The San Francisco call., 1897-10-30
Bay City and San Francisco
Mines Will Cross Bats
Tomorrow.
Garden City Wheelmen's Five
Mile Handicap Road Race
at San Jose.
4 straightaway Mile in lil9-Gears
of Next Years Wheels-Olub
Events to Come.

Bav City beelmen and the San Fran
cisco Road Club, to end in match game
of bali between the teams of the TWO
clubs. Great rivalry has existed between
these two teams fer a long while past and
neither was very anxious to take on the
other in a match until reasonably certain
that sufficient preliminary practice had
been had to insure pretty stiff game, so
that when they come together on the
diamond tomorrow some hing is bound
10 happen.
The Bay Citys and San Franciscos are
neigh bors, their clubnouses being situated
within a stones throw OF each other on
Golden Gate avenue. Captains Larkin
and Lewis have arranged, therefore, for
Joint club run, TO leave the corner of
Golden Gate avenue and Polk street at 9
M After a short ride they will turn
their faces toward the ba ball grounds at
Sixteenth and Folsom streets, where the
great game is scheduled TO take place at
10 A. N. The Bay Citys Will proUably play
the two Halls, McGilvray, Menne, Fred
Day, Haswell, kanzee. Raynaud and
Boeckmann. The San Francscos will put
in the Lewis brothers, Robinson, Barnett,
Goodwin, O Malley, How and CraytOn,
with half dozen others TO choose from.
After the game run through the park
Will be in order.
An immense attendance OF rooter from
the two clubs is expected, besid es specta-
tors from the other cycling clubs inter-
es ted in base ball, who will want to get
line on the two teams with view OF play
ing the winner before long.
The Bay Cltys have their dates we'll
filled for ball games. Tomorrow they
play the San Franciscos, on November 7
the Centerville team, Novem Der IA the
Cycling Press re presentatlves of tnis city,
ana on the Dist probably the Garden CIGy
Wheeimen OF San Jose.
Second in i'm portance in to-morrow's
events comes the great nve-mile road race
of the Garden City Wheelmen, over the
East San Jose course. Il is four-cor-
nered course, and Roy Bridgeman holds a
com petition record of Is :03 for the five
miles. At present the road is in poor con-
ditlon. The entries and handicaps for
the race are as follows:
Tony Delmas, Frank Cotter, C. NJ. Smith.
Roy Bridgeman, scratch; Julius Smith, Ted
BelloI, % seconds; George Thorn, Fred Bur
CESS, Irving Ryder, minute 10 seconds d. ID.
Baker, H. Buffiugton, minute % seconds;
jack Cady, Eu Johnson, Ray johnson, V. A.
curtin, 1 minute 80 seconds; George owen,
George Osen, l minute 40 seconds; Robert ].
Butler, Pop Thorn, minutes 10 seconds.
The regular monthly meeting of the
California Associated Cycling Clubs will
x.
Der 6, at the Imperial Club, GA Van Ness
avenue. AT this meeting the matter of
holding a coas sting contest for the cham
pionship OF the Pacific Coast viii be dis
cussed.
Recent advices from Australia say that
''PIugger Bill" Martin recently rode a
straigntaway mile on an asphalt course in
1:19 3-5, which is way below the worlds
record. The time has not YET been con-
tirmed, and we do not know how he was
paced.
L. W. Peabody the Chicago amateur.
who is endeavoring to equal Zimmerman
record OF 100 firsts in season, as told in
The CALL last Saturday, has won his
nInetieth first place, and has four more
weeks in which to win ten more. He will
undoubtedly equal and probably exceed
the record.
A. G. Batchelder, the New York handi-
capper, has been sent 10 Europe to secure
CoTdang, Bouhours, Chase, Linton and
other crack racing men to enter the six
day and other long distance com mpetitions
10 be run in New York this winter. l
have II from excellent authority that
Powers and Brady, who are backing this
project, intend to show with these me n in
all the prominent cities of the United
States this winter and next spring, and
have already got an option on the Me-
chanics' Pavilion, with the idea OF coming
to San Francisco. II they do cvcIlng
would receive a splendid impetus here,
Tor these men are world renowned riders
and they now use electrical triplet pac-
ing, doing away with the necessity of
supporting big pacing teams.
Sigmund Bachmann, the Austrian cv-
cist. who has covered 13, 762 miles on his
journey round the word thus far, will
lecture at Austrian Hall, 507 Sutter street.
Sunday evening" Novemb Der Z. Besides
his lecture the programme will include
music and recitations.
u WI hoe
Pope Com pany here for the past two
years, lett last night for SPRINGFIELD.
Mass, where he Is to remain. Mr.. John
son made many friends here, all of whom
wish him success in his new field Mr.
Clark of Detroit is his successor in the San
Francisco house.
1t is now plain that the choice which
riders will be called upon to make next
year will be between bicycles which,
broadly speaking, may be divided into
two classes-the ordinary wheel with ex-
posed chain, now common, and the ma
chimes having housed gears of whatever
character. Under the second class will
come the beveled gears, the various
spur" gears, the ''pawI and ratchet
movements and the wheels having in
closed chains.
The demand on the part of riders has
been for driving mechanism protected
from dust and dampness. This will be
supplied by each of the several STYLES
mentioned, and the supporters of the va
rious covered gears confidently expect
that gradually the type now prevailing
will become obsolete.
There is an apparent tendency on tie
part of manufacturers o revert to the use of
smaller balls in bearings next year. Brakes
are also likely to be more sought for nv
riders and more freely offered by makers.
Next Saturday night the managers of
the various baseball teams formed within
the local cycling clubs will meet at the
Cycle Board of Trade rooms, 562 Parrott
building, at O'Clock, 10 elect head and
arrange schedule OF games. All cycle
clubs having ball teams which they wish
to enter this tournament are invited to
send a representative.
The San Francisco Road Club has
nominated the following officers: Presi-
dent, o. r. Sterling; vice presidents, E.
Lewis, J. NJ. Liebert and l.. Silverman;
secretary treasurer, Ed Sand; financial
secretary, L. Adelsdorfer; directors, J.
O'MalIey, S. Blumenth al, J. Lewis; SER
geant-at-arms, A. Gilmore; captain,
Ralph Robinson.
AT the regular meeting next Monday