The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16
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The near approach Of the annual 1OO- mile relay race indulged in by the cycling clubs around the bay is marked by the number of road races and "try-outS" be- ing held each Sunday.
 Tomorrow there will be three of these road races. held by the Olympic, Bay City and Imperial clubs. The Olympic race commands the most prominence, be- cause of the number of entries and the fact that "record sanction has been secured, In the hope that one of the rid CTS may eclipse the best previous per- formance The race is for five miles, from San Leandro to Haywards, start ing at Il a. m. The following are the entries and handicaps: E. F. Russ, E. A. Bozio, George Fuller, George Tantau, J. E. Wing, scratch; E. O. Kragness, H. D. Bean, E. G. Stanley, 9 seconds; L. II. Smith. G. E. Kroetz, J. W. Kingsley. 10 seconds; Frank E. Carroll, M. M. Cook, O. J. Ford, J. H. Nash, 1 minute; Charles Stone, William Cartwright, 1:30; George James, R. B. Bowman, 2:SO.
 The Bay City Wheelmen will hold ten-mile road race from Frutvale to Hay- wards tomorrow at 12 o'clock, as a sort of try-out to select men for the coming relay race. Captain Larkin will take over a club run on the a. m. boat, in- cluding spectators for the road race ana '',,rooters for the clubs ball game with the CaliforniaS.
 ) ten-miie try-out, having relay aspira- tions of its own. The club has some strong riders in BoZio, Lind, Mack and others, and this try-out may develop some new material.
 At the Elmhurst track and ball grounds tomorrow there will be several events Of interest. F. JurgwetZ, of the Enci- nal CyclerS, will meet II. Ross in five mile pursuit race. The features of the days sport will be a two-mile amateur tandem handicap. The Bay City Wheel mems and California Cycling Clubs base ball teams will also meet in schedule game under the auspices of the Cycle Clubs Baseball League.
 The entries and handicaps for the tan dem handicap are as follows: A. F. Deacon and c. A; Wyman,. Reliance. Acme, 20 yards; G. E. Kroetz and G. w. Tantau, Olympic, 25 yards; Davidson brothers, Bay City, 50 yards; Stanley and M. Gilman, Bay City, 75 yards; John $. Egan and l. K. Lind Imperial, 100 yards; Captain Curtis and A; T, Smith, Encinal, 15O yards. The race will be run in three heats, three teams in each heat, and final.
 Captain A. P. Deacon of the Reliance Club Wheelmen will meet A. T. Smith or the Encinal CyclerS at five miles, paced, on April "A, a ElmhurSt.
 The Encinal Cyclers of Alameda will have club run to Piedmont Springs to- morrow under Captain Curtis. On May l the club will hold a five-mile handi-
 
 wards, for which large number of the members are actively training.
 Frank Il. Kerrigan, president of the Bay City Wheelmen, has just returned from business trip to Southern Gait 1ornia
 The Garden City WheeImen of San Jose will hold a big barbecue at Alum Rock on Sunday, May l. and intend inviting all the San Francesca and Alameda County clubs to participate.
 The Eagle Cycling Club of Napa re- gently elected the following officers: Pres ident, Daniel Scui!y; vice-president, A. Barr; treasurer, Edward AInstulz ffnan- cial secretary, James Keyser; recording secretary, Edward Frantz; captain, Frank Jackie.
 nual meeting the other evening. and the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: James M. Hamilton, c. F. Marwedel, J. w. Kenney, r. H. Ber- nays, Edwin Mohrig, John w. Leavitt, S. G. Chapman, George w. Peyton, Robers C. Lennie, John G. North, William Nor Till and Robert Malcolm. They will elecS the officers for the ensuing year from among themselves at the next regular meeting, in May.
 The Garden City Wheelmen of San Jose recently elected the following officers: President, J. B. Lamkin; vice-president, Edgar Johnson; secretary treasurer, h. l.. Miller; captain, Alvin Hostetter; first lieutenant, Tony Delmas; second Iieuten- ant, Ray Johnston; color bearer, Hardy Downing; bugler, James Arguello; direc- tors, pr. Schumacher, Joseph Desimone, Al Hubbard, A. 5. Hale and Joseph Del mas.
 Ex-Captain Joe Jury of the Garden Citys will depart for Alaska in a few days, and the boys at the club intend giving him a good .'send-off.''
 ''Plugger BilP' Martin went East Sun day night, after being unable to find any one else on the coast, save Bob Ter Till, who would race him a five-miIe pur- suit match for a side bet and purse Floyd Mcfarland got "cold feet'' when he heard how easily Martin defeated big Terrill.
 Captain Loos has called club run of the Olympic Club Wheelmen for Hay wards tomorrow to witness the clubs road race. Take the g o'clock broao- gauge boat, and lunch at The Villa.
 A. P. Deacon, Reliance Club and J. B. Wing, Olympic, are matched for a five mile, paced, race at Elmnursu on May l. Nearly twenty tandem teams will be em- ployed to do the pacing.
 The Bay City Wheelmen will have a big theater party at the Tivoli next Wednes- day night, as a compliment to Bob. Mitchell, the eX-amateur, now appearing there.
 The great Sacramento-Stockton 100-mils relay race comes off on Sunday April A, and there is a good deal Of interest attaching to 1t in these two cities. TlAs San FranciSco-San Jose-Alameda 100-mile relay is on Sunday, May 8, and will prop- ably be entered by but seventeen teams this year-the Garden City Cyclers, Olym- pie Club Wheelmen, Acme Club Wheel men, Reliance Club Wheelmen ana the Imperial Cycling Club. The Olympic Cyclers cannot raise team, and the Call ifornia, Encinal, Santa Rosa and San Francisco clubs will stay out this year.
 H. w. SPALDING.