The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
NEWS OF The WHEELMtN.


L. a. w. National M6et--CAup huns
Arranged--NOtes.
The Sunday bicycle racing at the Vail
burgh track near Newark weekly at
| tracts a large crowd and large fields Of
riders. The racing has been of the most
spirited description and clever manage
ment has elevated the sport to a higher
degree in public esteem than ever before
In that section. This Sundays programme
includes two professional handicap races
at one and five miles. for which twenty
eight crack money chasers Will compete
for the light money prizes, While in the
amateur class are nearly eighty riders
who will start in the races carded for
them. Special features this week will be
Chas. Hatfield VS.. Inferno tandem; a
high dive by Arthur Holden off a 100
foot platform into a ten foot tank of water
and a naced match race by Joseph Me-
CURE and Oscar Haug, two local
amateurs. Arthur A Zimmerman viii
m training at this track Sunday
for his one mile match race with Eddie
Bald, July %. for a $1,000.
The Transportation Committee of the L.
A. w is In receipt of scores of letters
from wheelmen contemplating going to
the National Meet at Boston regarding
railroad rates. They do not seem to real
ize that there is a fiat one fare rate from
all parts of the United States, and that
this is one of the strong inducements for
wheelmen to take part in the annual
event. The Entertainment Committee for
the meet is working assiduously complet-
ing the details of the entertainments and
has recently added a water carnival to the
programme. This will be a novelty at
League meets and will be held on the
Charles River. The all-night smoker will
be held in Mechanics Pavilion, one OF the
largest buildings in Boston, and the pro-
gramme for it is now complete.
The Mantle Wheelmen nave recently
organized a baseball team that has been
showing up we'll in practice, and tomor-
row it will have a chance to show its
worth in a contest, as a game has been
arranged in which the local wheelmen
will play the GazinA Wheelmen at Elm
Park, Staten Island.
The members will leave the club house
tomorrow morning at nine o'clock and
to the grounds as a club run A
big delegation Is expected, as there is
considerable interest in the contest. and
there will be a little speculation on the
side.
P. E.. Bolton and his able assistants who
have charge of the arrangements for the
fourth annual picnic, which is to be held
at Arlington Park, Tuesday night have
everything cleared up now and are ready
TO open the doors at any moment. Their
work has been most complete and salts
factory n the member say that an ex-
cellent time is to be had by all who at
tend. The crowd will be about the largest
that has ever been seen at any affair
held by this organization, judging from
the interest shown, and that is saying a
good deal. The dancing will be carefully
ttended to, as the committee is composed
of:-william Whelan, chairman; J. New
man, J. Lynch, c. Davis. W. BroadIey,
w. Fullem, A. Hart, T.. Kennedy. T. Ly-
ons. A. Schneider, William Snyder, NJ. J.
Ward, William Vile, DR.. NJ. w. Sergeant,
d. O'Mara, G.. Armstrong, 7. Lynch. r.
F. Finnerty, F. Henning, William La Due,
j.. Miskel, Louis Schorr, A. Saywell- OH
yer Downs Owen Doyle, j. McGraths Q.
Morris, ]. Haggerty, F.. Anderson, D
Griffin, ]. P. Stone, Louis Lake, J. F
Mcdonald, w. Somers, G. Tuthill, J.
Whelan. J. Rugge, w. Boig, G.. E. Hatha-
way, G.. Donaldson, William Dugan, j.
Gray, A. Rohlfs. J.. Lenehan. William
ouirk, William H. Smith. w. Van Wort,
E.. Hewitt, w. Higgins.
TheMaine division of the I. A. w. is
going after township authorities VINO do
comply with the State law which re-
quires them to place sign-boards at all
crossroads. Every local consul in the
State has been requested to send in a
list of the roads not so marked and the
division will prosecute the offenders
The yigilant Cycle Club vii go 20
Coney Island this afternoon and return
this evening. The arrangements have
been made with a view of entertaining a
large number of ladies and the day will
be known as yigilant Day.
The Madison Wheelmen will leave the
clubhouse tomorrow at $3.50 A. NJ. and ride
to Glendale Park, L. T.. on a scheduled
clubrun. The clubs baseball team will
play the Lanigero Wheelmen for a set
of colors.
Secretary Joseph Hayes, Of the Mantle
Wheelmen, announces that a set of maps
containing the different routes in this
vicinity may be had at the clubhouse by
members.
The Mantle wheelmen distributed a
number of cards which looked like tickets
of admission to their picnic and had the
price Of admission on them, but it is
explained on the card that the amount is
payable at the door. Some one has been
going among the store keepers of the city
and selling these cards as admission
tickets and the swindler has reaped a fair
amount of money as a number of saloon
keepers especially lave lately realized the
fact that they have been buneoed.
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