The San Francisco call., 1899-07-31
BALD BEATS
ZIMMERMAN
IN SLOW TIME
Their Match a Poor
Exhibition.
JERSEY MAN OUT OF FORM
EITHER UNABLE OR UNWILLING
TO Squirt.
The Buffalo Wheelman Permits His
Competitor to Set the Pace,
but Draws Away at
Will.
EITHER UNABLE OR UNWILLING
TO Squirt.
Special dispatch to The can.

NEW YORK, ,uly 30,-The One-mile
scratch race between Arthur Uimmer-
man and Eddie G. Bald to-day a Walls
burg. n. j., for guaranteed purse OF
$1,000 and percentage of the gate receipts.
was a poor exhibition. The Jersey man
had the better of the start, but Bald went
right up to him in second, and for three
laps out of the four constituting the mile
there was not 30 than the width of a
tape line between Eddie's leading wheel
and 'Zimmy's" rear one.
This was kept up until after the fourth
lap had been finished, when Bald shot
ahead Zimmerman was either Unable
or unwilling to make a squirt Bald at
once put spans of dav ICht between them
and finished four Yards ahead in 2:l3.
The results in the other races were:
Half-me open profes7iional-H oaGd jay Eaton "a
Freeman. Portland. Or, third Time. w 20.
one mile handicap. professionally. Jay Jay
nd'o ,6d Tar5s, yjS second W. s McGue Berkeley
oval. y. J., doO yards) third, Time Z;oZ'
zimmerman and Bald have been idolized
by the wheelmen of America for years;
The former was champion in 1870 @ dSSl' tS9e tS9e
and 1893 Bald was inVincible In 1879, 1870
and 1897 Both have been an honor to the
sport especially Zimmerman. VINO was the
most popular champion America mas ever
developed His first notable race was at
Peoria, III, in 1890, when he defeated ".
". Windle then amateur champion, Hlhl
rode a Star bicycle. a lever propelieu ma
chine with tfty-inch rear Wneel 5ld
tinv steering one in front. On this odd bl.
cycle Zimmerman won from the pIch vi
American riders.
tv bicycIe which was just coming lnto
use Contrary to the expectations OIL i ms
friends he proved better rldef on iHe
small machine than he had been on ms
cumbersome Star. He won as he pleased
i'm anv company in which he started; In
1892 he made a racing pilgrimage to Eng
land allowing himself but LrleI peflou
in which to become aCClimated. He won
the one five and fifty miles cnaihplQ4-
ships of the National CychStS mon ne
would have placed the fourth or the Sc
ries the tWenty-fiVe-m miles. to his credlt
hut for an unfortunate accident 1t was
run in the rain, and another competitor
falling brought down zimmerman.
In The following year the champion
snen+ several months in France where
cycling was on the food tde OF @ piofSprr1 SprnI
~ He retained his marvellous form,
winning all his races with conSumHldle
ease in his last year of success ne Won
1O2 races in the seyerest ,L1der ali
manner of conditions. His next venture
was A racing pilgrimage to AusTald;
which was not a success. He was Ill
throughout his entire stay in the col
onies and gave only one exhibition OF
his wonderful ability. He was defeated
nv 7 w Parsons and others, but IN ms
last start he ran clean around large
fold of men and electrified the great con-
course of spectators by running away
|
saved the fame of Zimmerman in the an
tipodes He has not raced in some years
until recently. He has regained his OLD
time speed. but the dash and the mastery
headwork are gone and Jimmy, the best
known bicvcIe rider the wide world over,
must remain an eX-champion.
Edward {. Bald has visited this coast
three times his last trip being one of
Tod Sloan's party some months since
when he rode exhibitions at the Mechan-
les Pavilion. He is a native of Buffalo,
n. Y. He secured his start as a racing
man owing to some good work in road
races. From this he graduated into in
door racing. He developed gradually un-
til 1895. when he took the place of an in
jured rider on one Of the racing teams at
that time supported by the bicycle manu-
facturers Bald was an amateur, but
received a liberal salary and all his eXo *
penses In addition he won about $4,000
worth of diamonds, which could read
iiy be turned into casht. He was the un-
disputed champion of America in 1895,
1896 and 1897: Last year he was slow ., to-
round into form. and was beaten by the
RAPIDLY developing young riders. His
winnings have been invested in Buffalo
real estate. assuring him competence
when he retires from the track.