The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23
THAT PHILADELPHIA MEET.
l., A. w. Is Making Great Prepara-
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PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-The hotel and
accommodations committee OF the l.. A. w.
national meet. which will be held IN Phiia-
give detailed information regarding accommo-
dations during the week of the meet. AL
though the meet is more than ten weeks off,
the inquiries are numerous as to fully
Justify the executive committees claim that
upwards of LOCO out-of-town cyclers will Wis
it this city during the first week of August.
Hence it is advisable that those who con-
| template coming to Philadelphia during the
meet should communicate with the hotel
committee as soon as possible, in order that
| their quarters may be assigned them at once
Regular attendants at former league meets
| have doubtless experienced the discomforts
| attendant upon securing quarters at the last
minute, and it is with desire to obyiate a
! repetition of this inconvenience that Chair
man Street urges prospective visitors to
| communicate with him Immediately. He has
| on his list fifty-three hotels Offering wide
| range Of choice, suitable to pocketbooks OF
| every conceivable calibre) on both the Amer
| lean and European plans, in addition to quite
number of first-class boarding houses.
Letters recently received at these head
| quarters warrant the belief that not few of
next August's visitors are coming here with
the sole purpose Of exploring the beauties OF
! the famous Philadelphia riding district, and
| to such these views cannot fail to be of i'm
| mense interest Famous resorts and hfstor1-
| cal spots on the Lancaster pike. Old York
road. Wissahickon drive and the numerous
| other pixies leading out of the city In all
directions will be shown. along with not few
| pictures that will convey an idea of the ex-
| cellent paving with which the City of Broth
| erly Love IS blessed. All the aforementioned
| pixies, drives and country roads can be
| reached over streets paved with asphalt. and
| this alone is blessing of which but few
American cities can boast.
! Chairman Dimon, of the race meet commit
| tee, has put the, members OF his committee
| at work on the thousand and one details in
| connection with the racing. which will take
place on the Willow Grove track on Aug. G
| and T. The race meet committee has had
| long experience in the work assigned to it.
| last years effort of the A. C. G. at Tioga
| being a particularly successful example of its
/ ability in that direction. That meet is prob
| ably still fresh in the memories of every one
| of the s'circuit chasers'' who was SO fortunate
| as to be contestant thereat, and as the
present committee is an almost exact counter
| part of the one that managed last years A.
| A, c.. affair, 1t goes without saying that even
| the smallest detail will receive that attention
| which will insure the success of the whole
| undertaking.
The New Jersey Associated Cycling Clubs
| has dated it's annual century run for July
g. and the destination Philadelphia.
1t is probable that many of the participants
| in this hundred" will make arrangements
to stay in Philadelphia all the following week
in order to take in the whole programme. II
is also said that the New York and Long
Island A. &. &. Will take similar action
| selecting the same date, in which event
there will be witnessed one of the largest
century runs that ever rode into Philadelphia
or any other city, for the combined member
ships of these associations approximates 49,
600.
Members of the Century Road Club Of
| America who attend the National league
meet in Philadelphia next August will find
! here large coterie of the most enthusiastic
| long distance road riders in the land Through
the efforts of these gentlemen the Quaker
City captured the cream of the c. R. CTS
'9G honors; and if present indications go fol
| anything they will be heard from also at
the end of this year. These "pluggers" are
just now considering the advisability of ar
ranging some form Of entertainment for the
visiting lpluggers'' during the week of the
meet. Their programme will very likely in
| clude some pleasant all-day jaunts over
their favorite stamping grounds in South
Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1t Is quite prob
4 able that some Of the local G. R. c. repre-
sentatives will be given places on the tours
and runs committee the itinerary of thai
body will include several long runs. This
committee. by the way. will be mainly made
Up of club captains, who. from their knowl-
edge of the roads and needs of the riders