The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-10
SUMMERSGILLS CHAMPINN
Fast English Cyclist Wins the
One Mile Race.

Montreal, Aug. sLThe worlds cycling
championship meet of the International
cyclists union under the auspices of the
Canadian wheelmens ASSOCIATION. opened
today on the Queens park track. The
weather was beautiful. fair and not too
warm and there wa shut a slight wind,
not heavy enough to interfere with the
riders. Ten thousand people saw the races
filling every seat in the grand stand and
bleachers and overfiowing the rails along
the track.
There was only one worlds champion
ship event on the days card-that at one
mile and II fell TO Tom Summersgilis. OF
the Leeds, England He won Il
In a bruisng finish from Ear eabody,
OF Chicago, and John Caldow the Scotch
cnamp'on. OF the other men across the
wa,cr Cherry. OF England was frozen cut
a. the first trial heat, finishing ,c0nd to
a local rider named Boisvert. The same
fate happened George OF South Africa,
in the second heat. Goodson, the Austrai-
| ian champion, perished in the second
semi-fnal. being beaten out by Peobody.
Tailland.er. the Frenchman, was also left
In the same boat.
Inc three men in the final made a loaf
Ing race Of 1t, no one desiring to cut out
the pace. Peabody was In front with
Summersgills IN second place and Caldow
trailing They kept this position untii the
back stretch OF the second round. when
CaiGSw moved up and the three men
came into the home stretch practically
abreast Then 1t was that Summersgills
let himself loose. He got a lead of half
length and succeeded IN holding it from
| Peabody, who had about me same dis
tance the better Of Cal1ow.
The most important professional event
was the half mile.
G, McCartey Nat Butler, Carmen, thS
Canadian rider. Mccarthy OF Toronto;
Major Taylor and Angus Mcleod, OF To-
ronto, were the six men who got into the
hnal. Theer was hair raising finish be-
tween Mccarthy OF st. Louis and Major
Taylor. The latter got into a pocket in
| rounding into the stretch and. though he
made a great rush he was beater out BY
| Mccarthy. II was only matter of inches.
The decision was so loose that part D.
the crowd refused 10 accept It, claiming
that Taylor had won. The time was
100 Is.
In the two mile tandem professional At e
new worlds competition mark of s;47 s-5
was made by the Buffers, the previous
record being 4:Ol S-5. The men were paced
by a triplet, the Buffers coming out at
the head OF the stretch and winning pret-
tily from Mccarthy ana Bowler. with
Taylor and Casey a wheel back of them.
The half mile amateur was won pref
thy by Lister Wilson of Plttsburg who
beat out Drury of Montreal handily.
Cherry ran Into the fence and fell IN the
semi-hnal
The remaining race, the mile novice,
Went TO Bert Dennison of Toronto, easily
the best in the bunch. Summary:
One mile novice, Bert Dennison, Toron.
20, won; ]. Moore. Montreal. second;
Byron Brown; Charlottetown. third.
Time 2:31.
One mile amateur, championship II the
world. T. Summersgills. England, won;
Earl Peabody, Chicago second; John
Caldow. Scotland. third. Tme2:42 2-5.
Half mile, won by &. n. McCtrahy, 81.
Louis, Major Taylor second: Nat Butler
Han mile amateur won by l.. Wilson
Pittssburg. J. Drury Montreal second; b.
Goodson. Australia third. Time 1908.
Two rndle professional tandem. Won by
Butler brothers, Charles Mccarthy and
J. b. Bowler second; Major Taylor and ].
J. Casey third, Time S;l7 S-5.