The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-29
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
STATE DIVIsIoN CRUSADE AGAINST
BICrCLE THIETBs.

Chntrennu Nett OF ths hncthe Hehre Us't'heH
ffts Pssitien 81 the Naeuepeiy euest'sn-
Rreepeet or esoa AoiiasS Nlsins Ior hsees'
Whseifnen o'cie ssew EAiHea V'-N''e''
The officers Of the New York state division Of
the L. A. w. have decided 10 adopt new rules
sor ,hs arnrshsr,,on ~ hlnvc,e thieyrs this yenr
daily to the L. A. w. of the loss Of valuable
registration department for the Identification of
members, wheels by numbers S1 wheels win DO
resistered FOR q small Zee. Lne ESec% u Com.
% n,Ut q Of y the ns division; e0n isis 9 Of n W.. /; 'Sn'
mas adopted the ollow,nF resols.ion' fO'0''ns
to the theft and recovery OF bicycles:
Resolved TIN, an and altar March l. ises. the
.tasN, = On = ~ 80 sm0
Tiction Of any person stealing bicycle belonging to
q member OF the New York state Division be with.
drawn;
heso'red, Ine' : ieWaru 0 es0 De pslu = .n.
conviction Of any psrson stealing a bicycle rom a
member Of the New York state Division, provided
said bicycle shall have been registered in the ONCE Of
PROPOSED By n. eers.sry.rro.sure and adopted by
IN. execpt,ve oor,m,ttes and sb.,l b,y, had nj.
taShei the registration plate contemplated in said
Chairman Mott OF the l.. A. W. Racing Board
Clnimn that hiA hORTn In in n nO0itiOn to deal
with All IN. nron,ons or;sinr ont Of Tho racing
-" o'o inae ou.o
situation TINS season, and ne anaclpates no
perfected Sv nromoters. considerinp ALI tho
points likely to confuse the racing authorities.
ms s 9fp,Ahesom 10 as uoiowS: ms an. =, mar
or any corporation or club Will corner the
racing talent in this country. There Is a strin.
, money to q racing man, and no one would be
allowed to pay Michael, for Instance, to appear
/, under the same Control. Il could not be DONE
III III saw that BSid, FOR instance !: was riding ,F,o on
onn1S 'taok anu suspocteo ~ was se..ns
him az once SS"' Suspicion until f's could
f1h thor investigate the mater; suspended
Of appearance money. It was early in the sea-
son and IL was not serious. 50 l only kept him
teach him q lesson and show him that we would
hh NV VII S.r ~: an, = w ss nSo sotn rnnSIo ina M N tne
York. no matter how much racing is done there
or now many I, tracks are n onstr9ete vi Course
OF them will try to get blanket sanctions for all
the. best dates; but the promoters, have been
trying to do that for years past and never sue
SeSaet To- have Ase or RACING .ais sFs going W ON ali it the pf time'% e
nave arSWn mn t for t tbe e IN she new sear rI nes W y tsess
rules arc adopted by the L. 4. W. I think they
VIII Ins work ays ss'jtist1 shn Ha fSs all y l parties. a, riding
/ during the winter season irrespectiyo Of The
temperatnre are likely to fnd the roads gen.
port issued from the I, A. w. headouartters YES.
| terday is as follows:
Al ro.ds q, IN. toro,r,s ., Oh. pro,~ aud Man.
s Sastad beware Ss i % L tetiI = soo syeS SSaa' SssweeS Sy Faf;S.
torn up some months ago has never been replaced.
and the street Is now in a dangerous condition. Sew.
shape. In Yonkcrs the maeadam roads are good, but
The earth roads are poor. Wheelmen IN going from
,ns rn better eond!f,9n than than Br pos q ro, IN hsssnSs
Inrchmon, and Rrn bes hsen consred viii hhrsn
atone for n short distanee. Whiob ma greatly i Ie
Long isIsndMIn Long Island City. jackson avenue
from Newtown across the bridge to Flushing Is in ex.
placed on Fulton stree. from Van ~yek avenue TO
adam and earth IT, ro oods Of f,d Far c RScssT az, are in At.
STONE s,one y the sor roads Sp IN ape PLACER Sery F Food. Fj nn NaE,s 30 Wn, tie
.ssa; are : rather ! poor. The earth roads Of Hemp:
New Jersey-The roads OF Elizabeth can be de-
pended upon a. being IN good c0sdltion Tor riding.
and very rough. In Shrewsbury the roads are unit
poor.
,e ahsIe a y Z saren oi f ZEN r. a tWRF ' ta n9nsn the
the word "amateur"" from the membership
WheeImen' Mediterranean esIss 70 s saniiiI pr GiIaott a.
TEEN on legislative matters in the oreanizstion.
saws: '"""b' ~ u fue' no
81 have listened atteptiyely to the arpuments
which have been made on occasions against tho
admission of professionals. or at least those who
are known to DO professionals, and i am inclined
20 LINK ma the are not well
Iounueu. Leu US py AL means KEEP, out ooJec-
uonable people of whatever class. but let us
carefully consider whether there are not many
professionals who are not in any way objection
able. In other words, let us erase tho word
amateur and retain the word character"
-
Tha w r.,,. ,,,,o,,+to, .oro.~
corrssnondanca yaIth SscrctarY Stur rmsS pe s i y
the recornItion NV tho forejgn associatjonS ~
tne outlaw wheelinen on the RACING coast. Tho
League is advised that the associations affiliated
with the i. Y. A. VIII In no sense recognize tho
Sunday racing element in California.
-"
Henry Quicker of Boston, Secretary OF the
National Cycle Track Association, was in town