The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

apo!is; Ed Sudheimer St. Paul; F. A. John
son, Minneapolis: Paul Meyer, st; Paul; e.
A. Cross. J. P. Lotus. MINNEAPOLIS; M. D.
Nicholson. Harry Perkins, st. Paul; Walter
GrandQuist. Minneapolis.
L. s. Johnson won the first heat in
2:32, with George and Ed Sudheimer
second and third. Harry Perkins won
the second heat in 3:051a, and M. D.
Nicholson was second. These five made
a pretty race in the finals, Ed Sud
heimer winning in 2:24 2-5, with
George Sudheimer second.
]. A. Neubauer had been entered for
the race, but having been declared a
professional, he was diSbarred.
The mile open professional race was
q brisk one Minneapolis was repre-
scented by four riders, w. E. Becker,
A. Bergenson, C. G. Carlson and Einar
Lee st. Paul had B. B. Bird and
Charles Hofer and I. J. Boyum, the
outside entry. Becker, Bird and Hofer
finished in the order named, the for
mer five-mile champion Of America
making the distance in 2:16 9-5.
After Guy Torley had entertained the
500 people present with an exhibition
of fancy riding, time was called for the
two mile team pursuit race for the in
ter city championship. There were
+wo teams from each city, and each
team consisted of L. S. Johnson, M. D.
Nicholson and Paul Mayer, the last
named being substituted for J. A. Neu-
bauer who had been disqualified.
Minneapolis team, in the first heat,
consisting of J. J. Kelley, j. P. Lotus
and T. A. Johnson, was beaten in
2:32 As.
st. Pauls team in the second heat
consisted of George and Ed Sudheimer
De- alt, 1~,,+
lis team, consisting Of A. w. Calender,
L. Neiderhofer and C. Clarkson, won
by a good margin.
The final race was two miles, and
the Minneapolis people, who comprised
a large portion Of the attendance, went
wild when Neiderhofer and his set
came in far ahead Of the st. Paul trio.
George Sudheimer, paced by trip
let team, went a mile against time in
2:O4. 1t looked as though he might
have done better with better pacing.
There was a field of a dozen in the
three-mile professional handicap as
follows:
Three-mile handicap, professionally. E.
Becker. Minneapolis, scratch: B. B. Bird.
scratch; I. J. Boyum. Minor. N. D.. 12o
yards; A. B. Bergeson, Minneapolis. 40
Yards; Thomas L. Bird, st. Paul, 160 yards;
!. ]. Schwartz. St. Paul. 1870 yards; C. G.
Minneapolis. 200 yards; F. H. Williams, MIN
neapoIis, 240 yards; A. A. Moe, st. Paul, 800
Jards; A. j. McCollum, st. Paul, 400 yards.
Lee made UP his ten yards on Carl
son in the first lap. Becker paced the
scratch men on the first lap, Hofer
king it on the second. McCollum
,eld the lead through the second lap.
he order as handicapped not being
materially changed, but on the third
,ap Lee and Williams dropped back,
and Tom Bird passed Schwartz. Ber-
geson was trailing McCollum in the
next round, with the others closely
mixed, except the scratch men. The
fifth lap finished with j. j. Schwartz
at McCollum's heels, and the highest
handicapped men then lost ground, and
dropped out before the second mile was
finished. Boyum came in to the lead
then, but Tom Bird was still fresh es
a daisy and cut out the pace for the
seventh lap. Lee. of Minneapolis. was
in the lead on the eighth lap, but the
riders were all close together, and it
was anyone's race.
Boyum, who had dropped to sixth
place in the bunch in the eighth lap,
came around the outside like the wind
in the last turn, and finished by a clean
margin over Bergeson, who was fol-
lowed by Schwartz. Hofer was the on
iy<one of the scratch men to get into
the places, making the. scratch time of
$3.50 As. Boyums time was 6:5S 2-5
In the f1ve-mile amateur handicap,
Paul Mayer dropped out, leaving only
the following starters:
Five-mile handicap. amateur-George Sud
heimer, st. Paul, scratch; ]. A. Neubauer,
St Paul. 30 yards; L. S. johnson, St. Paul,