The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-02
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.


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F. w. voight. a well known promoter OF.
sport in Newark, has organized and IS at
the head of the New Jersew Racing Asso-
citation, which will hold what is styled an
inaugural Sunday race met oen Sunday,
June II, at the Vailsburgh auarter-mlle
board track. This association has leased
the track, the only bicycle course remain
ing in Newark since the disposal OF tue
Waverly track to the Essex County Park
Commissioners for the racing season, ana
will make a feature of promoting weekly
events. On Tune II, the opening meet. the
programme will be as follows:-
Amateur-Half mile. novice, prize med
ais, $40, $40, IS. One mile, novice, prize
medals. $40, $40, S.. One mile, handicap,
prizes diamonds. $35. $25, SO. Champions
dash. quarter mile. prizes diamonds, $50,
! $25. $40. Professional-grand inaugural
handicap, half mile. purses $50, $25, $40, S5.
| Olympia Open, one mile, purses 500, 80,
$40, IS.
The meets will be held under y. c. A.
rules, and it is the intention of the as
| ISOLATION to boom cycle racing IN Newark
| as it was never doomed before. The APP
| pearance of almost all the crack profess
sional riders who ride at Ambrose Park
on June 10 is practically assured for the
| inaugural Sunday meet. A. G. Bachelor.
one of the leaders of the N. c. A., will
| referee this meet, and many otner prom
| inent men in cycling will act as ~effieials in
other capacities.
The meeting at Ambrose Park on June
10 promises to be one of the biggest cy-
cling events of the year. The N. @. a. -
tl,o boJ,r that will tcc,1a tho Sanotion- DEd
as all the cracks are riding under this or
| ganization they will be entered. This Will
mark the return of Zimmerman to the
racing game. He will be entered with
| cracks who nave made their regulations
while he was resting.
william La Due. of the Mantle Wnce.-
men, has the baseball team out two even
ings every week for practice in order that
they may back up the challenge they is
sued to play all wheeling clubs
The Defender Cyclers will ride to Fort
Lee Sunday and play baseball. Two teams
will lbe made up of the members Of the
| club. One will be the regular representa-
tive team and the other will be picked
| from among those who do not play regu-
| larly. There is a strong desire TO defeat
| the regulars and a hot game is looked
for. There are several other interesting
features in the days programme. and the
card is considered strong rnough to draw
out an unusually large delegation.
The Acme Wheelmen have recently un-
| dergone reorganization and it was a good
| thing for them for they W been boom
ing greatly. Already there are a half
dozen applications for membership on
| file to be considered at the next meeting.
The road committee is now busy ar
ranging a schedule of club runs for the
! balance of the season.
Mr.. Frank Eveland is the staunchest
| supporter of the L. A. W. in Hudson
county and is admired for sticking by his
convictions.
The success of the Memorial Day car
nival of the Knickerbocker A. c. has led
the officials to consider very extensive
| alterations in the grounds at Bayonne.
One of the most interesting changes to be
made will be the proper banking of the
track so as to prevent any more spilling
in races. This is a change that the wheel
ing fraternity will greatly appreciate.
The Riverside Club has appointed the
| following committee to make provisions
in its bylaws for the formation of a
WH6GlltlS uINlSlOH OcCPi N
man, A. Garvey and Walter Weidermann.
| The club has a large lumber of enthu-
| siasts among it's members. and expects to
be able to organize one of the finest bi-
| cycle divisions of any organization here
abouts which does not make wheeling its
speciality.
The L. A.. w. Racing Board has ap-
| pointed the following to act as official
!. referees in the districts of their respec-
tive residences:-Alex Schwalbach, No. All
| Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn; G. A. Bow
man, Chemung Canal Bank, Elmira; w.
| E. Underhill, 219 State street. schenectady
| and C. E. Bostwick, Rochester.
The first circuit meet of the new N. G. A.
will be held at the track of the Flushing
Driving Association on next Saturday.
| Gardiner. Cooper, Kiser, Freeman, Kimble
| and other fast pros will compete, and
Arthur Zimmerman will also make his
first appearance at a metropolitan track.
| Besides the professional events there will
be three amateur races.
The Columbia College racing men have
a strong team out this season and they
intend to give the other colleges and uni
versities in the I. c.. A.. A. A. A. a fast
| chase for the championship tomorrow.
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