The times., 1899-06-18
CYCLE TRACK GOSSIP.
Large Increase of n. c. A. Riders Ex-
pected by July 1.

pected by July 1.
Twelve hundred riders will be the total
registration in the National Cycling Asso-
citation by July /. At present the Metro
politan district alone has 1876 amateurs
registered and sixty professionals. The
New England district supplied within
few of one hundred amateurs and about
twenty professionals From Buffalo the
full registration will add over 100 amateurs
and about twenty professionals. Baltimore
and Washington will add fifty amateurs
and ten professionals. Chicago promises
an extremely large list, probably 100 anna
teurs and score of professional. Kansas
City will add long list, but the number
cannot be estimated. Atlanta, Ga, will
add a number of amateurs and about
twenty professionals. With no additions
this gives TO the n. C. a. over 600 amateurs
and nearly 200 professionals.
A. E. ("Mother") Webb, has taken
charge of the New York Athletic Club team
and will prepare the five men for racing
this season. The team has not decided
under which control it will ride. but has
been instructed by Secretary James e.
Sullivan of the Amateur Athletic Union.
to get into condition for racing and wait
two weeks before declaring for either side.
Fehriug. Charles Schwartz j. Williams,
and p. Douglas, all of whom were formerly
members of the Columbia College team.
New York possesses, it is said, an ANA
teur by the name of A. T. Nye, whom COM
petent critics believe will be the one to
lower the colors of Frank l.. Kramer. the
amateur national champion. Kramer is
considered by many to rank above any
rider of the amateur class now racing
Nye. it is said, sprints with the best of the
professionals, among the number being
Gardiner, Cooper, and Kiser.
John Lawson. the terrible Sweed, :"
Ivar Lawson, his terrible brother, and
Oscar Julius, the Swedish skater-cyclist
attempted to promote a race meet at San
Francisco recently and as a result have
been placed upon the black list OF the
California Associated Cycling Clubs, the
controlling organization in California
cycle racing This body. being allied with
| the National Cycling Association, may ask
| that the suspension be carried out by that
| organization. Lawson is accused of a num-
! ber of things and may present another
side to the question. He was insolent TO
the officials of the meet. and ran things to
suit himself. Lawson rode against FIVE
| broken down horses as his part of the
programme and Ivar Lawson rode a half
mile against Julius, who ran afoot quar-
| ter of a mile and beat the cyclist. The
| mile wheel and half mile running race
was won by Lawson.
Tom Eek has been summarily expelled
| by the American Racing Cyclists Union.
The executive committee OF the organiza-
| ton judged Eek severely owing to his
| avowed antagonism to the n. c. A. and
| the union as typified by his impolite in
| terviews in the Canadian papers. Eek Sc
cured membership in the union last fall
at Cape Girardeau. His earliest expert
ence with the body was bitter inasmuch as
| a number of his team failed to make good
| the entry made for the Cape Girardeau
| meet and being notified that suspension
would follow their absence from the meet
did finally appear and race, Eek now
stands suspended by both the l.. A. w
| and the union.
Vastly increased rates of travelling fol
large parties will greatly reduce the sizt