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

William Balm and John Watson. Small
ley was put in to pace. This heat was
captured by Balm handily, he jumping
she bunch ON the back stretch and
romping home as he pleased. Liver
more and Richardson had pretty race
Tor second place, with the latter Win
ming. AS there were but two to qualify
LiVermore was shut out. The starters
in the second heat were George Hep
worth, Eddie Patrie, Thomas Weir of
Templeton, ]. j. McKennon, L. C.
Hinckley, D. E. McCurdy and D. S.
King. Hepworth and Hinckley had a
pretty race on the last lap on the back
stretch, but "Hepy" seemed to have
shot his bolt for he could not stay with
his clubmate, and allowed McKennon
and Patrie to get in ahead of him. The
heat was won by Hinckley.
The entries for the third heat were
3. E. Meyer, T. H. Sibley, R. A. Carni.
E. R. Logan and E. J. Leclaire. George
Mattson was put in to pace. Carni
jumped into the lead, closely followed
by Leclaire, and neither were headed
the entire distance, finishing in that
order.
The Century men stopped foollng in
the final heat and went on the warpath.
They succeeded in cleaning the boards,
taking every prize in sight The riders
were William Balm, L. c. Hinckley,
r. A. Carni, E. ]. Leclaire and ]. j.
McKennon. T. j. Tucker was put in
to furnish pace. and when the riders
were seen lining out for home, they
We're In the Century order, with Hinek-
ley leading and Balm and Carni follow
ing, and they managed to finish that
way.
The half mile handicap, first heat,
4ad the following men riding: I. f.
Logan, ]. ]. McKennon, Leon Gage,
Eddie Patrie, Bert r. Livermore and
John Watson.
Livermore, who started from the 20
yard mark, hit up hot clip that made
the other riders hustle to keep up with
him. He was closely followed by Lo-
gan and McKennon, who left the field
far behind, and they finished in that
order. In the second heat the riders
were F. E. Meyer and S. w. Richardson
on scratch, with A. G. Smalley on the
40 yard mark. Hepworth, on the Is
yard mark, Oliver Lajoie on 30 yard
and Kenneway had As yards. Hepworth
was sprinting in good shape in this
race, and took the lead When on the
back stretch, Smalley was run off the
track and had a narrow escape from
being seriously hurt. The race was
lost sight of for the moment, but was
won by Hepworth with Richardson
second and Meyers third Very good
time was made in this race, which was
ridden in 1903.
The third heat of the half mile
brought out the following riders: d. E.
McCurdy, William Balm, D. S. King, r.
|. Vincent, c. ]. Jackson, E. ]. Leclaire
7. j. Tucker Thomas Weir and Charles
j. Grady. The fast time of one minute
and eight seconds was made in this
event with young Leclaire of the Wor-
cesters winning from the the 60 yard
mark. King of Athol, who had the
limit, forty yards, won second place
and Carni, from scratch, took third
place.
Carni Meyer and Richardson were on
scratch in the final with Hepworth.
having Is yards. Leclaire, Livermore
and Logan on the 20 yard mark. Nc
Kennon had 25 yards and King 40
yards. The scratch men had the
bunch before one lap had been ridden.
King and Livermore were leading the
bunch on the last, but one. p. McKen-
non cut out hot sprint and rapidly
forced his way to first place. Livermore
tackled on behind and Hepworth pulled
up in the rear. King of Athol was in
the bunch as they made for the tape
They crossed in this order, McKennon
| Livermore and Hepworth, but the
| judges said that King won third place
| nc LdlluI Z u the ATIn6nldnS TO SenC
| a team to the races left the Press Club
| of Boston without an opponent. They
| went out for time and covered the dis
| lance in u1inutes and 10 seconds after
| their man, Meyer, had dropped out
| The Centurys and the Newports were
| then pitted against each other The
| Century team was composed of Carni
| McCurdy and Hepworth, while the
| Newport team was CIV. Liberty. p
/ nd
| took the pace for the NeWports, buI
| fell behind after the first lap and die
not figure in the racing after that. TIL
| Century Cycle boys hit up a lively cliI
| and changed pace frequently. They
caught the Newperts before they haC
| traversed two miles and had then
beaten. The Newports held gamely t,
their task, however, and rode out the
| distance, their time being 1887 AS. The
| Century Club time was 7;21 2-5.
The Worcester Cycle Club and tn,
| Viking Cycle Club then went on, TIL,
| Worcester team was Leclaire, Hartwel
and jackson, while the Vikings rider.
! were Sibley, Walls and Mattson. Sible,
/ dropped cut of his team, as did lie
| claire from his. and the other two mel
| on both team rode out the race. Th
| judges rung the bell too soon on III
| Worcester team, and discovered after
|
other lap. 1t was too late to remedy il
| They gave the Worcesters time a.
2-5.
Two teams of local riders, stylfn,
i themselves the Ramblers, gave an ex
hibit!on Of getting spilled on the track
Two men managed to finish, and tn,
race was given to the second team
which was then represented by C1ar
| ence Mckenzie, who made the poor tim
of $40. Ernest Allen finished annie
deafenine applause from the grand
stand. His time was S45.
The finals of the team pursuit rae,
4 was the last event on the card, but non
of the spectators ventured to leay
! the seats till the last man had crosse,
the tape. The Centurys had the sam
team in tie finals Hepworth, McCurd,
and Carni, as did the Press Cyclin,
1 Club, whose team was McKennon, Mey
er and Logan. The Century team woi
the toss, and took the opposite side
i Before the third mile had been GOV
Il cred the Century team had been over
hauled. Meyer of the Press club droppe,
| out Of the race on the fourth lap. AM
! McCrrdy of the Centurys followed sui
on the sixth lap, letting the other mel
| fight out the race.
AT the two and a half miles the Pres
club had drawn dangerously near to tn
i Century. At that time Carni was com
4 PEELED to shake Hepworth and go /
along alone. The Press team over
hauled Hepworth, and the latter, afte
lacking on for couple of laps, droppe,
4 out of tho race. When the last lap o
4 the third mile had been traversed, earn
i was caught by the Press team. and tn
races were over The time of the thre
i miles was $50 3-5.
1 The officials were: Referee, f. r
/ RyneS, clerk of course Myron r Cod
dard; starter H. S. Richardson: pudges
NJ ~ j. LlaL.is II IA,,r,.,