The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
THE WHEELMEN.
Amateur Meet at Santa Rosa To-
Day-Who VIII Get the G. A.
c. c. Championships?

c. c. Championships
There will be an amateur meet at Santa
Rosa to-day, at which are entered some
of the best riders in the State in that class.
The pro ramme of events was given in
THE CALL yesterday. The races are sane
tioned by the California Associated Cy-
cling Clubs, hence all riders are safe in
connecting in them. The entries and
handicaps follow:
One mile handicap: First heat Ben
Noonan, B. C. w. scratch; F. &. Peck, B. c. W.,
ID yards; c. ]. Birdsall c. c. c. 80; Hampton
Mathews, unattached, so; Henry Baker; un-
alta ched, TO; c. n. Bolte, Acme, 65; K lrk
Beal H. W., 20; B. Fl. Jones, unattached 80.
Second heat-Henry Noonan, S: r. W, scratch;
T. H. White, C. c. c., 10 yards; W. S Bacon.
B. c. w, 20; Wells Stolen, unattached, 40; f.
G. Lehman, unattached, 30; George Perry,
Acme, 60; E. E. Hyde, unattached, 90; A.
Theisen, C. c. c., 20; Irving Crocker, L. Z.
one mile, scratch-Irving Crocker, Eagle
Cycling Club; c. n. Bolte, Acme; WI! Stolen,
Bacon, B. C. w; Ben Noonan, B. c. W; c. J.
Birdsall, A Theisen, C. C. c.; Henry Noonan,
Sants Rosa; George Perry, Acme; Kirk Beal,
Two-m1Ie post race-Entries same as in one
one mile tandem-C N Bolte and G. A. Wy
man; F. 6. Peck and w. S. Bacon; Henry
Noonan and Ben Noonau; A. Theisen and e.
J. BirdsalL
special round-trip excursion rate of
81 so is obtaina BILE for those who desire to
attend this meet and the celebration OF the
Young Mems Institute at the same time.
Charley Kraft is billed to ride five miles
against time in addition to the other races,
and this and the mile tandem event will
be well worth seeing.
This Santa Rosa meet to-day is another
evidence of how little attention is paid by
meet promoters to advising the racing
men ard cyclers in general that meet Is
10 be held. Although the entries closed
Thursday, not a blank was seen here until
the Monday previous. Santa Rosa could
have had big field if the meet had been
properly advertised among the racing
men. If the September meet is as poorly
handled, there will be but a small field
and poor gate. 1t would not be bad
idea for some one of the Santa Rosa mana
gers to come down here next Saturday or
Sunday with pocket full of entry blanks
and visit the various clubs. He would be
surprised by the result of his labors. 1t
seems that nowadays racing men, and
particularly amateurs, don't enter race
unless they are asked to.
1t is about time that Santa Rosa began
making preparations for its meet on Ad-
mission day. The racing board will be in
clined to award the c. A. G. G. champion
ships elsewhere unless some assurance is
given very shortly that the Santa Rosa
meet is to be held. There is talk of big
meet here at the Velodrome before that
track is torn up and the cham pionships
are wanted as one of the drawing cards.
Sacramento also proposes to hold meet
on Sunday, Septem Der II, and would like
to get one of them too. The racing board
has about decided that unless some def
mite word is received from Santa Rosa by
the end of next week it will hold its
meet on Septem Der to award the cham
pIonsh1ps at once TO San Francisco and
Sacramento both of which places are act
lively in the field for them.
The Reliance Club Wheelmen have
elected the following officers in the places
of those who recently resigned: a. Bax-
ter, captain; A. L. Deacon, first lleuten-
ant; Charles Lefevre. second lieutenant; /;
Frank Buckley, captain.
Pop" Robbins has resigned the cap
taincy of the California Cycling Club and
Frank Bush has been elected to the va
cancy.
The Olympic Club Wheelmen's road
race having been postponed, there is
nothing on the cards OF that nature for
tomorrow.
The associations booth at the Mechan.
ics' Fair is really worth visit, and Mr..
Adams and Mr.. Welch deserve great
deal of credit for making it as attractive
and complete as it Is. Victor A. Hancock,
charm an OF the touring board, Is in charge
afternoons and evenings, and is assisted by
prominent officials of the association.
Captain Henry L. Day and Frank II.
Waters of the Bay City Wheelmen left
last Wednesday for Trinity County, where
they purpose engaging IL mining If
they are successful they will have many
followers from the rank and file of the
club.
c. Michener, ex-president OF the Cali
fornia Cycling Club, who suffered stroke
Of paralysis about month ago, is very
much better, and his friends hope soon to
see him in his former good health.
Captain Hadenfeldt is arranging q run
of the Olympic Club Wheelmen to Stock
ton the latter part of the week. They will
take the boat from here Saturday evening,
returning early Monday morning This
is an annual event with the Olympics.
Rumor has it that the Olympics will
conduct race meet at the Velodrome
Track the first Sunday in October or there
aDouts.
The members of the Golden Gate Cy-
cling Club are in active training for their
five-mile road race, TO take place on Sun
day, Septem ber 5, over the San Leandro-
Haywards course.
The attempt 20 start a new cycling club
in San Jose, TO take the place vacated by
the disbanding of tie Garden City Cyclers,
has proved a failure and been given up
The Garden City Gun Clab. formerly an
annex of the CycIers. has taken club
rooms on the west side OF South First
street, midway between San Fernando
and San Antonio and many of the ex-
members of the Cyclers will join it for the
social privileges, the initiation being but
81 so and dues so cents month.
The total collapse of the Garden City
Cyclers Is fully reniiZed when one reads a
dodger now being circulated. stating that
all the clubroom effects, including furni-
ture. piano, pool and billiard tables, desks.
tables, curtains. carpets, rugs pictures,
gas fixtures and gymnasium apparatus,
will be sold at pu bile auction this morn
ing in San Jose at 10 o'clock at the club