The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
Future Plans
OF Miller.
He WILL GO ABROAD.
Fred Titus Joins Ranks OF
the Thespians.

An effort is being made to decide the
indocr cycle racing championship. No
one considers an indoor championship
seriously in bicycle racing for the very
good reason that the inferior facilities
such as the small track, ten laps to the
mile the smoke-laden atmosphere ana
other shortcomings, make race OF TINS
nature unsatisfactory. II the -FOUR
men mentioned as contestants, Mi
chael. McDuffie, Elkes and Taylore will
hold of until the summer and then
race for the championship, not indoor
of course. il would be more like bust
ness Talk of these four men meeting
IN competition is, nevertheless, inter-
esting. There is a dispute as to which
IS tho king pin. A race is the only
satisfactory method of settlement.
No man ever won a championship at
Anything that his future plans were
not eagerly discussed and Speculated
upon by devotees of that special branch
of SPORT The latest champion in the
cycle world is Charley Miller and now
those who are interested in middle-dis-
lance or six-day racing, are wondering
what he will do next, or, rather, what
he cuntemplates after completing his
present engagement upon the Vaude-
Vile stage. According to his own
statement, Miller will participate in
no more six day races, but will go after
the worlds paced records at various
distances. As he has already won
many of the worlds records for I'M
paced work, he is ambitious to estab-
lish a reputation as a rider behind
PAGERS.
oh, mt
the first of February and Immediately
enter into training for an attempt to
beat the twenty-four-hour record,
which now stands at 616 miles There
he will issue a challenge to any rider
in the world, Huret Rivierre or Cor
dang preferred, to a twenty-four-hou
paced race. Cordang is the holder of
the present record When in Europe
earlier this season, Miller sent a chal-
lengc to Cordang but the latter re-
fused to accept. Unlike many riders
Miller believes that there is more
money in the racing business in the old
world than in this country. He does
not state whether Mrs NJ. will accom-
parry him in his European trip. But
undoubtedly she will.
There is an interesting story connect
ed with the participation in the six
day race of NaWn, the Boston boy.
ing the race, and did little or no train
ing for the contest The latter part
Of November wishing to Take short
vacation, he decided to take a trip
awheel % New York He plugged
along over the road and soon found
that he was shading the times made by
James j. Casey or by Mrs. Allen, both
OF this city. He covered the distance
IN considerably less than "a hours, so
ne claims, and when he arrived at the
metropolis, he felt so well and strong
that he concluded to enter the race.
But NaWn was without the requisite
$50 for an entrance fee and necessary
expenses, and he was rather at sea as
TO just how to accomplish his purpose
and enter the race. He appealed to bic
Jim Kennedy. who promised to stake
the fellow: He was billed all the week
as being the Irish champion. NaWu did
finely in the race, but being without
experienced trainers. was allowed to
sleep two hours at a critical moment
When he was up among the bunch OF
leaders. 1t was circulated about the
garden that Nawn was riding to save
his mother from starvation. 1t was 9
pretty story, While having no founda.
ton, and attracted many rooters TO his
side
According to the official figures giver
~ 'CNiCAdiH bdSSHlt OF the League o.
American Wheelmen 300 delegates will
be entitled to seats in the comins
league assembly in Providence Las
year there We're 372, and the reduction
is of course, due to the decrease il
membership 3. 1t appears like a fora
gone conclusion that the league vii
decide to continue the control of racing
but the admission Of professionals vii
remain in doubt
Here are some six-day statistics TO
the fans: Miller passed the 2O0O-nniI,
mara at Al minutes and seconds afts
O'Clock, or in the 14lst hour Accord
ing to announcement, he rode the 20OOtl
mile in minutes 81 3-5 seconds. nm
paced. The 24-hour record was broker
yards; the 36-hour by Pierce, 63S mile
and l04 yards; the 4S-hour by Pierce
sl2 miles and 704 yards; the 120-hour h,
Miller, 1856 miles and 1884 wards an,
laps.
The money the contestants in the six
days race received from the manage
ment was mighty poor compensation
Tor the exertions and sufferings III,
men had to undergo during the progress
OF the race. Those who connete bav,
the matter of prize winnings. praetica1h
IN their own hands, and have it in theiI
power to get a greater percentage O
the gross receipts, if they made ;
united demand for more money. TIL,
go-as-you- please runners, and loper
and tumblers were not so brainless al
those who were tortured on the whee
throughout the last six DAYS. RoweIl
Fitzgerald, and others, who in YEAR
ago used to take part in go-as-vou
please struggles, had shrewdnesi
enough to insist upon far larger com
pensation than that paid to the mel
who passed days and nights of anguish
upon their bicycles. The managers o
the six days of wheeling with selfish
greed, have grabbed great gains unit
themselves, and have treated the poo
riders with a meanness to which few
men would stoop.
Big Fred Titus, who at one time wa
conceded to be the fastest middle dis
lance cyclist of America, is followin,
in Eddie Bald's footsteps. He want
TO be an actor and has been promised
a place in the Belle of New York
company, in which his wife is maxim,
such a hit as the Salvation lassie. H,
is now studying his lines in Chicago
Titus says he has forever banished al
thoughts of racing, for he has retired
from the track for good. Although
Fred has lost all claim to that cham
pionship, he has another string to hi
bow, and boasts of having Won NOR,
pursuit races the past season than an!