The Jersey City news., 1899-05-02
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
Clubs Making Arrangements for the
Season--Notes and Gossip.


busy making arrangements for the sea-
son. In majority of cases they are going
along slowly as many feel that the season
will not be a bright one and that some
thing must be done to revive the inter-
est in this branch of sport. Club runs are
not what they were a few years ago and
in addition to this it is feared in many
quarters where the subject is studied that
there will be but very little racing.
There are many different reasons ad-
vanced for this state of affairs. Those
people who are interested, particularly in
the local end of the game, blame the
present deplorable condition of the Boule-
ward. At present it is worse than 1t ever
was and is really dangerous at night.
Riding on pavements is much to be pre-
ferred. The Commissioners are being
cordially condemned by the pleasure
riders on all sides and many cases are
known where a rider has stopped riding
after his first trip on the Boulevard.
Castle Point Cyclers have made several
changes in their house which gives much
more room than they formerly enjoyed
The top floor has been so arranged that
a eommodious hall is now open for use.
The furnishing has gone on for some
time under the supervision of the House
Committee and their work has delighted
the members.
The first event which will be held in the
new hall will be stag, which is set for
May II. An excellent programme has
been arranged and the usual high stand
ard that the club has maintained in all
former functions will be lived up to in
this case SO that an excellent evenings
entertainment is assured.
When the touring department of the
L. A. W. complies all the information re-
garding tours throughout the country it
will have exact information regarding all
roads. This will be used by the other
departments of the League as basis for
agitation for good roads wherever the in
formation shows they are needed. This
will give the League something more
definite than it has had in the work for
good roads.
Tomorrow night the Dewey Wheelmen
will lhold an entertainment at the club
house, No. 313 Fourth street. The enter
tainment Committee has been had 1T
work on the affair for some time past, and
at the last meeting they reported that the
plans for the entertainment were fully
explained, and the members expressed
general satisfaction. A pleasant time IS
promised to all who attend.
The Racing Board of the L. A. W. n
nounces the appointment of the following
additional handicappers: w. G. Watkins,
Baltimore, for Maryland; Dr.. G. J.
Scherer, Memphis, for Tennessee; DR.. f.
r. Steel, Richmond, for Virginia; II. M
Fisher, Charleston, for South Carolina; u.
A. Snyder. Birmingham, for Alabama; A.
D. Smith. St. Paul, for Minnesota. North
and South Dakota
The Knickerbocker A. C. Is making ex-
tensive repairs on the beautiful oval at
Rayonne. Mr.. Harry Cornish, the athletic
trainer. is experimenting the work, and
he promises to make special arrangements
for the wheeling fraternity.
The Manhattan Bicycle Club is out with
an announcement of a double century, to
be held June "A and Is, over the same
Long. Island course as last year. This
summer, though the run will be strictly
an open one, no entry fee Will be charg-
ed Every finisher will be entitled to a
souvenir medal of gold, valued at 50.
Capt. M A King will receive entries at
No. 2o5 West Fifty-seventh street, New
York.
The big invitation progressive euchre,
which is. being arranged for by the Nj
antic Wheelmen, will be held at Phillips
Hall, Bergen avenue and Montgomery
street, on Wednesday, May "a. The af-
fair is under the management OF the reg
ular Entertainment Committee, of which
p e. Beltor is chairman. Many valuable
prizes have been secured and the affair
is sure to be a big success. as this popu-
lar organization always draws very large
crowds to their functions.
The best time in which any one in
the world has ridden a bicycle on
track is / minute 81 AS seconds. This
was done by Major Taylor at Phila-
delphia on November Is, 1898. It has
been declared that a mile has been ridden
in minute seconds on a straightaway
board path, behind a locomotive, but such
performances are not recognized by the
Z. A. w. or any other organization, and
therefore have no official authentication.
The Three Link Wheelrnen is booming
lately At every meeting there are nu-
merous applications on membership
CHIPS FROM THE DIAMOND.
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