The times., 1897-12-05
EXPERT BICYCLE RIDERS
Eddie Bald Injured at the Madison
Square Tournament.
Large Crowd Was Present TO Wit
ness the EaCes-Zimme rman
Gave an Exhibition.

New YoIk Dec. i.-Indoor wheel racing
is the rage, If the popularity OF the sport
can he Judged by the attendance at the
Madison Square Garden tonight, when the
American Cycle Racing Association pulled
off its short distance events.
The floor space was the scene II ire
qGent impromptu football matches, pro-
voked by frenzied spectators who were
bent upontollowingrid riders completely aroand
thu track.
IN. Jri4lheatSin the one mile professional
caused 81 much uproariouS benavior rnaJ
it war with the greatest difficulty that
the announcer couid be heard.
The very first heat brought out one of
the much talked OF Foreigners, Jean Con
glOtz. known as the ''unpaced king OF
France" He he'd all the way To the
finish, here lie won i'll a terrific drive
from Hoyt, the Springfield flyer This
event, brought out IA the finals
such ndsatitsi AK GOnglotz, Weinig, OF
Buffalo. Jay 3atou, Stevens, Teddy Good
man, and Uckhardi, Of Philadelphia; at
the scratch.
Goncl6tz DIT pped to the rear and lid lot
spurt uftii il WAS too late. ON the last
lno Eaton Jumped to the lrLnt, and crOss-
ing opened up a big gap in the finish line
with = couple ar lengths t. spare. WsiniS
ami Stevens tame In next. withthe French
man fourth.
After +. s. Cramcr, of Newark. from
the 5-yaId marx. had won tile .nie anna
teur handicap event in good style, there
was more excltement when Zimmerman,
40 r.tfsE n
ride an exhibition half mile. paced rs The
the npted black and White" tandem.
lie was not the same old Jimmy" though,
and cculd not ,hDld the pace, although his
time was ~. a.nsunced as SO % seconds.
Sprintine Of as5Riore dangerous nature
| characterized the various heats ia the one
third Of n mile professional handicap. In
the fist heat there was fan itat was
undoubtedly the most serious OF the even
ing Eddie Raid, soratchman, was ina king a
fierce spurt, when two riders ahead of
him fell. Bald ran into them, and turned
a soirersauit. Several spectators ian TO
| his assistance.
They We're pic king him up when the
| contestants WHO were still on their wheels
came around again, and one Of them ian
squarely over Bald. Bald was lifted Up
aud was placed In chair where he
sank down, holding his head in his han,ls.
After a short delay Bald limped to he
dressing room, tie crowd cheering him 10
| the echo. His leg was badly wrenched
and his head was severely bruised.
The final heat OF the one-third mile was
provided by such hustlers as Charley
Murphy, OF Brooklyn; Davis and Crooks, Of
Buff alo; owens, OF Brooklyn; Monte Scott,
| Nat Caffertxr X. A. Miller and g. b. Smith
of Freeport. They had not gone two laps
| when Cafferty, who WAS leading, FELL In
the space of one second every man but
! Davis ran into Cafferty. Davis, laughing
over his lucky escape, sprinted ahead and
| Won easily.
In spite of his injuries, Bald persisted
| in Coming out to ride u mile exhibition
| which he covered in 1:55 20. His pace
| makers were Jay Eaton and Teddy Good
| man, W ho not long arterwanl induIged in a
| five-mil, tandem pursuit race, with the
much-talked-oG French pair, Gonglotz an
| Lamberi jack. which was won easily by the
| former. Six thousand people witnessed
| the contests,