The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05
The BICYCLE RACES.
The Associated Cycle
Clubs Hold a Sue
cessful Meet.
ROYAL CARHI WAS THE STAR.
Press Cycle Club Of Bos-
ton wins the Team
Race.
ROYAL CARNI WAS THE STAR.

The second bicycle meet OF the Asso-
ciated Cycle clubs of this city, held at
Crystal Lake park, Gardner, yesterday.
was a complete success both financially
AMI as far as good racing is concerned.
The grandst ard which is estimated
holds 1000 people was crowded and fully
500 spectators surged about on the out
side of the track in vain endeavor TO
get glimpse Of the riders who circled
the one-sixth mile cement banked cor
nered track
Though the races wrre' primarily for
Worcester county riders, many outsid-
ers competed, and a team entered in the
five mile pursuit race at the last mo-
ment, proved to be a dark horse that
astorished the local talent and carried
first prize in that event to the Press
Cycling clubs quarters in Boston. They
won their trial heat easily, for they had
no opponent the Armenian Cycle club,
whom they were to be pitted against,
falling to Put in an appearance. The
team, which was made up If Frank e..
Meyers, F. P. Logan and j. j. McKen-
non, went out to make a record and
tance of three miles in minutes 10 sec
onds. The Century Cycle club defeated
the Newport Bicycle club handily in
their trial heat in Z minutes p rs sec
onds.
The Worcester Cycle club team had a
peculiar experience. they being called
by the judges bell for the last lap when
they lad ridden but 16 laps and had two
to go. The riders finished the 18th lap,
a
miles. 1t was found that their time was
z minutes and rs seconds, and the scor-
ers, comparing notes, discovered that
the team had but ridden II laps, one lap
short of the miles
The judges then made an unheard of
ruling and said that the time of the
Worcester team, if they had ridden the
three miles, would be minutes and %
seconds. The Worcesters entered Wig
orous protest, but it availed them little,
the judges refusing to recede from their
position.
The Worcesters viii protest the race
with L. A. w. authorities.
That left the Century Cycle club OF
this city ard the Press Cycling CLUB OF
Boston pitted against each other.
The Century team was MADE UP OF
r. A. Carni, George Hepworth and d.
E. McGurdy of Leominster. The race
was the last event on the program, and
the crowd fingered while the sun was
setting, to see the race fought out TO
a finish 1t proved well worth staying
to see, for, with all the races being fast
and hot, this race was the best of the
days events.
The press representatives were a fast
lot. and had all kinds of speed. They
electrified the audience by the way they
overhauled the local club before three
miles Of the five had been ridden. AS in
all pursuit races, as soon as either team
is overhauled, the race is won by the
team that succeeds in creeping up on
the other The Century boys put up
a game fight, particularly Royal Carni
who cut loose from the other members
of the team and plugged it out alone
1t could not be helped they were sim
ply up against it, and took their defeat
as gracefully as possible.
The Century boys had all the oppor-
tunities in the world to cheer their men
on to victory, for it was essentially a
Century day Royal A. Carni, the
speedy youngster of the club, bore theii
colors to victory in his match race with
William II. Brown of the Worcester
Cycle Club. The match race was the
best two out of three, and Carni tool
the two straight The first heat was
a mile paced. In the toss for position
Brown won and took the pole, with
Carni on the outside. D. r. McCurdy
of Leominster was put in to pace ano
a hot clip was cut out.
At the pistol shot, Brown jumped ii
and caught the pace with Carni rub
bling his front tire against Browns
rear tire. They maintained these rela-
tive positions for five laps. On the
sixth and final lap, the pacemakers
pulled out and Allowed the two to fight
1t out Both men did not change theil
positions till the back stretch was
reached, when Carni made a bold dash
for the pole. Brown fought him every
inch of the way, but Carni's sprint was
too fast, and Brown fell behind Or
the turn into the home stretch, earn
still held his lead and won easily by
about four wheel lengths
The second heat which proved to be
a winner for Carni was a pretty race
a mile pursuit Carni won the toss
this time and selected his starting point
at the grandstand, while Brown started
from the opposite side of the track
Carni cut down the distance that sepa,
rated him from his opponent gradual
ly, and before the half-m was reach
ed had a comfortable lead He in
creased his lead greatly during the lat
ter half of the mile. without any grea
effort and won in I'm. rs LBS
Carni beat his opponent in this rae,
about so yards. Browns time for tn,
distance being Pm. 81 1-5s.
The best individual work Of the da,
was done by Royal A. Carni Of the Cen
turys, who, besides winning his mattel
race and putting up a game fight TO
the pursuit race, won second place II
tho mile handicap from scratch an,