Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-24
MOTOR CYCLE MEET
Four Great Events Tomorrow
Night at the Coliseum.
KING AGAINSTLEANDER
SPLENDID TANDEM AND SINGLE
MOTOR CONTESTS ARRANGED.
Thompson and Boake Pace King and
Fisher and Zimmerman, Julian
and Turville for Leander.


paced races Will be run tomorrow night at
the Coliseum 14th and East Capitol streets
northeast. The attendance is likely to be
the banner size of the season, an I'M
usual number of motor cycle races, In con-
junction with the principal motor-paced
events, gives assurance of plenty of speed
and sport. There is no question now that
the single and tandem cycle contests are
generally more popular than the motor
paced events, and Manager Osgood will
shortly inaugurate the new policy deter
mined upon. of having two meet nights
each week. One night will be devoted sole
ly to motor tandem and motor single races,
unpaced. and the other night will witness
the efforts of the greatest motor PAGERS in
the world supplemented usually by three
motor cycle races between tandems and
singles. The motor-paced contests tomor
row night will be between King of Arthur
TWINS staff of cycle stars, and Leander of
the k1osterman camp, whose two former
races here have been attended by unfor-
tunate conditions that prevented him from
showing his true merit. Leander is a Chi
cago boy. and hearty, whole-souled
youngster, full of ambition, and determined
to get to the top. but he has had a streak
of ill luck this year almost bad as Stin-
sons except that, unlike the latter, Lean
physical injuries that have befallen Stin-
son.
Leander's Promise.
Leander'S first race with De Guichard
was a fasco for him, because his motors
went wrong and he did not have enough
on hand that night in case of such an ac-
cident to pick him up and carry him for
ward to victory. Almost the same unfor-
tunate conditions attended his second race
here with Lawson and Leander was almost
reduced to tears by his misfortune be-
cause he ought to have out-rdden Lawson
at least two, laps In the fifteen-mile
straight-away, although Lawson was in
particularly fine form and capable of push
ing Leander to the limit of his pedals
Leander expressed then the deepest re-
sret to Manager Osgood, that, while given
two chances at the track he had failed
to justify all that had been said in advance
in praise of him. Since that time he has
appealed to Mr.. Osgood for one more OPP
portunity to demonstrate to Washington
that he is true blue and can make some
OF the best fellows follow him around the
track. He said that he would provide him
self with more than enough tandems and
singles against any contingency and that
if given this race with King he would
demonstrate that with plenty of pacing
machines hand he can put I'D a
race that will be full of speed and excite
ment. In other words. Leander wanted
third chance and promised that if he didn't
make good he would never ride at the Coli
scum again.
His Capabilities.
This bluff Chicago way of trying to
square himself with Washington pleased
Mr. Osgood who resolved to take a chance
with the public in placing Leander against
King. 1t is to be hoped that his confidence
IN the blonde windy city rider is not mis-
placed. and Leander's great record as a
SDrlnter, which cannot he 6iSD,lte of
some assurance that he is capable of better
things than he has done here.
King has been stationed at the Atlantic
City track this summer and so far he has
vanquished all corners against him He has
the advantage of being paced probably by
the greatest motor team in the country
Bobby Thompson and Alfred Boake, who
paced the unfortunate McIcachern and were
ahead of him at the time he met his terri
BILE death at Atlantic City early this season.
These two sturdy riders of the big rattlers
mold all the records for motor races that
We're made at the Coliseum here last sea
son, and the bare announcement that thew
Will pace King and also furnish a tandem
race of motors is bound to draw out fiat
terlng attendance of enthusiasts.
The Program.
Leander's pacemakers will be Fisher and
Zimmerman and Julian and TurvilIe with
Duer and Atkinson the singles Julian
Will be remembered the great rider who
started the season on the Kennedy-Powers
camp and rode ahead of Albert Champion
during most of his record breaking rides
at the Charles River track. Fisher and
Zimmerman undoubtedly are great motor
men ana they are certainly equaled by
Julian and Turville. The prominence of
the riders of the singles is well established
mere, as last week they furnished the single
cycle races every night at the Coliseum
The program tomorrow night will COM
prise a fVe-mile heat race between the
hxr fhro1
meats between Leander and King, after
which there will be the great five-mile con-
test between the tandems, concluding with
terrific two-mile contest between the
winner of the single races and the tandem.
AS the circus has been deferred owing to
the unreasonable weather, the program will
consist wholly of cycle races, and it ought
to be completely satisfactory to the multi
tude that get all the sport they want ont
of the work Of the "choo-choos'
me uptown branch ticket Offices of the
Coliseum are at Tappan's. 1899 F street.
and Stevens. 9th and the avenue.