The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-01

tains of the local clubs have called coun-
try runs for the day, and the.obiectivs
point of all the riders will be this meet.
Never before have the wheelmen of this
City been so enthusiastic over race meet
or so DESTROYS that it should be big sue
cess. They have renounced their allie
glance to the League of American Wheel
men and started out for themselves under
the name of the California Associated
Cycling Clubs and they desire to show
their Eastern brethren, who were so quick
to refuse the West the divisional option it
asked for at the last National Assem- bly, of
league delegates, that California can
easily do without the league and care for
itself as well if not much better than
with the L. a. W. support.
The ASSOCIATED clubs" is misnomer in
way, for:while it is and always has been
an association of the various cycling clubs,
recent changes in the bylaws provide for
the admission of individuals to member
snip on the payment of 81 entrance fee
and 81 annual dues, and these mem bers
are entitled to similar privileges as were
received by l.. A. w. mem bers in this State.
As a result, the individual me m bers have
simply hoeked into the association. One
day this week a man handed in six appli-
cations and the day following five more,
and they have come from all quarters.
Judge Kerrigan, on his return from Red
wood City yesterday. found stack of
mail on his desk, most of which was D.
plications and remittances. Not for long
time has cycling movement in this State
met with such hearty support. Most of
these people who have joined are ex-
league m mbers, or whose mem berships
in the old organization have not yet ex-
PRED. Surely the association starts out
with very 1attering announcement in the
support it has received from the riders.
1t must be understood that the associ-
ated clubs by no means intend to give the
major portion of their attention to the
support OF Sunday racing. That is only
one of many other features they will
cover, such as the issuance OF road book,
handbook, weekly bulletin, the arrange
ment of hotel rates, attention to legisla-
tive matters Interesting wheelmen, and
80 on. Of course the issue and eventual
estrangement from the league was brought
about by the Sunday-racing question.
And as the issue was particularly on that
subject, naturally the desire is to make
Tomorrow meet as big success as DOS
sible TO show the effete Fasteners, who
cannot understand how Californian can
attend sports on the Sabbath day and
still be Christian, that it is quite DOS
sible to give bicycle ace meet here on
Sunday afternoon and attract to it the
best class of people.
The entries, heats and haDdfcaps for the
meet were given in The CALL yesterday.
There is splendid programme, the riders
are some of the best amateurs and profes-s
SIGNALS now In the State, and to one in
terested IN The sport the meet should be
well worth attending.
The appearance of Otto Ziegler Jr., said to
De the best rider California has ever pro-
duced, and who ranks fifth in the list of
American champions, will be great draw
ing card. When man like Ziegler, whose
fame andjname have been made on East
ern tracks under the sanction of the
i. A. W., is ready to forsake it for the
new association, it is safe to predict that
the other cracks who have been bit
chary about entering into the new regime
will soon follow. Besides Ziegler, there
is Clinton Coulter, whose unpaced mile of
i 80 is still the worlds record, and who
has heretofore always raced on the Ma
tional circuit.
If either Coulter or Ziegler thought for
moment that the new association would
not be success, or that their racing in
terests would not be better cared for than
by the L. a. W. they would not be likely
to join 1t and thereby incur permanent
suspension from ali Eastern tracks. But
i would no be surprised to see the inf1u-
aence of the G. A. c. G.. spread, other State
associations formed and the control of
racing taken entirely out of the hands of
the l.. A. w. very shortly-an end devoutly
to be wished Tor.
The regular monthly meeting of the G.
a. Z. Y. Will be held this evening at the