The San Francisco call., 1898-08-06

will be well represented in the events and Peck and Wing will probably have another meeting, which will give the lat ter an opportunity to prove whether or not he Is the better man. The San Fran cisco riders will go up the night before on the river boat, leaving at o'clock, and return the following night.
 c. M. Smith, the speedy San Jose rider, was in the city this week. He is preparing for the Stockton and San Jose meets and hopes to get within the prize money.
 The San Jose meet on September will of necessity draw a large crowd because of the Native Sons celebration there on that day, the bicycle races being a part of the official programme of entertain ment. The famous three-lap cement track is being put in shape, patches In a few places being all that is. needed to make it as even and fast as ever. This 1 is a fayorite track with the riders, as 1t is long and wide, and accidents on 1t are
 A. H. Agnew and J. S. shedd were nom- l mated for the captaincy of the Acme Club Wheelmen at the annual meeting held last Monday night. MT. Shedd is the incumbent and his previous successful term of office seems likely to insure his reelection.
 Chester S. Myrick has resigned as chairman of the road racing committee of the Associated Cycling Clubs owing to press of business. President Adams probable that one of the other two mem bers of the committee will be chairman and a new man added to the board. Captain Robert A. Coulter will lead the members of the California Cycling Club on a run to Tocaloma tomorrow, taking the 8 a. m. Sausalito ferry, thence by train to Fairfax and then awheel to des-
 Edwin W Adams. prominent in cycle affairs of Sacramento. is in the city on a visit.
 The Imperial Cycling Club has estab- lished itself in new quarters at If Mo- Allister street, having found the old ones 1ority of the members. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday evening, August 15. Captain E. w. Schneider an- nounces a club run to the beach and clubrooms at 10 a. m. A theater party, a whist tournament and several good
 One Dave Williamson, the erstwhile cycling editor of a local evening sheet. devotes three or four hundred words in recent article to criticism of the cycle writers of the morning dailies be- cause one of them referred to the "ob- scurity of the evening press; While the ity to bring me into it by saying that my column, while readable, was never more than interesting siPly as sRald' pleasing to the eye to note that my eff forts are more than interesting" do not consider MT. Williamson a competent spells whatever effect his article was in tended to nave oy prlnIing dlrecty De- low 1t clipping from a morning paper of the same date, with an addenda of his own. Surely the evening press will not i be obscure while they have the morning | papers to clip from.
 The Olympic Cyclers' proposed picnic at Escalles on Sunday, August IA, has | been postponed because the club could not secure the ground for that day. It will be held in two or three weeks, and 1 the date will be definitely announced as soon as the board of directors hold a | meetinR-abOut next Wednesday.
 | The San Francisco Road Club will have 1 o run to the beach tomorrow, leaving | the clubhouse, 503 Golden Gate avenue, | at a. m. Messrs. O O'Malley and Blum enthal won the clubs cribbage tourna- 1 ment this week. The road club will have several good men entered at the | Stockton and San Jose meets
 l E. Ross Lozier, a well-known dealer of | Cleveland. Is expected here in few days from Cleveland with his bride.
 H. w. SPALDING.