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AT Berkeley Oval yesterday afternoon L A.
Powell demonstrated again his complete su-
Periority over his rivals In the amateur ranks.
lie. captured the half.mile championship event
and with Q. NJ. ErtS as his mate finished frst In
the one-mile tandem championship race. 1t was
races produced spirited fnishes. The attendance
was naturally light. on aday whom the crowds
haitian Beach. In the ten.mile paced event for
the metropolitan district championship Bodell
won handily. Summarizes:
One. Nile Novice-Flnal heat won by o. A. MoCAr-
thy. Morris Heights; J. .McCuo. New York, seconds
Hair Mile state Chsmplonshlp-Finsl hea. won by
hAmton, second o. Y. BSbcocE, New York, third; W.
4; La Due. Morris HeightS, fourth. Time, l minute
onG;Mi!. state Svhampicnshlp1Fi3s heat won by
\ ho orr roW Mei New York Athletic Cub W; =; La Due
third. Time, 2 minutes 10 seconds.
NJ, EftS ana "HHo T. 4. So ave 0SSS e% Tortp1 +. 1. .nS 4.
NUM-; Springfield, second; J. ceccevsJo and W. A. La
,,oni,:Mie asndies.pIrl ftn eat % ~on By J. T. Kramer,
S Ss%s5s' ,. 10 gsF S E. C. r Msn' mol1,, N S Haven IN
yards. third: Time. = minutes 10 seconds,
Ten.hile Metropolitan Oh Championship, Pacsd-won
by Bedell. Time, 20 minutes 80 l5 secondh
A lively tilt occurred yesterday at the meeting
with President Potter and Chief Consul jenkins
as principals, Tho business OF the day had been
on personal privilege in order to reply to tho
statements made In the report Of Chief Con-
had not Increased in membership this year as It
had in years gone by because of q lack Of funds.
President Potter politely but poi9tedly said that
its %oficcrs; that the, division always had
found any difficulty In obtsining money with
which to progeny prosecute the work and re-
ter covered nearly every point in Chief Consul
Jenkins's report and the President also went
done and what things should not have hap.
pened. Mr.: jenkins replied to tho criticism
with considerable heat and afterward loft tho
oval, although he was on tho card 10 referee the
races.
In spite Of the counter.attraction OF tho Sub
urban Handicap right across the bay, the stands
at tho Manhattan Beach Cycle track hold be-
went to see the thirty mile race between EdouNrd
Taylore and Tom Linton. A good still race was
mon In the stretch and on every turn prevented
any records from being lowered. That the times
% to iSd in h asS face rSeo of the cl H,alt9Ss T BY ! M TS5S u IL near oar
Friday was surprising. Linton won by a lap
and a half after II struggle that lasted almost to
the end and at tunes reached sensational points.
Five quintuple machines and ono four-seater
were used by each Of the competitors for pace
men roue close together until the last lap OF the
third mile, when Linton forged to the front. In
on behind his rival. but in catching. one OF his
own machines again he lost a third of a lap.
,tr mhiIe 6 retaining ain Srs shiT 81, lead ID and md coming " up tho b
quad behind which Tayloro was going broke
and went down. For an instant the air was full
OF waving arms and legs and n great shout went
uD, for 1t seemed certain that the littlo French
man must fall over his men. By very clever
started alone uftor Linton, who was then as
much in the load as he had previously been be-
hind.
Tnylore caught up and the men rode on only
a length apart for nine miles. making. OCCASION
ally desperate sprints when one or the other
fifteenth mile Taylore lost his pace and fell
behind so rapid that in a trice Linton was
half a lap ahead. As was seen later, it was
at this time that the race was lost to Taylore.
The pacing machines were so closely matched
almost a hopeless task trying to make up the
distance. Taylore fought gamcly, but Linton
was out for blood. and continued to gain until
making the latter a lap behind. In tho sue.
Seeding miles Linton tried repeatedly to pass
Tarlore, but did not succeed until the twenty
ninth mile. Taylore was then irretriovnbly out
Of it. and Linton forged ahead until he won by a
Tho other sensational feature of the afternoon
was the match race between " Major Taylor,
the colored crhckhjack, and Jap Eden. 1t was
the best two in three heats. the first paced. the
second unpaced, and the third, il necessary. was
to have its style decided by "a toss. Taylor was
a hot favorite in the stands. and as the finish in
each heat was very close the excitement ran
high. When. Taylor came of victor the cheer.
ing was wild. Ono thing, Of interest was
shown in this event. and that was that
American crowds can appreciate the French
style o. slow races and jockcylng about the
track up to a hot sprint in the stretch. In both
tho paced heats the men quit tho cemak
early in the Third lap and began to
The crowd. instead OF kissing, laughed and
yelled dclightedly at the tactics. Summary:
ton OF wales. Edousrd Taylor OF France second.
Time. 81 minute. and go seconds.
sou. so yds.; j. +. Rodgers, 20 yards, second: G.. p.
Cranberry. 90 yards. third. Time, l minute | go
Tn!ri.ofs.Mnc Handicap. Professional-won by r.
4, I i. T.r sG yr iS ya Il, +. l tSiT5; :. n S yS1as' 1eSSE%;
scratch. fourth. Time. 80 l 5 seconds.
tween. MaJor Taylor and Jap Edcn-Firs "'e heat.
paced by A. C. Mertens. won ny Taylor. Time. = MN.
Eden. Time. 3 minutes . 30 seconds. Third heat,
pa ed by MeTtenS, won by Taylor. Time. = minutes
one knomctre trial against time by Fred j. TituS.
Time. l minute l IL seconds.
BAY SIDE. L. l., Juno lS.-F. ]. Smelling won
the tyc-mile handicap road race OF the Falcon
t msS Weat ssb h9Is a 2R the TO Br tSs BEoS e9%rsS d from
AMI return. this afternoon. Out OF forty entries
there were twenty-one starters, Of which
ing order, with the handicap OF the first five
men:
george +; ): fns 1iIHss. 8 m mlnnse 20 SECONDS. e; p, hl% q ID : tm minutes !
minutes; William Jennings. 80 seconds; n. Il. VIII
6. Z. Cole. 8 minutes, Alex Allison. so seconds; ".
L. Rich; scratch; Edward Sowdcn, w. D; Sloan. James
son. and r. Nelson.
W. l.. RIGHT. the winner OF last years handi-
cap. won tho time prize. He wns the only
scratch man. md covered the distance in ID
minutes SO seconds.
NOTES.
The Belfast Cvofno Journal says: "E, s. Edwards.
the ln0'miles-A.day celebrity. was at one dime u
prominent member OF the i ytrpool Cycle Club, aud
nc held the once OF captain OF the now defunct Liv-
erpool Road Cycling club for some time. Wltn at
Liverpool Edwards vas considered a good road rider.
and he doubtless would have made his mark before
leaving En- gland but FOR meeting with a bad accident
which took all the 60 out OF him for a long time"
Jimmy Michael Will make his frst appearance in
oompe 'ItiOn this season on July 2 at Boston. He Will
meet Eddie McDunle In G fifteen. mile match race.
+. +. Goodman OF this city is training for middle
distance races.
The Glen Cove Wheelmen will hold 4 twenty .nve-
mile road ra q on July ! between Roslyn and East
Norwich. Entries will close with q. II. Hoffman.
Post ONCE box 2Ol, Glen Cove, ny Y.
The Imperial Cycle club of this city has elected thu
following Officers: President, j. GOllner; Vice-PreSi
dent. Miss Mabel George; Secretary. J. Mculensey;
Treasurer. N. Eeyser; Captain, NJ. Mayer: Liemte nsnts.
q. Jacohi and l. Smith; Color Bearer, Mrs. C. Brush;
Bugler. Il. PerchaI.
Cnrdang. the foreign Ions. distance rider. recently
made an attempt 70 reduce the Scotch one'hour rec.
ord Of 30 miles 800 yards, but fell 1877 yards short of
the record. There Is talk OF a twenty. four hour
match race between Cordang and Huret 10 take place
nav month