The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
ON CYCLE PATH AND FIELD.
FIREEEN, COP AND LETTER CARRIERS
COMPETE AT BERKELEY OVAL.

sackett Defeats Schueas1er In the Biko Po-
ficemen's Championship Rnces mt One
and Two Miles-FerGuson of Engine
Five Captures tho Five-NIilo Event.
Through a course Of eighteen contests. nine
OF them bicycle races and the other half field
and cinder-path sports, the athletically ambi-
tlous members OF the Police. Fire and Post
ONCE departments OF the Greater New York
tried themselves out at Berkeley Oval yester-
day afternoon. It was the annual race meet
and athletic carnival OF the Hremen's Cycle
u Several OF the competitions were for the
championship honors OF one or another OF the
departments. or for the superiority Of the three
combined, and all the contests were worked
out in the sincerity OF friendly rivalry. The
crowd was made up mostly OF the friends
and relatives Of the competitors. The at
tendance was not az large as expected.
and again demonstrated how difficult It ia to
draw q general crowd to this pretty out-of-the-
way track. A number Of city officials were
present to watch the efforts of the men, among
them President Of the Council Randolph Dug
genheimer, Fire Commissioner John J. Scan
nell, Police Commissioner B. J. York, Police
Commissions Jacob Hess. Chief OF Police Will
liam s. Devery. and Chief Of Fire Department
Hugh Bonner. The Letter Carriers Band Of
sixty pieces. led by F. @. Houts. with every
member a man In active service in the Postal
Department, furnished music. and for the size
Of the crowd there was remarkable enthusiasm.
Just before the races began Starter J. p.
Doyle. Handicapped OF the A. A. u, while ex-
~perimenting with his revolver shot himself in
the left hand with a blank cartridge and in
ficted a painful wound. Byron R. sackett es-
tablished his supremacy In speed over his fell
low bike cops" in the championship race Of
the squad. beating out Schuessler after q
sharp fight in one Of the exciting events OF the
day. The feature OF enlivenment was the col
lision of Schuessler and j. F. Content coming
up the stretch to the tape. Content tried to
and rode across. the tape with elbows locked.
ram onta Ihe the inf tsRH s MsT Sf sfl' scS SSnsies
lodged him and rode on across the grass till
he S9ul 6on stop; The Judges decided .i to dis,
run in mixed fashion. sometimes bicycle, races
o oasly neg 4 S sSsn rsm 1SlRsb Ru and ST ft%St.f tRst
the large staff OF officials worked, together SO
tremendously as to complete the lengthy card
One Of the fastest and best races was the
mile open for amateurs and. considerable dis
half an hour after the race was over. that NJ. T..
Dove; a colored MAJ who won 1t, and who vas
By the referee for foutiine. another rider at
from the stands whether Dove had, been dis;
that he actually had fouled a rider and broken
two spokes in his wheel. Later Dove strolled
P PTsss 70 stand TRfF Hn dC Wien fr SsRed T WSs fhit he Was IN d ise
qualified he replied:
mTpunno. reckon twas COS / rood too tas;"
tactics on the part of the riders. Atime limit
heat, but after it had been ridden twice way
outside the limit the race was declared off. The
seconds. with iii Arthur Feihauser showing the
By +. yoeeI il 2 minutes s. IS seconds:
amusing practical demonstration Of what fan
ming means. by following VI, Tunney; the
course and frantically waving a towel. while
yelling to urge his charge along. 1t looked as
" In Int the md dve s " ise cycle race rscet there 1 were e' sixteen
starters and the men made a pretty. picture as
they glided around. but before the fourth mile
was finished there came a spill in which five
rolled over on the turf, among them Sackett and
Haussler, who were looked upon as the ones
mile race for the Championship Of the bicycle
n9llG ned sE II 9be T Tsst +, 3 r p nnf I'd r ace w1 Schh o@s Ter
a couple Of lengths until within thirty yards Of
the tape, when Sackett closed up, and after, a
beautiful piece OF sprinting nipped the rounds
man at the line. Summaries:
BICYCLE RACES.
One Mile Championship Of the Post once Depart
ment.won by p. o. Mnndt, Madison Square branch;
J. J. Norton. General POST Once. sec ond; H. Z. Car;
lin, Station c, third. Time. 2 minutes 81 30 Sec
One Mile Handicap. Amateur-!won by Gus Wells
Harlem Wheelmen. so yards, second; R; Remington,
REnet y IS seconds sSond n. fSf Dove. Calumet Wheel.
men. finished first from scratch. but was disqualified
ons:MIie chsmpionshig Of the Fire Department.
y YG GnS 9S SGaa F fn 7 od GnE1ns cSH% No. az, .s SS; d n \.
G, Hickman. Hook and Ladder Company No. II.
one-Miie Championship Of the Police Department
Won by Byron R. sackett. bicycle squad; John
Haussler, bicycle squad. third. Time. 2 minutes 40
and TW i q e 1n4ssn Eas'G By Tt e. golMlf SiEs4fs 9T snG g:
H. Haussler. police bicycle squad; John schuessler
Brace and Wa !. o'co5nneli.4 Eighteenth police pre-
0i PfSe tstnS' c TRimS; i miap'S of 81 the sef Paiisc. Fire and
Post Once Departments-won by John Ferguson,
squad, second; j. F. Content. bicycle squad, third.
Time, u minutes 40 25 seconds;
sq rmG:NaS o66S S BgFon r. ss aSf te' John aEiif sch SisySss
second, Benjamin Brace third. Time, 8 minutes 10
one. Mile Race-For sturGis Trophy. presented by
e~1-Commissioner sturgis. a permanent possession
mems Cycle Club onlyn.%Son by X. ]. Cummings.
Engine Company 10: John Ferguson, Engine Com.
pany 8, second. Time, 2 minutes SO 35 seconds.
ATHLETI EVENTS.
1oo-Yard Dash-For policemen. hremen and letter
e~arriers.Final heat won by T. J; Tunpey. Twenty
First precinct. 81 yards. second; i. s. Lyons. NY.
pi asif s Giis &'a iRirG aan ah%S; f a:S =po sSSSnSsi Iarsmen
and letter carriers-Won byA. Thorp, N. Z. 20.
seconds. second: John Ferguson. Engine s. 20
seconds, third. Time, 3 minutes 40 35 seconds.
and letter caIrlers-Wonb by 7. J. Corley. Post Once
Station q, 10 yards n. J. CreEan. FIRST precinct. 2s
third. Time, 2 minutes 8 Id seconds.
Fat Mems 75-Yard Dash-For policemen, hremen,
and letter carriers-Won by T. O'Sullivan, Police De.
partment, IL feet; Charles Madigan. Brooklyn police,
20 yards, third; Time. 8 20 seconds:
Running High by 8. W. Johnson, po-
lice bike squad, jump 8 feet 5h inches; G. ". SturRis,
police mounted squad, second, jump 8 feet AZ
Inches; John s,idel. Engine Company 10. third.
jump 8 feet 8 inches.
22O-Yard Dash-won by, J. Tunney. Twenty
fifth precinct. 10 yards; John P. Howe. Engine Com
pany' q: 10 yards. second; M; cresans First pre-
Putting the 16-Pound Shot-Won by +. W. Hill
man. Twenty. ninth precinct, ~ feet 81 inches; Pat.
rick CrannA, Engine Company -, second, Al feet IN
inches: Charles Madigan. Brooklyn Police, third. AZ
feet An inches.
Half.Mlle Run. for Firemen only-won by W. J..
Lennon, Engine Company II. scratch; P. Brennan.
Ion. Engine Company IL. 10 yards, third. Time, ?