New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-24
CYCLING.
THE MACADAMIZED ROADS OF BROOK
LYN.
INTERESTING RACES TO-DAY AT AsBURY PARK
DEATH OF c. c MoNAuAouAN

DEATH OF c. C. MoNAHAGHAN
! Inc officials Of the League OF American Wheel
men are Interested In case at present which has
several complications Recently Jacob Meyer a
fourieen-year-old boy. riding his bicycle on the
s'oepath at Beimore Long Island. when he
arrested and taken to court at Hampstead He
was hned $50 and the case has been turned over
10 george r. Miner. OF the l.. A. W. for investiga-
/ saniior nf appears that there is such law.
when Is practically obsolete. This will he inter
tanned that there is no law preventing wheeiman
sITss fqhs on sidepath or sidewalk If he SO de;
down , on he pain outside of Prospect PARK ii
matter. and the case dismissed.
cyclists who travel the macadamized roads
OF Brooklyn have come TO the opinion that some OF
the roads are kept In frst-class style and that
others have been wofuly neglected Eighteenth
ave. near the Coney Island Boulevard has been in
wretched condition for many months. and yet no
effort has been made to repair the road at that
point a hundred Yards further the road Is In
good condition. OvinGton-ave.. between Fifteenth
and Eighteenth ayes. is frequently flooded with
water and in places the road Is bad that wagons
and trucks take 10 the sidewalk. Twenty-second-
ave. is In splendid condition all the way from the
boulevard 10 Cropsey-ave. This road Is becoming
from Fort hsmilton-ave. TO Fifteenth-ave.. has
been neglected and needs repairing badly Men are
Grayesend racerack. The wagons used in the
work have cut up the Cycle Path at that point.
ough OF Queens. map OF which printed in The
Tribune Of last Sunday. There no signs there,
some good work in this respect In tha; district.
There were $50 new names added to the member
ship list OF the l.. a. w. last week. compared
with 1858 for the corresponding week OF last yea.
OF this number New-York had o.. with total Of
1891: PENNSYLVANIA. ss. with total Of lSlei;
nrsey ~ with total Of sao2 and Indiana Isl
with total OF ESQ.
News has been received OF the death OF c. C.
Monahag CHAN. the Chief Consul of Lower California.
Mr. Monahaghan was in New-York recently. He
had been regular attendant at the L. A. w con-
ventions for many years. ana ne had been an
earnest worker In the cause Of The League
Some interesting racing will be witnessed at As
bury Park to-day. A feature will be ffteen-mle
paced race between Michael and Jefferson: Bald.
Cooper Mcfarland. Stevens. Taylor and the other
circuit-chasers Will take part in the short distance
races.
The announcement was made yesterday that the
axe of the chairman OF the Racing Board OF the
League OF American Wheemen had fallen upon
the heads OF several CT the prominent amateur
riders Among those are o. " Babcock o. the Pierce
heelmen and Charles VI. Ertz OF the Riverside
wheelmen. Ertz captured National amateur
championship year ago. but he has not done so
well this season. Several weeks ago most OF the
leading amateur riders OF this district received
letters from Mr. Mott. asking particularly leading
questions Then the members Of the Racing Board
took mail vote upon the matter. 1t is said that
Corett and Hausman OF New Haven. and Frank
Kramer. OF Newark. the present National cham
MON have been designated simon pure amateurs,
which means that they have not been getting paid
for riding any particular make OF bicycle. Bnbcock
and Ertz have many loyal friends. VINO shuaher
to think OF their advent into professionalism
prominently In that class
The loyal friends OF the League OF American
Wheelmen are devising means for the Organization
IN give I'D the control Of racing one plan, which s
receiving some favor AT present Is 10 have Ma
tional racing board arranged In this way; The
League 10 appoint three members OF the Board
which would always give IT majority. the track
owners to appoint member ana the racing men
both professional and amateur. to agree upon nfth
member This would give the tsckoT h s,r rsp
men. with the idea that they, too. would have a
,srests Both the amateur and professional racing
men would be required to pay u for resstIato ~,
70 500 This would give an income to the Board
which would make II self-supporting
nre,,v conceit was noticed on the cycle path
in Brooklyn yesterday. and in the opinion OF many
IT was too well done not 20 have been premedi-
tated Three young girls rode toward Coney island
abreast Ali wore brown short skirts and boots
and hats Of the same color one wore becoming
81 lii shirt waist another a blue waist and the
third a white waist. II pretty bit OF color
ing whether the cyclists meant to be patriotic or
not.
A special match race has been arranged 10 take
Mace at Buffalo on Labor Day between Kramer. the
amateur champion and c. c. Dirnberger. OF that
civ Dirnberger is said 10 be the best amateur In
Buffalo He Is brother OF Nike Dirnberger
who fame as Glass - mon several Years ears
ago The match will be three races AT one mile
each.
The Shore Road IN Brooklyn Is popular with
cvcl.sts these days. There was throng OF cyclists
there on Sunday, and quite a number yesterday
THE cyclists went there to look at the warships
which were anchored just on Tompknsvlne, staten
Island The road is In splendid condition Tor wheel
ing.
II was reported yesterday that the National
Track Association had dlsbanded for the season
and that the pacing crews - well as McDuree
and Linton had been released. The association has
nromoted mlddle-distance racing this year. and II
has found out predicted In these columns. that
II was n rather expensive game
Cyclists desiring to Join the League OF American
Wheelmen may obtain full printed Information and
membership blanks by sending their names and ad
dresses TO the Cycling Editor OF The Tribune
THREElHUNDRED-M RECORD.
Minneapolis Aug. 23.-Alen Underwood. local CEN
turion, Century Road Club OF America. broke the
State two hundred-me road record Saturday night
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