The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-26
MICHAEL BEAT CHASE.
Welshmnn HID HIS Man Beaten from
tie start.

| tie start.
| New York. December 25.--Jlmmy Mich
ael OF Wales, the recognized middle dis
| tance bicycle champion Of this country met
| Arthur A. Chase, the middle distance
champion OF England. tonight at Madison
| Square garden In a thirty mile race over a
| spite bad spill that the bicycle experts
are guessing just how good the little
"rarebit" is. Pluck, endurance, stamina
and every other quality that goes to estab-
fish the possession OF grit seem to be Gnu
bodied in every inch of the Welshman.
Noithng seems 10 tire him
The building was througed to its utmost
capacity when Mchsel, the midget and
Chase, the Ievlathan. jumped on their re-
speetiye wheels Tor a few preliminary spins
around the track, which measured one foot
over the necessary distance to make it
ten laps TO the mile. AZ The turns the
board track was banked" as high as ten
feet from tho level of the boarded floor OF
the garden.
il vas announced that no winner would
get 20 per cent OF the gross receipts aud
the losers end would be 10 per cent.
The managers OF the show guaranteed
that the winner would get $500 aud the
loser $1,000, but. Judging from the crowded
condition OF the house, the amouni OF the
money which the cracks rot was far In
excess OF tho guarantee.
Hoth got GA their marks before ig:l5. and
before they mounted their respective wheels
they shook hands. 1t was announced that
III case either man fen during the first two
laps the other man would be recalled and
liz aFTH ftf t..ss IL -
Chase got tangled IN with bis leaders after
the race was started, and after The end of
the lap the men were ordered back to tao
start
Chase won the toas and took lhe pole. ".
stared ont nj u rtald gait but the hide
Weishman coon over ook him, aud al the
end Of the second mile was over a lap
ahead
Michael gn'ued another imp in the torrts
mile aud the spectators checred the "Ilt-
Ne Wonder' yociferously Michael was
simply nvineibe and az The finish Of the
fth mile he gained aHathpl lao ~ his
cquniryman Both lucn picked IN their
tandens very ceycrly Michael kept up Il
heart breaking pace and at tho nnish "
tue seventh milo was five laps to the good
~ he finish of the eleventh mile Michael
him six laps ahead
IN the fourteenth mile two Of Michaels
paotrs went oyer the hanl hut ,yola nat
seriously injured. In the next mile on the
fourth lap Michael ran high upou the
MADISON avenue turn ana both men fell
!" Il hehp' their PAGERS also taking Crop
Por Mlehael rrmounted his wheel and
so' aholher lap TO the good before Chase
recovered himself At tho end of tho sly
teenth mile Michael was thirteen Ian,
afead, In the twenty-siNth mile Chase fell
heavily at the Fourth avenue turn nnd wo.
unable Ia 81 on with the race he ran Into
TWO tandom teams and was badly cut mn
IN the smMh-up Giiase's bicycle was
broken. He borrowed Taylor's wheel lut
nan 70 'eaVe' the track. Had Chase heen
ahie to continue, however, he probnhlv
woud have been beaten by about two
mi'es as Michael was almost that distnnco
ahtad o. hin when the accident ooeurrad
ana was rapidly gaining.
one nde professional invitation. tr,o,
heats~First heat won by Jean Go,,eoli,
france; Oscar Hedstrom BROOKLYN ser.
pnd Time, sl3 Ia
:. Second heat won by n. A. Miller Now
York; jay Eaton Connecticut. sernnd
Time, 2,a7 is.
Third heat won by Nat Butler. Boston!
23S 1-S ''"ie'
Fourth heat won by Charles Hede.ls
Newark e C. Hoyt, Springfield. Mass
"'Nuhhr iItne, gs2o.
flfth heat won by j. a. Newhouse nus.
lalo II. T Goodman. New York second
Time 22o S'''uu'
semi -iinals--Mile, proicssmnais--eIrsr
neat won by Jean Gougots. France; C. \
iichshaw, Brooklyn, second; MAJ puuo,,
hosIon, third. Time, zee 3.s.
second heat won by j. A. Newhouse
Buffalo T. +, Goodman. New York seq,
ond' A. a. Woinig, Buffalo, third. Time
in an
walkoverl VI
ore mile professional final heat-woc
ny ] \ Newhousc. Buffalo; II. y. Good
man nan New York, second A. n. Welnig
fourth. Time. geo as. ''''
:, one mile exhibition, professional
Huonard Taylorc, champion OF France
Paced ,h a. by Jean Gougoltz and Lumber jack
me French tandem champions ana Fni'
Iofd and Wheolock, the English chamnIons
Time, 55 2-5. "t'''''
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