The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-27
RACING MIN In UNION
A NEW ORGANIZATION IN OP-
POSITION TO THE l.. A. w.
FORMED
AGREEMENT LARGELY SIGNED

Trouble So Far as Trenton Is Con-
cerned Settled by the Payment of
the Fines Imposed by the League,
and the Races There VIII BE IN
der Regular Auspices - Racing
Men Say They Are Dat for Good.
TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 26.-The
American Racing Cyclists union was
formed today as an opposition racing
association to the League of American
Wheelmen, at a meeting, in which
number of star racers took part. Eddie
c. Bald was made chairman, and f.
Ed Spooner secretary. An executive
committees, consisting of SpOoner, Bald
BatChclder and Arthur Gardiner, was
appointed, and another meeting will be
held al the Bingham house, PhiladeI-
phia, on Wednesday evening next,
when further steps Will be taken to
perfect the organization Of the union.
A proposition to exclude colored rid
eTS was voted down. An agreement
was prepared for circulation among the
cyclists before the races of today, at
the Interstate fair, and 8 motion was
adopted that those who did not sign the
agreement before the racing began,
could only become members of the
union through formal application.
Those who were at the meeting, and
who signed the agreement were: Eddie
Bald. Arthur Gardiner, Tom Cooper,
Jay Eaton, Orlando Stevens, T. E. Ter
rill, J. D. Anderson, w. e. Becker, B.
B. Stevens John Zimmerman, II. 7.
Barrow, 7. j. WigmOre, James 2.
I.ogue, John Ruel, r. A. Miller, E. z.
Thompson and Ed StOur.
THESE men appointed themselves a
committee at large to circulate among
the remainder of the sixty three pro-
fessiOnalS entered for today's races an
appeal TO them to sign the agreement.
Officers of the L. A. w. are here.
They said that the order Of suspension
against Bald and others will be lifted
upon payment of $40 fine each. Gardi-
Eer and others say they are out of the
l. A w. for good, and that the, Amer
lean Racing Cyclists union Will be-
come a permanent organization.
The Interstate Fair association this
afternoon paid the fines of the racing
men suspended by the L. A. W., and
the races will now go on under L. A. w.
auspices. The trouble between the l..
A w and the men will be thus a mat
ter for future adjustment. In paying
the fines Of the racing men the fair
association was actuated by a desire
to prevent the possibility Of the l.. A.
w placing the track on the blacklist.
The racing men were not consulted in
the matter, the fair association at the
same time making it clear that it had
no part in whatever steps might be
taken by the men towards starting a
rival association to the L. A. W.
The bicycle races were started at the
fair grounds this afternoon, but rain
interfered. The first and second heats
Of the fiVe-mile professional were run
off and the first and second heats Of the
e-third-mile New Jersey amateur
championship. If the consent of the L.
A w is obtained, and this is confident
ly expected, the races started today
will be finished tomorrow morning
and some of the others on todays pro-
gramme.
The first heat of the five-mile race
was won by Arthur Gardiner, Fred
Simms second, Tom Butler third. Time,
L As As. Second heath. B. Freeman
won, Eddie Bald second, w. Simms
third. Time, 1910.