The San Francisco call., 1898-03-19
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 The Garden City Wheelmen of San Jose will hold a five-mile road race over the East San Jose course tomorrow morning, and as the roads are in bad condition the course record or l3:O3, held by Roy Bridgeman, is perfectly safe. The entries and handicaps are as follows: c. M. Smith and Tony Delmas, scratch; Roy Bridgeman, M. Quimby, Ted Belloli, twenty seconds: George Thorn, H. Schnits- pan, forty-fve seconds; H. Burlington, D. Wells, one minute ten seconds; W. San ger, Freddie Bald, one minute twenty seconds: H. L. Schemmei, Ed Barnes, D.. Manning, w. Hill and D. Hill, one min ute thirty seconds: Ed Johnson, George E. Owen, A. Nichols. J. Arguello, one minute forty seconds; Ed Whistle, ". Curlin, two minutes.
 Some afternoon next week Gail Har- denbrook, of the Garden City Wheelmen, is going for the San Jose-Gllroy record. He will be paced to Coyote, twelve miles, by a triplet, and the rest of the way, eighteen miles, by three tandems. The record on a single is one hour twenty five minutes, held by c. M. Smith and Hardy Downing, who set the pace for each other. The tandem record is 1:07:30. held by Hardenbrook and Julius c. Smith.
 The Bay City Wheelmen will hold five-mile handicap road race over the San Leandro-Haywards course tomorrow forenoon. The handicaps will be an nouncedi by Captain Harry harkin to- day. The entries are: Fred Boeckmann Davl~son, Joseph NJ. Nye Jr., F. R. Haley, Nat M. Gilman, W. ]; Black. Rob- guetin, Harry T. Fowler, Walter Mac donald, c. ". Schilling, Ben Raynaud and J. Nose Pike
 The members of the San Francisco Road Club should take prompt action and se- verely discipline the member who allowed two outsiders to settle difference be- basement, as told exclusively in The Call last Tuesday. It is very much to be regretted that the club should have been misled into admitting such a man under the impression that he was a gen. tleman, and his prompt expulsion would serve as lesson to him and would evil known among the wheeling fraternity, that the directors and members at large knew nothing of the disgraceful affair until they read of it in The Call the next morning
 George A. wyman, Reliance Club, and J. D; Wing, Olympic Club, are matched teams for each man. at Elmhurst to- morrow. The second race between teams from the Reliance and Acme clubs will take place on Sunday, March N.
 The Garden City Wheelmen of San Jose have elected thirty-two members since the last 25-mie road race. The club has relay dSplratlOnS, ana WILL make a strong effort to win the Leavitt & Bill trophy.
 c. M. Smith and J. E. Wing are matched to ride a ten-mile paced match race at Elmhurst on Sunday, April 3, and both are in active framing for the event. It Is looked forward to by the club cyclers with considerable interest, and the bet ting favors Smith so far.
 Arrangements have not yet been con- summated for the professional match be- tween William Martin. the celebrated Australian rider, and William A. Terril of this city. The purse and side bet have been satisfactorily adjusted, but the trouble lies in securing a proper sanction and track to ride the race on. as both men ride under the League of American Wheelmen's rules. and the California as soclauon has such complete control of all racing affairs out here that It is next to impossible to bring off an L. A. W; event
 Arthur Wright, one of the leading wheelmen of Stockton, is in the city on business and visited several of the promi- nent clubs yesterday.
 E. E. (Pinkie'D Stoddard has returned from an extended trip through Southern California.
 The Bay. City Wheelmen will soon lose one of their most popular members, Wal ter c. Erode. Steve has accepted a position as assistant engineer on one of the China steamers, and the boys at the clup are trying to teach him the language
 Al E. Morrison, who was a well-known cycle salesman nere several years ago, IS now the superintendent of li4e zoo at
 The Reliance Club Wheelmen will have run to Temescal tomorrow un0er Car tain Deacon In the afternoon the clubs baseball team will play the Olympic Cyclers at Elmhurst.
 Other games of the Cycle Clubs league schedule tomorrow are: Olympic W neei- men vs. Encinal Cyclers; Acme vs. Bay City; Turn Verein vs. California Cat San Jose). The Acme-Bay City game will be p.ayed at the Velodrome grounds at 2:30 D. m.
 The next C. A c. c roadbook went into the printers hands last Weunesday, and work upon it is being rushed. If there is no unforeseen delay 1t should be out by the 1st of April-no joking.
 Elght or the younger memperS Of the Bay City Wheelmen are specially train ing for a fve,mile road match race, be- tween themselves, to be held in about three weeks; They are: L. R. Cofer, N. C. Babin, c. w. Schilling, Arthur F. Lundberg.. Walter Mcdonald, R. P. Phil lips, J. M Salazar and Teddy, Bangs Each is to put un s5, making a $40 purse, with which a trophy will be bought, as they are all amateurs, and the winner will take all, in the true sportsman style. Lundperg is the favorite in the betting on the result.
 H. w. SPALDING.