Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10
TOUR EUROPE ON WHEELS
Ed Cochems and George Mowry
Return from Long Trip.
VISIT MANY COUNTRIES
Each Spend but sS12o for a Journey
Covering Two MontIls-R Ride
Thousands of Miles.

Green Bay. Wis. Oct ST. Special I
Edward Cochems. the celebrated end Of
the University Of Wisconsin football team
Of 80, and George Mowry, also student
at the University Of Wisconsin. passed
through Green Bay Saturday on their
return to their MONIES at Sturgeon Bay,
after making successful tour Of the
greater part Of Europe on bicycles. Both
young men will return to Madison within
Il few days and CCchems VIII probably
resume his former place on the football
team. They We're attired III the Well
worn knickerhocilerS, sweaters and caps
which they wore while making their tour.
The wheelmen. their attire and their
wheels gave plain evidence Of much eN-
posture t. variahl weather and Of hard
riding.
Cochems and Mowry left Sturgeon Bay
for their wheeling trip on August l..
Principally for the sake of experience
they worked their way across the AT
lantic in cattle steamer. They toured
England. Scotland. Belgium, Holland
Germany and Franco ard parts Of Italy
and Austria, using their wheels wherever
it was possible to ride. The cyclometers
on their wheels were stolen after they
had traversed 1900 miles and they have
no record of the full distance covered on
wheels. The tourists encountered excel
lent roads and averaged from 30 to 10
miles day. The constant wheel
ing. with care as &c diet. put
both young men in fine physical
condition and CochenlS will be able
to resume his place i'll the football
squad without any preliminary training.
The return trip from New York to Green
Bay was made by rail. The entire trip
was made on the small cash outlay Of
S125 each. This was accomplished by
closely observing a determination made
+r,,N lou
cost as possible. COchems says that with
the experience the pair gathered on the
trip they could duplicate the tour for $40
each. 1t is the intention of both Co
chems and Mowry to make another SIM
ilar trip i'll two years. On the second
tour they will be accompanied by several
other wheelmen.
Cochems tells Il story of how he put 70
rout Il part--a very small part-of tho
British army. Cochems was walking
along q London street. when he heard Il
heavyweight English soldier threaten to
do bodily harm to an understood young
man who had refused to give the soldier
all CT the sidewalk. The incident struck
C0chems as being so absurd that he
laughed aloud. This angered the repre-
sentative of the British army and turn
ing on Cocnems with contemptuous
look he said, I know what you are.
You're bloody Yankee. If you'll stel,
into the alley with me I'll thrash your
bloomin' hide Now, this sort of thing
is just to the liking of Cochems. whose
strength and fighting qualities are mat
ters Of frequent comment at home Ac-
cordingly he started TO follow the rel,
coat into an alley. His Willingness some
what disconnected the soldier. who evad-
ed the impending trouble by some excuse
about the dignity of his position and fear
Nf punishment. and returned to the street.
And Cochems still regrets the fun h.
missed