The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-04
SLOW FOOT MESSENGERS
ENTRIES FOR THEIR RACES AT
NEWLY OVAL TOMORROW.
ssPIugger BiII'' Martin and Harry Glib
son Will Both BE Well Paced
in Their Event.

"Plugger Bill Martin and Harry Gibson
will come together in their ten-mile paced
race at Newly Oval tomorrow night Both
men are experts at pace following. Gibson
has been doing good work behind the big
machines in training, while Martin has been
beating the best men of the country in the
East, and will arrive here to-day. His win
ming of the two open events at Mahonoy
City on Thursday. beating some of the best
men on the circuit shows that the famous
old man is going better than ever.
The little Cincinnati lad knows that to
lose this race will hurt him in his champion
ship aspirations and he has secured the
best possible pacemakers. He will also have
some fast multicycles, including two trip
lets, one quad and one quint. This will en-
able him to use his full compliment of ff-
teen pacemakers. This is Gibsons first pro-
fessional match.
Besides the men who have been signed
for Martins team from Dayton, Cleveland
and elsewhere, he will bring some of the
best men from the East. The majority OF
the pacemakers will ride in the handicap for
the professionals, for which a 500 purse is
offered, including the local men, Watson,
Murbarger and David.
Then there will be a mile novice as we'll as
half-mile handicap in which Pease,
Steiner, Bates, Pfeffer and other notable
purses will be seen. And in the list OF
attractions offered must be included the
great one-mile race for the championship OF
the messenger and telegraph boys of the
city of Indianapolis. To see telegraph or
messenger boy go fast will be a novelty,
and some of the lads who will try 10 win
the medals tomorrow night have shown
considerable speed in training. The young
sters will use the same wheels on which
they pedal every day. The races will begin
promptly at $3.50. and are expected to be
over shortly after 10 o'clock. The gates will
open at o'clock.
The conditions for the messenger boys
race is as follows:
graph boys); championship of indianapolis:
First prize, gold medal value $20; second
prize; silver medal, value lu So; ; third prize;
open only to bona fide messenger and tele-
graph boys of the city of Indianapolis. The
conditions of the race are that the boys
must have been in the employ of the COM
pany since at least Aug. ], and that they
shall ride the same wheel which they were
using to deliver messages with on Aug. 20
Manager +. V. Samuels, of the Postal Tele-
graph Company has certified to the above
on the entries from his company, while Supt
Thomas f. Clohesey has done the same for
the American. District Telegraph Company.
and Manager Jacob +. M. Bombarger for
the Indianapolis District Telegraph Com
race will be run in heats. There are thirty
six entries, seventeen from the American
and nine from the Postal Company. Winner
of each heat to qualify for final.
First heat: Fred Wills 90, Postal Com
Wallace Loucks "a, A. D. T. Co; William
Horton CS). A. d. T. Co.; Afford Harrison
"a, l. D. T. Co.; Lem Clark I'D, l. D. L.
Company.
Second heat: William Harrison %, I. d.
T. Co.; Clarence Peters Q5), l. D. T. Co.;
James Rice 49, A. d. T. Co.; Ernest Rass-
field (20), A. D. T. Co.; Roy Cordrey CID,
A. D. T.. Co.; Claude Pyburne (2), Postal
Telegraph Company.
Third heat: Louis Buehler CD, Postal Tele-
graph Company; Carl Schiez (9), Postal Tel
egraph Company; Charles Doolittle (22). A.
D. T. Co.; Harry Major (23. A. D. 7. Co.;
Fred Knowles ga. A. D. T. Co.. Ed Kugel-
man l9). /. d. T. Co.
Fourth heat: J. L. Walker Q6l, l. D. T.
Co.; Benjamin Bruno 90, /. D. 7. Co.; Ar
thur Dillman I'D. Postal Telegraph Com
pany; Richard Fogarty- %, Postal Tele-
graph Company; Richard Shearer (27), A. D.
7. Co.; William Brown 500, A. D. I. Co.
Fifth heat: Cornelius Lenaghan cd, A.
D. II. Co.; Murtie Hughey (32) A. d. T. Co.;
William McHugh (35), A. D. L. Co.; Ralph
Ray (6), Postal Telegraph Company; Harry
Starbuck Q0), I. D. T. Co.; Thomas Mulroy
20, I. y. T. Co.
Sixth heat: William Clark I'D. I. D. r.
Co.: Harry Anterior 1881, A. D. T. Co.;
Howard Elliott 1897. A.. d. T. Co.; James
Burrows (43), A. ID. t. Co.: Frank Iske (5S),
A. D. T. Co.; Louis Hanley 90, Postal Tele-
graph Company.
The number in parenthesis is the one the
rider will wear on his back.