The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-26
GREAT WHEELING.
Two Worlds Records
Smashed in New
York Races,
MANY GOOD MEN SHUT OUT.
Long and Short Distance
Events Are Alike Spir-
tied and Sharp:

New York, Aug. 25. Two worlds re-
cords were lowered at the first day 5
races for the amateur championships
OF the National cycling association on
the Berkeley oval track today. In the
final heat of the one-third mile event.
wheelmen, defeated G. H. Collett of
New Haven, by half length in a
sprint down the stretch, in the record
time of 80 4-5 seconds. In the final heat
of the one mile tandem, Hausman and
Ruiz ran away from CoIlett and Wan
renberger in the stretch, winning by a
length in the record time of 1852 So.
These were the only short distance
championship finals run today, but the
finals Of the other distances being sche-
duled for tomorrow.
In the one mile event the competitors
who qualified for the final heat were
Frank l.. Kramer, C. H. Collett z. G..
Hausman and A. T. Nye. NJ. T. Dove
was placed in front to make pace. Col
lett caught the pace, with Kramer
trailing him. When the pacemaker
drew out Collett slowed down.
Kramer then shot to the front and led
to the home stretch by two lengths.
Collett, pulling Hausman after him, ra-
pidly closed in on Kramer, but was half
a length back at the tape, with Haus-
man the same distance behind him. The
teams in the final heat of the tandem
race were: e. G. Hausman and w A.
Ruiz; w. F. Wahrenberger and G. L.
Collett; A. w. Ross and j. H. Hunter.
Hausman and mate caught the pro
cession and led to the home stretch
when Wahrenberger and mate attempt
ed to go by. Hausman and Ruiz, how
ever, had speed left and sprinted away
to the last 20 yards, passing the line a
length in advance of the other two
teams, who were fighting for second
place. The winners time of 1:52 9-5
beats the worlds figures for both pro-
fessionals and amateurs.
Among good men shut out in the trial
heats of the quarter mile race were A.
7. Nye, who rode second to G. H Col
lett; George Schofield, who was second
to w. F. Wahrenberger; E. c. Haus-
man, who rode second to w. H. Fear
ing, and H. f. Kussel, who rode se-
cond to F. L. Kramer. In the trials of
the half mile championship, w. A.
Ruiz defeated George Schofield by
inches. G. H. Collett won from E. c.
Hausman by a length; F. L. Kramer
scored over A. T. Nye by inches, and
w. F. Wahrenberger won over H. F.
Kussel by a length. The heats of the
two and five mile championships were
as spiritedly contested as those at
shorter distances.
]. P. Jacobson won the fifty mile race
in magnificent finish in which he beat
out D. Sullivan by length. His time,
2 hours minutes AS seconds, breaks
the amateur competition record.
Twelve riders finished the race in a
bunch. Summary:
Quarter mile national championship,
winners Of heats only to qualify for final
First heat won by George H. Collett, Mas
sau Wheelmen, New Haven. Time "a
seconds. Second heat won by Wahren-
berger, Greenwich Wheelmen, New York.
Time, S5 rs seconds. Third heat won by
Fearing. New York A C. Time, 30 2-5
seconds. Fourth heat won by Kramer.
Harlem Wheelmen, New York. Time, 80
Two mile national championship, first
three men in each heat to qualify for
final-First heat won by Wahrenberger;
second, j. H. Lake, Harlem Wheelmen;
third, George w. Crook, Brooklyn. Time,
4:10 1-5. Second heat won by Ruiz; sec
ond, Collect; third, Schoield Time,
Five mile national championship, first
four men in each heat to qualify for final
First heat won by Rutz; second, Crook;
third, Collett; fourth, Wahrenberger.
Time, 11:40 3-5. Second heat won by Kra-
mer; second. j. P. jacobson, Olive
Wheelmen New Haven; third E. c.
Hacsman, Nassau Wheelmen, New Ha-
ven; fourth, M. T. Dove, Calumet c.. c.,
New York. Time, 1915 1-5
One-third mile national championship
Final heat won by Frank L. Kramer;
second, George II. Collett; third, e. c.
Hausman. Time, 80 As seconds
One mile tandem, national champion
ship-Final heat won by Hausman and
Ruiz, New Haven; second, Wahrenberger
Greenwich Wheelmen, and G. H. Collett
New Haven; third, Ross and Hunter
Harlem Wheelmen. Time, 1859 3-5
The fifty mile race was won by J. p
Jacobson. New Haven; d. Sullivan
Greenwich Wheelmen. second J. Jasper
Bayonne, N. j., third; G. w Crook
Brooklyn, fourth: Walter Terrence
Greenwich Wheelmen, fifth. Time, hours
minutes AS seconds
In the Is mile championship race tonight
III. Y. Bedell of New York and Everett
Ryan of Waltham competed. both being
paced by motor tandems Bedell led on
the first mile, and then Ryan went to the
front and his tandem crew cut out ter
rifle gait AT four miles the records com
menced to go down and when the race
was finished new figures were credited
AT IL miles Ryan ran off the track and
Bedell gained 80 yards Ryan was prae-
tically recovering the ground when he
fell away from his pace at 1877 miles
Bedell then led to the finish by $50 wards.
His time for Is miles was 81 minutes 19 1-5
seconds, beating Ryans record Of % min
ufeS ~ 2-6