The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-08

from Philadelphia. tn start will be made
from this city at 5 a. III. in the FIRST sec
ton and the second section will leave at
a. m. 1t is expected that about two thou
sand wheelmen will take part.
Summaries of the Races.
The first race at Willow Grove to-day was
the half-mile championship, professional,
run in four heats, first two to qualify. Re-
suits:
First Heat-Tom Cooper. Detroit, won;
Loeghead, Sarnia, Ont, second. Time,
Second Heat-Arthur Gardiner, Chicago.
won; OwenS $. Kimbal Louisville, Ky, sec
Third Heat-This was a close race be-
tween o. l.. Stevens and Earl Kiser; Ste
vens won in 1;06 As; Kiser a foot behind.
Fourth Heat-A- g. Mertens, St. Paul,
won. Eddie Bald, Buffalo, second. Time,
los. This was a rafting good race, less
than six inches separating the place men at
the finish,
The second event was the one.mile handi-
cap, amateurs, nine heats: first three in
each heat TO qualify. Results:
First Heat-Fred Schade (scratch) with
Fred Costello and Club Nelson on the
St. Louis, on the ten-yard line. The finish
was made in close order. Hattersley won;
O. v. Babcock, New York 0hirty YARDS,
seconds Fred Schade, Herndon, Va.
(scratchJ, third. Time, 2:11 2-5.
Second Heat-Enery NJ. Blake, Keene,
n. H.. was on the scratch. The pace was
not very fast, but all finished close together.
+. l.. Wilson, Washington, d. c.. (fifty
yards, won; Blake Scratch, second; H.. w.
Middendorff, Louisville twenty YARDS,
Third Heat-E. w. Peabody, Chicago, was
on the tape. He made a grand squirt after
the field, but was unable to overtake Edwin
S. Gee 125 YARDS, who won; Peabody, sec
ond; w. A. Lants, Harrisburg, Pa. (thirty
YARDS ,sg third Hd Time 2i asS SISt pufo,o uo.
scratch man. The first spill of the day
occurred in this race, but no one, was hurt.
+. s. Youse, Reading' Pa. CsiSty-hye yaerdsl.
YARDS, second; Goehler, third. Time, POS.
Fifth Heat-R. A. Miller, New York, was
scratch man, with w. f.. Tenzler, of Broad
Brook, Conn, on the ffteen-yard line. The
men were spread out for two laps, then
punched, and on the run home the first
three finished nearly abreast. Ed LlellWyn,
Chicago (nfteen YARDS. won: Miller, Sec
SaS Is.
sixth Heat-Ray Murray, Pleasant Val
ley, N. Y. Seventy yards), won; III. Gardi-
ner, Philadelphia Cifty yards), second;
George b. Van Heest, Gloucester, N. j. 900
Seventh Heat-Charles NJ. Ertz, winner of
an amateur final yesterday, was on the
scratch, and, turning in the stretch, found
himself in the bunch. He dashed around
the field and landed second, just behind e.
w. Krick, of Sinking Springs, Pa who was
on the twenty-yard line; Richard ]. Bond,
Upper Darby. Pa. Q1O yards), third. Time,
Eighth Heat-Fred Morse, Chicago, was
scratch man. The race was in single file,
the men finishing well apart. Morse won;
Charles Muss, Milwaukee twenty yards),
second; Dan Dougherty, st. Louis twenty
five yards), third. Time, 2:11 3-5.
Ninth Coleman, Scranton,
Pa. dhirty-fve yardsl, won; ]. F. Chalfont
600 YARDS, second; j: l.. Pagan, Philadel-
phia eighty YARDS, third. Time, 2:11.
The next was the one-miIe professional
handicap. This was run in seven heats, the
first two to qualify.
First Heat-The line got away in good
shane and lrnnf I'm n foCf. nann Rob Mo-
Curdy. Philadelphia 020 YARDS, won; Robt.
Weir Q35 YARDS, second; Frank Butlci Is
YARDS YARDS, third tFo Time 2G7; uas ~ ~,
scratch with Carroll Jack next at twenty
five yards. Mertens made a race for all
hands and established two worlds records
for one-third and two-thirds of a mile. He
jumped to the lead at the pistol crack, fin
ishing the first third in Al 10 seconds, sec
killing for him in the last third, and he
fell back, beaten. w. H. Seaten go YARDS
won; w. S. Goodman GO yards), second; A
f.. Weinig GO YARDS, third. Time, 2:O4 10.
Merten's time for the mile was 2:06.
Third Heat-Earl Kiser was scratch man,
D. A. ]. Brown go YARDS, won; Earl kiser
second; Art Weilep $50 yards), third. Time,
Fourth Heat-The peer in yesterdays
races, +. j. Loughead, was scratch man
in this heat, with Charlie Church next, at
fifteen yards. The race was a lively one
from start to finish. Church, the local man,
set a stiff pace, and was the winner by a
foot. Loughead was second, Burt Repine
Gao yardS), third. Time, 2.01.
Fifth Heat-F. G. Hoyt (0 yards), won;
O. l.. Stevens (40 yards), second; j. s. KEEL
ton C5 YARDS, third. Time, 2:O6 10.
scratch man in this heat. Howard P. Mosh-
err go yards), won; A. Mcfarland, second;
w. w. Hamilton (25 YARDS, third Time,
Seventh Heat-Nat Butler was the scratch
man, with jay Easton nearest at twenty
the scratch was reached. Watson Coleman
$50 yards), won; e. D.. Fichtner C5 YARDS,
second; .. S. Kimble $50 yards). third.
The next event was the mile champion
ship, amateur, in seven heats, first three
to qualify.
First Heat-R. A. Miller. New York. was
an easy winner; John S. Johnson, .Worces-
ter, Mass, second; George Reith, New
second Heat-T. A. Powell, New York,
won; Il. l.. Hart, second; F.. j. Costello,
St. Louis, third: Time. 4:52.
Third Heat-W. L. Tenseler, Broad Brook,
Conn. won; Bert Ripley, Newark, n. J.,
second; H: y; M~iddendorff' Louisville
Fourth Heat-E. d. Stevens, Buffalo. won;
George H. Collett, New Haven, Conn, sec
ond; E. w. Peabody, Chicago, third. Time,
500.
Fifth Heat-Fred j. Morse, Chicago, won;
4. L.. Cast, st. Louis, second; Charles M.
Ert, New York, third. Time, 4:47 80.
Sixth Heat-Bly. of Massachusetts, who
was injured this morning, returned from
the hospital and entered in the heat with
his head in bandages. Inc race was slow.
Bly,, despite his injuries, made a great race.
Fred Schade beat him out of first place
by a few inches; ]. ]. r. Howard, st. Louis,
seventh Heated Llellwyn. Chicago.
won; Dan Dougherty, St Louis, second;
Ellery M. Blake, Keene, N. H., third Time.
A:54.
The next event was the five-mile cham
pionship, professional, run in three heats,
first three in each heat to qualify.
First Heat-Loughead, Bowers and Tom
Cooper were the scratch men. Walter
Dickerson and Frank Butler were additional
entries in the first heat. The line got away
at a fast pace. Aker led at the first mile. On
the fourth lap Butler and Dickerson forged
away ahead of the procession. On the sixth
lap Church was leading. There was a gem
eral shifting of positions and at the third
and fourth mile Titus was in the lead.
Within two laps of the finish Aker was
hrstATftus having dropped out. On the last
turYEAba men came down to the tape with a
rush. all close together, III. r. Steenson,
DAYTON, o.. won; G. r. Newton, second;
Charles A. Church, Philadelphia, third.
Time, 1924.
second ~Heat-Vernies, Mcfarland. o. L.
Stevens, Nat Butler, Starbuck, Navis, X.
b. Stevens, Becker, Weining, Mereens and
Hufsteller were the starters. Mcfarland
and Butler were together at the tape for
the first mile. Throughout the heats each
man took his turn in pacing a lap at a
time. Starbuck took the lead at the two
miles for the next three laps. A steady