The herald., 1897-09-07
WHEEL WORK
Fred Titus Carries Away the Big
Purse


Purse
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The second an
nual circuit meeting Of the Quill club
Wheelmen of America, which began last
Saturday was concluded tonight at the
Manhattan Beach track. In the $4,000
handicap for professionals Fred Titus
passed the judges box length in front
Of Mcfarland, the Pacific coast flyer"
and won the coveted prize of $1,000.
The fifteen men who qualified on Sat-
urday were on their marks promptly.
The scratch men were Bald and Gardi-
ner, next to whom were Mcfarland, Ii
tus, Callahan, Steenson, Colman and
Aker, who were within the 100-yard
mark Kimble, Miller, Mosher, Letter.
son and White came next, 20, 40, 60 and
80 yards apart, while the limit man was
Lee of Cohoes, with 200 yards. Bald
and Gardiner jumpedinto the rear bunch
in the first lap and alternated in cutting
out the pace for those around them. Nc
Farland did not help. but plodded around
until he caught up with the limit man
in the last lap. Then Titus and Aker
| shot out from the front bunch, with the
| former taking a high scoop Of the bank
and landing down with clear head on
the pole as he passed the training quar-
ters By this steal" he gained about
dozen yards. and held his own until
entereing the stretch for home. Nc
Farland was pressing the leader very
hard, but could not get up, and Titus
won by length, half that distance sep
arating Mcfarland and Colman, while
Bald finished fourth, full length be-
hind. The time of the winner was
AIS 1-5, which is one-fifth of second
better than the two-mile handicap rec
ord. Bald was awarded $50 prize for
equaling the record.
One mile handicap, amateur-Won by
]. P. Hutchins (15 yards), A. J. Ankin
$50 yards) second, B. l.. Hutter (40 yards)
third. Time. 2:13.
Five miles, metropolitan championship
Won by F. A. Powell, F. W. RIGHT Sec
ond, ]. j. Jasper third. Time, 1925.
One mile open, professional-Won by
E. c. Bald, Arthur Gardiner second, Tom
Cooper third. Time, 2:0s is.
PUEBLO PEDALARS
PUEBLO, Col, Sept. 6.-The bicycle
races held here today under the auspices
of the Rover Wheel and Athletic club
were q great success.
The professional races resulted as fol-
lows:
One-third mile open, professionally.
A. Maxwell Of Denver won, B. Banks Of
Denver second, c. I. Himstreet of Den
yer third Time, As 3-5 seconds.
Mile open, Observation-Disclosures
Won, c. F. Miller of Pueblo second, Rob-
ert Woods Of Denver third. Time 2:10 1-5.
Half mile open, professional-Banks
won, Woods second, Maxwell third. Time,
1907.
Five mile handicap, professional
Woods Q25 yards) won, Maxwell (75
yards) second; w. c. mills of Denver (75
yards) third. Time, 13:102-5.
CYCLE SECEDERS
SEATTLE, Sept. 6-Otto Ziegler sus-
tanned his reputation today by defeating
George Sharrick of Tacoma, the fastest
man in the Pacific Northwest. in a one
mile paced match race for $50 purse.
ziegler won by five yards. The time was
2:2O 2-5. The track was in perfect con-
dition, and if the pacing had been done
by a tafS6em Ziegler would have come
near the track record. 2:11, held by
Howard Freeman Of Portland. Sum-
mary:
Special match race-Otto Ziegler
won, George Sharick second; time,
2:2O 2-5.
Five mile handicap, amateur-w.
Shipp, Salem, Or, (175 yards) won; F. ].
Cotter, Tacoma (215 yards), second ].
E. Wing, San Jose (scratch), third; time,
1894.
AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, Sept. 6.-In the BIZ
cycle races at Chester park Griffin Hal
stead, son Of Murat Halstead. the jour
nalist, in flying start, unpaced, anna
taur, made quarter-mile in 26 As second,
beating the worlds record by two Sec
onds.
Fred Dubois won the road race from
Hamilton to Chester park, 10 miles,
in 81 minutes, 29 seconds.
AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Sept. 6.-The bicycle races
at Charles River park this afternoon
were enthusiastically received, 1000 peo-
pie crowding the stand.
The mile match race between Nat But
Ter and John S. Johnson was the chief
event. Butler won in straight heats.
Best time, 2:15 2-5.
The match pursuit race between E. A.
McDufie and w. w. Hamilton was won
by the former in the time Of 11:57 1-5 for
limit of five miles.
AT CHARTER OAK
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 6.-The pro-
fessional bicycle races at Charter Oak
park today were disappointing from the
slow time, notwithstanding some Of the
fastest racing men in America were en-
tered. F. ]. Loughead Of Sarnia, the
professional one mile champion, took
first in the one miles handicap in the
slow time Of 2:18 1-5.
The chief interest was centered in the
five-mile open professional. Out of the
twenty three entries but thirteen lined
up to the tape, and they included Ca
banne Of st. Louis, Mertens of st. Paul
and Loughead, the Canadian champion.
There were but three in at the finish. 1t
was an open secret that the riders were
going to pocket Michael if possible, and
it was a case of anybody win but the
Welshman. Michael, however, was not
| to be pocketed, and after the second mile
pluckily hung to the PAGERS and made the
last mile in 2:02. Loughead was thrown
from his wheel on the first turn in the
fifth mile. He claimed that he was
fouled by Mertens, but his protest was
not entertained.
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