New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-06
CYCLING.
RELIEF THAT THE CYCLING REBEL
LION IS NEARING IT'S END.
or-rr,vEn rRoFFsSroNA1s ADMIT THAT THEY
HAVE wFARrED OF THH srRrGTLf'- MHF'
INC OF THE FRIDGE COMMITTEE OK

or-rr.vED rRoFFsSroNATs ADMIT THAT THEY
HAVE v.rAprrn OF run srnrGcLE- MEET
ING OF THE FRIDGE COMMITTEE on
FRIDAY NOTES ANp COMMENTS
Labor Day generally looked on a. tho time when
the outdoor cycling season Is beginning ~ "dh''
has como and gone and ,h~ professional riders n
the country who rebood against the j1risdlo'lon o'
tho League of American Nheclmen arc Ia sorrJ
Might some OF them came from long distances
~ race I'm this district. hoping ga' her I'm many
bright shokcls They have not gathered many. In
tact many Of tho riders viii ind q serious quNs
ion when thoy begin 10 purchase railroad tickets
with - hch 10 get back n their respective homes In
the Wet Many Of the track owner who joined In
the fight against tho League are also v'aried II
the whole thing and are anxious for tho return of
old conditions The season at the Manhattan Beach
track has not been a succes@ Fewer meets have
been hold Their" than I'M any other season and tho
attendance and Interest displayed in the contests
held Al that track have been less than oyer befor"
Tho owners Of Ambrose Park down the Bay. have
accomplished nothing I'm money making va, from
tho hicvce racing hold A. that track This wear and
n the owners ~ the Berkeley oval track toll
story any more narterinr # is time ~ tell II.
The only track I'm the neighborhood who're The re-
turns are on the right side Of IN" ledger is the one
a. Newark and tho only thing thai saved the man
aeemont thore has been Sunday racing The League
of American Wheelmon has conducted - date
through his state nearly one hundred meets A
general thing tho meets have been confined 10 anna
teurs ana tho clubs representatives. say that the
majority Of these meets have been successful IRON
a financial point Of Wow Tho most striking point
WAS illustrated on Monday IN BROOKLYN. Countless
thousands Witnessed tho road race IN the Coney
Island boulofard IN the morninS 80, II Spl'e 2f
the liberal distribution ~ rcd tickets. which ad-
miited 10 the rack at the beach IN me iiteInoon
by paying = cents extra, the attendance mere WIS
en- meagre that every one WAS sstoashed These
facts We're pointed ont in these columns hetor" the
racing season opened, and comparisons ere mace
with the baseball brotherhood revolt back in 1870
Those comparisons were ridiculed m certain quar-
that odioue as they I'm certain districts.
they were true nevcr'heloss. question Of compro-
know say that the compromise Will be between the
League Of American Wheelmen. and the riders only,
and tho sooner that equitable arraneemH ~
made the better It Will be for those sam" riders
George T. Alirch. counsel 20 the Appraiser Or
the Port. was telling his friends Yesterday about
peculiar bicycle accident which he Sunday.
He WIS on his wheel riding n jamaica AZ the
time He inquired the Of man he met, and
as the stranger was going the way they
Wheeled on together The conversation was on
bicycle accidents and Mr. Aldrich rold OF one he
hal seen a few weeks ago. I'm Jerome-sve. A man
took terrific header because the frame of his
wheel broke clean on. right above the fork. over
the front wheel Mr. Aldrich added that the man
was unconscious for some time Yes said IN"
stranger whom he telling the story. "a
me- natfer hoH g6od a rider ne might 10 10
more had he said the words than the frame ~ his
bicycle snapped in two. right AZ the same
place The rider was not hurt however. because.
owing 20 q bad place IN the road they were going
slowly. Ard Mr. Adrch's friends are wonder
Ing - he Is hoodOA
The race meet ~ the Newnurg Wheemer hold
NoNburg on Labor Day. IS said 70 have been
one OF tho most successful held nv that pros
porous club The members 81 the club we're
ntte soici,ous about holding met this year
owing 10 thc complicated racing situation. They
daci1ed however. to stick 10 the League ~ Ameri-
can Wheelmen and 70 hold meet. and the Golfers
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