New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-12
CYCLING.
BALD ASSUMES A BIG LEAD AT THE IN
p1ANAPoIIs NATIONAL MEET.

co1Irr OF NEw-TAvEN CAPTURES HIS Third
AMATEUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIsrSEl
,,a,.rsro,is Aue 1.-THE visiting cyclists ut the
National meet ~ the League OF American "neeF
men to-day appear to he content 10 TAKE NE 'e's
urely They ride their wheels about win a certain
slow dignity ard repose. and even the scoTchins
element seems content TO Sit up straight ana r'oe
slowly The Hoosers have been so hospitaoie iFoo
Governor Mount and Mayor Taggart down 10 'he
most humble citizen, that there II chance 'Ha'
the visitors have been little overenter'aineo'
A good nights res, will put them all right again.
and they will dive into the amusements OF the an
nual convention OF the wheelmer tomorrow WIN
as much gusto usual The citizens OF the 'own
were loud in their praise OF the splendid manner N
which the cyclists have behaved themselves since
they arrived In the city. The skyiarking mas oeen
OF the good -natured sort. and there mas peeh 40
display Of drunkenness and NJ accidents. Inc
weather has been superb. and the light shower
which fell Just before the races began az Ne"ov
Oval this afternoon served only 10 temper the heat
Several Of the New-York riders are sunerins
lron, overlndulgence In Hooscr well water, when
accounts for their rather poor showing IN me
championships. Schofeld. Kramer and Van Cott
were more OF less under the weather to-day Trey
say that they would pay ans price for kes OF
iced Croton or the product os the Ridgcwood res
eryor The water is so hard that one feels rs II
the skin was being pulled of when using the pain.
There are two points about the Hoosier oapitai
which visitors are discL sing with interest-the
absence Of bald-headsd men and the uxurinnt
growth of hair seen the heads OF the Indian
apolis women II the seven Sutherland sisters did
not come from this town they are missing inc
chance OF their lives by not saying So ms is
merely n passing observation and Is not mace win
the idea OF having the bad-headed men ana thih-
haired women Of the Nation rush TO the Hoosier
town.
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The visiting wheelwomen are having royal time.
and speciai entertainments are held every day for
their benefit They use shorter skirts than their
Indiana POLLS sisters. The latter are gowned ike
the English when they ride their wheels
Those favoring rational dress are not at the meet
and boomers. IL in the city. have not been
worn on the streets. The appearance OF the
Heavenly Twins" and the Brownies OF Brook
lyn, would create q sensation u
The League OF American Wheelmen politicians
are quiet to-day. and there have been no devel-
opments. Boston's chance for getting the meet
looks little roster than heretofore: still. Bunalo's
geographical situation will be hard proposition
for the Massachusetts, men TO combat.
The races to-day again Of the most excit-
ing sort. and there was a large attendance at both
the morning and afternoon contests. Collett. OF
New Haven captured his third straight champion
ship and then, with his ciub.nate Houseman. won
the mile tandem championship Colett had an ex-
cellent chance in the fve-me championship as
we'll but he was thrown by one Of the Western
riders In the homestretch and Chicago won Its first
and only championship.
Porter. Of Detroit who caused Collects fall will
not be allowed to ride again during the meet and If
collision between him and Peabody can be proven
he may be suspended for good. The Western men
say that It was accident. but the men from the
East shake their heads and remark that they guess
that they were getting too many OF the plums.
Bald was entirely the hero among the profess
lie rid tn fha Arof hnot Af he Groo
American Handicap the richest prize Of the year.
was one Of the best efforts track.
and II easily rvalled Sangers famous ride at the
championships at Louisville two years ago. Bald
was apparently out Of II almost up to the last lap.
He had ridden hard to get up that many
thought that he would have little reserve force left
Tor the final sprint. but he swept up the stretch like
the wind and captured the heat right at the wire.
Bald beat the worlds handicap record in this heat
and ne beat the world again In the final. although
he did not win the AS he defeated Cooper
easily. 1t will be seen that the handcappers were
Justified in taking Cooper off scratch Bald won
the half,mile championship after splendid strug-
UP the posen s M hs eadef in tie
Gardiner 7ssTaylSr 6; Kimble, So; Mcfarland, 81;
Freeman 4e. and Stevens. p.
MEETING OF CENTURY ROAD CLUB
An interesting meeting of the Century Road Club
Of America was held at the Denison to-day. There
was large attendance. but nothing done re-
Garding the taking charge of track racing In case
the League OF American Wheemen decides to give
up the control Of the sport Tha; the read club
cided that hereafter century bar applications Will
E hs ss snS NM X. S s
Will work in harmony with the League OF American
Ss ca viii "a al Centuries the dsss
must be checked at the star! and finish as we'll as
official
The visitors tonight are being entertained at the
are at Fairvew Park and the rest are enjoying the
maries:
as ss1s: e BY
xsm sse0, S.was ~a SuIs ss Hd ,9
clos. sssSs and G ':s s' ready So
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q: race ace. 10 The ,sRs ssw:sn ths:.
him or sn ~o BY % is sss e su Cs
third National Championship. record Of which he may
'1 County K;m.s by wa.
~ = S. Rsd sarsIo NsEssSd. San jose. ..en
Cooper p;ro fourth osrdnsr cSisase i"a sis
rss. the an. nd o sS sssh o"
. s9s "s s eSS :.
and many think that ne will again lead IN the ner
ccntage table this year Bald finished like whrwind
winning with something to spare by slflengh Nc
Fsriand was second nearly length before Freeman
hfty yards back This gives Bald commanding lead in
the championship race Taylor had been fhut in the
sefi-nnals. finishing third In the slow heat.
one-me handicap tamsteur)-won by c. V. Brown |
Chicago o. ysrds1 j. W. Donne. Chicago 200 Yards! |
George walther. Dayton tlo yards). fourth Timc-2oo
II was spirited less than length separating
The rst four at the finish All the riders from the East
we're shut cut In the prsiminsries. Rogers being the
One-nills tandem. championship lanateur)-won by G.
II. Cellett and E.. c. Hausman Sew-Havsn: Earl Pea
body and Edward LlewelIyn Chicago. second Charles
Ert. and +. l. Kramer Riverside wheemen New |
York. third. T1me-29S II capital The |
New Haven team jumped the bunch bsckstre,ch
Of the iast Jap and opened up gap which tae others
could not ciose. collet; ard Hausman by three |
yards with TIE Chicago team two yards ahead Of the