The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-08
WHEELMEN OWN TOWN
WORLDS RECORD BRoKENF0R ONE THIRD
OF A MILE.
Three thousand People Watch the Event Ear
kiser Wins the Great Mile
Open Professional.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. tine great
est race meet in the history of American
cycling came to an end this evening at
| Willow Grove Park, when the eighteenth
national meet OF the League of American
| Wheelmen closed During the two days
of racing nearly $4,000 persons watched
while the cracks from all parts of the
| United States, two from Mexico and
| the Canadian crack, Loughead strove
! for fame and prizes. Yesterdays at
| tendance Of $4,000 was very nearly
doubled to-day.
FREQ l.. Loughead, the Sarnia, Ont,
lad who carried off the honors yesterday,
kept up his fine work to-day, but little
Earle Kiser landed on top, winning the
half mile professional and the great
mile g i professional. A purse OF
$500 j divided among the winners
of the latter race. Eddie Bald also
added to his reputation, and while no
frsts appear to his credit, yet his seconds
| in the mile open and FIVE mile profes-
sional finals were within hars breadth
of being frsts. In each and every race
an which he competed he displayed re-
maIk,b.c Judgment.
| Among the amateurs :aere WAS much
good racing, and Peabody, Eddies
Llewellyn and Charles NJ. ErtZ put up
/ ae finest exhibition. In most Of the
A amateur succeeded in breaking the
4 in but few instances did the boys show
( any evidence of loafng.
! After the scheduled events had been
4 run off, Fred Schade, the Virginia
amateu, succeeded in breaking the
worlds record for one-third OF mile.
Schade was paced by tive quads and got
.awy beautifully. He hugged the quads
J closely and finished in a terrific pace in
30 4-5 seconds, lowering Porter's record
of 81 1-5 seconds, made in 1894. In adj
dition to this there were a number OF
| trials at the worlds record for one mile
amateur and professional Church COW
cred the three laps in / :43 3-5, and but
for the second pacing teams slowness
would have chopped at least two seconds
off the time he made. Major Taylor had
the next try with a quad and triplet az
pace makers The Major crossed the
tape in 1:43 3-5.
| Johnny" Zimmerman rode an exhibi-
| ton half mile in SO 2-5 seconds, and
Arthur Gardiner, paced by quads, did
mile in LA. This brought the racing
to 8 close Tonight the wheelmen own
the town.
| The morning was occupied by the trial
heats, which were witnessed by an i'm
mense crowd Nearly all the races were
spirited and there was little loafng or
jockeying. After the trials came the two
semi-fnals in the two mile championship
amateur, the first three in each heat to
qualify for the final.
First heat-semi-fnal. There were
eleven starters and they soon strung out
into a procession, making ordinary time.
On the way home George Reith, Of New
York, jumped away and won; J. A.
Powell, second; G. Fl. Collett, third.
Time, 4:31 2-5.
I Second heat-semi-6nal, ten starters.
They strung along the track rapidly and
with frequent AaDges of position, finish
ed in bunch E. w. Peabody won; Ed.
Lewellyn. pnd; 4. NJ. Blake, third.
Final on aif mile-National champ
ionship professional. All those who
and were off promptly, with Kiser and
Cooper ahead. The line had gone but
short distance when Bald's chain broke
when he was making a beautiful run.
IMertens caught Kiser and followed him
closely. but the latter won easily; Owen
s. Kimball, second; Mertens, third. Time,
l1:3O
Final heat-one mile handicap profes-
sional All those who qualified started
The cracks held behind the men furthest
from the scratch until the last lap, when
they spurted and all hands finished in
a bunch. O. l.. Stevens, 40 yards, won
Watson Coleman, so yards, second; T.
G. Hoyt, 40 yards, third; r. p. McCurdy
120 yards, fourth; E. d. Fichtner, q
yards, fifth; III. p. Mosher, 60 yards
sixth. Time, POT.
Final-two mile championship amateur
I. A. Powell won: u. w. Peabody. sec
ond; Ed. Llewellyn, third; Charles M
Ertz, fourth. Time, 4:29 Is.
Mile open professional-First heat
semi-final Eddie Bald won in a fine
spurt; Arthur Gardiner, second; Ton
Cooper, third. Time, 2:10 20.
Second heat-semi-final. Major Taylor
made a hard struggle to land winner
but the field hunted him down and nj
hands finished in a bunch with tn,
Major third. Earl Kiser won; ia,
Eaton, second. Time, 2:19.
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