The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-02
MEET OF LEAGUE OF
AMERICAN WHEELMEN
An Important Event at Philadelphia.
Races at Willow Grove Track--Pro-
fessionals Entered.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.-The eighteenth
national meet of the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen, for which preparations
have been going on for over three
months, will be held in this city during
the coming week and the largest influx
of out-of-town wheelmen ever attend
ing national meet is expected. An
unusually large number of entries, pro-
fessional and amateur, have been made
for the two days of racing, Friday and
Saturday, and the crack riders from
all parts of the country have entered
in their respective classes.
The meet is being managed by the
associated cycling clubs of Phladel-
phia, an organization composed of
twenty of the leading cycling clubs of
the city. Under the direction of an ex-
ccutive committee, the various details
have finally been completed and all is
in readiness for what promises to be
the most successful race meet in the
history of the League of American
Wheelmen. On Tuesday the Pennsyl-
Vania division of the league will hold
a business meeting after which the ma =
tional meeting headquarters will be
opened for registration and issuing of
credentials. All of Wednesday and
Thursday will be given to the tours and
runs subcommittee and the visiting
wheelmen will be taken to every point
Of interest in and about the city that
can be reached by wheel. Wednesday
night there will be an excursion on the
Delaware river, and on Thursday night
there will be an all night smoker
at the national headquarters and a
fete at Belmont mansion in West Fair
mount park. On both these nights as
on the remaining days there will be
open house, in all the clubs of the
city.
The races will be held on Friday
and Saturday at Willow Grove track.
This Is three laDs to the mile and is
constructed of board. The preliminar-
les Will be run oft in the morning and
the finals in the afternoon. The one
mile professional championship will be
decided on Friday, and Saturday the
big race for $500 will be contested by
the stars of the professional ranks. The
amateur championship also promises
some bitter struggles between repre-
sentatives of the various states. The
entries closed last night for All events
and among some of the leading out-of-
town professionals entered are the fol-
lowing:
II. r. Steenson, Dayton, o.. Ted
dy" Goodman, New York; Major Tay.
lor Cambridgeport. Mass; Fred Titus
New York. w. L. Becker, Indianapolis
last years fve-mile champion; Howard
p. Mosher, Boston; Watson Coleman
Boston: Fred Lougkead, Sarnia, Ont.
j. w. Judge, New York: Tom mon.
arch" Cooper, Detroit; Frank j. Jen,
ny, Utica, N. Y; Homer Fairmon
Chicago; j. w. Parsons, Australia
w. w. Hamilton, Denver; Walter San.
ger, Milwaukee; ]. c. Tinkhorn, Grand
Rapids, and many others.
The prominent amateurs in all parts
of the country have also entered fol
the two days racing.
The. vete erans of the League of Amer.
ican Wheelmen will hold a meeting or
Saturday night which will be followed
by banquet. On Sunday morning the
meet will close with an excursion tc
Atlantic City over the Reading railroad
and a large contingent will make the
run on bicycles.