The times., 1899-07-16
CENTURY CYCLE CLUB.
a Number of Riders VIII Make the
Run to Chapel Point Todny

Run to Chapel Point Today
The run last Sunday was called to Mar
shall Hall, but for some reason the road
officers of the club failed to put in an ap-
pearance and the members that were on
hand Tor the run decided to go up the
! Conduit Road as far as the track Fifteen
| members were on hand prepared to start,
and most successful run no doubt would
have been the result. Today the wheeImen
VIII go to Chapel Point, Nd. leave the
clubhouse at O'Clock a. m, proceeding
TO the steamer Randall's wharf. The boat
leaves at o'clock. A stop will be made
| Tor the boys to get off at Glymont and the
ride taken up on the bikes to the Point
Diner will be served upon arrival, and aft
| er a dip in the Potomac the start for home
| will be made by boat leaving at O'Clock,
arriving in the city about 9 o'clock A
! large number of riders is exnected to be
| on. hand, as this is the annual club run to
CHAPEL Point and good time is always to
De had on this trip. Capt Ed. S. Byrnes
VIII be in command, with Lieuts Joe n
Bener, A. A. Hollander. and Billie Wright.
First Lieut. William C. O'Coanor has
been unable TO ride for some time past, as
the result of accident. but Bill will be
in line on the next run of the club. For
mer President Charles H. Coons spent
lew days in this city last week. and drop
PED IN to see the boys each evening while
here. Charles is located in Pennsylvania
with headquarters at Scranton.
The pool table committee has been sue
eessfui in obtaining table for the club.
and in few days it will be in position.
Lieut.. Joe y. Benner. astonished his
ciubmates by appearing the other even
ing In the role of magician, and the popu-
lar century rider did quite a number of
clever tricks, which brought forth ap-
pause from the audience Little Willie
Hasler, otherwise known as Lieutenant,
assisted Joe in his work, which was con-
sidered almost as good as his work at
Santiago. Billie was a member of the
Quint Team. which went down with all on
board few weeks ago several miles from
Washington.
Secretary Howard Fisk, the pay clerk on
the United States ship Fern. is just get
ting over his experience with seasickness,
from which he suffered while on the recent
practice trip, and in consequence. will not
be able 70 go on today's run. A number of
the friends of the Centurions will be along
today to help make things lively, and the
camera fiends viii also be in line, and these
include Capt. Ed. Byrnes James Nc
Anally, Frank Howe, jr. and President
Bobby Williams. The committee on the
smoker" seems to be little backward in
Its work in this line. but it hopes TO have
thlngs N shape so that the event NAV
come on within the coming week Dick
Brown, the former vice president of tho
Century Cycle Club, of Poughkeepsie. n.
Y, was admitted to the Centurion ranks
at the clubs last meeting and a royal well
come was given Dick on his appearance
at the club the other evening Dick is a
good hustler in bike matters and he will no
doubt work as hard as he did in the little
town on the Hudson
Lou f. Anderson, who was one of the
charter members of the club. and who
some time ago dropped his membership
mas once more become a member of the
club, and Louis will be found in the front
ranks on runs, as of old. Lou Abell's lit
tie trips TO Leonardtown seem to have
stopped rather abruptly of late, and the |
hammer club section is wondering what
1t is all about Captain Byrnes ventures
this explanation: That the roads in that
locality are at present in very bad con-
dition, and almost unfit to ride The
captain will shortly call a run to Leonard
town, and the entire club will see what it
can do in the matter of getting over
these Southern Maryland roads.
Billie Wright, who is the crackajack
pacemaker on runs, will be on hand to-
day to make the pace for the boys from |
Glymont 10 the Point. He will ride back |
of the captain on a tandem and therefore |
cannot go ahead. This manner of riding |
handicaps the little road piugger, but the |
road officers think it best to hold the rap |
Id riders down to a moderate pace and |
Billie is contented, and only gets back at |
them when out for a trip under no rules |!
The run next Sunday will be to Rock |
vile, Md, leaving the clubhouse at 9 |
O'clock and going via the Conduit Road |
and Potomac. returning via Norbeck and !
the Brookville Pike.