New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF LEAGUE of
AMERICAN wHEELMEN IN FEBRUARY.

THE POLITICIANS HARD AT woRN-KEENAN LIKE
IY TO BE RE -ELEcTED-THE DEMAND FOR
srpEPATHs-NoTEs AND COMMENTS.
| As the National Assembly Of the League VI
American Wheelmen, which Will be he'd AT r"Na
deIphIa in February approaches the members VI
tho oroanizatIon arc beginning discuss the OUT
come with more or less interest. Regarding raclhE'
those who are opposed to continued cohroi Oh '.9
sport have been doing all OF the taking up u "
present and TO all inents and purposes they HI'e"'
lust az well espouse the cause or those VINO nav
arrayed themselves against the organization !"
/ tho vear Possibly by the time the assembly IS
hold there NAV be a decided change regarding this
part Of the business Of the organization Inc y
the enemies df the League OF American "heei"i.h
continue to rush into print their OPINIONS 10
! what the major organization VIII DO mas cause'
| many people TO smile.
poI,tIcoIIv the not has been boiling for some
/ time mast Conservative officials in tho League oe-
leve that Thomas j. Keenan,. jr.. OF PennsylVails'
/ will he reelected president. While conway W.
Sans Of Maryland, mentioned for the ofhce' 10
/ saying little these days 1t Is believed however.
that his friends have not been idle of ate one Me-, Ui
cams's strongest supporters is Uncle Jerry Motli
Of Maryland the chairman Of the Racing B3a,1 sSac
/ he candidacy Of Otto Dorner the Western da.k
horse II is intimated that the Dorner supPor,eLss
NAV be shifted to Sans later on. sun the iTieIts t
~ The ndmInistraton are confident that. II Presi-
dent Keenan, will allow his name 20 ne PrTsdi fndiana
the first vicepresident. will not be ~
Ncvi.fIsmpshre, the second vcepresdent; may no, not
seek reelection George L. Cook, OF Khooe dsiaId d,d
a rHR6y Rbgds to sand MI enGr man viii get one Of vice
presidences H. B. Fullerton. Of Long & isTne e ma maj
his friends think he would be good running aV mae
for Cook J. C. Tattersall. OF New,Jsepsey; S, tSs
office Of treasurer II he declines reelection In, one
chances are that possible candoa'Ws ga a.
The average critic in England has no use ior In.
single tube tire. which Is so welnigh uhVersa','
used in this country. In referring to lesai squ"
/ bic over tire patent an Englshman sdiu' We w
] not believe that a court could be brought TO see
! novelty in winding length of rubber hosepipe
round cycle wheel" And yet the same critic IN
discussing the bicycles seen at the recent cyciIe
shows in London admitted rom pid peLSo1ar nnrchase
better machine in America than In England "a, ooCn an
/ an admission by an Engshman two years ago
would have branded the critic as traitor 10 nome
! industries.
Several bicvcles designed especially for military
purposes Will be seen at the coming bicycle snow
! an Madison Square Garden. one OF these "heeis
has been designed by a veteran teacher ana III
striictor a coored man named Johnson VINO ie"
wears ago prded himself upon the fact that he had
taught more society people how to ride oicycIe
than ALL the other instructors in the city put TO-
gether. Johnson says that he has ridden the ma
chine more than thousand miles. and that ~ Is Is
sound as dollar ar The m@enne we M as for mill
tary purposes. il has been recommended 10 "en-
erai Miles for his consideration. When Put to-
! When ready to be packed away the machlne can @ oe
screws bolts thumbscrews tools Of any sort are
needed in putting the wheel together again.
s,rore indication of the demand for sidepaths
Is furnished in this State, where last year law
was passed in the Legislature providing FOR SIDE
path commissioners in each county of the state
whose duty would be to collect fixed license Zee
from each wheelman using the paths. and 70 use
the proceeds so collected for the building and MAIN
tenance of paths Every county In the state mas It's
board OF commissioners except the counties con con
tained I'm tho limits Of city. and they have col
eG1ed a nefF besn ] expeIded m almost % in %fu in the
ing OF paths ana II IS estnaIsu ,,t ,I' ~ tbis one
State alone
Wheelmen in Maine making a vigorous light
against the townships in the State which have not
pIaced signboards at crossroads required by
law Some OF the Supervisors in these towns are
inclined to take the matter n Joke. but several
of them have found to their cost i that mat the msn
strong campaign for better roads. with the pros
poets OF some successful legislation.
veteran whaelman gives this advice TO novces:
II you are riding over greasy ground and afraid
OF side slip. don't grip the handle bars TOO tlghty.
he al
down because the front wheel does not work IN
| harmony with Il. Therefore. on greasy ROADS hold
the bars as lightly as possible. Also. don't get
hurried
The failure OF professional racing as conducted
under the auspices OF tho OUTLAW associations
| this season has caused many Of the riders either
| TO retire from the path or 20 think seriously OF
| Visiting foreign shores next season. Among those
who have quit the game are Bald, Gardiner and
| Michaes II Is now said that Cooper and klser,
| two OF the OUTLAW riders who won most OF the
| honors in the course OF the year, have also pre-
pared to give up the game and to devote their en-
| ergies TO other pursuits hereafter. 1t has been
| had wear for the professionals all around. ana IL
| the conditions remain the same next season u WIZ
| he worse A prediction to this effect was printed
| IN these columns last spring. but many OF the
rIders preferred listen the advice or the pro-
| fessional promoters. and have only themselves 70
blame for the lukewarm interest taken by the gen
eral public in their dongs the track last sum-
| mer and faIl
In England and on the Continent the average
tourist shows a disposition to return to the larger
tires in vogue several years In many instances
two inch tires have been ordered put on wheels IN
this country the tendency at present IS 10 rae ls
or ~ inch tires.
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