The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

ular Quantity OF Speed and Wins
= One Event - Results in Yester-
~ days Cycle Races.
From racing standpoint. the Inter-City
- cycle meet a. Lexington park yesterday was,
in general. all that could have been desired.
The weather was most proptious. the rid
ers in good form. and Minneapolis was beat
en- almost every event, and the events in
teresting, some exciting. but the attendance
was net as large as was hoped for. STILL after
1.-The expenses there remains a little prize
money. The meeting was an experiment, and
was in general satisfactory to the promoters.
While th3 track was in poor condition, Charles
Holer, the last local rider. paced by Tom
2 Bird and J. ]. Schwartz. on a tandem, sue
ceeded in lowering the track record for mile,
-2:12, to 2:0S 10
The best race of the day was the two-mie
Pit sti handicap, in when Hofer again
scratch. lesalrg the entire field and winning
OUT IN an exciting sprint with John Nilsson
5Sst IN iIont 81 the bunch. The time. 4:4s 2-5.
showed 4 l~st CLIP throughout the race, con-
n Sderlng the condition OF the track. Nilsson
finished second; half wheel back of Hotter.
with c. A. Palm. Of Minneapolis, third and
A Bergeson, Of Minneapolis fourth
one Oh the surprises of the Gay was the
last riding OF John A. Neubauer. In the
I'm es-niiIe pursuit race, after losing fifty
yards in attempting to pull his team mates
|siong with him to victory. he cut loose from
Sheil anu Went out alone after the Mime
~sapoils team, overcoming their lead and win
nlng the heat by nearly 100 yards.
In the fye,mile amateur handicap event,
Neubauer. with 70 yards handicap pulled
away from the scratch men and led the field
over the line in rafting brush with F. A.
Johnson, CT Minneapolis, 125 yard entry.
Neuoauers showing was source Of much
satisfaction to local wheelmen, some of whom
sun think ne was entitled to first prize in the
harriet road, race.
Three of the races were run in heats. In
inc nrst event, the one mile open amateur,
paced pacemaker to qualify. there were TWEEN
weight starters. The first heat was won in
order by Paul Mayor. st. Paul C. Clarkson.
minneapolis, and Harry Perkins. St Paul
di1e, 20 80. A w. Callander. Of Mime
Apoiis. paced the heat and won a place in
the maj Fred Smith, st. Paul. won the Sec
o oha heat with J. A. Neubauer, st. Paul. a
third <e Tms ana a.91 William Martin, St. Paul
quallned as pacemaker. The final was won
py George Sudheimer in 2:SO. with Neubauer
up for third place. 'o
'7 - Inc mile open professional in three heats
s WAS productive OF three distinct. pretty mile
SPINS mere were twelve starters, all nicely
CEASED, who rode in punches in the first two
neats TO the stretch where the sprinting for
tne places Was a responsible for exciting finish
-es Z. A. Palm, Minneapolis, won the first
heat. Enar Lee Minneapolis, second: H. M
90 Bird Aafa, St; Paul third; Time, 2.2s Charles
Hoier qualified in the first heat as pace
maker. The second heat, in 2:2O was won
% A. Bergeson of Minneapolis, after rat
o. LING Igo-yard tire and tire and sprint with
A j,
lum. st. Paul. third. John Nilsson paced The
heat and qualified. The time of the second
neat being faster than that of the first, H. NJ
biro lost his place In the final to McColum
Inc hnal heat was easy for Hofer until
me I stretch was reached. where Nilsson and
race, but Hofer let out Ink or two and
made another pretty finish by leading Berge-
son over the line by a length Nilsson was
2:25 s-5. aus away lot 'hifd place. Time,
The three,nile pursuit race. the first con-
test t. OF the kind run in this city. was inter
esting from start to finish. Teams OF three
riders each representing st. Paul ard Mime
apolis' started from opposite sides Of the
track. There was no ioafing as the riders
could not easily figure their lead so that fas
riding characterized every heat. Here as in
the ,o, other races the Minneapolis riders were
outclassed, as only one of the Mill ty teams
won heat, leaving the final to be run off
by two local teams.
Callander. Erickson and Neiderhofer won
the hrst heat for Minneapolis in 746 49, rid
ing Mayer. Martin and Nicholson, st. Paul
out Of tteir saddles, Mayer being the last
to cult on the last lap. The second heat
looked at first as though it would also go to
the Mill City riders Grandquist Heeley
and LOTUS set a fast pace at the start and
soon had twenty yards lead over Ed Sud-
heimer, George Sudhetmer and Harry Per-
kins The local riders. however, were simply
out in splendid burst of speed. overhaulng
the Minneapolis pedalers and winning the
heat eat handy Time. 7:Ss Is.
apolis, when Neubauer shook his team COM
panions and saved the heat. He started out
with Fred Smith and NJ D. Nicholson against
F. Johnson. A. E. Swanson and c. Paulson
Nicholson quit on tie fifth lap. leaving Smith
and Neubauer to finish Smith pumped along
well up with Neubauer to the end Of the
second nile, but little by little the Mime
apolis team had gained a substantial lead of
nearly fifty yards Half way around on the
first lap of the third mile Neubauer pedaIed
away from Smith and cut out hot pace to
catch the Min City riders. BY the finish of
the second lap he had their lead down to ten
struck even a faster clip for the last third
of a mile. The extra effort was not neces-
through and = the time he cs1ssed the tape
Neubauer- had a lead of 100 yards. having
ridden splendid heat. Time, TAB.
An amusing incident OF the heat was the
effort of one of the Minneapolis riders, who
had fallen behind, to ride out" Neubauer
when the latter overhauled him. The Mil
City man struck a rafting pace to wind
Neubauer, but, as a matter of fact, succeeded
in making the local man ride only the faster
maker against his team.
The time in the trial heats showed two
heimer, George sudheimer and Harry Perkins
being pitted against Neubauer Smith and
Nicholson. Neubauer had to ride most of this
heat alone. but could not duplicate his per-
= formances in the third heat, and the Sud
heimer.Perkins team won by fifteen yards.
a field of thirty-fve starters William Martin,
George Sudheimer and A w. Callander, the
idtIeI -Cl AiiIESdpClS, we're the Scfd Gu mel,
while the limit man was E. w. Erich, with
400 yards. The race was something of a
procession. though all of the riders pedaled
hard throughout, with half dozen spills
to add to the excitement. No was seri-
ously injured however and the acciden
were soon forgotten in the interest of TIE
race.
The scratch men seemed to discover their
inability to overhaul speedy bunch led by
Neubauer, half mile ahead of them, after
the second lap and thereafter alternated set
ting the pace in an effort to hold their own
There was some lively sprintng for clear
space when the last mile began The riders
had gotten well together in two punches
excepting the scratch men. and the ambitious
riders In each set out to win the race on the
fourth mile. The result was fast riding all
along the course, with the positions relatively
unchanged until the home turn was rounded
Here Johnson broke out of the first bunch
and headed Neubauer. The latter bent over
his handle bars and went after Johnson with
burst of speed that made a pretty finish
to the line with the st. Paul rider over first
by half length. C. A. Cross Minneapolis
was third Time 12:42.
Guy Torley. local trick rider of skill
added to the. entertainment with a clever ~
hibition, while the Minnesota State ba Ha
enlivened the time between races in discours
ing a programme Of ten numbers. FoIlowine
the results: -
Mile open. amateur-George Sudheimer ST
Paul, first ]. A. Neaubauer, St. PAUL second
Fred w. Smith, st. Paul, third Time 2:3O
Mile open, Observation-Disclosures Hofer St
Paul, first; A. Bergeson. Minneapolis second
2:25 3-5.
Three-mile pursuit race open-Ed Sud
heimer, George Sudheimer. Harry Perkins St
Paul. Time 7:31. w.