New-York tribune., 1897-01-21
81 THE CYCLING WORLD
TROUBLE AHEAD IN THE NETWORK
DIVISION

POOR PROSPECTS FOR THE NEw7JERsEY BAaaA'H
puI-roRErGN RIDERS SAIL AwAY-cLUB
TROPHIES TO RE SEEN AT THE CYCLE
sHow-NorEs OF THE CLUES
WHY cyclists cannot live together in harmony
a n question many prominent wheeimen are aSN-
ing each other at present. What was 10 nave pee"
the regular annual meeting Of the New-forN |o"-
sulatc OF the League OF American "heehe" "a'
"a have been held at Sherman Hail. Seventieth-st.
and the boulevard last night. Instead there was
no rnee,ing but there is plenty OF trouble aneau'
The meeting was 20 have been held at $50 D. m
hut at SIS Senior Consul TOWNSEND "hhou"Vou
that as a quorum was not present the mcen"s ""u
been adjourned. There were forty-'hree peop,e
presen,. and fifty are necessary for a quorum. Al
Tor tho session a petition circulated which re,
ceived twenty-three signatures asking Tor speciai
meeting be held within week ana an oppos p os
follows: For senior CONSUL j. w. Walter.: '1r
junior consul W MsSOrmlck ssr resulsr ticket
is as follows: For senior consul. j. r. Iownsenu ,e
for junior consul Dr. l.. Z; Leroy ,or y Rrown
one faction talks about making charges asa'nsa Ms
members of the other faction some e, are consu,ate
will go the way Of the late put no' y, f,nit
cliss Federation. Possibly the weather y at iau,
for cyclists never nght Wheh 'ie sun '' ~
the roads are good
.g,s,oture at its present session was one by AS
senhIvman Gledhill os Paterson. provfdIng Tor the
conveyance as baggage by railroad ana ier'! po.'
companies Of bicycles when accompanied d! 'he''
owners. Chief Consul Kerker. OF the New-Jerse!
Division who lives in Paterson and Is CONSTITUENT
~ Mr. C,edhill asked the latter &c place the meas
urc before the Assembly. At present the piii II os
fore committee which Is generally apposGdn - 70 u IN
rear.re hard work on the part OF tie wheelmen M oi
New-Jersey to have the measure placed uDoii wy
T,,a
1ust such an experience last year ana NOSE VIA viz
desire to see the law enacted IN shers Of the
Legislature and personally appeal TO 'heh u 'o'e
for the bill.
Never before In the history of the League OF Amer
lean Wheeimen has the outcome OF the coming eiec-
ton for the presidency OF the Organization peen SO
shrorded in mystery. All that Is known positlVey
about the two tickets is that Isaac r. Potter neaos
one and that Sterling Elliott. the present incum-
bent heads the other Neither candidate seems TO
be in talking mood and II is beginning 10 look as
II the delegates to the Assembly Will be allowed to
for the man Of ther cnoce wisao1t ro pbs
dephia yesterday. but he had nothing 10 say aoout
his visit Some Of the well-posted local wneeimen
oeeu 10 think that The visit 10 the QUAKER City a,
this tine is significant. They say that no one need
be surprised Z the name OF prGpmnen' pn.ien
this is 40 the election of the Chief Consul OF this
State would seem assured. for win NewforS fehn aa
sylvania. Maryland and GOOD pari 9I ,ne Viz nt;
and South reasonably sure 10 vote for Potter Ell
OTIS chances cannot be CONSIDERED as orieh' as MS
friends thought they were some time ago
Several OF the foreign riders who came to this
country TO take part in the six days race al Madi-
son Square Garden sailed for Europe yesterday on
the steamship New-York Hale the winner of the
race will this country for the present. and
he may take part in the coming contest nj engage
He is in the employ Of a tire firm Manager rum
mer also remained behind. crate Of bicycles on
their way 10 this city went asuay. ana he wili not
depar; until he mas found them. Warhurton. an
her Of fba nC,1N
turning at the last moment and ne has gone South
TO take part in the races TO take place there
feature not already announced for the Cycle
Show 10 be held in Grand Central Palace will be a
collection OF club trophies lent by the leading Or
ganizations in the Metropolitan district. Contrib
utors to this exhibit are the New-York Athletic
Club Riverside Wheelrnen. Harlem Wheemen
Kings County Wheelmen and the other clubs whose
co,ors are usually in the front rank in COM
petitions At this time much talk IS heard con-
tional Cycle Beard of Trade IL is not believed
by those wei informed that the next president will
D, ,ermined efforts are being made in the West to
boom certain man for this responsible posi-
:ion. but as he Is not member OF the Board 'hese
efforts will be in vain.
TIE annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the
National Cycle Board Of Trade held yesterday
morning in the Boards offices. No 27 Broadway.
President Coleman presided. Only little routine
business was transacted before an adjournment was
taken TO February 10 at 1890 a. IN. The adjourned
Geeh Gand central aINf Paace Forty and Lex
ington-ave.. in which the grea: Eastern Natlonai
President Coleman issued call for the annual
meeting Of the directors 10 be held on Tuesday:
February g. at II o'clock a m. This meeting will
also be held in the Concert Hall Of the Grand
Central Palace.
The promoters Of the proposed Associated Cycling
Clubs of New-York are sangune that the organi-
cation will be effected at meeting which will be
held at the Hotel Barthodi tomorrow night. Mr..
8T the IS eoen n hre % be
attendance of members from the representative
clubs.
The Yorkville Wheelmen will hold their annual
reception tomorrow night. The club has just
moved to its new clubhouse. No: 2l5 East Eight.
seyenth-st The accommodat lions of the best
and the club Is In prosperous condition.
The Bowling Green Wheelmen Will hold their
frst annual ball at Webster Hall Saturday
night Many prominent politicians are members OF
the club.
At the last meeting of the Century Wheelmen
the following were appointed as committee to
make arrangements for the second anniversary
dinner of the club on Tuesday. March 2: Robert
@. McGrath. W. A. Coulter. i. W. Tanner s. II.
Mcconnell, Dr. William A. Walker, William III:
Klinker. John J. McGrane. w. d. Chandler ami
W. A. Sweetser.
Cyclists desiring to Join the League OF American
Wheelmen may obtain full printed information and
membership blanks by sending names and addresses
to the Cycling Editor. Tribune.
THE L. A. w. BULLETIN.
Philadelphia, Jan. 20-Chairman Gideon of the
League of American Wheelman has issued the
following bulletin:
, Declared PROFESSIONALLY Leslie Chicago own
request Ben Cleveland. Tonawanda. N. Y. own re-
quest: b. A. stevens Charles City. Iowa. Clause
Beemav r.
Suspensions placed on II. H. Gay and III. J. Hof-
man. Bay City. Mich. have been reduced to ex-
pire February I.
. Suspended-For knowingly competing at unsanc-