The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-07

for a ride, and the name scorcher was
given them by common consent all
over the country. At that time a
Scorcher was held in reverence by the
ordinary rider just as is the champion
racing man of the present day. The
scorcher of today is the same as those
of the past and will always remain
as long as bicycles are ridden. If a
rider is noticed going down the street
at a speed faster than the law allows
and has a record on the track of win
ming d race at some time during his
career. he is a racing man; if the rider
happens to be known. he is a scorcher
and therefore subject to nnkind re-
marks from his fellow wheelmen. Ev-
cry man who ever rode bicycle was
scorcher at some period of his life, or
tried to be If he was not, he should
be ashamed to acknowledge it. The
riding of a bicycle is the most exhil-
arating sport ever known since first
man discovered that the muscular It's
sues OF his body were given him 9or
other purposes than to wear out at so
much per diem working for some other
more fortunate individual. When
man arrives at the scOrcher age there
is a certain amount of pent-Up energy
that must be spent, and ScOrching is
about as quick a way to utilize this
energy as any ever discovered. Hence
the scorcher.
If a rider does not become a scorcher
at SOM period or other during his rid
should spend his afternoons and even
lngs at pink tea instead of in asso-
citation with the future rulers of man
klnd, You might just as well place a
hungry man IN a room filed with pal
atable food and forbid him to eat as
put strong, husky youth on the mod
eTn bicycle and send him out in the
pack yard to play with. it. Just as
long as the rising generations of Amer
leans have a spark of manly vigor in
their makeup, just so long will the
scorcher eleme1t be with us The
scorchers, however, should confine
lneir vocation to the. outlying streets
ana country roads. The sidewalks are
not made for record breaking trials
ana the rights of pedestrians must be
observed BUT when a wheelman cries
out against the seorcher he forgets the
TACT that he has passed through the
same period in his own cycling career
or else is not worthy of the name of
cyclist.
The principal topic of conversation
among the local fans the last week was
the weather. All the teams are sorelv
III need of practice and as the date for
opening the season is scarcely a week
distant there are naturally many I'M
KIND remarks made about the weather
man. Almost any afternoon a crowd
OF anxious ball players would be seen
gathered on the street corners rubber
ing at the offensive clouds as they
gently handed down quantities of snow
on the Passing pedestrians. 1t was sup
posed that the schedule question had
been settled at the meeting held for
that purpose two weeks ago. but the
best laid plans oft gan aglee'' and the
ogden management registered a strong
KICK against the labors of the schedule
committee. Manager Gfmlin of thar
aggregation came down last Sunds&-
with the evident intention of doing
something to the schedule, but few
hours conversation with the local mag
mates convinced him that the schedule
was a good thing and he returned to
the junction city with only one more
GATE TO his credit. Many of the local
rams have been losing sleep over the
affairs of the Railway team. Some were
so indiscreet as to say that CIippinger's
team would be composed of thfrd-rate
men and wondered where he would
come off at when he lined UP against
the powerful aggregations of his on
ponents- This manager announced his
lineup through the papers last Sunday
and something dropped
His lineup was staggerer and it be-