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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 1O-Tbe
attendance at the '9S l.. A. w. meet is
not large, but they are enjoying them
selves. Up to 6 o'clock this afternoon
2,12S league men had registered at
headquarters. jsse
Tonight a minstrel show was given
at|EngllSh's opera house, for the wheel
men and their ladies, and an all-night
smoker" with vaudeville programme
is on at the Park.
The Pioneers banquet occurred AT
the Grand hotel tonight
Broken records, two in number. and
surprises in every contest, ruled the
races of the first day Of the national
meet of the l.. A. w. AS is usual at
national meets, the results were a com
plete turnaround of all the fondest
predictions, although not quite so. in
that an outsider did not win the cham
pionship. The circuit men held their
own, but met defeat at the hands of a
man who has steadily been among the
also rams" along the circuit, and who
has piled up only eight points in a sea-
sons work in the championship.
Owen Kimble, "Old Kaintuck," prov
ed the two-mile champion of America
and his win of the great contest wa
D6VOnG
the slightest shade of doubt Of ex-
cuses there were none among the good
men. Major" Taylor, Bald, CoODer
and Mertens, who ran in the order
named at the rear of the great man
from Louisville. The finish of the
championship was shifting race. Two
pacemakers pulled the men around
and Cooper, Taylor, Kimble and Bald
held the pace in the order named. 1t
pacemakers dropped that Mertens tried
runaway and failed, Bald catching
his rear wheel. There he hung and
the others followed in their order. Then
Cooper went past at the bell and gain
ed the front. Maj. Taylor gave Cooper
battle, and took the lead, and Kim
BILE started from the back of the bunch.
Down the back stretch he gained the
side of the punched field, and on the
bank cut down to the pole. 1t was
there that the battle really began, and
Taylor held to the pole, While KimbIa
fought just a half-wheel's length to the
good. Bald was right at the rear wheel
of Kimble, and Cooper was at the side
Of Bald and fighting UP. Mertens Quit
when the field sailed around him. AMI
the four game riders fought it out all
down the stretch. They ; finished in
about the positions named above, and
in worlds record time, 4:05 for single
paced work
Kimble was married 7onIy last Mon
day at Louisville. His win took him I'D
the points table to a tie. with Bald and
Maj Taylor, all three men having now
siXty-nine points, with Cooper at IS
points, and Gardiner, the former lead
err fifth, with g. >
KING OF AMATEURS.
The two-mile championship and one
half mile championship for amateurs
both went to George H. Collet, of New
Haven, who proved the undoubted king
in the-~amateur class.s NCramer. j. CT
Newark, and .Hauser, the tandem mate
of Collet, and Gene Rogers, the Phila-
delphlan, carried away the honors, no
Western amateur being able apparent
ly to hold his own against these men
of the East
But the contest in the stWo-mile ma
t1onal championship anFo the worlds
record was overshadewed'in interest by
the multiple handicap, in which tam
dem team, three triplet teams and
three quad teams competed. Becker.
Mertens, Martin and. Nat. Butler, the
scratch team, started up to the front
in the long line which formed early in
the contest, and the johnson record
holding trlplet team, record 1:41, gave
it a good race. The finish was hair
raising, but not close, the interest and
excitement occurring when the teams
shifted around for positions at worlds
record gait. The Johnson, Monroe and
FORMAL triplet team gained second, and
Maj. Taylor triplet team gained third
The time, 1925 3-5, broke the record of
o:52, and extra prize money was award
ed to the winning team. Z
Another record for the track was
narrowly missed in the morning, when
Maj. Taylor made a wonderful ride to
victory in the mile handicap, in 200 Is,
the mark of Sims being missed by but
one-fifth of a second, TayIor's riding
of the day, in heats, semi-finals and
finals, was feature. The attendance
was about 1000 only, owing to the
opening of the meet being so early in
the week, in all probA ability.
SUMMARY OF RESULTS.
one-half mile, national championship.
lett; Newhaven. first; c.. B. Pease In1ian-
der named: Peabody, Chicago; Robbins, Mid
dletown; Stockton, st. Louis, and Vancott,
New York: Second semi-f1naf: Joe Rodgers,
haven, second; G. L. Kraemer, Newark third.
Time, II. Also ran: Porter, Detroit; Helsor,
Fort Wayne; Llewellyn, Chicago. Final heat:
Y. II; CoIlett, nrst; 6. l.. Kraemer, second;
ran.
One mile handicap, PROFESSIONAL. E.
Walsh Boston 90 Yards Tst; Sam Muir
Taylor (scratch), third; E. G. Bald scratch
fourth; Orlando Stevens go YARDS. fifth
Tine II 2 ;eS s-5. Tom Butler go YARDS and
yards and Bowler (46 yards also ran. w
so TW97 mile MI NATIONAL championship-First
second; F. A. Mcfarland, third Time, 434
H. B.. Freeman and ]. T. Fisher also ran.
s Second d semizfnal A; G: Mertens St. Paul,
third. Time, 4:8a s.. Gardner and stevens
also ran in the order named Final heat:
Kimble first, Taylor second, Bald third, Coop
er fourth. Mertens fifth. Time, 4:O5 World s
Semi-hnsls, two miles, amateur national
championship First semi-final: E. c. Haus-
man, New Haven, first; F. S. Robbins, Mid
Newark. and G. Pease, Indianapolis, also
ran. Second semi-inals: G. H. Collett New
ond. Time, AT 1-5. C. S. Porter, Detroit:
Charles Ertz, New York, and Harry Gibson,
Cincinnati. also ran in order named.
FINAL tWo-mdle NATIONAL amateur champion
Hausman, New Haven, second; j. P. Rodgers,
Philadelphia, third. Time, 4:2S
Multiple handicap-Becker, Martin, Mer-
walt Monroe and Johnson rs yards, second !:
Taylor, Eaton and Bowler; 255yards. third !;
Philips dIdi Newark , vaneys and oldeld 10
competition record. /
Five-mile interstate pursuit race-EarI W.
Peabody first; q. c. Pfefer;ot Indianapolis
second. Time 1915 1-5
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