New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-28
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IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
A THOROUGH PLAN OF ROAD WORK FOR
LONG ISLAND.
THE I. A. ". sMoKER--PREPARINo FOR THE Ma
wHEEIMEN ORGANIZE - NOTES
AND COMMENTS.
With a programme possessing many attractions,
the L. A. w smoker In Lenox Lyceum Fifty
ninth-st. and Madison-ave.. this evening should
be a successful gathering. The local consulate vs.
responsible for the entertainment, II having been
arranged by members Of that body for the purpose
OF increasing the membership OF the League and
promoting its work. The smoker Will begin at
$50 o'clock with the distribution Of 10000 cigarettes
and corncob pipes and tobacco After this VIII
follow vaudeville show. The bill will include
Cantanno brothers mandolin and guitar duet;
the Manhannsett Quartet. Hugh Leonard. teacher
OF wrestling In the New-York Athletic Club against
Charles j. Kinter heavyweight amateur champion
Of the New-York Athletic Club. in wrestling
match: fencing bout between James Murray and
Mr.. Bother: Master lie Roy See. trick cycst:
the Way Down East Quartet. Bobby Gaylor. Bon
Speeches Will be made by Louis Resented senior
consul OF the L. A. W. Consulate. and Isaac B.
Potter. president Of the League Of American Wheel
men. string orchestra will furnish music. and
there will be other things OF interes. not included
In the vaudeville programme. The seating ca.
pacity OF the Lyceum is 1900 and II Is expected that
1t will be taxed to its utmost. The amusement
he Their membership cards. Wheelmen and others
intending to join the organization will also be
at the smoker. Boxes have been secured by prom
inent wheelmen and cycling clubs
Good Roads Association Of Brooklyn and Long
Island has been organizing sections in every part
OF Long Island the idea being that In this manner
work can be done more quickly than through tho
efforts Of Isolated enthusiasts. The principle OF
every man for himself" while theoretically all
wrong IS not uncommon, and villages and towns
will be united through the bond that will naturally
exist between sections of association. In
number of towns sections have been started. each
one with a governor and secretary and from
twelve to twenty charter members. working unoer
their own constitution ard bylaws, their annual
dues being expended entirely in their own territory
Each section will be represented in the Executive
Committee Of the association. These towns are
Jamaica Freepor Babylon Is,lp MT
Bridgehampton. Easthampton. Flushing White
stone. Port Jefferson. Wading River Rivsrheaai;
islip Shutdown Lake Ronkonkoma. Medford.
Huntington Hollis and Amagansett.
Village on the island will have members in the
association The increase Of membership through
these sections amounts to about six hundred ana mo
who has watched ne worx GonS Rrook
iyn viii readily that this insures marked I'm,
provement Of roads and the increased as
Long Island.
David NJ Parry. president Of the Indianapolis ss
Meet Club was last week elected president OF the
indianapolis Commercial Club. the strongest ousl-
ness organization in the city. Evans Woolen. Sec
rotary Of the Meet Club. was reelected secretary
of the Commercial Club This In measure brings
the Meet Club within the Commercial Cup. ana
gives the strongest guarantees possible thar the
1898 meet will be success. It has every business
and social interest in the city behind IT, The ques-
ton Of the track has not been settled. Mayor
.cSys COMMITTEES Of the Meet Club and
gested that the club itself build the track instead
believed the track should be owned by the club
and BY He MAS rssSy to sEs be- soSD would
organize the track company within the CLUB ana
guarantee The bicycle Fask viii
probably be approved by the committee at its next
meeting.
The Pierce Wheemen Is the name OF new bi-
cycle club organized at No. 143i Broadway Wednes-
day evening the list OF members showing the names
of many members OF the New-York County Wheel
and coors OF the de,unct club were adopted. and
the following officers were elected to serve for one
year: President. f. p. Ryder: vice-presidcn.. f.
Hildebrandt jr.: recording secretary Charles No
,ns p secretary' T. Cochran treasurer r. H. Burton
captain Charles H. Hildebrandt: first lieutenant, z.
The dues OF the new club will be 81 a month. and for
the present no Initiation fee will he charged Tne
asss af p @
be sent, addressed TO p. A. Hogle. financial secre.
he
and track ' AZ originally laid out BY the NewYorE
County Wheelmen will he carried out nv the Pierce
ss T.t oresnseS century rum last and
the Pierce Wheelmen intend to DO so this season.
The date has not yet been decided upon
Chairman McGregor OF the Committee on Roads, at
indianapolis. Is at work a system OF cycle paths
20 connect the city with the gravelled roads lead
ing out from It, As is the case in many other
cities. there s.a mile or two OF bad road lust ne,
ona ts esd my out Of Indianapo Chairman Nc
ts a sd he n sn o the paTe or
20 q point IN each road where good wheeling begins
Charles T. Earl OF the Kings County Wheelmen.
expects 10 train for the middle distances this
Earl will try to follow pace and II he is successful
the chances are that he will turn professional
cvc,,st. desiring 10 Join the League OF American
WheeImen may obtain full printed information and
membership blanks by sending names and sd-
dresses 10 the Cycling Editor The Tribune.
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BILLIARDS AND BASKETBALL.
rohn T. Norton has been added to the Billiard
f.hampiopshlp Committee that will have charge OF
the coming Amateur Athletic Union billiard tour
nament The committee consists OF p. L. Ar
mold chairman. Knickerbocker Athletic Club;
James D. Boyd New-Jersey Athletic Club; F. NJ.
Hausling New-York Athletic Club. and John T.
Catholic Club. Jersey City.