The times., 1899-07-16

Referees under the N C. A. have been So
instructed. Chairman Bachelor has pun.
ished two members of the Unions execu-
tive committee, Mcfarland and Eaton, and
promises to make examples of others un-
less the practice is stopped. Racing men
must win their way alone. in the words oil
the chairman. rather than by twos. All
riders cannot or will not work with team
mates.
w. E. Decker refused ito pay his dues in
the American Racing Cyclists Union The
| n. c. A. Board OF Control informed him
Saturday last that this mist be done at
once. He was not allowed to start until
he said he would do sos eF
| Three race meets will be run next Sat
| urday one at Woodside Park. another at
! Asbury Park and the third, Grand Cir
cult date, at Buffalo, with the increased
| point championship at the half mile The
riders will be divided about equally be-
tween the three fourth meet at Man
haitian Beach will haye a three-cornered
| motor-paced match race between Harry
| Elkes, Burns w. Pierce. and z. D. Stevens,
OF Buffalo. the latter two budding aspi-
| rants in the middle distance ranks a The
distance OF the contest is twenty-five miles.
lHrSe llnuem teams OF amateurs VIII
shortly be matched, and three more teams
may be placed in the same contest, which
will then be made an Australian pursuit
| race. The three teams will be Kramer
| and Schneider, Husman and Rutz, and Col
lett and Alexander. There is great rivalry
between the teams
Owing to the arrangement of the grand
circuit in the East until late in Septem-
ber. the circuit followers will be able to
make Newark each Sunday for the regu ar
weekly meets. returning TO the circuit on
Monday morning. This will place nearly
seventy days of racing within the next
three months available for the circuit fol-
lowers.
Arthur Gardiner has been invited to ride
at Salt Lake City. where cycle racing has
been brought to the booming stage by a
number of local enthusiasts.
Chick" Scoville, OF Syracuse. the L. A.
W. representative in that city, had dis
agreeable task set out for him by Chair
man Gerlach last week. He was told to
inform G. Arthur Benjamin, the we'll
known manufacturer. and Archie Hughes,
of their suspension by the L. A. W. from
track privileges.
meets were run un1er
L. A. w. sanction July 4, and a score or
more under n. C. A. sanction. The latter
had the head of the column throughout
the country without exception as being the
most important.
No rider has Travelled in harder luck
than August C. Mertens. His latest mis-
fortune was the loss last week of all his
savings of the present season, S1T5, which
d., -
to a bank. The day the order arrived the
bank failed and Mertens is investigating
the banking laws TO learn whether he has
any redress. He has also set the postofiice
machinery in motion TO discover. If posi-
BILE. whether the order was ever cashed
and when. During the spring 1t has been
all outlay with Mertens and no income
until lately. He does not know why he
sent the money as he did instead OF TO his
wife. Two years ago Mertens finished the
circuit with $500 in the bank, and shortly
after reaching home this bank also failed.
He says he will wear long stockings here
after and bury his wad in them
July 4, at Newark. Harry Wheeler the
oid-time Cash Prize League king. and one
of Americas leading representatives in Eu
rope, back in the days of 1894 and 1895,
acted as referee. Wheeler was successful
man in the position ami made but the one
error. He allowed Bob Miller, who was
thrown by Hadfeld, who cut across his
front, to start in the final of the race.
This is expressly against the rules of the
n. C. A, which does not give the referee
that power. Hadfeld- should have been
punished for the action.
Ray Dawson will not race this season.
having opened law Office at Boonton.
Irving Powell is also retired. Powell and
Dawson won as they pleased throughout
New York State for several years, and were
the leading members OF the Columbia Col
lege team. r. NJ. Blake. of Keene, n. H.
the thrdmle competition. recordholder.
and C. II. ErtZ, of New York, both riders
thrown professional by the l.. A. w. uu-
justly. are also retired. Peabody, winner
of Ill firsts in a season, is out of the game,
and Llewellyn, his great Chicago competi-
tor. has turned professional. Fred Morse
the team mate Of Peabody, is now in the
merchantile business at Springfield, Mass,
and races only occasionally.
A bitter personal war is being waged be-
tween the three New Haven riders, George
II. Collett on one side and e. c. Housman
and W. A. Rutz on the other. Housman
and Collett were formerly mates, but had
some difficulty. Collett unaided, is hold
ing his own inasmuch as he is winning
over pair, whom he protested at Bridge
port for team work. and defeated Thursday
at Hartford. Collett has tied up with R.
II. Alexander, of Hartford, for tandem
work.
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