The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-08
THE POPULAR PASTIMES.
A Number Of Interesting
Events Planned for the
Wheelmen.
PACED RACES THE RAGE
Miohels, of This City, to Race
Ten Miles With Scofield---
Amateurs Ready to
Play Ball.
PACED RACES THE RAGE

Eddie McDuffee, the clever
middle distance rider Of the National
Track Team Association. will arrive in
New York tomorrow accompanied by his
retinue of p~acemakers. selected from the
ranks of the National Track Team AS
ISOLATION. McDuffee will train in New
York the balance of The week for his race
with Freddie Hoyt, "the pocket Her
cules." which will be run at Berkeley
iva Saturday next. McDuffee has al
ready met Hoyt in one race, that at
Bridgeport a few days ago, and the
Bridgeport lad gave the Boston lad the
hottest contest of the year. Hoyt Is a
new conner in the game of middle dis
lance racing, but he Is by long odds the
most promising. His race with McDuffee
will be for fifteen miles. and each side will
nave sixteen of the best pacemakers in
the world to pull them to victory. Nc
Duffee has not been defeated this year,
and gracefully wears the scalp of Fred
Titus and Hoyt, and will make the effort
of his life this year to retain a clean
record. Hoyt. on the other hand, believes
that with equal or better pace than Nc
Duffee, he can beat the Boston boy, and
this struggle will be watched with I'M
usual interest.
At Armbruster's Park, next Monday
night. should the present weather last
until that time, there will be a great out
pouring OF the riders Of this vicinity. An
effort will be made to organize the Hud-
son County Cyclerss Association, which
will present many benefits to the rider
Of a wheel in this county, and in order
that the cyclists may think the object
worthy Of attention, the committee in
charge has arranged a programme of
great merit for their entertainment,
which should surely bring out the riders
of both sexes. A number of competitions
exhibitions and novelties will be present
ed during the afternoon and evening, and
the indications are the day will be the
most enjoyable and entertaining present.
ed this season in this city to wheelmen
or others who delight in a good time.
A number of pretty prizes are offered
in the competitions. which will be worth
winning. A handsome banner will be pre-
sented to the club having the largest
number of riders in line, and it will be
a close race between the Nianatics and
North Hudson County Cyclers for this
trophy. The latter will turn out with fun
ranks as a number of their crack riders
are entered in the races on the home
trainers and slow race. A special prize Is
offered to the lady with the finest costume
and a prize is also to be given to the
gentleman having the most amusing
makeup. Exhibitions of trick riding are
to be given, and with the concert by a
colored 8 the fireworks and dancing,
tbe day will be the most prominent one
Of the season thus far in cycling in this
city.
II Is NOT often that a veteran racing
man gets off his wheel after a race n
compliments his antagonist, but this is
what McDuffee did after he had beaten
Fred IIoyt. on Decoration Day. MoDuf-
fee was free to acknowledge that with
competent pace Hoyt would have made
a terrific ride, n his admiration for the
riding and pluck of his little antagonist
showed itself by his action
Paced racing this season will be the
magnet for wheelmen at he big tracks
and no event will attract as much inter-
est as those in which the merits OF the
wheelmen will be decided by their abll-
ity to follow the lead Of fast teams on
the track. The stars of the professional
rank have a number of matches that
will attract great interest and events
have also been east in which the anna
teurs will have a chance to swing IN pc
hind fast quads. trips or tandems, anu
follow them In an attempt to create rec
ords and win laurels and wealth. one OF
the first amateur paced races held IN the
country was at the Manhattan Beach
track three weeks ago in which SEQ
de1a made a fine showing, beating
in remarkably fast time LOT
ton miles. He showed surprising skill IN
following pace, and ran away,
winning bv two-thirds of a mile. Scohelo
will have to exert his best efforts, how
ever IN his match at Berkeley Oval,
J,,ne Is. when he will meet Dolph Michels
of this city. a member of the Mantle
wbeesmen and record holder Of the IA
mons Eagle Rock hill climbing contest.
They have been matched to ride 10 miles
and a greater interest is manifested thah
was shown in the last contest. Michels
IS a faster rider than Thompson more
particularly when it comes to a questlon
Of distance, and 1t should pc a great
contest. Michels has selected four trlpiee
teams to pace him, all Of which are fast'
and there is in prospect a hot contest
when the champions of the two cities, IN
distance racing, come together.
The Three Link Wheelmen are one Of
the newest Of the cycle clubs in this city
Int none the less prominent. The mem
hers are enthusiastic and devote much
of their time to trips on the wheel. Al
each meeting new members are elected.
At the meeting last evening it was de-
cided to make a bid for the banner to be