New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE
LEAGUr OF AMERICAN wHEELMEN.

KEENAN, MAY SUCCEED HIMSELF As PRESIDENT
INTERNAL. p1ssENsIoNs RATHER THAN
. RACE CONTROL HAVE INJURED
THE ORGANIZATION.
r,. annual assembly Of the League of American
wheelmen. which will be held in February, prom
ices 20 he one Of the most important In the ms
tory Of the organization. Many welsnty QueS"
will come up for discussion. and the genera op'n
ION seems TO be that II a wise pohcy ~ auoP.s.
and carried out strictly business hnes tne ~
vanization will regain many OF the members 'oe.
- ,he last two years through internal dssenslonss
in the body The League has oonss ,he nfHeials
worH IN ee and ready to do much more There
has been much discussion regarding .ns Colnnei
anu Keenan jr. of Pittsburg. has Allied the char
10 the satisfaction OF the majority euiiSS aIIiances
80 the International arrangements ana aIna,iSes
which he has formed bound to bring e&cehfmr
results Colonel Keenan, amss for TTeescion The
Far west desires the office but command naS the sup
port OF the delegates In the East
conwov w Sans Of Maryland. is a man VINO mas
hone splendid work for the League LOT yeais' 90
hts friends are anxious to have him hold the reins
OF government. Mr.. Sans himself mas ainoi''o., -
,hat direotion but he is on record as saying 'ha'
Colonel keenan, has done GOOD WORK tii9
and that the Pennsylvania man is ehuloo W ~,
reelection II he desires II. and that no (saLS W." VIZ
pot oppose heena1 ui vii hardly consider the pro-
posa TO get into wheehhhg na saws That he IS
not a Candidate this year To a veteran i bo For
man who has watched the POKEt eenan viii place
himself at the mercy Of the assem aaysd sn 10 sue
generally believed or ap Ihb term That will make
no fight for the office seems assured
.rs,. has =. en- much discussion in certain quar-
- % the effect that continued control of racing
voc injured the League. II has done nothing Vi
tho sort in the opinion OF the conservative mem
beers who can see beyond their own p Ie1Uues
What has injured the organzaton, sse Trs With
The various State divisions working IN narnT rry
with the NATIONAL osaais ana assembly s which al
WAYS voices the sentiments or the yt nam,
hsrs St w" viii become more powerful than ever
An oldtime rider OF the bicycle who visited Maoi-
son Square Garden last week and watched inc inoi
IN ,belr WARY grind shook his head when asheu
nhovt ,bo contest and said: 1T is things OF this
sor, which have done more injure the popularity
OF the sport IL It has been injured thah any '','e
else The professional promoters VINO prom ~
such contests are the only gamers tne' or
careful enough to grab anything when mas inoi1
or less popularity and use It for their own ehu'
would not be surprised to see the same people use
the automobile for some such purpose WITHIN the
next year or two They took hoIu Oh caho""'
and wrestling fakes so long as they couiu iiiA
any money out OF those thhss' ~ - .oat
with the bicycle / doubt II another sueh coI.ese
will be allowed to take place IN TINS cry La
team race, In which each man Is a9%yn the M ex
only twelve hours out Of each twenty-louL, .iS S ~
hbion cruel and nhuman as t shoW U1 a5v
eOnngOus e grind s s II SGeS n had chance
10 Watch the strength and vitality OF the eompeu-
tors fade away Ana 80 f aSa week each
had plenty of time for rest sleep and ra such
as any athlete could stand ne Was S Whole Ra0e eX
I a contest
twelve hours day running up and down Stair o
syan In Contest between two evenly matched men
for an hour but when the grind goes DeyOnId bnas
10 me how so many people VIII pay their good
money to patronize such exh6i9ns tares aSe
iSing which gives promise Of excitement"
Tho following officers have been elected IN the
Seryeyork Division of the League of American
Wheelmen:
Chief CONSULT NJ Beldng. T. Nsw,YOrk
oSfss RdTs 2 P BFann R Af7s
Ss,SeS Fs Sbo rudolph P aspS Es3Sshi
Jarvis g HqTaTf Ao Mv1 ySH d saaSG e
P Penne C. Dr. Ief f. fa a Isaac B Potter John
s Pratt, Edwin A; quick, G H. strickland John I
ond District. Auyier Ellison, n. s. Coblelgh r. W.
Dye, Frank LaManna Dr. George q -. Little Sn,o wal
Rooney. Alexander schwaibach, George 7. steb-
bins. J. A StVers and ii. NJ. valentine; InlrQ DIS.
trict Charles d. Benson Homer A. Folger, Richard
H. Robe and William f. Underhill; Fourth Dis
trict Edward Leonard. Julius @. Lnsley, William
g Mackie and c. s. Scovlle: Fifth District, DR..
NJ c. Ashley, Charles F. Cossum and Ralph ID.
Webster; Sixth District, Charles u. Bastabe, w:
l. Beck Charles NJ. Brown. Charles P. Hem and
William NJ. Rebasz. jr.
This season Z. A. McDufie has made the fol-
lowing remarkable records on the track One-Quar-
ter mile IS seconds; one-thrd mile. q 2-5 seconds;
one-haK mile 80 seconds; one mile, In; two miles,
25i; three miles. AZ; four miles. ba 49, five miles,
7i2 as; ten miles 1918 As The conditions under
which McDuffie created these records make some
OF them official worlds records, while others
not because they stand for intermediate times In
trials where the rider officially sanctioned to
attempt record-breaking for given distance only
The National Cyclists Union and the Cyclists
Touring Club. OF England, waging bitter war
against the railroads. The reason is that the
roads will not carry bicycles baggage. In the
fight the wheemen using many of the tactics
adopted in several OF the States which require
railroads to carry bicycles without extra charge.
and these tactics succeeding well that some
OF the roads Offering radically reduced rate
rather than lose the entire fees
CANADA'S TOBACCO TRADE.