The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-12
LOST BY SIX VOTES ONLY
Wheelmen Again Defeat the Sun
day Racing Amendment.
A REMARKABLE SESSION
Thirty-Two Amendments Were Disposed
ONO Sanction Will Be Given for
Six-Day Continuous Racing
Without Proper Rest.

St Louis, Feb. 11-After three days of
hard work, the national assembly of the
League of American Wheeimen tonight
finally adjourned after one of the most
notable sessions ever held by that body.
The all important question of local OPP
tion in the matter of Sunday racing was
again defeated, an amendment provid
ing that state divisions be granted the
right to determine for themselves
whether or not Sunday bicycle races
should be permitted being voted down
by but six votes. President Potter voted
for the amendment.
The divisions voting soidly in favor
of the amendment were: District of CO.
lumbia. Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Massachusetts,, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee.
The divisions unanimously against the
amendment were: Colorado, Connect-
cut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Wisconsin. Maryland cast / vote for,
against Michigan, 8 for. against;
New York, 62 for, against; Pennsyl-
vania, for, 81 against: Rhode Island,
for, 6 against.
Thirtytwo other amendments were
disposed of during the day in various
ways. Some We're indefinitely postponed
or withdrawn, while four We're defeated
Among the most important of those
adopted are the following: article 3,
of the constitution. new section in
serted to read: No 9-No professional
shall be eligible to entry in any open
race run under the rules of the League
of American Wheelmen unless he S
registered with the racing board"
Article 3, section s CD substitute:
Contestants at meets closed to a college
or to any number of colleges forming in
intercollegiate meet, may for those
meets be only governed by the amateur
rules of the intercollegiate association
or amateur athletes of America.
Article ", section 3, was amended
by striking out the word .'wheelmen. =
Other amendments adopted provided
for the payment of $1,000 a year as
compensation to Chairman Mott of the
national racing board, and declaring
that hereafter no sanctions would be
given for any six-day continuous races
unless the riders be compelled to take
at least two hours rest out of every
twenty-four.
Resolutions We're adopted fixing the
registration of the professionals at 50
per year, calling on the national gov
Turkish government for the prompt
payment of $4,000 indemnity to the
mother of Frank Z. LEM, the Pitts
burg member of the l.. A. w. who was
murdered in Turkish territory while on
a tour of the world; favoring the pas
sage by congress of the bill introduced
by Representative Davies of California
for the appointment of a commission
to view the roads in the national for
est reserve of Yosemite valley in Cali
fornia. and report to the next session
of congress the best location for road
through that reservation
r. G. Bother of Milwaukee introduced
the following resolution which was
warmly endorsed by prominent men in
the league and finally adopted: Re
solved, That the executive committee
of the L. A. W. be instructed to inves-
tigate the feasibility of turning over
to some other organization or body the
control of racing and to report it's re-
suits at the next national assembly"
This concluded the work of the as
sembly, which adjourned sine die.