The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-17
BICYCLE RACES
AT BINGHAMT0N
Bald Easily Defeated Tom Cooper in the
Mile Open.
ALL THE CRACKS WERE THERE
Louis Callahan, of Buffalo, Was the
Oniv Heavily Handicapped Rider
TO Get n Place in the Two-Mile
Handicap--Dawson, of Columbia, &,
Won the College ile-Open- Large
Fields of Starters and Many Heats.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune
Binghamton, N. Y, June 16.-The
state circuit bicycle meet held forth
here today. This circuit offers races
throughout the state each day this week
and is, on account of the exceedingly
short jumps. a very desirable one. All
the cracks except Earl Kizer are fol-
lowing it.
Bald today again defeated Cooper in
the mile open, winning out with ease.
Cooper was second, with Church a
close third. The Scranton men were
unable to land Anything in the two
mile handicap and the only short mark
rider able to win in this event was
Louis Callahan, of Buffalo. He rode
with the short mark men, who made
repeated efforts to close the wide space
between themselves and the fellows
away out.
Bald, Church and Steenson followed
by Callahan, tried time and time again
to catch up, but to no avail. In the
first third of the second mile, however,
Callahan worked up a wonderful squirt,
leaving the speedy ones and catching
the limit riders, who were up to that
time having things pretty much their
own way, at the tape on the beginning
Of the last lap, finishing second, with
little Teddy Goodman first.
Ray Dawson, the champion college
crack and collegiate champion, won the
mile open for amateurs, with =. G.
Haynes, of Buffalo, second; Powell, of
Columbia college, third.
The amateur handicap was very
much like the professional event, the
short mark riders suffering at the
hands of the handicappers.
On account of the extra large field of
entries and the narrow track the mile
open professional was run In five heats,
two qualifying in each heat. In the two
thirds mile amateur four heats were
run, two men qualifying in the two
slower heats and two each in the faster
ones.
THE SUMMARIZES:
Two-thirds mile open, amateur-First
heat, l. A. Powell, New York, won; time
1.5S. Second heat, Ray Dawson, New
York, won; time. 15l. Third heat, r. A.
Miller, New York, won; A. Prendrengast
| Syracuse, second: time, 1.41 So. Fourth
heat, o. V. Babcock, New York, won; e
c. Haynes, Buffalo, second; time, Lac 2-5
Final, Ray Dawson. won; e. c. Haynes
second; ]. A. Powell, third; time, 133 10
One mile open, professional-Flrst heat
+. c. Bald, won; Teddy Goodman, sec.
ond; time, 2,22. Second heat, c. A. Church
won; Sam Brook. second; time. 2.iS AS
Third heat Tom Cooper, won; H. r
Steenson, second; time, 2.23 2-5. Fourth
heat, ]. A. Newhouse. won: w. H. Bird
sail, second; time, 222. Fifth heat, w. NJ
Randall, won; Louis Callahan, second
time 2.26. Final, Eddie Bald. won; Ton
Cooper, second; c. A. Church, third; time
2.l0.
One mile amateur championship, city
of Binghamton-Earl Bovee, won; Geors,
Thorne, second; A, w. Dlffenderfer
third; time, 230 2-5.
One mile amateur handicap-First heat
]. F. Higgins, Buffalo. 80 yards, won; c
S. Scovllle, Syracuse, 70 yards, second
f.. H. Cary, Binghamton, third; I. A
Powell, New York, scratch; fourth. time
2.lS 2-S Second heat, F. ]. Weall, Ell
mira, 110 yards, won; Ray Dawson, New
York, scratch, second; Earl Bovee, Bing
hamton 20 yeards, third; II. w. Strong
Ithaca, 40 yards, fourth; time, 2.16 2-5
Third heat, r. A. Miller, New York, 4
yards. won; R. 8. Kicker. Binghamton
100 yards, second; George Thorne. Bing