the l.. 4. W. racing
board. will meet with the executive COM
mittec ct tie Amateur Athletic Union
next week to discuss ideas for further har-
monizing he relatiohs of the lea que and the
uuion.
IL is not believed by league officials
that the racing board will take any action
regarding the century run Of the Long
Island City Wheelmen, held week ago,
In which a woman finished fifth, although
the matter has been reported to the board
for official ccnside ration. Although ii
might justly he considered as being actually
q 100-n,ile road race, ii was not nominally
such, and evidence sufficient to warrant
discip!ination would he difficult to obtain.
Miss Nellie Benson who finished fifth. rode
the distance in six hours and twenty-one
minutes In this event the new bevelgear
wheel mad. its first appearance In a racing
contest, Edwards, who was mounted on
the cllaiEiess, was looked upon as 4 sure
winner, but his finish in the rear ranks is
explained To he due to accidents.
New 1898 wheels are being received
rapiuiy 10y new 1Oth uidiidStIs. Lds2
week the patterns OF six well-known makers
appeared. Two We're cha Unless; two were
incIosed chain models, and two were CT the
ordinary chain type. One OF the chainless
is a new design with twin driving rods,
putout b y an ohio firm. A general tendency
to increase the drop in the crank hanger, to
shorten tie head and increase the distance
between the bearings is noticeable. In thu
rear, D-shaped tubing fo- forks and stays
seems to be universal.
Pittsburg is satisfied with it's end of the
big deal. Pringle, in the Pittsburg Dis
patch, says:
The great event of the week, as far as
Pittslcrg patrons of baseball are concerned,
has been the great trade whereby the Gin
cinnati club gels Elmer Smith and Eawley
for Rhnes, Mccarthy. Gray, Stew art and
Schriver and So 900. 1t seems to .1e that
this is an excellent exchange for the Pitts
burg club. without Stewart and the So, 900
it was considered good one for the local
club BY the vast majority OF good judges
throughout the country, and when the fact
that Stewart and So, 900 also figuredin the
dea! cane to light, the opinion IN favor OF
Pitts.',urg was more pronounced by know
ing people.
NOT because Stewart makes the deal
much better, but because of the fact
that if the pla yers obtained from CinciIi-
natl are as good as experienced men who
know them state they are the money part
OF the bargain does not affect the public