The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-13
DOWNING AND
CQTTER MAKE A
]" TANDEM RECORD
.Standing-Start Mile in
HI. 1859 4-5..
MICHAEL is STILL on TOP
he RIDES THE FASTEST MILE OF
:. =. .-...... THE MEET.
George Tantau of the olympics Took.
the Amateur Event and liver
J.: Lawson of Chicago Led :
-: = the Professionals. -. -.
MICHAEL is STILL on TOP
He RIDES THE FASTEST MILE OF
,. =. THE MEET.


Ahother large assemblage taxed the ca
pacty of the Mechanics Pavilion last
night to see the bicycle races, and were
rewarded by some splendid exhibitions Of
speed. The track is fast becoming famous
as a Tecord-breaker, another mark being
lowered last night, when Miller, the six
day. champion, rode: a half mile unpaced,
against time in :59 30, the. former mark
being :59 AS. The racing was high class,
and the many enthusiasts were liberal in
their pfaudits particularly when a Cali
fornian. forged into. the lead, something.
which happened quite often.
Downing and Cotter, both Californians,
lowered the standing start tandem record
10 t.5J As: in the mile pursuit race.
Those WHO qualified for the final of the
= half7mile professional We're Lawson, Fur
man; Goodman and, Golfer, winners OF the
four heats; and. Chapman, second in the
f. stest :heat. = Cotter, who had the long
. est: hancicapf set the pace for. three laps,
when Lawson went by him like a shot in
q. be4uuful sprint, Landing hrst place by
d COCO margin, ,Cotter taxing second ana
Chapman. thlrd. me Bay Cltys piuneeQ
on big Bin: Furman. to win, and went
.Erohe III consequence as ne finished last.
- LaWs0n 5 tribe from. ~ yards was oS sec
6nds fat; close TO the record
:TantaU, Russ, Bozio; Smith, and II. ID.
Bean, VINO rode third in the fastest heat,
rode IN the final of the amateur mile ham
dicap. TaItau. and Bean, on the iong-dls-
tance marks, had a little race by them
selves, with the"other three INDUCING in
q. stern chase trying TO catch them. Russ
. made q magnificent sprint on the last two
laps, and from last position passed an but
"Iantau, leaving .Bozio and Smith lar in
the rear: 'Tantau had too much of lead
TO be oyertaken, however, and won in
. 2:ll %, Russ second; Bean third.
The uile paced. match, best two in
three heats, between JAY Eaton of New
Jersey and Orlando. Stevens of Iowa, was
a. beautiful race Fourier and his motor
.. cycle were enlisted TO. do the pacing. Ste
'Yens had the position behind him, Eaton
. closely following, at the start of the first
heat and these. positions were unchanged
until the sixth lap, when Stevens jumped
the pacing machine, opening a gap be-
tween himself and Eaton of fully a dozen
lengths, which the New Jerseyan could
not make up, Stevens winning in 2:04 1-5.
= Something happened to Fournier's ma
chine at the. start of the second heat, and
a tandem manned by Lawson and Leon
tons. behind it being the same as in the
first heat. When the sprint came ''Stevie"
again had speed up his sleeve, and all
at the end Stevens won out by "a brief
margin in 1:a9 3-5, and took the match.
. the exhibition rides We're exceedingly
Fournier, on mis- motor cycle, rode a mile
in 1:5S As. Baby! Gibson, Of Cincinnati,
followed two tandems for me- TO the
tune of 1:5S 80. the Dick-up by the second
tandem team being a very pretty piece of
work. Eddie Bald. short-distance cham
pion, and the ladies' favorite, rode half
mile in loo As, tandem paced. Harry
Fixes, holder of the worlds hour record,
rode two miles pacea by two -tandems;
He covered, the first, mile in 80 As and
the two in 400 2-5. The grand finale was
a mile exhibition by Jimmy Michael, the
popular mddle-distance champion of the
world, tandem paced. The exchange be-
tween the tandems was perfect. Michael's
time for the mile was 1851 1-5, the fastest
time Of the evening
The mile tandem pursuit race, profess
sional kept everybody on edge with eX-
element In the first heat Downing and
Cotter beat. Nawn and Fredericks in 200.
j. lawson and Julius beat Theisen and
Birdsall in 2:05 2-5. o. L. Stevens and
Goodman, fin. a fine ride, beat Chapman
and. Barnaby lin POL. liver Lawson and
Leonart did the same TO Turville and
Earl Stevens in 2:02 In the sem-finals,
Downing and Cotter won from ]. Lawson
and Julius in the record time of 1853 40.
Q. Stevens and Goodman beat l. Lawson
and Ieohart in 20S.
This brought Downing and Cotter
against Orlando Stevens and Goodman in
the final heat. After two false starts, due
to the Starter gun falling TO shoot, they
getaway. 1t was hot ride from the be-
ginning. neither team gaining a decisive
lead. On the last lap Downing and Cot
ter 'crept ahead a few inches, winning by
bare margin, in 1853 As, tieing their rec
ord time made In the first SeTni-final heat.