The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31

being arranged in the Northwest Otto
Ziegler Jr. will probably make pilgrim
age to Australia. Arthur Seymour "Cf
Me bourne, whois now in his Clly, t inks
the ''httle demon" would have ''cinch"
in the Antipode$.
NJ. S. Lavenson, chairman of the racing
committee of the Capital City Wheelmen,
wasf1 the City this week. He says his club
will undoubtedly give a meet on Sunday,
SeOtem Der II, but does not think they
will take the LABOR day date, Septem ber
6, which is still unapplied for.
1t has tax Charley Wells, the Bay
City. Wheelmen's crack rider (now in the
East), until now to find out that he could
manage himself better than could Dave
Shafer. Wells has just quit Skaters team
and is now on the National circuit, which
he will follow TO It's conclusion.
The Imperial Cycling Club has no
regular run scheduled for to- morrow.
Prior to placing an mutation fee on new
mem bers the directors are desirous of in
creasing the present membership to
mum ber not exceeding 200 and to this end
a premium is offered to all club mem bers
proposing new applicants.
The news that the wheelmen of Port
land had left the league ana organized
Northwest division of the California As
sociaed Cycling Clubs, as told in The
CALL during the past week, was very graf
lying TO the leaders of the move hlent
here, and has been much discussed around
:he clubs. 1t is thought that the associa-
ton will secure complete control in
Oregon in even a shorter space of time
than it did in California. The officers of
the new division are: f. o. Burckhardt,
chief consul; Harvey Moreland, vlce-con-
sui; L. H. Burton, secretary-treasurer
]. {. Muehle, handicapped. They are
now actively -engaged IN arranging for
H.. - A I 4
Is, the program me ard prize list of which
was given in The CALL yesterday.
Z. +. Russ, the Olympic's crack anna
teur, is back from his vacation, and will
be. seen in competition in the September
events.
Charles A Kraft of the Bay City Wheel.
men has postponed his quest for the twen-
ty-miie road record until Sunday, Au-
gust 15
When eleven out of twelve men fell in
an amateur race at San Jose on May 80 il
was recorded as probably the greatest
cycling accident ever seen on a track.
But advices have just reached here OF "a
mIxup at Erie, Pa, on July 10, in. two.
mile professional handicap, in which
thlrty-two started and twenty went down.
Among the starters were Bald, McFar-
land,. Loughead, Eaton, Wells. Callahan,
and some; OF the other cracks of the cir
fered no severe bruises. Speaking of 'the
greatest OF cycling spills" Bearings.
The field was fighting for Bald's rear wheel
as usual, and Davis started up along the pole
through the opening. Callahan. started to.
fol tow Davis, ana in some manner struck LIE
Jeal, wno went down. Hicks, who was close
to lie Jeai; came down, and. then there was:
swapping and a crashing that the racing men
say was terrible. Bald was somewhere near
the fall but escaped. Eaton was one OF those
who went down. He turned a complete SOM
ersault, righ ted himself, and began Counting
pairs. Some of those who fell say that they'
distinctly heard Eaton count them out, as it
were, as they aiighted on the ground with
more or less force. Birdsall rode clear over
Charley Wells, and could have stayed on. his
wheel had it not been for McFar and, on
whose breast he aiighted with both feet.
No serious injuries resulted from this
bad mixup, fortunately, the worst being.
a broken shoulder blade. But the men will
carry bruises with them for some time to
come in remem brance of it. Eaton is re-
ported to have said that he would not
have missed being in it for anything, it
was such fun 10 see them go down.
One of the best runs of the wear will be
that of the Terminal City WheeImen' of
Stockton Sunday, August 8. 1t is known
as their annual Watermelon run to Lodi.
and will be participated in by large
mum Der of wheelmen from this City, San
Jose, Oakland and Sacramento. Those
from the first three named places will
leave here the Saturday night before at
o'clock on the steamer L. @. Walker, re-
turning on the same boat the next night.
The Sacramento riders will also go over
on river steamer.
The board of governors of the Associ-
ated Clubs will hold their regular monthly