The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05

His honors We're shared by his club
mates, William Balm and l.. c. Hinck
ley, who were very much in evidence
throughout the day. In the final heat Of
the mile open, they rode so well that
they finished the three Century men in
order, Hinckley leading, with Balm and
Car1i trailing him in.
Bane's admirers who are legion I'M
this city, have not bad an opportunity
to watch his riding much this year. He
showed up in his old time form yester-
day and was riding with the fastest of
them. He got place in his heat of the
one mile handicap from the scratch.
When he had the fast men ON the mark
with him III the mile open he left them
far behind in his heat but was unfor-
tunate in not getting better than sec
ond in the final. Balm failed to get Il
place in the half mile handicap, he being
handicapped too heavily.
George Hepworth, the youngster that
has reputation for road riding, was
clearly shut out by the judges decision
in the final heat of the half-mile handi-
cap. He won third place, but it was
given to d. S. King Of Athol i. c.
Hinckley of the Centurys. who has
beca unable to do much riding lately on
account of an injury at Leominster,
surprised his friends by winning the
mile open aftef riding race that cleo
trifiad the spectators. A. G. Smalley of
the Centurys met with an acaident chat
may yet have a serious effect upon him.
He was riding in his heat of the half
mile open and followed Hepworth and
Kenneway of this city Hepworth swung
wide on the first turn and drove Kenne-
way toward the end of the cement
banked corners. Kenneway's wheel
swerved and sent young Smalley over
the steep bank into the crowd of peo
pie gathered about the track. He
plunged down the bank, which is about
three feet high at that spot, and struck
heavily against a wooden post. He was
rendered unconscious by the force of the
collision, but was quickly brought to his
senses. DR.. C. S. Bartlett was called and
he had the young fellow conveyed to
Gardner. where he made an examine
ton and found that he had received two
severe cuts on his head. One of the cuts
had to be sewed up, requiring five
stitches.
The banks of the track at Gardner
are very dangerous to those riding on
them, they have such steep pitch
Another bunch of riders went in heap
on the cement corners in the first heat
of the mile handicap. Hepworth, Liv-
ermore and McCurdy of Leominster
were in that spill, and McCurdy rode
| his wheel off the embankment at the
corner into the crowd. Luckily, he
was not hurt badly, as he did not meet
with any distractions.
The races were started Immediately
upon the arrival of the special train
from this city to Gardner, and
the first race to be ridden was the mile
novice, which went to a Worcester Cyr
Gle Club man, f. E. Hartwell, of Roch-
dale. He was the dark horse of that
race, and won handily. The first heat
brought out the following riders B.
| N. Sinclair of South Gardner, John
! Watson of the Century Cycle Club of
Worcester, Ernest Allen of West Gard
ner and Charles ]. Grady of this city.
/ This heat was won by Ernest Allen,
| with Watson a close second.
The second heat had but three riders,
with the pacemaker, and included Bert
| r. league, Clarence Mckenzie, G. w.
| Anderson and c. r. Johnson. Ander-
son bit the dust on the first lap, and
| he was out of the racing. The heat
was won by league, with Mckenzie
| second.
| The third and fourth heats were run
off as one, and the entries were f. E.
Kenneway of this city Thomas Weir
of Templeton, e. E. Hartwell of this
/ city, Levi Pierce and c. S. May of this
! city. This heat was won by z. e.
| Hartwell, and T. J. Tacker was second
man.
All the place winners in the event
! lined up for the final, and Kenneway
! was put in to furnish pace. Hart
well chung to the pacemaker. and when
the former dropped out, Hartwell
! sprinted and distanced the field, win
! ming easily. The race for second po-
| sition between Watson of the Centurys
and Ernest Allen was closely contest
I ed, but the local man had a shade the
better on the sprint, and won out, with
Allen taking third.
| Charles ]. Jackson won the final heat
| Of the mile handicap, without the
1 scratch man even seeing how he rode.
He had SIS yards handicap, and he i'm
proved his opportunities. Royal A..
! Carni took second placein the final heat,
with Billy Balm third. The first heat
of the mile handicap brought out big
! field with these riders competing: D.
E. McCurdy of Leominster, Bert r.
Livermore. William Balm, George Hep
worth of Worcester, P. f. Logan of
Boston, Leon Gage OF Athol, E. Patrie
! of State Line, S. Rose Of West
! Gardner, and D. S. King of Athol Hep
worth, Livermore and McCurdy figured
in bad spill which spoiled their
! chances. The heat was won by King,
4 who had so yards on McCurdy and Balm
| with Logan of Boston. who had %
yards, second, and Billy Balm from
! scratch, third.
| The second heat had S. w. Richard
! son on scratch, with the field stretched
out as follows: A. G. Smalley ]. J.
i McKennon, c. ]. Jackson, Thomas
/ Weir, Charles j. Grady, John Watson,
1 r.. A. Parker, F. r. Meyer and L. C.
1 Hinckley. This heat was won by Jack
son from the 65-yard mark, with A. G.
Smalley, from the S5-yard mark, Sec
ond and j. ]. McKennon, with so yards,
third. The third and fourth heats We're
combined into one, with the following
starters; r. A. Carni on scratch and
the others were e. ]. Leelair, c. W.
Liberty, f. E. Kenneway, Bert r.
| league, Alfred Dumas j. f. Johnson,
f. p. Rice. J. A. Fits, H. G. Boardman,
! C. M. Waller T. H. Sibley, G. S. Mac
kintosh and T. j. Tucker This heat
was won by Emil j. Leciaire from the
!, 4O-yard mark, with r. A. Carni, from
scratch, second, and T. j. Tucker, with
so yards, third. This heat was rden
in minutes 2 3-5 seconds.
Y! The final found all the place winners
In their positions, with the two club
mates, Carni and Balm, on scratch.
Leelaire and Logan were on the 40
yard mark, McKennon was on the So
yard mark, Jackson of the Worcesters
on the 65-yard mark, Tucker and King
had 80 yards and Smalley had IS yards.
jackson had no trouble in winning,
while Carni barely beat out Balm at
the tape for second place.
In the FIRST heat of the mile open were
Bert 4. Livermore, S. w. Richardson,