The times., 1898-09-20
CYCLING NEWS AND GOSSIP.

A match race between a - moran anu
f. l.. Wilson has been arranged, the
event to come off Thursday afternoon at
he track of the Park Bicycle Club, on the
Conduit road The distance Will be Two
thirds of a mile, or twice around the big
hoard track. No time limit will be placed
on the event, though the men viii be
compelled to make fast time in order to
win out at the finish.
The match is really one result OF tue
recent one-mile match race between w.
Fred Sims and Fred A. l.. Schade, which
was run off Labor Day at the track, and
which was awarded by the judges TO
Sims. despite the fact that only one OF
the three heats won by him had come un-
der the time limit, while a second or the
heats was declared to be no race on ac-
count of being few seconds short of the
time limit The third heat was four or
five seconds slower than the former heat,
which was declared 10 be no race and
yet the judges decided 10 allow the third
heat and on the strength of their de-
cision the race was awarded to Sims.
The result caused a good deal of dissatis-
faction, and the friends of the two riders
agreed to make an attempt to bring them
together again, but it proved futile.
The Moran Wilson match race will be
run off at a meet to be held Thursday
afternoon, which will be given by the
Park Bicycle Club. The match race will
be the feature of the afternoon though
a good and interesting program of other
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sion. The match event will be a paced
affair If triplet pace is not used the men
will ride behind a tandem team. In or
der to prevent any misunderstanding, the
pacing teams will carry the riders to the
last twelfth of mile post. From this
point the riders will start out on a sprint
and finish the race unaided. Just who
will compose the pacing crews of each
rider is something that cannot as yet be
ascertained. Counselman, French and
Greer will ride for one man, and Schade,
Mueller and Steenson for the other.
Both of the contestants are wen known
local riders, and are about evenly
matched, even though to some it may
look as though Wilson may be the better
rider Moran as a professional rider does
not appear to be Moran the amateur
rider of last year. AS simon-pure am
ateur he made an enviable record for a
new man. ana DtlOTt TIE ClOSe Ol the sea-
son reached the top notch in local cycle
dom This year his old-time form seems
to have left him. OF late a great change
seems to have come over him, and the
change in his speed is manifest to the
regular patrons of the race meets. He
rode ten-mile match race against Har-
ry d. Elkes the New York boy, who only
a short time prior to the event estab-
lished a new worlds hour record, by COW
ty minutes. Though Moran put up
plucky race, he lost. Since returning to
sprint riding he has made big strides to
the front, and in the recent professional
events has finished uncomfortably close
to Fred Sims, much nearer than any
other local rider.
Z. l.. Wilson, 1.-The INDIAN is one of
the most hardy riders in this city. He is
an excellent all-round man, and can ride
paced or unpaced races with equally as
good results. Hehas been on the track for
some time, and is riding in better form
this year than ever. AS an amateur he
established two or three worlds records
on the Park track, which will probably
remain unchanged for some time He has
held the amateur championship of the
District, winning the event last year, and
losing the same honor this year, due per-
haps more to over-confidence than any
thing else, C. ]. Mueller beating him out
by a narrow margin at the finish. He
seems to think that he can give Moran
good race for the distance agreed upon,
and as the race is only the result of
friendly rivalry 1t win prove even more
interesting.
In this connection it might be we'll to
state that from this time to the close of
the racing season there will be no more
night races held at the Park track. This
decision was practically reached fort
night ago, but just announced officially
yesterday. The reason advanced is that
the evenings are entirely too cool and
chilly for the comfort of the spectators
and this fact would tend, to materially
decrease the attendance. The races