The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-31
MEMORIAL Day RAGING
Signs That 1t Is Not What 1t
Used to Be.
POSSIBLY CHICAGO'S LAST
Holiday Events in Aquatic and
Field Sports.

Field Sports.
Chicago. nl,May 90-The Wheeling road
race, the annual classic event Of the As
ISOLATED Cycling cubs of Chicago, was
won today by William Blum, with han
dicap Of seven and a half minutes, in l
hour, II minutes and q seconds Charles
| Merze, an eight-minute man, was second.
! w. B. Ferguson, one-minute man, won
time prize in l hour and Is minutes. Ow-
ing to the miserable condition of the
| course. only 21 Of the entries started
| Among the deIinquents was Al Montague.
! the celebrated rider from Kansas City
/ Mo. Shortly before the winner appeared
! at the finish, section Of the grand stand
/ at Garfield park collapsed precipi-ating
nearly 100 people to the ground. No one
! was seriously hurt, however and order
! was quickly restored. The twenty-five
! miles from Wheeling 10 Garfield parll in
| cluded all sorts of footing, from boule-
! wards to mud roads, but brilliant sun
! shine and gentle winds made the contest
! less trying than on many past occasions
| The start from Wheeling was made at 10
| a. m, and from there to the finish the
/ course was lined with crowds Of sight
! seers, afoot and aheel. The entries num-
| oered but 242, much less than usual the
/ agitation against racing on Memorial Day
| having told heavily on the general inter-
est in the event. Hereafter, if run at all.
! the Chicago road races will be held on
! July but the hostile attitude Of many
| of the athletic associations toward road
/ racing makes it not improbable that to-
! days contest will end the sport from Chi
! cago. In any event. no more races will
be run on Memorial Day, the park COM
missioners having refused to permit them
after this year.
Waltham, Mass, May S0.-The ational
! Cycle association races at Waltham track
this afternoon drew 1000 people Everett
B, Ryan of Waltham broke the worlds
! record for the amateur ten-mile paced
race, in 1859 As. the previous record of
2O:01 2-5 being held by F. B. Beauregard Of
FAN River, Mass. The mile invitation
race, in heats. between Mcfarland, Coop
er and Kimble, was won by Mcfarland.
Harry Fixes failed to break the five-rni.e
record, paced by motor cycle. time being
5:01 As. The pursuit race between the
Kings county wheelmen and the Waltham
cycle club was won by the former, with
10 So miles. Time, 1913 %.
Kansas City, No, May 3o-Probably
500 persons turned out today to witness
the annual road race of the cycle clubs
Of Z -
five miles and return. The winner was
George NJ Mcpherson, a 15-year-old mes
senger boy, weighing eighty-seYen pounds
who had been allowed eight minutes by !
the handicappers. The boy came in fully
500 yards ahead of all competitors and
his time was SO minutes and Il seconds. /
The first prize was won again by A. G..
Laitner, scratch man. whose time was
. minutes and % seconds. A very high
wind blowing UP the course made the out
ward time slow. Twenty-eight of the
thirty-flve starters finished.
Philadelphia, Pa, May S0-The annual
race meet Of the Associated Cycling clubs
Of Philadelphia was held at Woodside
Park this afternoon. The fea tUre of the /
meet was the five-mile pursuit race be-
tween Eddie AIcDuffie OF Boston and
Charles Church of this city. which was
won by the latter. Church was given
a handicap Of 100 yards. The purse was
$50, the winner to take MI Neither
man caught the other but Church was
decided the winner, having made better
time. Church's time was lis; McDunies /
time, 1:9S.
New York. May 3O.-The eleventh an
nual Irving -Nilburn twenty-five-miie /
road race was held today over the Spring
field avenue coarse between Irvington. y. I
A -e T
son. y. j. fve-minute man, Won the /
race by five lengths, John King of Ne /
wark, n J.. a four and a half minute !
man, was second. II. r. Skiff, Of Hart /
ford, Conn. a four minute man. was third. /
+. A c. Hanson Of Perth Amboy won the F.
time prize. His time was 1850, eleven /
seconds behind the record.
Cincinnati. O., May 80-The road race
from Hamilton to Chester park was a /
dismal disappointment and through mud /
two inches deep OF fifty entries only T.
q started and several Of these dropped /
out. a r Koeslers. Cincinnati, was first; /.
F ". Senior. Dayton. o. second; and J. /
r r EnCIebert. Richmond. Ind. third. /
All of these were given from 70 min /
utes start The time winner was Perry 4
Howe Of Cincinnati. who made the dis /
lance in 50 minutes, Il seconds
Washington. Nav 39.-The Decoration /
day meet Of the Park cycle club. Eeid /
under the sanction OF the National Cy- !
cling association. was G SuCCessfu. affair. I
Many Of the cracks with national re0uta- {
tions. among whom were Stevens, Free I
man. NewhOuse. Merte1s, Steeuson and /
Sims. participated. The one--hird mile /
professional was won BY II. 3 Freeman. ,
time - and The one-miia handicap. pro-
fessi0nal by O. I. Stevens. 10 80
Boston. May 50.-Najor Tav-or proved .
% be the star Of the Associated Cycle ;
clubs race meet at Charles River park
today The Butler brothers N7t, Tom
and Frank. took about everything The .
colored rider eft. Na- Butler and Frank /
Walter rode an exhibition mile on mo-
tor tandem IT, 1:53 -.
All Kinds of COLLEGE Contest.
New York. May 3o.-The consolidation
OF ire knickeroocker and New jersey