The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-05
WORCESTER'S DAY.
Won About Every
thing In Sight at
Westboro.
DRuRY THE PARTICULAR STAR.
Over 800 People See the
Bicycle Meet Of Asso-
ciated Cycle Clubs.
DRURY THE PARTICULAR STAR.

inches would be required in the nea,
surement of the distances by which the
riders won at the bicycle meet Of the
Associated Cycle clubs of this city al
Westboro yesterday.
The days racing begun at 10 O'Clock
and continued throughout the day. the
afternoon especially being replete with
not finishes which delighted the audi
ence of 500 who attended the meet.
worcester riders were paramount
yesterday, and, with the single axcep-
ton of Charles H. Drury of Winchen-
don. the local cracks won all the events
Drury, who is a member of the Century
cycle club was the brightest luminary
OF quite select constellation of stars
of the bicycle track. His honors were
shared by Emil j. Leclaire, the speedy
youngster of the Worcester Cycle club
who is making the veterans of the
track hustle to retain their laurels.
The race that chiefly attracted the at
tention of the audience was the match
race between Charles H. Drury of the
Century Cycle club and Dana c. Han
chett, Jr., of South Natick The race
was a series of heats, the best two out
of three to win. The first heat was a
mile paced and was won by Drury, who
repeated the performance by winning
the mile unpaced.
The five mile team pursuit race, in
which the teams representing the diff
ferent clubs of the association COM
peting was another star attraction. The
race was run off in heats and the New
port Bicycle club became the envie1 Of
their sister clubs by winning the mag
nificent mahogany roll-top desk.
The Newports were represented by
the speediest men in the club, as were
the other clubs of the association. The
members of the Newport team were
F. H. Sibley, B. G. Aldrich and G. w.
Liberty.
The Worcesters who won second
place were represented by H. T. Board
man, B. r. Livermore and James Will
son. The Century, whose chances for
winning were first class, had streak
of bad luck, one of their best llders. r.
A. Carni, running into marking post
and pulling off the rear tire of his
wheel. Carni was quick to adjust The
tire and mount his wheel, but not be-
fore his mates, c. H. Drury and George
Hepworth, had placed a distance be-
tween them what made it impossible to
cut down.
The race was run off in heats, the
Greenwoods and the Douglas clubs be-
ing the first to ride. The makeup OF
the Douglas team was B. F. Walker,
F. N. Harris and Albert Hazard, while
the team of the Greenwoods was F. c.
Ekstrom, Herman Ekstrom and Chas.
N. Tatman. The teams started at OPP
posite corners of the track and rode
pursuit for three miles, which was the
distance in the preliminary heats. The
Douglas team showed a woeful lack OF
team work, and before two laps had
been traversed, Albert Hazard, who is
regarded as a second Maj. Taylor,
started to cut out too fast pace for
his mates, and soon Harris and Walk
er were caught by the Greenwood
team.
At the end of the three miles, the
time of the different riders was taken,
and the teams average ascertained.
The Greenwoods crossed the tape with
Charles N. Tatman first, his time being
SIN, Is; f. C. Ekstrom was second, his
time being SIN. 3s., and Herman Elk
strom was third, his time being SIN. IS.
Hazard crossed the tape first of the
Douglas, doing the three miles in I'm.
46 2-5s. Harris covered the distance
in Sm 39s. Walker ronped in third
in the time SIN. 81 2-5s. The average
time for the Douglas team was SIN. Is,
and that of the Greenwoods SIN. As.
The Newport team averaged I'm. $685.,
and the Vikings averaged I'm. 53s. The
makeup of the Viking team was Nils
Oleson, Carl I.indgren and Arvid Sven
son. The Worcester team, H. t.
Boardman, B. r. Livermore and James
Wilson, and the Century team was
made up of c. H. Drury George Hep
worth and r. A. Carni. The two teams
that averaged the fastest time, the
Newports and the Worcesters, were
then put on for the final heat. The
former, by beautiful team work. fin
ished all together in the time of 13m.
is 2-5s. for miles. The Worcesters
finished in this order: 3. R. Livermore,
13m. 29s.; H. T. Boardman, 13m. sos. /;
James Wilson, lam. Is.
The first heat of the Drury- Hanchett
race was paced mile The riders were
pacad ty ] w. Wa'.on and A G
Smalley for the first lap, and James
Wilson and Homer f. Hastings for the
other two laps. Hanchett caught the
pace and held it to the last lap, when
the tandem turned out for the riders
On the sprint home, the Century lad
fairly romped away from his opponent.
The first heat was ridden in Pm. 13s.
The second heat, which was a pursuit
unpaced race, went the same way, only
Hanchett received much greater drub-
bling than the first. The last heat was
ridden in Pm. is 2-5s. Hanchett was
not satisfied with the outcome of the
races, and had talk with Drury and
endeavored to arrange for another go,
but nothing definite was accomplished.
The Worcester county championship
proved to be an interesting race. 1t
was run off in two heats. The first
heat was won by L. c. Hinchley r. A.
Carni coming in second and B., r. Liv-
ermore third. Those to qualify in the
second heat were G.. H. Drury, w. H.
Brown and Emil j. Leclaire. Those
who qualified in the trials all competed
is the final heat, which was won by
Drury after the hottest kind of a fin
ish Hinchley came second and Liver
more third, beating his clubmate, Le-
claire, out for that place.
The one mile handicap was ridden in
four heats, the first being won by Arvd
Svenson. c. N. Tatman being second
and H. c. Springs third. Emil ). Lee
claire won his heat with Bert r. Liver
more and j. F. Derby of oxford, also
qualifying.
The third. heat was won by Carl
Lindgren, j. w. Watson being second
and H. T. Boardman third. Those to
qualify in the last trial heat were c. A.
Nystrom, who won his heat and r. A.
Carni and j, G. Smalley. In the finals
were C. N. Tatman, Emil ]. Leclaire,
Carl Lindgren, j. w. Watson, C. A.
Nystrom, Bert r. Livermore, r. A.
Carni and j. G. .Smalley.
The bunch of riders held together
pretty well throughout the race till
Bert Livermore electrified the crowd
with phenomenal burst of speed on