The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-01
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
n DEMlND FoR NEW REG ULATIoNs
FOE CENTURY RUNS.

Racing Will Take the Place OF Eeoea
Competitions in Popular Eaver-Whss
Chairman n1ett's Latest Huilsttn eaSs.
President Potter OF tho L. A. W. returned
from q visit to Boston on sunday. While there
he had . conference with Secretary Bassett and
Chief Consul Sterling Elliott Of the Massaohu-
sets division. The conduct Of the AFFAIRS OF
the League were gone over with Secretary Bias
sett, and It is expected that some reforms VIII
DO introduced in tho lattor's office. The seleo'
tion Of an official. Handicapped for the Massa-
chusetts division was discussed with Elliott.
1t IL announced that J. Kerrison Of Boston Ia
not q candidate for roappointment. Elliott
submitted the.names of Ave men from which o
choice will be made this week.
George Mccarthy. ex.Chief Consul Of the Col
orado division Of the L. A. W., who has been
chosen League Handicapped for this State, pre-
dicts that the coming racing season will DO the
most active in the history Of the sport In
talking with sur reporter yesterday he
declared that in his belief o big increase viii
DO made to the ranks Of both the amateur
and professional riders. He does not look
for any radical changes in the conduct Of rae
ing. In the place Of paced competitions he
believes that pursuit racing win become the
| popular fad. In his estimation this gives o
! better opportunity to riders to display their
real merits without artificial aid. The outlook
for a great racing season, he feels. Ia quite on
couraginR.
Tho district officers of the Century Road Club
OF America are a~gitating reform In the methods
! Vogue S"i Is consid SsnsHf q BE- bea decidedly ia aIS ls ss.''X4 A.. 8.
M erSi yesrs Of ss E oss,T 1nsnfs cr T shS f Rosd R ses sSGs
Con OF ne organization, rec recently t ffioa
to Ihsroiu HsS new Z and stringent At rules for claim:
ants Of century honors. Those rules naturally
s ssH''S @s e ri sSss s sRs Eg. sS%i T,ds Soni ans the re- re.
McGarrett RESIGNED as Chairman. This action
dent Of the Century Road club q ,Wnl +: Krie-
%tenstein, an ex-Chairman OF tho Records Com
mittee, who Is said 10 favor strict rules.
Chairman Mott of the L. A. W, Racing Board
Issued the following bulletin yesterday;
Tho following professional riders have reststersdt
Orlando L. Stevens, otsumwa. Ia; Floyd A NcFar'
Numerous applications ere being received for 1928
racing rules: These are nov In the handS OF tho
The spSpens,son. Of ?; /; Decker Ashley Falls ha''''
Julius L. Meier. /. j. Ryan. and n. E. West. Akron,
o.. and Harry b. Jene, CLEVELAND. will DO refused
sanctions and are ruled on all L. A. W. tracks in
'; Ths FSpas'' &kaute. Ind. track is restored to good
STransfsrr.d to the Professional olA..-Thoodoro
Suspended Pending fnvestixation-w. Ashdown.
James Mackley; =; johnson, Cleveland o. and John
suspended-Georgs D.. comstock and Cas-. o. Clark.
Cleveland; O.. to Aus.4 1893. for onaeiAtins at UNI
sanctions G~ranted-Ameriean whecimen: Reading.
Pa. Sept. 0; South End Wheelmen. Philadelphia.
Dealers feel that the new guarantee Of sixty
days on bicycles will affect tho early spring
business. While some dealers report brisk
sales. others complain that the sale of new
wnsst this is t Rroe1 3 year s ss,s 'T The lattsr Attribute
tho hesitancy Of riders to selees and purchase
| mOntlB' guarantee. A well-knOwn maDufaC-
turer. in talking yesterday with TIE sun re.
p@ ones,a ssid that .mn th9 i, snsr 1Iss tbas pSss S @ak Is a
Tho latter. he declares. are willing 70 make good
at any time any break from a defect in ma
been using his bicycle three or four months. The
new guarantee. he says. Is merely q restrictive
in handling their wheels 80 that mishaps will
not occur through negligence. According to
pairs made In hiEh.srade bicycles in recent years
has been due to carelessness.
Everything, points to an active racing season.
ONE an @DS By the early al IG psrs 81 f' Sas ( EG Is en msa5aaa
abroad sRse he viii BE- svf IN this fs' eosnt Mn''. An A@ q. hSss
manager mana s.ss w hSIl has as rec recently I,.T returned tu,1st from tho
0' II w ssas e o1er. 81 Srs ais Of y al. s az ,1l tSUsc electric
them until I saw them worked. You see: rae.
Americana must have the newest and best,
a fna nc Ru0lssS 30 Is I 50 ss MallaadF e tSi pay na sSF Il fes ss ths
These electric pacing machines alone can show
our big machines up to sextets. but they are not
fast eSo % u IN S I.To an and %o ! ftIns tSnt .oS can an
i:so is the limit Of q man on q circular track.
The record 10 1875 %, but when you get going
this fast you must remember q second means q
BY arousing a question as to how fast to set the
HP nae N ls"dIng. for or, -FOUR Hs man Psi Mat .1rsi this
chimes, but they have run them against man
muIticycles on the other side. We can soon dc;
NAH II T < 40 .i ! ;fsssEsi i =; " Z. Chan y. III. HG beat e.
De Paris, and lost in the final only By q poor de-
cision Of the jpdges. When he stands on the
t ira h. h. l e / ,p pss e on h PEpa 31.. aIs, Is S si1 feet
% 4;5 Seconds. In Wales got Will ieG Michael.
1 1s0! years. 70 old Idtm ana about boz w thFFeo i hS2 R01 s%sile is
than Jimmy. He has won a few local races,
track. At Paris I arst secured the Jailu broth.
srs and tho two electric tandens, and next
In '96. He has also beaten Tsyioro, Jacquelin.
Bouheurs. and Lesna. He did not race much
p 1ass ssssogp Jap q Eden sSeq sSe 81 aa2 as q ho Of a MD
and one Of the best riders IN The world. also
fTns+ 4oSs b ! hfgs MisbRa iSfs %b nP Pierre tss M hSisiStG"g;
broke the worlds half-kilometre record, and
he L. said to 70 be tho best middle-distance rider
Tom Cooper. the Detroit Splinter, In talking
greatly as to the amount Of work they can stand
before they are we'll into the season. Because
Jimmy Michael does this or that, and his do
ings are exploited all over the country, you Will
find many young riders trying to follow his
methods. In the first place. he trains for mid
die distance racing and not for sprlnts. What
no can do and thrive on nine men out of ten
would find impossible. was down in Flori.
ia with Michael last spring, and ! know some
pare himself for the seasons campaign. lie
skipped tho rope in a way, that would have used
up the average boxer training for an important
contest. Then he would take up a fvepound
dumbbell and work with 1t from fifteen minutes
to half an hour.
Almost all authorities on physical culture
say that the bells used. even by the largest men,
should be very light, not more than two or three
pounds at tho most. Michael. however, handled
the, fve-pound articles regularly. and did not
hesitate to take heavier ones for some exer.
cises. Then another thing no did, contrary to
all commonly accepted rules for bicycle train
miles with u good walk, usually in addition to
his other work. 1t 10 well known that there 10
/ n dimArAuf RAf, nj nuEClAa naA1 In rlinntnn and