The copper country evening news., 1898-05-31
Take Place at Athletic
Park Yesterday
Afternoon.
Under Auspices Of ". M. G. A


The second annual races at the park
yesterday drew out fair-sized audience
and each race was hotly contested. The
entries Tor the 100-yard dash for boys
were Edwards, Hall and Hearter, Hall
winning the race, Hearter coming in sec.
ond, time II 4-5. The second race was
a one mile bicycle, open, with the follow
ing entries: Derrick, Daniels, Distel
Monroe and Reed. At the start Reed set
the pace for about four laps. but on the
home stretch Monroe pushed right to the
front coming in about ten feet ahead,
making the dstancein 2:51 2-5. The race
was followed by 10O-yard dash. The
entriss we're Dooley and Goodsole, the
former giving the latter twenty-five.
foot handicap, hut it was hard Job to
overcome such start in 80 short dis
tauce and Goodsole won the race, beating
his opponent about five feet, time 10 3 8
seconds. The two-mile bicycle race was
one OF the best races OF the day. when the
following riders, namely, Distel. Derrick,
Daniels. Monroe and Reed were lined up.
The command 20 was given and from
start to finish the race was very exciting.
Derrick kept the lead for the first three
laps when he was overtaken by Distel,
who kept the lead until the sixth lap
aud was in tnrn passed by Reed, who
set hot pace until the ninth lap when
Monroe spurted, took the lead and came
in about twenty-five feet ahead, time,
5:572.5.
The thrt e-fifth-mile bicycle race between
Ellis, Friedstrom and Viyian was won by
Elis, time, 1:39 2.5 Vivian was given
handicap of 400 feet, but the little fellow
was plucky and made good run on his
56.gear wheel. In the 220-yard dash
four names had been entered. but when
time was called ior the race only two
we're ready, Lamely,.. Dooley and Weir.
In this race Dooley gave handicap OF
nifty ieet and won the race, coming in
aOout four feet ahead, time "a 8. Next
race which was not on the program was
400 yard yard dash between DunstaD,
Barasa, Meade and Dooley. The fret
named was given 400 foot start, but
on the home stretch Meade, who showed
himself to be quite a sprinter, passed the
oi hers, took the lead and came in fret
wiLLing the race in SO seconds. The
event oi ,hs day was kept for the last on
the program. and that was the fiye-mile
race and only for the accident it would
have been a much more exciting race.
Ia the first five laps OF the race Distel
kept the lead and from the fifth to the
tenth lap Daniels set good pace. but
was closely followed.
1t was at the beginning OF the eleventh
lap that Distel, who was riding too close
to Daniels, struck his rear wheel and fell
to the left while the wheel fell across the
track in the path OF Monroe and Reed,
who ran over the fallen wheel and were
thrown quite distance. and who were
slightly bruised. Derrick, who was last,
passed clean over two fallen wheels, but
was not dismounted. This left only Der
rick and Daniels, who are Lake Linden
boys, in the race. and they made very
pretty race; first one would pace, then
then the other, until on the last lap Der
ri k sprinted and won in 1901 Q 8.
The next races will come off on July 4.
when full program OF track and field
athletics will be put on with prizes large
enough to teresteverobody. The Y. M.
C A. now has charge OF the park and it
will be open every afternoon and evening
to members only.