The times., 1898-06-12

members of the committee who visited
! Philadelphia last August have always
thought that indianapolis beer. had some
thing to do with the instantaneous sue
cess in the Quaker metropolis. The same
beer will be on tap during the week of
the meet.
The representatives of the press who will
visit indianapolis next August will find
every effort made to make their work
pleasant and also TO give them a good
time. The press quarters at the track are
Immediately in front of the grandstand
and on the front row. Herbert Foltz, ar
chtect of the track and stands, has ar
ranged 10 have awnings covering the press
seats, so that there will be shade and the
working force will not be compelled to
sit in the broiling sun as they had to do
at Louisville and Philadelphia. The seats
are easily accessible and plenty of room
Will be allowed each man in which 10 do
his work. While there win be official pno-
tographers for the track company news
paper men who will bring their cameras
with them will be allowed every privi-
lege in the way of taking pictures of the
starts and finishes of each race. One
commercial photographer viii be permit
ted TO take views of the races, but this
rule will not apply to the newspaper men
and those who desire to bring their o;tm-
eras with them can do so with the Under
standing that they can take any pictures
that they wish.
John j. Appel chairman OF committee
on street decorations, has been asked 10
make a report at the next meeting Of The
executive committee of plans for the dec
orations of the streets and residences Of
the city. Indianapolis will take on a gala
dress during the week of the meet, and
as the citizens have responded so liberal
ly to every call that has been made on
them so far, Il Is believed that they VIII
take a lively interest in decorating both
their residences and business properly.
Mr.. Appel has been on several committees
of like character and is well qualified
for the position He Is now in correspond
ence with several firms who furnish Gee
orations. and appropriate designs for dec
Orations that will be suitable for that
week Will be sent him within the next few
days.
Wallace Sherwood. who is chief consul
of the Indiana division, is chairman of the
committee on credentials of the SO Meet
Club, and may not be here next August TO
welcome the visitors. Mr.. Sherwood was
for five years a member of the Signal
Corps OF the United States Army and
served in several campaigns against the
Apaches under Gen. Miles in New Mexico
and Arizona. If company of engineers
is organized in Indiana. Mr.. Sherwood will
go to the front as officer. He Is well
qualified for the position and has proved
valuable man TO the Signal Corps of tit.
Army. In the event of his leaving Indi-
annapolis 1t Is believed that ]. A. Allison.
secretary and treasurer of the Indiana d.
vision, will probably succeed him.
Applications for track position have
been pouring rapidly on Herbert Foltz,
chairman of the race committee. Mr.. Foltz
has decided that all of the track officials
during the week OF the meet will be choS-
en- from among the visitors. as he thinks
il is a courtesy which should be extended
to them. Many of the well-known bicy-
Gle men throughout the country both in
trade and journalistic circles have applied
for the several positions, or at least in
timated that the honor, If rendered them.
should not go begging. This is a matter
which Mr. Foltz will probably take up
next week and make the appointments.
Interest in cycle racing is increasing
rapidly In Indianapolis. Heretofore the
wheelmeu OF this city have cared but lit
tie for the stars OF the board track. and
as Indianapolis was not prepared 10 give
a hrst-class meet, few Of the wheel rid
ers knew anything about the game. The
fact that the National Meet will be run
off ar Indianapolis next August has
aroused the interest in the racing and the
track riders and their circuit chasing pill
grims are being closely followed by thous-
ands Of people in this city. and many OF
them have already selected their favorites
Three Of the national championship pro-
fessionals will be practically decided at
the National Meet.
The three races which will be run here
are the half-mile the mile and the two
mile. The winners of each of these events
viii be credited with sixty points, the
second man forty. the third, thirty, the
fourth, twenty and the fifth. ten. There
are Just ten times more points than they
secured by winning the championship
events al the ordinary circuit meets, and
the rider who fails 70 win one OF the three
big races at indianapolis will have to push
hard for the ten points for the cham
pionship races on the circuit to even
things mp. If any of the riders can win
two of the championships at Indiapous,
he will almost be certain TO be the ma
tional champion of the year.
The amateur championship will. of
course. all be run of at the national
meet. Five Of them. however, are only
trial heats for the big amateur events
of the year. which is the one mile national
championship. In the one-quarter, one
third, one-half. the two-mile and the
flve-mile amateur championships, the
men winning first and second quality for
the one-mile event, which viii be run on
the last day of the meet. This will get
in field Of ten starters in the mile anna
teur national championship and the race
will probably be run in two heats with
three men qualifying in the fastest heats
and making a field of five riders in the
final. which Will be run Saturday after
noon. August l3.
The tour book of the Indiana Division
Of the L. \. w. has been published for
1898, and distributed among members. 1t
is neatly bound in a flexible leather COW
er and It is of a size convenient for car
rying in the pocket. The contents are 157
routes, each route showing the distance
from point TO point. the material of which
the roads are made. the grades and the
conditions Of the roads at best There
are also numerous notes in which special
pointers are given such as warnings about
riding on sidewalks, reference to hills
and bad stretches of road and points of
interest along the routes. The routes are
doubly indeXed and are accompanied by a
large map of the State.
The book was prepared for the division
members of the League of American
Wheelmen: Walter B. Hassen. chairman.
Jeffersonville; ]. r. Mutz, Edinburg; H.
c. Henshaw. Elkhart; Will r. Teel. Terre
Haute; W. c. Herberhart, Madison: c. F.
Kinney, Angola; r. w. Landrey. Lafay-
cite; Phil G. Kerr, Indianapolis, and
Thomas Anderson, New Albany The
committee was also assisted by the chief
consul and officers of the division and a
number of the other members of the L. A.
w. The book retails at 81. is given free
to lea pllp members of Indiana and is sold