The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

uIHerence in the paths l had to ride over
ana concluded that l must get a tag q g
soon as l got back" A WheeImap sava
ne knows three prominent cycle dealers
III this city, who have not tags on their
wheels. 1t is to be hoped that each mem
yer OF the st. Paul Cycle Path association
go a li-ehe grand effort to sell one more
sale Of about 5000. =" 'ol"'
cycle dealers are now sunn1iad
everything is ready for a big rush i-o'
e,+--S .
- not generally known among road-
Iielhg cyclists in this state thar -
tioiid1 organization, other than that ,ra,o
Jury road Club of America ass,,r,a Il ~,
contra over road riding IN this coIjnfrT,
VI attempts to act, as "a repository of 5Tcosa6
records made on bicycles and kindred
vehicles anu injured
mere is, however, an organization with
headquarters at Cleveland, O.. caTIad tha
American Century Whee!fnen. whicb sns -
ever since its birth last Gtober5 g. t,aen
making frantic efforts to get itself "ac-
hhoWledged. This body was oriefnalIv
cailed into existence through the EFFORTS
OF one Z. W., Heaton, formerly local cen
tur1on OF the c. K. c., at Cleveland Mr.
Heaton and his friends became djssatts-
Heo with the administration of affairs In
the =. r. C., and, as his efforts toward
reform, as he saw it, were not carried
out ny the national officers in charge Of
the destinies of the G. r. c.. in. 5S99 he
and his Ohio supporters decided n desert
the old Z. R. c., and to endeavor to es-
tablish and organize a. rival road chm
to crush 1t.
1t Is needless to state that this scheme
has never developed. The G. r. c. IS too
firmly established all over the United
States to be affected, even In slight
degree, by such ephemeral organizations
of disgrunted wheelmen politicians Out
side Of the Ohio division and a quasi or
ganlzatlon at Chicago the new club is en-
tirely unknown. What they lack in num-
bers and influence, they =endeavor to make
up in bluff and nerve The Associated
Cycling Clubs Of Chicago, promoters or
the annual Fourth of July road race have
been amused and surprised by receiving
communication from q. H. Alexander,
signing himself Member road record and
sanction committee, A. g.. W." in which
he makes the demand that the coming
r?ce shall only be run under sanction
from the A. c. w, and that all con-
testants rust be registered with that
body before being allowed to compete.
This absurd demand is backed up by the
statement that the NJ c.! A. board of
control had turned over the control OF
road racing to the A. G.. W." and that
this latter body now proposed to sane
ton and control all road contests in this
country in thu future.
'fThere seems to be a Thisunderstand-
Ing somewhere" said George G. Green
burg, chairman of district E of the N
c. A. board of control. I'VE didn't turn
over the control of road racing for the
reason that we never controlled 1t. What
NIVtff on
ing 20 recognize any suspensions for I'M
fair riding made by the A. c. w. We
would do as much for the Century ROAD
club"
It is needless to add that no attention
will be paid to the Alexander cofnInuhlca-
ton The race will be given as Iornlai1y
under the sole management OF the "A. -.
G of Chicago A mistaken idea prevails
that a sanction is necessary for ROAD
race In St. Paul evening paper last
Friday, the statement was MADE tlat d
sanction" had been granted by the N
C. A for the 4th of July handicap road
race to be run over the Mortified course
The Century Road club is entirely lnde-
pendent of sanctions" In running ROAD
races among it's members. There Is no
higher authority in America on road rid
ing than the c., r. G. itself and no other
(recognized1 national body even assumes
control of any kind over read riders.
It Is true that the G. r. G. COMMITTEES
In charge of this handicap run decided to
make a distinction between the amateur
and professional contestan tS and to divide
the race into two divisions In order to
separate these two classes. This decision
was adopted through courtesy to its
amateur members in the run who might
wish to avoid any chaneeI of being de-
cared profes siorals and thereby Of losing
their amateur standing in future track
racing events, which are now under con-
troll of the n. g. A. in this country. Road
riding ard :o9d records in the United
States are dominated and e6ntrolled.so far
rs such cycling can be controlled. only by
the Century Road club. This is proven
by general consent, and further from the
fact that WORLDS records, made by an
American, have to receive the ind0rse-
Trent Of the nationa! road record commit
tee of the G. =. G. befofeIithey are con-
Sidered, listed and annoHreed by the In
ternaticnal Cyclists uRiep at Lond n,
Eng. No wheeling organization. ether
tban this absurd Iii tie A. c. W. Of Cieve-
land. has ever even 81 tArN5Ited to sane
ton road race in this country and the
total failure of this little asGcegatioa Of
lnalcontents in Chic and TlinOis Will no
doubt open the eyes of Gil cyclists inter-
rsted in that class OF wheeling tn tho
iact that, although promoters of track
~ cirg may b required to CD ain sane
ton from the N. c.. A.. no such rule ap-
Dies TO contests on the road given under
- OfHo'al direction of the Century Road
Club of America.
Tia competition hardicap century run.
TN OF July, to be run under the auspices Of
the Century Road club is attracting gen.