The sun., 1898-04-05

efforts and will not be believed until thu
Californian begins to make an active
canvass for votes.
Jack Bonner has challenged "kid'
Mccoy to fight him for the middle
weight championship of the world, an6
Mccoy, with his customary acumen, says
he will accept. The "kid' shows
great cleverness in making his matches
and this will accentuate that fact.
CYCLING.
Frank Boyle, of this city. is thinking
of getting together a racing team.
Every machine that Jimmy Michael
rides is specially designed and construct.
ed from plans arranged by Dave Schafer
Schafer knows the cycle racing business
as we'll as anybody connected with it,
and never loses sight of any small par
ticular that would hurt or better
Michael's chances. He takes the utmost
care in designing Michael's mount, it be-
ing necessary to consider every little de-
tail, even going SO far as to notice how
the midget keeps his saddle and how his
position compares with that of the pedals.
He wouldn't let Michael ride the regular
made wheel of any firm, saying 'high-
grade or low grade makers can not make
Ia wheel to suit me-" Whatever firm en-
cages Michael has to build wheel for
him according to schafer's ideas.
Dave Schafer left for Chicago Saturday,
where it is believed he will make arrange
ments with bicycle company for the
roDo,,,art ,>f M;oboa1 tb;C coocop II
is more than likely that in the event Of
Michael riding the wheel Of a Western
$25 maker, new set OF pace makers,
Westerners, will be engaged to pull out
the wonderful midget in his races this
season.
Nine countries are represented by
their champions, and the latest addition
to the team will create unbounded inter-
est. An Indian will be added to the list,
and his name, "Split-the- Wind" This
native of America is the fastest of the
many wheel riders of the school from
which he has been secured. Represen-
tatives OF Germany, Switzerland, Eng
land, France, Wales, Denmark, Italy,
America and Canada will be team mates
of the Indian. The representation of
ten nationalities on the one team places
this team in the foreground as the most
prominent team of cycling history. One
month will be spent at Cincinnati in
getting ready for the season.
Indianapolis has settled the track
question for the national meet by plan
ming for an oval less than three miles
/ from the centre of the city, and acces-
sible by four car lines. The track will
be third of a mile, with seating capacity
is capitalized at SIC, 900.
j. Frank Starbuck, of Philadelphia,
and Edouard Tayloe, OF France, were
matched Yesterday for paced race at
twenty miles, to take place on the Willow
Grove track, Philadelphia, on May 2s.
This will be the first outdoor middle
distance race Of the year.
The Janu brothers, Victor and Henri,
together with their much advertised cleo
trical pacing tandems, sailed from Havre
on Saturday for this country. They are
due to arrive in New York next Sunday
morning.
The bicycle race track to be built at
Woodside Park, Philadelphia, is to be
modelled after the famous La Seine track
in Paris, with the exception that it will
not be banked as high.
Jaap Eden, the Dutch champion; Henri
Cissac, of France, and party of promi-
nent American cycle riders, under the
charge of Jack Gray, the trainer, left
New York city yesterday morning for
the Chester Park track in Cincinnati,
Ohio where they will work into condi.
ton and prepare for the coming racing
season.
Tom Eek, the veteran troiner has ar
ranged for a novel race, which will be
decided at the meet of the Penn Wheel
men at the Woodsidc trek in Philadel-
phia on June II. 1t wi. be an interna-
tional invitation at one mile, the best
two in three heats. The Starters gill be
limited to six men, and each will have
his own team of tandem pacemakers,
with time limit of two minutes on the
race. The race will be,>for 5000.
These six races for which Michael has
contracted with the American Cycle Rae
ing Association, and for which he is
guaranteed the sum of SIS, 900, will prob
ably be ruin in three cities, two each in
Boston, New York and Philadelphia. All
may be run in New York, however. One
part of the contract which Michael has
signed requires that he cease his work
with the horses at once and enter into
training'for the cycle path. His work
will be done at Manhattan Beach, where
his pacing teams will be gathered within
a few days.
''There will be so much cycle racing,
and it will be so expensive to carry on
this year." says an old hand at the game,
"that it is probable none OF the racing
associations will make money"
1t is stated that the medical examina-
ton of the conscripts in France for 1892
has disclosed the fact that such promi-
nent racing men as Bourillon, Neuport,
Dechamps, Dumont, Provost and De-
main are physically incapable OF bearing
arms because of heart trouble.
FOOT Ball.
Foot ball began at Old Nassau last
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