Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-09

Boston, Sept 9.-Frank Kramer is still at the top of the list in the na- tional championship table, while Ma jor Taylor is a close second and has but to win a first place to tie with Kramer. He got two firsts and gain ed four points in the grand semi-fnal of the mile event Saturday, jumping him up to 64 points to Frank Kramer's 72. In the third mile the struggle nar- rowed down to the first grand semi final between the two bitter enemies. Lawson and Taylor. Lawson swerved coming down the home stretch and nearly threw the colored man before they again came to theEple, with Tay- Tor first. At the training quarters the two squared off to fight, but interfer- ei1ce from .~bystanders prevented this event on the card. In the mile event the two riders barely moved for the first two laps, the band playing the Dead March of Saul' as the riders, Taylor and Lawson crawIed along, watching every move Taylor took the race, but fought it out by inches. The summary: f . ne-thir-mile championship Won by Major Taylor; Frank Kramer, sec ond. Time, l minute s 2-5 seconds.
 One-mile championship-Won by Taylor; Ivor Lawson second. Time, 5 minutes 31 2-5 seconds.
 Five-mile handicap, professional Won by Nat Butler; Bowler, second; John Dubois, third Joe Downey, fourth.
 Time, 10 minutes 3S seconds. Scratch
 mans time. 10 minutes 45 3-5 seconds.
 As a result of his fall during a bi- cycle race in Madison Square Garden Ion Wednesday night, John Nelson, q noted pace follower, will be crippled for life. Nelson fell early in motor paced match with Jimmie Michael, and
 a motor tandem employed by. the latter rode over him, tearing the tendon of his left leg from the bone. At Belle
 yue hospital Saturday the injured limb was amputated at the thigh, the oper- alton being performed by Drs A. E. Sellings, Smith and Purcell of the hos pital staff Nelson, who is only 21 years of age, has been in active cycle competition for two years. In that | time he has won sixty races and about | $27,000 in purses. Of this it is be- | Heved he has saved $10,0OO. His par
 ents live in Sweden.
 | Albert Champion. a French motor | cycle expert, who does some pace fol- | lowing on the side, was no match for | Harry Bikes in their fifteen mile mo-
 tor paced race in Madison Square Gar
 den Saturday night. Bikes gained
 from the start and his margin of one half mile at the finish could have been
 even greater had he chosen to make it
 SO. Motor bicycles were employed for pace-making and Bikes trailed this
 style of machine much better than in
 his race with Robert Walthour on Thursday night He gained his first
 lap in the second mile, his second in
 the sixth mile, his third in the ninth
 mile, his fourth in the tenth mile and
 his fifth in the thirteenth. mile.
 Bridgeport, Sept f9-I Tn the twenty
 five-mile motor paced race at Pleasure
 Beach cement track Yesterday, Jim
 mic Moran of Chelsea. Mass. defeated
 Harry Caldwell of Manchester. N. IT.,
 by over mile and one-third. Moran
 led at every mile but the thrid and fourth Time. 41:24 4-5. In the pre- limiaries, Linley of Bridgeport, won the two-thirds mile handicap and Grady of Chicopee, Mass, the fiYe-mile open.