Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-06
The LEAGUE OF WHEELMEN
Beautiful Weather for Tho First Days
Racing.
Thousands Crowd the Ronds Leading
to sho rrack-Events of
the Day.

to shc prack--Events OF
the bay.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. A more
beautiful day could not have been ssked
for than that which formally insug-
urated The bicycle meet OF the League
VI American Wheeimen here today.
The warm sun was tempered by q cool
north weoterly breeze. Early morning
runs were taken bv many OF the visit
ing wheelmeu. Thore were thousands
Of pedalers ON every run. AS lar as
the eye could reach on Broad street,
there wsB nn almost solid mass OF
hicycleIs By the TINS the ltaiers o
the run had reached Old York road,
four miles from the league head
quarters, there were still many riders
whu had lot yet mounted their
whesle.
All roads leading to the Willow
Grove track seemed to have been con-
verted into bicycle paths. The police.
mon, who are usually so strict with re.
gard to scorchiDg, paid no attention 10
the visitors who were committing
breach OF tho law by travelling at
$40 gait.
Notwithstanding that th0usau de
werS pushing their way to Willow
Grove ON wheels, the street cars and
railroads Were alLo taxed to their utter-
most
Tbs Willow Grove track was revs.
lation to the visitors. They had never
seen such race coufse, especially
constructed with wood, solid as rOcs
ami entirely surrounded by seats, with
a capacity OF nearly IS, coo.
Flags huttered from hundreds OF
ste f. ana the L.. A. w. purple pyedom-
lneted everywhere.
AT THE TRACK.
BICYCLE TRACK, Willow Grove,
Pa, Aug. 6.-rue racing cracks were
awake early this morning, ava after n
good rubbing down tonk preliminary
spins OIL the track Preparatory to tue
trial heats Which were to be called at
0 O'Clock.
As esrly as s O'Clock the crowds
bega arriving, and when the frat
heat was pulled of good crowd was
present, the day was perfect for rae
lpg. A lignt breezs swept acr0ts the
track from the north west. Everything
The wneelmen all expressed them.
selves pleased with the three Lays o
boarI track, which wa built especially
for this meet. 1t was banked seven
feet Mt the turns and forty feet ,wide at
the finish.
"JnhnOy johnson, who was Injured
WeG nesuay while training o. the
the track. was out this morning, try
ing his s. hsned iegs. He appeared to
be in rather bal shape and there was
every evidence that he would not be
able TO race.
The first three men will qualify in
The 2-mile haudicap, PROFESSIONAL, and
Emile handicap, amateur, ana III all
the other races the tlrst two with the
exception OF the quarter mile cham
nionship, profeasionai, In which only
thd winner of each heat will enter for
tne finals.
The first event was the Emile
handicap, professional. Thie was In
six heats and in all there were about
eight entries, first three TO quality.
First heat-F. j. Tongue -, SarniR,
Dat, scratch, wJp; w. f. Becker,
Minneapolis, forty yards, second; u.
j.. Tiiua. New Yots, fifty yards, tuirL.
finn, 44B l.5.
w. &. Sanger was scratchm3n in
he eecond heat OF the twO-miie race
.ith Arthur Lee, fifty yaros. ami II.
X. Sieenson,, Hayton. o., 25 ysrIs.
rhs pace was slow aud the men rode
IN bunch tbrouRhout
A, h. Wing, ITO yards, won; w. @.
amor. second; q. II. Newtun, 90
yarus, third. Anne 5:J3 4.5.
Tom Cooper hal the tape in tue
third neat anu the nearest men were
!. A. Newhouse, 70 yards ami Dock
Brown, 81 yards. For the first few
laps the pace. was fast, but they soon
punched and lappeu to the tiaish,
when the winner crossed itw o Lengths
ahesu Cooper, scratch, won; Fre1
sims, washington, 100 yards, seoJud;
j. A. Newhouse, Buffalo, rs yards,
third. Time 5:0626.
arthur Gardiner, of Chicago, was
scratch man In the fourth heat with
Starbuck the nearest ut 30 yards. AT
'hut lost TWO yards ut the crack OF the
piston. All hands went out Tor blood
and rapid pscs was kept up until
the hnieh. Gardiner won; l.. A.
SallRhan, so yarjs, eeconI; Barney
i.5l rs.
w. q. Bald, scratch, was excused in
me MIN heat. Sam Brock aud Jay
Eaten We're gu the thirty fifth yard
mark With Frank Butler at huy
yafcs Bu,ler took the lead on the
last lap, but Eaton spurteu from the
al end and or ssed the line an easy
winner, e. q. Hoyt, flty yaris.
seeonl; WIN Corwin, twenty-five
yards, 'nird. Time, 4:3O 3.5.
Johnny Johnson was unable 10
Start IN the eixth beat M ina tyvn r,,lta