The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-08

day evening to arrange for the details
of the ten-mile road race for the tin
cup The club will instruct it's repre-
sentatives at the meeting to vote
against allowing outside worcester
county riders to compete in the race.
The club members say that there is no
honor or glory in winning a race with
imported riders. The outside riders ride
under the winning club colors for the
money there is in it for them and not
for the honor oe the club. The contest
as it now stands is that the club that
is willing to put out the most money
wins the furnished cup, which is now
fit to adorn the rooms of the Society
of Antiquity. The Vikings openly state
that should the clubs vote to allow the
out of town riders to compete, they Will
send to Detroit, Michigan, to the De-
troit Wheelmans club for riders that
will discount any that have ever RIDDEN
in the road race
M. V. Oleson, a member of the club,
is also a member of the Detroit club,
and writes that he can organize a team
that will require only it's expenses TO
come to this city and win the tin cup
present it to the Vikings and be out Of
town before the people know 1t. Inc
Vikings say that the Worcesters.
Krafves, Douglas, Greenwoods and
Centurys are with them in the matter
of restricting the riders to local county
men.
The Douglas Cycle Club went to Oak
dale. Sterling and Holden yesterday.
They started with Is members, but
wound up with an unlucky number IL,
at the club quarters. The pace was set
by Capt. B. J. Walker There will be
special meeting Of the club tonight
to complete arrangements for the UNI
forms of the club. The uniforms Will
be purchased of the firm of Ware,
Pratt Co, and will be of covert cloth
with dark brown trimmings.
William B. Jordan, the veteran hand
Ter of bicycle riders will leave for
Westboro this week with a string OF
riders who are to compete at the West
boro races of the Cycle Track associ-
alton conducted by the Casey brothers.
The races are to be held May 20, and
the riders will be put to work immedt-
ately. The riders are Fryberg and
Lundgrin of the Vikings and Cross and
Benoit of the Vernons. Mr.. Jordan has
received an offer to handle Tom Butler
for the match race TO be ridden at the
Westboro races. The offer comes from
Decker of the Charles River Park
Cycling Association, but Mr.. Jordan
has not taken any action in the matter.
Mr.. Jordan will have team OF pro-
fessionals and amateurs under him this
year and has just closed a contract
with John S. Johnson to look after the
latter for the season Dan Daily of
Taunton, the quarter mile champion of
the world, will also be handled by Mr..
Jordan. Tony Fryberg and Archie Elk
berg, a brother of Victor Ekberg, will
| also be under the care of Mr.. Jordan.
The vernons went to Webster yester-
day and stopped at the De Witt house
The triplet and two tandems and a half
First Liept. Frank Benway.
dozen riders were under command OF
Sixteen of the Worcester Cycle clut
went to Webster under the command OF
Second Lieut. r. c. White, and stopped
at the De Witt house.
The Newports went to Webster yes
terday under command of Capt. A. "
Amsden, 40 strong. They stopped at
| the Joslin house.