The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-10
The MAJOR BEATEN.
So the Judges Say
But Crowd Thinks
Differently.
WORCESTER MAN IN A POCKET.
Taylor and Casey a Wheel
Behind on the
Tandem.
WORCESTER MAN IN A POCKET.

Montreal Aug. 9.-The worlds cycle
championship meet of the International
Cyclists Union, under the auspices of
the Canadian Wheelmen's Association.
opened today on the Queens park
track. The weather was fair and not
too warm, and there was but slight
wind. Ten thousand persons saw the
races, There was only one worlds
championship event on the card, that
being the one mile, and it fell to Tom
| Summersgill of the Leeds A. c., Eng
land, who won it in a bruising finish
from Earl Peabody of Chicago and
John Caldow, the Scotch champion.
Cherry of England was frozen out at
the first trial heat. finishing second to
local rider named Boisvert.
The same fate befell George of South
Africa in the second heat. Goodson,
| the Australian champion, was beaten
out In the second semi final by Peabody.
Taillandier the Frenchman, was also
| left in the same heat.
| The three men in the final made a
| loaflng race of it. Peabody was in
front, with Summersgiu second and
Caldow trailing. They kept this posi-
| ton until the back stretch of the last
round, when, Caldow moved up and the
/
tically abreast. Then Summersgill let
| himself loose. He got a lead of half a
! length and succeeded in holding it from
! Peabody, who had about the same the
better of Caldow, who did not finish
nearly as strongly as he did in the pre-
| liminaries.
The most important professional
event was the half-mile Mccarthy of
! ST. Louis, Nat Butler, Carman, the Ca
madam rider; Mccarthy of Toronto,
! Major Taylor and Angus Mcleod of
| Toronto were the six men who got into
! the final. There was a hair-raising fin
! ish between Mccarthy of st. Louis and
| Major Taylor The latter got into a
| pocket in rounding the stretch, and
though he made q great rush he was
| beaten out by Mccarthy. 1t was only
so close that part of the crowd on the
stand back of the wire refused to ac-
/ cept 1t. claiming that Taylor had won
| The time was 100 1-5.
In the two-mile tandem professional
new worlds competition mark OF
S.473-5 was made by the Buffers, the
previous record being 4.01 3-5, made by
McDuffee and Tyrrell at Boston. The
men were paced by a triplet, the But
lers coming out in the lead on the
| stretch and winning prettily from Nc
| earthly and Bowler while Taylor and
Casey were a wheel back of them. The
half-mile amateur was won prettily by
Lister Wilson Of Pittsburg, who beat
| out Drury of Montreal handily Cher
ry the English champion, ran into the
fence and fell in the semi-fnal.
! The remainisng race of the day, the
mile novice, went to Bert Denison of
Toronto, easily the best of the bunch.
| Summary
One mile novice. final heat-Bert Deni-
son, Toronto, won; ]. Moore, Montreal,
second; Byron Brown, Charlottetown,
third. Time, 2:31.
One mile amateur championship for
world, final heat-T. Summersgill Eng
land won; Earl Peabody Chicago, sec
ond John Caldow, Scotland, third. Time,
5:43 2-5.
Carthy, ST. Louis; Major Taylor, second;
Nat Butler, third. Time, 100 is.
Half-mile amateur, final heat-Won by
L. Wilson, Pittsburg; ]. Drury, Mont
real, second; B. Goodson, Australia,
third. Time, los.
Two-mile tandem, professional, final
heat-Won by Butler brothers; Charles
Mccarthy and j.. 3. Bowler, second;
Major TAYLOR and ]. ]. Casey, third.
Time 2.47 Ak