The San Francisco call., 1897-04-10
OLYMP les
\ Student
OF TRICKS
Rules to Be Ignored in
Future Relay
Races.
BECAUSE OF THE LATE
CENTURY.
They Expect an Adverse Daci.
sion on Their Pro.
test.
THE BAY CITY CYCLISTS NOT
ALARMED.
The Board of Governors to Take Up
Both Sides of the Row This
Evening.

The bike-racers of the Olympic Club
have declared themselves.
True, the protest they filed with the
racing board against awarding the Varney
cup TO the Bay City Wheelmen-the vic
tors in the recent annual century relay
Is now entirely in the hands of the local
cycling auth critics for adjudication, and
the trophy will go with their decision; /;
but the Olympic men say the row is not
going to stop there. They seem 10 antici-
pate that the high moguls will. after
gently reprimanding the Bay City con-
tingent for having exhibited in the race a
penchant for being a little tricky, finally
decide that that organization may retain
the cup and the championship. The
Olympics express themselves as being even
a little doubtful about the reprimand.
1t is on account of this feeling that
judgment will go against the protest that
the Olympic riders have determined upon
new ultimatum. This is going to be to
the effect that if another relay takes place
next year every Olympic Club r.der will
be paced throughout the course, even
though the rules say this shall not be.
Tandems and triplets and even Quads Will
be used on every ten-mile sire tch for the
purpose of sending the packet bearer
through in record breaking time, they
announce, and they will defy the racing
authorities TO stop them.
I'VE have engaged in Just enough of
these relays to find out that We have been
foolish in essaying to live up to the rules, 4"
SAID Frank Fuller, one of the leading
lights of the Olympic Wheelmen, while
discussing the rumpus yesterday. I'VE
have always gone into these affairs to
labide by t. regulations and determined
ito race strictly fair and square. But
u hae haar aIxyo IFrna n.
other club-and [ will be plain and say
that it was invariably the Bay City Wheel
men-did not resort TO tricks and viola
tions OF the rules in order to win. We be-
lieve that we have lost by being too fair
and this was particularly the case in last
Sundays race"
The Olympic Wheelmen are not squea!-
ing because they didn't get the cup, but
are protesting because they do not con-
slider they were beaten on the square.
They are positive that they have the best
team, and to prove it are willing to go
against The Bay City team any time in a
special race. l don't believe, however,
that We could drag them into another con-
test. In nutshell, our position is this:
II tricky racing is to be tolerated we arc
not going TO be placed in the position OF
protesting and souawking all the time,
but are going to resort 20 tricks ourselves.
It's a game that more than one club can
play at successfully. It's bad for the
sport, We will admit, but we propose to
look out for our colors.'
The olympics' protest will in all
probability come up for a hearing
this evening at the meeting of the
board OF governors of the Asso-
clated Cycling Clubs. The document is at
present in the hands of Chairman Adams
of the road-racing committee, but he will
doubtless present it to the board. There
has been some discussion as to whether
the committee or the governors should de-
eide the vexatious question, but the wheel
men generally concede that the matter
properly belongs in the hands of the board.
The Olympic lads have practically de-
cided not to lay so much stress upon their
complaint regarding the conduct of the
Bay City men in the last relay-that is,
the alleged pacing of Kenna and the in
terference INDUCED in for his protection.
They assert that they have a better case
against the Bay Citys in connection with
the ninth relay. alleging that they have
abundant proof that Krafts was paced for
! several miles by Vincent. This alleged
violation will constitute the real ground
for their request that the Bay City Wheel
men be not awarded the cup.
Lew Hunter, exc alrman of the road
racing committee and one OF the forem ost
members OF The Olympic Club, said yes
terday that if the Bay City men entered q
counter-protest 10 the effect that the
olympics had riders in the race who were
not bona-fide mem bers they would find 6
similar charge placed against themselves
The Bay City boys continue to make
light of the whole affair, and profess tc
have no fear AS to the result. They refel
to the discontented Olympians as sore
heads" and "squealers," and say they car
easily disprove all of the charges OF un
fairness and trickery when they appea
before the governors.