Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-03
MICHAEL DEFEATED.
"wELsH WONDER. vAxQufsHEn
ny srARBUCK, OF PHILADELPHIA.
A HIGHLY . EXCITING CONTEST.
The Winners Time for Twenty
Miles, Al Minutes, 1-S seconds--
The Welshman's 47s04 4-5-E1ght
Thousand Persons I'm Attendances

PHILADELPHIA, PA. October al.
Frank Starbuck. OF Philadelphia. this af-
ternoon defeated Jimmie Michael, the
Welsh wonder" in 2S-mle paced race
on the one-third-mile board track at VII.
lew Grove, by the narrow margin OF sig
yards. q.
1t was one OF the most exciting middle.
distance races ever seen here. STAR
bucks time for the twenty five miles was
Il minutes 2 1-5 seconds. and Michaa's
470i As. Each man was in the lead three
times during the race. but neither led
by more than forty yards at any time.
and the race was exciting 20 the finish.
Michael led during the first ten miles.
Starbuck was in front during the eleventh
and twelfth miles, and Michael led on the
thirteenth. In the next mile Starbuck
again assumed the lead. and held II 4n-
til the twenty-irst. when Michael took
command. From the twenty-tirst to the
finish IT was a battle royal. ON the
twenty-fourth mile Starbuck forged
ahead. and maintained the lead to the
end, winning by about six yards.
Both men rode In magnificent form.
ana caught their pace-makers in beautiful
style Each man suffered somewhat In
the pacing, chains breaking on the bis
sextuplets. When these accidents oc.
Cured the rear contestant would follow
his opponent. and use him for a pace
maker until he could catch one OF his
own teams.
The day was raw, and a stiff, chilling
northeast wind blew across the track.
Not mi q k4anfa 4l....
persons travelled TO Willow Grove to sea
the great race.
SERIOUS SPILLS.
DETROIT, MICH, october 2.-To-day's
bicycle races wound UP with half a dozen
of the fastest OF the racing stars badly
spilled along the track. Just after tina
last eighth Of a mile OF the final event of
the day, in the two-mile open profess
sional, was reached, Tom Coopers wheel
struck that Of Butler, who was just
ahead. Butler and Cooper were badly
thrown, and Bald, Mertens. and Kiset
tumbled over them In bad mix-up.
Mertens's right side was painfully injured
by a heavy fall upon Cooper's handles
bar. The ST. Paul man lay upon tho
ground for some time before he was atia
10 be assisted TO the training quarters.
However. his injury il not expected tn
prove permanent. Bald received a hard
blow in the side. and all had a severe
shaking-up. Aside from this. the day
~.as free from accidents.
The weather was fine and the crowd
numbered over $500.
Wood and Carlson amateurs. went
milo on a tandem In 15i beating the
worlds amateur record and equallng the
professional tandem record Summarized
One-mile race-2:o5 class. professional
final heat-Dr. A. T. Brown. OF Cleva-
land won; Nat. Butler. Boston. second
and Watson Coleman, Boston, third.
Time 2:0S Is
Two-mile professionalism heat-F. =,
Loughead, Sarnia. Ont, won; Kimble
Louisville second, and j. r. Esperon, De-
troit, third. Time. All.
observation-disclosures poad-Rnre.
PlTTSBURG, October 2.--Wnl Emcrich
Colllngwood OF Ohio, won the Cleveland-
Pittsburg road-race; J. c. Obcr. Pitts
burg second. Time. Q hours. minutes,
10 seconds.