The San Francisco call., 1897-09-23
CAPITAL CITY
CYCLE RACES
Big Gathering Of Wheel
men at Sacramento
Next Sunday.
Jones, Sharick, Russ, Wing and
All the Other Cracks
Are Entered.
The One-Mile Championship of the
Pacific Coast Will Be the
Star Attraction.

The race meeting of cyclists TO be held
next Sunday at Sacramento promises to
be one OF the greatest ever held in this
State. All of he best men are entered save
Kenna and Zegler and besides the ord!-
nary events there will be the mile Pacific
Coast championsh ip and mile profes-
sioaal handicap for big purse.
egler has not yet recovered from the
injuries he rece we'd in his fall at Seattle
a fortnight ago. and Kenna, having won
the half-mile championship at Santa Rosa
on Admission day, is now resting on his
laurels.
It will be noted with some surprise that
BirdsaIl and TheiseI, the crack riders of
the California Club, have entered und er
the coors OF the Olympics. Sharick and
Bemer, the champions of the Northwest,
Will appear. The following are the entries,
heats and handicaps:
One N lie championship, California Associ-
ated Cycling Clubs. Amateurs and proies-
sionals compete together under special rule.
First heat-N- J. Galindo, Acme; Z. F. Russ,
A Theisen. NJ. NJ. Cook, Olympic; P. Hal
loner, Walter Leitch, % cramento; 2. H. ROsen-
helm, P r. Mott, Reliance; George Shsrick,
Tacoma.
second beat-L. A. Payeu, Sacramento; B.
H. Elford. Reliance; J. E. Wing, c. J. Birdsall,
NJ. Bleuler Imperial; F. g. Peck, Bay Clty.
Third heat-Ben Bemer, Tacoma; Dan E.
Whitman. Los Angeles; J. 5. Brereton. Percy
Deacon, Rahanc ce; George Fuller. Olympic (;
Har Downing, San Jose; q. A. Nyman,
Acme; J. Hirsch, Sacramento. First and sec
end each neat TO qualify Tor the final.
Percy Deacon, P. R. Mott. Reliance; Nat NJ.
Gilman, Bay CiIy; George P. Fuller, A. Thei-
sen. Olympic; George A. Wyman. Acme; Will
liam Readle, Walter LeitCh, CAPITAL City.
I A NnT no q n
ital CITY; H. W. Squires, A. Il. Agnew, Acme !;
G. L. Bush, unattached; J. E Wing, J. Z, Wal
lace, NJ. NJ. Cook, olympic; P, Il. Rosenheim,
Reliance.
Third neat-G. J. Jackson, H. Ten Bosch. J.
Hirsch, f. h. LeItch, L. A. Payen, Capital City;
e. J. Blrdsall, E. + Russ. Olympic; Frank G.
Peck, Bay City; V. J. Galindo, Acme.
First TWO in each heat qualify 1or the final
heat.
One-third mile scratch, professional-First
heat: Dan E. Whitman, Los Angeles; George
ShaTick, Tacoma; B. H. Elford, Reliance; NJ.
b.euler, France.
,cond heat s Brereton, Reliance; B. F.
Bemer. Tacoma; Hardy Downing, San Jose;
Allan y. Jones, Olympic.
First and second in each heat TO qualify for
the final heat.
Two-mile handicap, amateur-First heat: J.
Z. Wing, Olympic, scratch; Frank G. Peek, Bay
ity. SO yards; George A. Wyman, Acme, 80;
/. A, Young, Capiial City. 100; T. 7. Welch,
capital City, 13O; A H Agnew, Acme, $50;
A. Theisen, olympic, 40; William Readle,
$50: G. J. Jackson, Capital City, 800.
second heat-Jacob Hirsch Capital City,
scratch; H. ". squlres, Acme, scratch; P. R
Mott Reliance. % yards; Waiter Leitch, Capt.
Ia City, 40; P. H Rosenheim, Reliance, So;
{. J. Birds.A, Olympic, rs; Z. a. Payen, Capt.
taI City, 100; H. Ten Bosch, Capital City, 100;
Nat NJ. Gilman, Bay City, 13O; }. E. Wallace,
olympic, and Z. HaloneT, Capital City, $50;
Z. +. LeiIch, Capital City, 250
Firs four in each heat qualify for the final
heat.
One mile, California Associated Cycling
Clubs professional handicap, purse $40
First heat: Hardy Downing, san Jose, %
Brere ton, Reliance, 100; B. F. Bemer, Ia
coma, 125.
Second heat-Allan n. Jones, Olympic,
scratch; George Sharick, Tacoma. scratch; B.
H. E ford, Reliance, rs yards; Max 9leuler,
France, 13O.
First TWO in each heat and faster third to
qualify for final heat.
The following officials have been invited
to act at the meet: Referee, Robert NJ
Welch; judges-A. P. Swain, Charles Al
bert Adams, Scott F. Ennis; timers-H.
D. Hadenfeldt, George II. Stratton. Ed G.
rIst; starter, Robert C. Lennie; scorer,
George H. Lavenson; clerk, /. S. Upson !;
assistant, c. Il. Shearer; announcer, J. E.
Little; umplres-W. a. Hubert A. d.
Patterson; commltte e-M. S. Lavenson
tchairman), c. E. Wright (secretary), L.
S. Upsou, s. +. Ennis James E. Little, J.
L. Mcdonald and J. a. Woodson.