The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-03
LATEST WHEELING NEWS.

Facts Culled From the Last Bulletin of the Chairman of the l.. A. w. Racing Board.
 Baltimore, Aug. 90.-The following bull 1etin has been issued by the chairman of the L. A. w.:
 Clause of the articles of alliance be- tween the l.. A. w. and the A. A. U relating to the 100-mile limit and ex- penses, applies only to A. A. U. athletic games scheduling bicycle events. It is similar to the arrangement for collegi- ate meets which was approved by the national assembly.
 Once more the attention of promoters is called to the requirement. that all purses or prizes, whether of open races, matches or exhibitions. must be printed on the score-card. If the sum Is indefi- mite, depending upon a percentage of re- ceipts, it can be printed, for instance, "35 per cent. of 50 per cent. of gross re- ceipts to winner, and 15 per cent. to sec ond,' as the case may be- After these repeated notices, it will be necessary to int1ict the penalty for failure. When it is not so printed referees will require that the terms be repeated to spectators by the announcer before the event and report the fact to the member of the board for the district The object is far-reaching, all to the vital interest of the sport, and especially it's popular ity Nothing connected with a contest In athletics being won on the merits of competitor should be left to conjec- ture. If promoters will be frank with the public they will be rewarded corre- spondingly.
 The sport is remarkably clean. Moth ing has been done and undiscovered by the public that requires hiding. All | that Is necessary Is to take the public | into confidence. The penalties in the weekly bulletin show all the errors of omission and commission and the de- gree of the offense Tn this connection it 1 is only just to add that the managers, trainers and professional racing men have been frank with the chairman in informing him of the terms of their contracts with promoters. Most pro motors have also kept him we'll inform- ed and the occasional omission of prizes on score-cards is usually an oversight, but of enough importance to hereafter invite the prescribed penalty. When the purse is stated on the score-card all concerned know 1t is not a fake" but contract which the racing board can enforce
 The suspension placed upon A. F. Thomas, Nashville, Tenn, will expire September l. 1897.
 For officiating at unsanctioned races the following are ruled off all tracks in any capacity to August +, 1898: A, P. Swain, Oakland, Cal; H. E. Judge, Walter Reed, William Cake, F, o. Bur chardt, B. s. Pague, L. P. Chemin, J.W. | Gillette George Birrel. A. J. Stevens, J. c. Muehe, Fred T. Olson, Irwin Rohr, w. B. Feckheimer, Bert Brown, Adis l Gallagher and W. A. Alger, Portland, | Oregon.
 Having compiled with rule E, H. w.. Hutchinson, Pepperell, Mass, is restor- ed to sanction privileges.
 l George Scheele. Reading Pa; Harry M. Kelly, Doylestown, Pa; Fred Frost and St. Georges Athletic club, Wee hawken, N. J., and New York Star of | the Valley council 136, Monongahela, Pa, and McKera1 & Murchison, Mar ion, S. C., have been placed on the list of those to whom sanctions will be re- fused for failing to file programme and report as required by rule E. | PROFESSIONAL RECORDS AC- GIFTED.
 Two-mile tandem, competition; time, 4:06 2-5, made by Nat and Frtank But lere at Charles River park June ?, 1897.
 Eleven to thirty miles against time,
 paced, made by Lucien Lesna at
 Charles River park, August 14, 1887;
 time, Il miles. 21:2S 3-5; F miles,
 g :27 4-5; B miles. 25:22 3-5; fl miles,
 27:25 B; 15 miles 29:24; Is miles, | 3l .25 2-5. IT miles 32-26 1-5- 1S miles 35:24 1-5; 1s miles, 7:21 2-5; 20 miles,