Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-02
BRAINS Ran OUT.
Awful Death Of Pacemakers on
Massachusetts Bicycle Track.
We're Riding Motor-Tandem aud
Forced From Course-MsRy In.
jared by Flying Machine-Int~r.
national battle for Supremacy
In Progress-Fatsii'y Cast Gloom
Over Subsequent sports - Many
Memorial Day Athletic Events.

Memorial Day Athletic Events
Waltham, Mass. May ai,-Two fatal.
Ties AZ the biz race meet OF the Massa-
chusetts division OF the League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen at the Waltham bicycle
track, and the inJuring Of several ot hers.
contributed To one of the most unfortu-
nate events IN the history OF New Eng.
land bicycle tracks,
The accident occurred In the second
mile OF the four-cornercd interna tional
motor paced race. the contestants being
Everett u. Ryan OF waltham. Albert
Champion Of Paris. Archie McEachcrn
OF Toronto and William y. Stinson Of
Cambridge.
| In the first lap OF the second mile. on
the turn Into the back stretch. the four
pacing machines We're stretched across
the track. Champion swcrved into the
grass. and In avoiding him. Harry r.
Miles. % years old. OF Lynn. and william
i, Stafford, ~ years OF age. OF Cam
bridge. who were riding the Stlnson
motor pacing tandem. were forced up
the track and over the bank
Both men were thrown. aIiles striking
head first upon an electric light pole. re-
ceiving a fractured skull. The top Of
! the head was crushed In. and as he was
being removed to the training quarters
his brains ran out upon the stretcher
He died within very few minutes after
the accident.
Stafford, who was riding behind Miles,
was thrown bodily through the picket
fence. His skull was fractured, his nose
broken and his false teeth were forced
down his throat. He was removed to the
Waltham hospital, where his death oc-
Cured last night.
The big motor tandem which they were
riding was thrown over the fence upon
the crowd which had been watching the
racing. II fell upon half a dozen men and
women. Patrick Shannahan and George
Hill. both of Newton Upper Falls. each
had leg broken, and two other men and
a woman were rendered unconscious.
The fatality In this race cast gloom
over the sport for the balance OF the af-
ternoon. 1t was the principal number on
the days program and was being run or
In fine style and In exceptionally quick
time when the accident occurred. The
race was won by Archie McEachern, with
Ryan second and Champion third. Time.
20: 10 3-5.
Aliens men from Cincinnati were used
as a stepping stone by Boston for con-
tinuing their squirt. 1t was an ideal day
for the games. and although Bostons
return home followed the winning gait
they struck in st. Louis and Cincinnati.
the crowds were below the usual at
tendance for such holiday, but the 5000
who witnessed the two games were well
repaid, as there was some grand ball
playing both morning and afternoon.
Boston ........O 90 14O21 s 16
Cincinnati ......0 90 o. o. 10
Batteries-Dineen and Clarke; Scott
and Peitz.
Boston ........2 0 4 0 O01 0 u
Cincinnati .....O / OO2OO 20 O-3 9 2
Batteries-Lewis and Sullivan;
Phlippi and Wood.
Philadelphia. May 31.-In the inter-
collegiate boat race on the Schuylkill
river yesterday between second crews
representing Cornell, Columbia and
Pennsylvania universities, Pennsylvania
won by six lengths. Cornell finished
second, about two lengths ahead of Co.
lumbia. Pennsylvania's time was $685.
Cornell, $3.50; Columbia. S:46. Cornell
was represented by her freshmen crew.
as the men were considered faster than
the second eight.
Elmira, N. Y, May 31.-Princeton won
the dual track and field meet from Cor
nell yesterday by q score Of 66 to SO.
The most noteworthy event was the pole
vault by A. w. Coleman of Princeton,
who cleared the bamboo at height of
II feet inches, equaling the present in
record.
Boston, May 31.-More people played
golf yesterday, at least in the vicinity of
Boston, than ever before in the history
of the game. Tournaments were held
by nearly every club in Boston, and at
a dozen Of the most prominent over
300 players completed the usual 18 holes
and handed in cards.
New York, May 31.-Richard Grant, the
Harvard university crack distance man.
made mile yesterday at the games of
the Greater New York Irish Athletic
club in 4:30 AS. This is his last appear
ance before taking part in the games at
the Paris exposition.