The times., 1901-05-22
MORAN DEFEATS ELKEs.
The Latter Forced to Ride Unpnced
pnrt of the Tirue

Some 200 local lovers Of sport last night
witnessed a half-hour of the most sensa-
tional bicycle racing ever seen in Wash
ington. J. L. Moran, OF Boston, defeated
Harry EIkes. the middle-distance cham
pion. in a twenty-mile match race paced
by motor tandems, at the new Coliseum
bicycle track, Fourteenth and A Streets
northeast. The defeat was mainly due to
the hard luck experienced by Elkes, who
had three of his pacing machines break
down within seventeen miles, and who
rode more than one-third Of the distance
unpaced putting up a brave struggle
against the inevitable.
That the pace set at the outset was
a rapid one was evidenced by the fact
that Eikes succeeded in breaking the
world s record for one mile paced, in
competition. He reeled off the six laps
Of the third mile in l:3O 3-5, clipping the
record by nearly three seconds. Elkes
gained a fun lap over Moran before the
second mile had been run. and was well
into gain Of two laps On the third mile
Moran then held the champion down to
a steady run, and participated with the
latter in the honor of clipping the record
in the third.
Morans time for the twenty miles was
33:l3 As The record for the distance is
3l:H. This shows the speedy qualities Of
the new bowl track, Moran is in his
FIRST professional year, and Is as yet really
an amateur 1t was demonstrated from
the work done by Fixes before his pacing
machines broke down that had he been
able to continue he would have eclipSeG
his own best record.
The race was sensational throughout, as
Elkes refused TO give up and finished
unpaced. He rode his seventeenth mile
unpaced IN 2:20 and his eighteenth mile
in 2:2l, fast enough to have won In any
ordinary one-mile event. His plucky work
was enthusiastically applauded, and the
race was not won until the last lap had
been covered. Moran showed speed
throughout, but failed to follow his pace
safely and always lost on the turns.
Elkes, on the other hand followed his
big machine as though he were tied TO the
rear wheel, and never lost a second.
The time for the first mile was 81, for
the second l:33 2-5, third ] 80 3-5, fourth
l:@, and fifth 1;35 l-5. The first twelve
miles were covered by Moran in 1851
Elkes lost his pacing machines entirely
during the tenth mile, all three of them
breaking down. He was paced by the
following teams: Crooks-Mosher Mayo
Ruhl, and MayO-Watt. Moran had the
Briggs-Waller team, the latter being
"Dutch" Waller, OF siX-day fame.
The other events on the programme
were well contested and exciting, and the
time was fast. The summary follows:
One mile novice-Won by William
ward jr: c. Elliott second; J. O. Dan
droff, third. Time. 2.25 As.
one mile amateur handicap-Won by c.
l.. Miller; A l.. Wilcox. second; Ray
Cogswell. third. Time. 2:20 10.
On Decoration Day Jimmie Michael, the
midget, win ride Watson Coleman, of
Boston, a twenty-mile match race for the
middle distance championship. The rid
ers will be paced by four motor ma
chimes. and the event should prove a
grand struggle.
The track officials follow:
Referee, l. S. Connolly: assistant ref
erees. W. II. Duffy, T. F. Libbey; judges,
J. C. Wood, w j. Foss, A. F. Mayer;
timers. A. NJ Mccormick. w. T. Robert
son; scorers G. r. Bough, r. F. Lcmat
William Foley; clerk of course, X. Jose;
announcer, F. w Moore; starter, G. Ross
blosterman. and marshal, w. Jose.