The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-13
WHEELMEN AT
WILKES-BARRE
The Most Successful Meet Ever Held 10
This Section.
5000 SPECTATORS ARE PRESENT
All the Big Cracks Entered in the
Races--scranton Riders Make an
Excellent showing--Coieman Wins
the Two Mile Handicap--Other
Events.

Excellent tShowing--COlemon WINS
the Two Mile Haudicap--Other
Events.
Wilkes Barre, Aug 12.--The national
circuit races here today under the aus
pices of the West End Wheelmen, prov
ed the most successful meet ever held
in this part of the state. over nVe
thousand people were present ana the
events were very interesting. The tact
Of there being two national champion
ships on tn programme Is evidence OF
the class of riders present, all the Dig
cracks being entered. There were some
surprises however In the two-mlie
rational championship professional the
prize was captured by comparatively
an unknown man, f. G. Hoyt, OF cam
bridge Mass, in the good time OF 4'lo
2-5, each half mile being paced by
different man. Earl Kiser got second
and F. A. Mcfarland third. Bald Coo
per- Butler and the rest were quite out
of It. The half mile national cham
rionship amateur, was won by Ellery
M. Blake, Of Keene, N. H., in a hard
drive with e. w. Peabody, of Chicago,
and Earl Bovee, of Binghamton, second
u.
TAYLOR, captured the mile open, 200
class, beating out Nat Butler and +. o.
Hoyt in a beautiful finish. Nat Butler
won the mile open in 2.07 2-5, beating
out Gardiner and Kiser. The one-mile
handicap professional was won by c.
r. Newton, Staffords Springs, Conn.
The amateur events were all well con-
tested Eddie Bald paced by the Day
nf
for the half, doing it in So seconds.
Earl Kser, paced by the same quad,
lowered the track record of 1.56 for the
mile Just second.
SUMMARIZES.
One-half mile, state championship, am
ateur; first heat-C. w. Krick, Sinking
Springs, first; r. V. White, Scranton,
second; E. II. Van Valkenberg, Pittston,
third. Time, LOG. Second heat-W. A.
Lantz, Harrisburg, first; E. p. Gstalder,
Allentown, second; B. F. Kellar, Scran-
ton, third. Time. LOG As. Final heat
w. A. Lantz, first; c. w. Krick, sec
ond f. p. Gstalder, third. Time-1.A 40
One mile, 205 class, professional; first
heat-Major Taylor, first; Nat Butler
| second; F. c. Hoyt, third; Fred Titus,
fourth. Time 2.1S AS. Second heat-C S.
| Wells, first; o. L. Stevens, second; Bar
ney Oldhed, third; w. NJ. Randall,
| fourth. Time, PIG. Final heat-Major
| Taylor, first; Nat Butler, second; F. G.
| Hoyt, third. Time. 2.1o
One mile handicap, amateur; first heat
George Harry, Berwick 200 yards), first;
| II. b. Strong, Scranton Q20 yards) sec
| ond; Anton Hauslohuer, Hazleton 05
yards third; Walter Leibenguth, Lu-
| zerne Q30 yards), fourth; w. H. Croughn,
| WilkesBarre Q3o yards), fifth. Time,
| 2O7. Second heat-Patrick Dolphin, Pitts
rlaN ArGt.
| Bloomsbury S5 yards), second; Thomas
| A. McGinty, Mahanoy City Q00 yards).
| third Duncan A. Hall, Scranton GAS
| yards) fourth; G. b. Hart, Wilkes-Barre
| Q10 yards), fifth. Time, 20S 2-5. Final
heat-George Harry, first; Patrick Dol
| phin, second Fl. b. Strong, third; G. B.
| Hart, fourth. Time, 2.07 2-5.
| Two-mile national championship, pro-
| fessonal; first heat-Tom Cooper, first;
| +. c. Hoyt, second; Nat Butler, third;
Earl Kiser, fourth. Time, $40. Second
heat-Ed. Bald, first; Otto Mayer, sec
| fourth. Time, 452 2-5. Final heat-F c.
| Hoyt, first; Earl Kiser, second; Ed Bald,
| third. Time, 416 2-5.
One mile open, amateur, first heat-E.
| c. Hausman, New Haven, Conn, first;
| Charles e. Coleman, Scranton, second
Fred j. Morse. Chicago, third. Time. 2.1s,
| Second heat-Earl Bovee, Binghamt ton,
first; E. NJ. Blake. Keene, N. H., second
l. A. Powell New York, third. Time,
| 2.1S 3-5. Third heat-E. w. Peabody, Chi
cago, first; Ray Dawson, Boonton, N. j.,
| second; w. H. Fearing, New York, third
Time, 2.22 20 Final heat-I. A. Powell
first; Ray Dawson, second; E. w. Pea.
body, third. Time, 214 3-5.
One mile open, professional; first heat
Tom Cooper, first; Arthur Gardiner, sec
ond; f. A Mcfarland. third. Time, go
Second heat-H. r. Steenson, first; Ma
jor Taylor. second: Jay Eaton, third, e
c. Bald, fourth. Time, 2.2l 3-5. Thirt
heat-Earl Kiser, first; Nat Butler sec
ond; e. S. Acker, third. Time, 2.l6 2-5
Final heat-Nat Butler, first; Arthur
Gardiner, second; Earl Kiser, third. Time
2.07 2-5.
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPION
SHIP.
One mile national championship ANA
teur; first heat-E. w. Peabody, Chi
cago, first; E. NJ. Blake, Keene. n. H.
, second; f. p. Gstalder, Allentown, third
Time, Los. Second heat-George Reith
New York, first; Ray Dawson, Boonton
n. j., second; Earl Bovee, Binghamton
. third; W. f. McMichael, Berwick, fourth
Time, los AS. Final heat-E. NJ. Blake
first; Il. w. Peabody, second; Earl Bovee
third.-Time, 1.03 AS.
! One-half mile handicap, professional
first heat--J. Boyd Anderson, Nanticoke
(6O yards). first; w. f. Dickerson, Pal
. myra N. Y. go yards), second A. C. Mer
, tens, Spaulding, Tenn. (scratch), third
Major Taylor, Cambridgeport. Mass. e
yards), fourth; Jay Eaton, Elizabeth, n
: ]. 90 yards) fifth. Time, SO 4-5. Secon
. heat-Owen Kimble, Louisville, Ky. e
yards), first; c. r. Newton, Staffor
Springs, Conn. go yards), second; OFT
: Mayer, Erie Pa. 90 yards), third; L. A
Callahan, Buffalo, N. Y. O5 YARDS, fourth
, Z. S. Acker Philadelphia go yards
: fifth. Time, 1.03 3-5 Final heat-C. F
Newton, first; Major Taylor, second; OFT
Mayer, third. Time, so.
. Two-mile handicap, amateur; first hea
\ C. Il. Coleman, Scranton go yards
e first; George Harry, Berwick Q75 yards
second; Earl Bovee, Binghamton q
c yards), third; c. W. Krick, SinlSin
Springs, Pa. Coo yards), fourth; w. +
. Croughn, Wikes-Barre C21O yards), fiftl
I Time, 45l 2-5. Second heat-George Reitl
e New York (scratch), first; G. H. Collet
New Haven $50 yards), second; Thoma
g A. McGinty, Mahanoy City Q75 yards
Y third; w. F. McMchael, Berwick q
yards). fourth; H., C. Jewell. Bloomsbur
a 050 yards), fifth. Time, 440 3-5 Fin;
| heat-CharleS r. Coleman first. Gaorp