The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-25
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
sANcTIoNs ron RACE MEET LIKE
LH TO PROVE TROUBL ESOWE

vHeuteFn men VIII MAKE q UnEu Htkht HNf
suudsy aacipE-Hx-Presidsst Kiitstt OF the
LesEvs In Fnver OF Lscai opttou-No Cen.
ustttees Appointed for the srate Division.
Members of the L. A. w. predict that the
allotment Of sanctions for races this year will
plunge the League into heaps OF trouble. The
construction of new tracks and the formation
Of cycleracing.organizations have placed hol-
day sanctions at q premium. The competition
that will result from tho demands OF the track
owners and race promoters for dates seems
likely to affect bicycle clubs. A number OF
local wheelmen discussed at tho l.. A. w.
headquarters yesterday the trouble that is Ike
ly to result. One member said:
The L. A. W. Racing Board viii be forced
to show It's allegiance to either the bicycle
clubs, track owners or racing organizations.
The racing situation ia going to be full Of COM
plications, and the cagerness Of owners Of
tracks and the associations that conduct tour
naments purely for revenue, so as to get an
option on all tho big dates, should be frowned
upon. Clubs will not figure at all in racing UNI
less the board Is disposed to distribute the dates
upon an equitable basis. For example, the
Kings County Wheelmen have applied for Q
sanction to hold n meet on June 90. Report
has IL that the Track Association has a previous
application for this date. The club hns held
this meet SUCCESSFULLY for sixteen years and 10
is surely entitled to recognition over any other
applicant. But until the Racing Board acts IL
will be impossible to determine what position
It will take.
ut is q weIl-known fact that Chairman Mott
10 kindly disposed toward the incorporating
associations, and as o result the clubs are In
doubt as to how they will fare. To show how
the sanction privilege il being abused, I know
of q manager Of ono of the new tracks In this
section making application for a number o.
tournaments at all. Track owners wish to re-
ceive such IN option SO that they can ofier both
date and TRACK to a club that wants to mold a
privileges on record
The adjustment of tho Sunday racing ques..
ton will be~.discussed at the annual meeting OF
the L. A. w. next month at st. Louis. Some
of ths Western divisions intend to make a warm
fight to induce the organization to pass q local
Eastern divisions are getting together to defeat
such a movement. Ex-President sterling FL
II believe that this is tho time when every
one, who is TO have a direct voice in the coming
assembly should think over the question seri.
S SHfsi Si nnf so oo %sii Sye,s snd t ahbss he IL %R fhiIS east W VI sHs
at st. Louis. Tho L. A., w. should not under
amy amy p Sireu IN tSs eesn saRe''fn hs sTea eapr rsseas th be
above with more or less emphasis on many
occasions, and bring it up again now for the
ment beyond the February meeting will result
In rossnea ai 10 centain parts n s9 Of ths VEST, IN
which we are told that Sunday racing would be
@IR S}o n ! l. must ! Noe eN1f ilSs t To- se l an t RSs Fl Is % Heg
place in the far West in which the majority of
tho citizens really desire to attend bicycle races
should go cut Of is way to prevent it. II we Of
Massachusettts, out OF respect Tor the senu-
Sunday, shall We not also respect the sentIt-
ment Of those peoplel We have found enough
difficulty in controlling racing: ~
,ycIe racing is about the most innocent, as there
is no betting attached to It,. Il persons Of q
the wouid.be sunday promoter Of that locality
will be tho first man to. find 1t out; and If they
ds 1 and the L; A. W ;ntS e. s, centre atpe Il e. th tnen fSs
said L. A. w. is liable to wake up some morn
Ing and discover It's T. s eTrorii d How sh Mh,c We VIII III
Of some form Of local option. but 1t should not
stances are not rare aners such boards have 81.
lowed one man to do their thinking, It should
e. l : BE- BE- carried SsTrs' P p 3 : SSes q q aw tea SIds' v %e%;
The New York division members arc opposed
to Sunday racing, in any form under I. nj g., w.
II the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania votes
are cast with this State against Sunday rae.
thg sh asS VIII 1GTb Be- 'e eire mfHeH'i Eiiied LA' "'''N
Tho Century Road Club Of America has de-
cided to admit professional riders to member.
vote Of the members. The action Of the or.
9 9Pon tSs pro a'a HaS'{ before PRE- the = isy 4: Y: for s% &c
admission Of these riders. While the Cen.
ance on the part of its:Membership Committee
to pass favorahly, only upon candidates in
dorsed by reputable men.
Tho plan to elect the national officers of the
L. A.. w: by popular vote In the future Is the
rnnaf ra1irol nmandmanf fhnf will ha nragnnIRn
has e. 'f Been Go% Ridsly yd disens @Sf BY Efcad ding wkksseimsn
strongly indorsed. Chief Consul George R.
Cooke of the Rhode Island division who Is
t tRSnI for the 70 following reasons: TT is thought
to be a simple matter of justice to the member.
ship at large that the executive S, ofiSsrs 81 the
shall. be chosen by tho members, leaving the
election of the clerical officers. Treasurer and
and unavoidable deals that use up SO much
valuable time Of tho assembly which ought to
devote its attention wholly to legislation and
beneficial work. The extension of the Execu-
tive Board term Of office TO two years will give
better results 1t 10 believed. The expense OF
an election IN this manner need BIO little more
than.the cost of printing the names of tho
coincident with the division election and count
ed at the same time and in tho same manner.
Inn Tne m Tssyr eSanpe 70 th ss9 n a ! of %ele ssstsm in ot some o9S,
divisions. but this. would be a needed change.
The whole additional expense can scarcely
equal that OF the present method, considering
the useful time lost thereby at the cost Of tho
various divisions"
Chief Consul Walter Jenkins of Buffalo, who
was elected head OF the New York state division
of the l.. A. w. last November. has.failed to APP
point any committeeman to conduct the vari-
Gus departments of the division this year: his
tardiness has provoked considerable criticism
among. League. members.
Zone thing that I never could understand"
said a rider the other day. who had stopped by
tho roadside to hunt w and doctor q squeak.
lis why bicycle makers do not provide some
means for oiling tho bearings in the head OF
bicycles. There are two sets of bearings in
tho head OF every American wheel. and while
4 is true that they do not need oiling as often as
occasional attention. There Is no more
ings in the head of a cycle. It is one Of the
most deceptive in sound and most difficult
take off the lamp and turn the machine upside
down in order to get oil inside the cups OF the
bearings. The nuisance OF doing this causes tho
average rider TO neglect lubricatinR the, head