Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-13
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Track racing for this season is over. or,
at least. practically over. There is very
little prospect of any more meets being
held this year. 1t is possible though not
likely. that meet may be neld on Thanks
giving day. That day, as heretofore. may,
however be devoted to road races. The
conditions for a successful road race are
not near as elaborate as for a track event.
In view of all present conditions, the ex-
cessive rain, ETC., 1t would hardly prove a
paying investment to get track in shape
for a meet and hence it is extremely I'M
likely that another track event will be
placed on record before cold weather really
sets in.
A review Of the situation during the past
year shows a decrease of meets as COM
pared with those OF last year. The patron
age appeared to be every bit as good, and
the decrease is perhaps due to force of cir
cumstances. Last year there We're some
thing like fifteen meets held. but this year
hut little over half that number were held.
Last year the only largely attended race
meet held was the national circuit event.
but this year the Decoration day and the
Fourth of July meets brought out crowds
equal to the largest of last season. Count
ing only the purely bicycle meets. there
were only eight held this season, and,
strange to say. the month of August pass
ed without single meet. There was one
were included, and another athletic meet
in which only college riders could partici-
pate. Then there IVES another NEE: which
vas given by local people. which occurred
outside of the District. The strictly bicycle
meets given were as follows:
May o. Saturday. at the International
Athletic Park; five events in all.
May 81, Monday, at the International
Athletic Park: eight events in all.
June "a, Thursday, at the International
Athletic Park; six events in ALL
July .. Monday, at the International Ath-
letic Park: eight events in ALL
September 6, Monday at the Interna-
tional Athletic Park; seven events in all.
September "A, Friday, at the Internal
tional Athletic Park; seven events in all.
October 8, Saturday, at the international
Athletic Park: seven events in ALL
October 16, Saturday. at Georgetown Uni
versity track: six events in all
Out OF these eight events, four were given
by the management OF the International
Athletic track, three under the auspices OF
the local cycle board Of trade and one un-
der the management of the Athletic Asso-
There was total of fifty-four races at ali
OF the meets. Out OF this number onIy
twelve were professional events. The re-
naming forty-two were amateur events
seven OF which were novice events leaving
thirty-fve practically open amateur events
IN ADDITION to the eight race meets men,
TONED above, there was one meet for COL
ored riders only, held Saturday. October 2
the auspices of the Cross Country Cycle
Club. which practically settled the colored
championship OF the District
! Ear!y In the season there was a race
meet neld under the auspices of the School
association of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Inis meet. however. was held at River
View, Md.
The annual field and track games of the
Columbia Athletic Club were held Satmr
cay June II, at Columbia Field, corner
18th and streets. There were two omen
oicycie events on the program, both anna
The annual field and track games Of
! georgetown University were held Saturday.
November 6. There were two bicycle events
on the program omen only IN coIIa,ro -.
dents. "'o-
Standing of Local Racers
For the first time in the history of tho
local cycling racing world The Star pre-
SCENTS complete table of the standing of
all of the racing men Of the District Tho
ngures are compiled with considerable care
! IN the nrst place, only open race meets
are taken into consideration, where all of
the riders had an equal show of capturing
place. Thus. for instance no attention
Is PAID 70 the two cycle races held Noyem-
per at Georgetown field. because only col
iege riders were allowed to compete. even
though they happened to be residents of
the District. Neither were the race meets
held outside of the city, even though given
W ,ocai people. taken into consideration. It
Is purely local table, for local riders.
giving the local standing. Only by fol.
lowing this rule is 1t possible to get the ac-
curate standing Of all of the men. Some OF
them participated in outside races, of which
no mention was ever made, hence 1t would
not only be difficult to compile a complete
| table, but equally unjust to the rider AZ one
! meet was overlooked in which he han
pened to secure at least one place. A sin
| gle point might be sufficient to change the
standing in the compilation of the tables.
| In counting up the score of the riders
| only the men finishing up to third place
| are counted. The rider who won a race
Is credited with three points. the man who
finished second in race is given two
points, and the rider who secured third
| place Is given one point. making a total of
six points for every race. Another point
In the tables to which attention liz called
Is that the total number Of firsts or sec
onds or thirds won by each rider ia not
| given. Instead. the total number of points
scored In each place is given. The number
OF places secured can easily be determined
by dividing by the score for the place