The herald., 1897-04-05
SECEDERS
ON SUNDAY
Associated Clubs Leave
the League
A CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
CALIFORNIA WHEEL RACES
TAKEN IN CHARGE
A CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
The Interclubs Century San Fran
cisco to Oakland Won by the
Bay City Wheelmen

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-The CAL
ifornia Associated Cycle clubs. at
meeting held last night, effected an or
ganization which practically sewers
their connection with the League of
| American Wheelmen.
A constitution and bylaws were
| adopted, officers were elected and the
clubs officially assumed control of track
| and road racing in the state of Califor-
| MIA.
The new organization differs in sew
eral important particulars from the ma
| tional league. Professionals are not ex-
cluded from membership, clubs are per-
mitted to pay expenses of members par
ticipating in races for club trophies in
which the rider has no personal interest,
and the League of American Wheeimen
rules suspending members pending in
yestigations is not included.
| The constitution also provides for in
! dividual memberships, the fee for which
will be 81 per annum, with no initiation
fee until after January l, 1885, when 81
will be charged. Club membership will
cost $40.
! ANY white person Of good character
over the age of IS years" is the consti-
tutional description of eligibility. ]. F.
| Coffee tried hard to have the word
male" inserted, saying that he objected
| to ladies in a bicycling organization. The
| fair members, however, had numerous
champions to fight their cause ard Cof-
| fey's suggested amendment was de-
feated.
A. p. Swain was elected president of
the new organization, ]. It. Hancock,
treasurer, and Stanley G. Scovern, sec
retary. The meeting was adjourned un-
til next Saturday evening.
The following clubs were represented
at the meeting: Acme Club wheelmen,
Alemeda cyclers, Bay City wheelmen,
California Cycling club, Capital City
wheelmen. East Oakland wheelmen,
Garden City cyclers, Golden Gate Cy-
cling club, Imperial Cycling club, Noun
tain View cyclers, Olympic cyclers'
Pathfinder Bicycle club, Reliance wheel
! men and San Francisco Road club.
INTERCLUB CENTURY.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-The Bay
CITY WneelneH NOl tllC diiiioeii iVV7 iiiAA =
interclub road race, and as this makes
the third successive victory for the Bay
Citys, the handsome silver trophy now
becomes the property of that club.
The annual relay race is the most i'm
portant cycling event on the Pacific
coast. The coarse extends around the
bay from San Francisco to Oakland,
distance of 100 miles. Each club par
ticipating enters ten riders, and each
rider goes ten miles. This year ten clubs
entered teams, making ONE hundred
racers in all. The 100 miles was made III
four hours, forty-nine minutes, thirty
Acme. Up to the last relay the race
ords. The time last year was s:56:23
The Bay Citys finished a mile ahead,
with Reliance second, a wheel ahead of
Acme. Up to the last relay. the ract
was remarkably close, Bay City, Olym-
pic, Reliance and Acme being close to-
gether, but in the ninth relay the Olym-
pic rider ran over dog and that settled
the chances Of this club. Kenna, the
fastest amateur on the coast, rode the
last relay for the Bay Citys, and he ran
away from his competitors. An i'm
mense crowd witnessed both start and
finish The end this year was not so
exciting as last year, when the first four
clubs finished in a bunch. uhe follow
ing clubs entered teams: California Cy-
cling club, Garden City cyclers, San
Francisco Road club, Olympic Club
wheeImen, Reliance Club wheelmeh, I'M
perial Cycling club, Capital City cy-
o1a Citxy a la rnn6a
clers, Acme Club cyclers.
AS for individual performances the
fastest time did not equal that of last
year. This time it was made on the fifth
relay by e. ]. Smith of the Acmes, in
25:52, while last year it was made on
the third by Lefevre of the same club in
24:S4. The second relay was ridden
much faster this time, as were also the
eighth, ninth and tenth. AS usual pro-
tests galore are being threatened, the
Olympics taking the initiative in pro-
testing the Bay Citys on account Of
Krafts being said to have accepted
pace on the ninth relay The Olympics,
Reliance and Capital Citys each fur
nish evidence to this effect, which, If
proven, will deprive the winners of the
trophy. Krafts is acknowledged to be
the best unpaced man on the coast, and
from the fact that it Is a very difficult
matter for him to follow pace success
fully, it is the prevailing opinion that
the protests will not hold.
FASTEST PERFORMANCES.
First-E. j. Birdsall, CALIFORNIA;, 1856
Second-Theo. Schleuter, Acmes. 27:00.
Third-B. Noonan, Bay Citys, 27:0O.
Fourth-E. +. Russ, Olympics, 2S:22.
Fifth-E. j. Smith, Acmes, 25:52.
SIXTH. S. Egan, Imperials, $1,000.
Seventh-Ed Saunders, Olympics, ,2S:49.
Eighth-A. p. Deacon, Reliance, 27:10.
Ninth-Chas. Krafts, Bay Citys, $1,000.
Tenth-J. E. Wing. Olympics. 1853.