Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04
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Racing, |. A. W. or N. C. Az
FIGHT AMONGST CYCLISTS
10 T. tue Event Of the wear rhe
question to be settled
IN 1900.

Among men Interested in cycling Of
fairs the main question at present b..
VIII tho League of American wheel
men eiVc up iu racing department
next ycarl on.cials of The National
Cycllng aasoc.atlon. the "outlnw boiy
which was organized by most NJ The
ioadlng racing professionals lnHt VIM
Ter. confidently assert that the league
has had enough NJ tho light which hnH
been wnEoi thia year and that Dc viii
not try Goo control racing another yenI
on The other hand. tna chairman "
the mcinE board uf thn f. a. w. Fred
W. uefiHrh. HHNH De- hHH uu rHrHIu tu
believe the league wlll rH'lugu.Hhi that
Il never hlH rpufit the rlcluE Coz gain,
ana that thr annual assembly next Feb.
ruafy VIII probably decide NOT 90 uban-
don uclur.
According to the chicago Timcs.iIor.
old ln thH E1a. the n. g.. a. hnH "a strong
hold. and there have been HscefslunH
from the league ranks 100 the Wet
The recent meeting nt TntteraullH was
an N. G. a. nnalr. The management
sought Taylor. ncuun,c ANA other l..
4. W. mUu nt nfat. but they held out
Tor too much cash. ana ~. g.. a. men
were rHCurcd. They ilHt money uu uC-
count ni poor patronage, but coo iuunts
INK served tn uh0W that The loyalty NJ
many l.. A, w. urufnrfluunlH uul uiuHs
tcura IN The West was bot SKIN ltop,
Tor they Hooked tp the ~. e.. 4. Hiuuis
ard. Even Earl Peabody went 0tHr
aud Tom Butler WuH only prevented hN
the fact that ho dId not wish Co pay
20 the n. g. a. moro than so uf the
$500 hne outstanding against him.
OFFICIALS DEPLoRE THE FIGHT
The Tauorsairn meet gave evidence
Of the gunorally demnrnlized condition
OF cycling throughout the county. duo
90 the rupture lu the ranks uf the
racing men. The officials ~ both ore
Enniantlun1 unite ln dupluflnT tho hight
na u has Internationally hurt the sport
and lowered tho standard ~ cycle rae
inF IN the eyes ~ Tho public. The
charge T. made that the y. C. a. men
are only out Tor the money, and that
some of the promoters OF the HChiam ure
only IN n now In order 10 Fct back the
funds they put into IL when u started,
De dead waste, Little money has beDu
made on either side. ana the great mae
Jority " meets have boon run at "a loss.
Tom Cooper. who won tho n. &. a.
championship this season. gave the ful-
lowing account % the origin uf the Nn-
tional Cycling association while D. was
here 90 the recent cycling races at Tut
There were nix Of ~ In the original
Bald. Gardiner and myself u all be-
Kan with tho L. A. W. mctH nt Trenton
on sopt. 20 isls The state fair races
werv 10 take place ON that date ana the
cyclists were anxious 10 train ON one uf
the New York tracks. ne tho Trenton
track was o. dirt track Manhattan
Beach, Ambrose Park ana Berkeley oval
tracks were hlnckliHtcd by the 4. a. W.
Berkeley oval track succeeded 10 rrt-
tina the ban raised for meet which
was 10 take place on the Saturday pre-
cqding the Monday upon which the
races were 20 begin at the state mlr.
A. We understand II The ban was
raised until further notice. After the
races Saturday the men got into thulf
racing clothes and rode ON the track
THEIR FIRST SUSPENSION
FOR this tho D.. A. W. suspended az.
Mccarthy, chairman OF the I. a. W.
racing board tolcFrnphcd to Alfred
Mott at baltimore ln regard 90 our
training upon the track, ana Mott wired
back that we an were suspended, There
were fi,2o0 worth ~ prizes hung up al
Trenton Monday. ana Mulrheud. tha
manager. said ne would hold the races
We ala not want the prizes 90 set away
from ua that way, 80 ON sunday after.
noon we held meeting. Muirhvad said
h. wanted ua 10 ride and would uo,
chat We got the prlzes. That was iual
the point we wanted. 30 We rode,
AT that meeting we resolved that
never again would We ride J.. a, W
Major Taylor. Tom Butler ana Nat iiut,
Ter signed with NJ. Eddie McDuue,
was not there n was meeting ~ mcr
who had fought like tigers upon m,
track, but we were nH one in that meet,
ing, and we have stuck together.
"Mott saw hc could do nothing viii
Us. and 90 wired that he wuuli
change the suspension 10 2il
fnes an around. We teleFraphrt
back that We were sorry hu
shat We had paid an the fines We wor,