The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26
MICHAEL IN EASY winner.
THE BICYCLE MIDGET DEFEATS
CHASE, THE LEyIATHAs.
Madison square Garden FILLED With
an Enormoas Crowd 20 witness
the Contest Between welshmnn
and EnglfsAnan-Tfme, 81 :05 LIS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-Jimrny Michael.
OF Wales, the recognized middle distance
bicycle cssrnpto-, OF this country met Ar
shur a Chase the middle distance cham
pson OF England. tonight at Madison
square garden in a thirty-uile race over
ren-Iap board track. and won 30 easily.
despite a bad spill that the bicycle ex-
perss are guessing just hcw good the little
''rarebit' Ia. Pluck endurance. stamina
and every other quality that goes TO es-
taelish the possession Of grit seem 20 be
embodied IN every inch OF the Welsnmari T..
Nothing seems 10 tire him.
The building was thronged TO its utmost
capacity when Michael. the midget. and
Chase, the ieviathan. Jumped on their
wheels for few preliminary spins around
the track, which measured one foot over
the necessary distance to make IL ten
Laps to the mile. Al the turns the board
track vas banked" as high as ten feet
from the level OF the boarded floor OF the
garden. 1t was announced that the win
ner would get g per cent. OF the gross
receipts and the losers end would be Is
per cent. The managers or The show
guaranteed that the winner would get
sl,5s and the loser 81 900. but Judging from
The crowded condition OF the house the
amount OF money which the cracks got
was far In excess OF the guarantee.
Both got on their marks at 1915. and
before they mounted their wheels they
shook hands. IL was announced that in
case either men feH during the first four
laps the riders would be recalled, and
this precaution took effect in the first lap.
Chase got tangled up with his leaders
AFTER the race WAS started at 1915 O'Clock
and at the end OF the lap the men We're
ordered back TO the scratch again
Chase won the toss and took the pole
lie started out at a rapid gait. but the lit
-tE fsf - - l.
the emo OF the second mile was over a lap
ahead. Michael gained another lap In the
fourth mile and the spectators cheered the
little wonder" vociferously. Michael was
simply invincible. and at the finish of the
NTH mile he had gained another lap. Both
men picked UP their tandems very clever
~ Michael kept up q Misunderstanding
pace. and at the finish OF the seventh mile
was nve laps to the good. AT the finish Of
the eleventh mile. Michael spurted and
gained another lap. which put him six
laps ahead. In the fourteenth mile two of
MichaeTs PAGERS went over the bank but
were not seriously injured. In the next
mile, on the fourth lap. Michael ran high
up on the Madison avenue turn and both
men fell In heap, their PAGERS also TAX
ing "cropper." Michael remounted his
wheel and got another lap to the good be-
fore Chase recovered himself At the end
or the sixteenth mile Michael was thirteen
taps ahead. In the twenty-sixth mile
Chase fell heavily at the Fourth avenue
turn and vas unable to go on with the
race. He ran into two tandem teams and
was badly cut up. In the smash-up his
bicycle was broken. He borrowed Lay
Iore's wheel, but had to leave the track.
HAD Chase been able to continue however,
ne probably would have been beaten by
about two miles. Summaries:
Jhirfy-MfIe Bicycle Race