Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-14
NATIONAL |. 4. \. MEET.
Brilliant Racing Marked its Close at
indianapolis.

indianapolis.
: MORA SURPRISES.A AND MORE RRoK-
Elm REcoRDS-NEW RECORDS ES-
TABLISHED FOR ONE MILE SIN
GLE PACED COMPETITION, AND:
TWO MILE AMATEUR HANDICAP.
THE PURSUIT RAcEs-REsULTs
or OTHER RACES.
indianapolis, Ind. August 13.-The
national meet of the L. A. w. closed
to-day, and the racing was brilliant
1t furnished more surprises and more
broken records. Eddie Bald was beat
en- out in the semi-final of the one
mile national professional champion
ship, as were Tom Cooper and Ar
thur Gardiner. +. A. MeFarlend
sthe new champion, won in record
breaking time, lowering the one mile
single-paced competition mark from
R:01 to 1.5s rs. Major" Taylor was
but three inches behind in the wonder
fihish, and "Old Kaintuck" Kim
E but a tires width back OF the dark
secret. Frank Kraemer, OF Newark
Nj, put a crimp into Peabody, and
won the one mile national amateur
championship. The winners CT the
first and second In the semi-finals
were allowed to start, and it gave a
fast trial. Kraemer, however, had a
world OF speed, and he dealt it out
fairly. In the last quarter he pushed
to the front and pedalled in manner
Gown Tie back stretch that indicated
he would win easily. He crossed the
tape full length in front of Earl
Peabody, the Chicagoan. The time
was 2:04 3-5.
The two mile amateur handicap
Rvent saw another broken record and
Taemer, the one mile champion, reg
red it, By the pluckiest kind Of
TX, he sped around the oval and al
ugh he failed to finish within the
uey he cut the record to AIT. The
/ record to go to smithereens was
of quad mile. In a trial against
team composed Of Van Colt,
bn, Lishner and Bennett, cut the
Il from 1:47 to las 3-5.
the two mile tardem professional
&c James Bowler was substituted for
Johnny johnson, whose injuries re-
ceived on the previous day, were too
severe to permit of his riding. Plucky
"Plugger Billy Martin was outsteer-
ing his mate, w. E. Mertens, of Min
neapcIis, and the pair won the event
in 5:57 1-5, doing the last quarter in
"a. Martin all but tainted after finish
ing, end had to be carried from the
track.
The standing of the first seven of The
national circuit racers at the cl.s2 of
the meet tonight, is as follows: Ne c.
Bald 129 points; McFarlandi ia;
Kimble, SO; Cooper, So; GardHler. 10;
Freeman, IS; Stevens, Al. Summaries:
One mile professional championship,
final heat-McFarland first. Major
Taylor second, Kimble Ahird Stevens
fourth, Fisher fifth. ne, 1925.
Breaking worlds si aced Compel
tive record, 2:o1, !. !ner at Louis
VIII III -7sustrss 1886. ~,
One mile national championship am
ateur-F. L. Kramer, Newark. Rsrst
Earl w. Peabody, Chicago, second; %
G. Huseman, New Haven, third; C. M
Ertz, New York. fourth George H.
Collett. New Haven, fifth. lime,
2:043-5.
Two mile handicap-George Wal
Their, Dayton, 210 yards, first; Archie
Ferguson, Terre Haute, $50 yards, sec
ond; ]. D. Syophani, Chicago 225
yards, third; c. W. Donovan, Chicago,
$50 yards, fourth; ]. A. Nelson, Chi
cago, 200 yards, fifth. Time, All.
Two mile tandem Professionalism
tin, Lowell and Mertens, Minneapolis
first; Tom Butler Boston. and Becker,
ST Paul, second: Mcfarland. San Jose
and Stevens, Iowa, third; Bowler, Chi
cago. and Ben Monroe, Memphis,
fourth Time, 4:57 is. Last quarter
:24.
East against West-Five mile pursuit
race five men to team, won by West,
by five sixteenth CT a mile, in 1923 Is
for the five miles Western team-Mc-
Farland, Mertens. Becker, Gardiner,
and Stevens. Eastern team-Bald,
Eaton, Martin, Vernier and Hadfeld
Interstate team pursit race, amateur
three men teams No limit New
York team, Ertz. Kraemer and Scho-
field won. Time, 10: 43 3-5. Distance
six miles and three-sixteenths. Other
teams: Illinois. Peabody, Lllewellyn
and Stefani: Indiana. Pease. Bates and
Gordon; Connecticut Houseman, Col
lett and Van Colt.
Philadelphia, Pa, August 19.-Clin-
ton r. Coulter of Denver this after
noon defeated J. Frank Starbuck. of
Philadelphia, in an Australian pursuit
race at Woodside Park. The contest
was the best pursuit race seen here
this season, the race lasting little
over Is miles. In the final of the mile
professional handicap, Fred Titus.
(scratch), was beaten a foot by George
!. Kreamer, who had handicap of So
yards.
PLAYED A TIE GAME.
At Moundsville yesterday very in
teresting game of base ball was play
ed. The contesting teams were the