The Jersey City news., 1902-11-18
or The
WHEELMEN
Football Headgear Saved
Gus Lawson From Serious
Injury.
EIGHT TEAMS IN BIG RACE
All American Riders Cham
pioa Hurlay VIII Enter
International Race
General Notes.
EIGHT TEAMS IN BIG RACE

A headpiece such as football players
use saved the life of Gussie Lawson
without doubt in the great and SEN
sational fall at the Atlanta Coliseum last
Tuesday night. Pads on his shoulders
would have saved Walthour's collar bone
enabling him to win over $4,000 he. had
in sight for less than a month of work.
The leather headpiece would have saved
Munroe and Hunter sat Baltimore from
broken skulls and Lawson at Savannah
from rip in his head, which took eight
stitches to sew up, Cycle riders will
now adopt protection in their game just
as has been done by baseball players and
football players also. The football play
er who came out fora game arrayed in
racing suit would be considered crazy
and the baseball player who got up be-
hind the bat without the big gloves to
protect his fingers and mask to protect
his face. with pads to save other portions
of his body would be looked upon as a
man almost lacking sense. Why in the
name of common sense should not the
motorman and the follower of motor
pace protect the only portions of his
body which are injured, the shoulders
and the head? Lawson took good ad-
vice and in the fall of Tuesday struck
so hard on his head as to make very
noticeable indentations in his leather
head dress. SO hard did he strike that
1t. E..
time. Lawson AYERS that nothing ese
than the headpiece saved him. Maya,
who broke his collar bone three times;
Mcfarland, who broke his collar bone
twice; Stinson, who, like Maya, had
three such accidents; Munroe, with his
skull fractured in three places; Hunter,
with his skull fractured in two places,
and Lawson, all say that hereafter they
will be protected. With protection for
the shoulders and head, motor-paced
racing will be not one whit more dan
gerous than any other sport in the land
as the records will show that 100 per
cent. ofsthe accidents result in injuries
to the head or shoulders. Racegoers will
look with more comfort at the racing and
will forget the danger ever present and
thousands of dollars will be saved to rae
ing men who would ordinarily be forced
dent which would not be dangerous with
protection.
The cycle racing season in Atlanta will
close on Tuesday, November 25, after
which the riders will move to Savannah
for a monster meet on Thanksgiving
Day, and thence to New York for the
six-day race. Little Joe Nelson, the Fly
ing School Boy; Nat Butler, the veteran;
Gussie Lawson. the Terrible Swede, and
Mcfarland and Maya will take part in
the Savannah race. Manager Prince
will go from Savannah to New Ofleans
to compile his track, while. the riders
are in the north for the six-day races to
be held at New York and Boston. At
the close of the northern indoor season
those riders who are to compete at New
Orleans will journey south by boat for
three months of racing at New Orleans
and thence proceed to Birmingham, At
lanta and Savannah for two months of
racing in the spring before going north.
Thus far these American teams have
entered for the New York six-day race
which starts on December 8th:-McFar-
land of California. and Maya of Erie;
Nat Butler, Boston, and Charlie Tur-
vile, Philadclphi9; Willie Fem, Water
bury. ct, and Patsy Keegan Of Boston;
John and5AIenus Bedell of Long Island;
George Teander and an unknown, named
Blum, of Chicagos, Jimmy Moran and
Win C: Stinson, Of Boston: Barclay and
Franz Krebs of Brooklyn. and Jed New
kirk, Chicago, with jacobson of New
Haven. There are several other teams
likely in the contest, including Elkes and
Bald. The names of the foreign teams
have not been received. but five or six
teams will come from Europe.
Marcus L. Hurley, of the New York
Athletic Club, who this year won the am
ateur cycling championship for the sec
ond time, intends entering the interna-
tihhal Championships at Copenhagen.
Denmark. next year. Hurley has made
record in the last three years which
compares favorably with the fine work
done by the ex-champion, Frank L. Kra-
iner of East Orange,
In 1890 Hurley captured twenty-five
firsts. three seconds and three thirds. In
1901 he made an even better record, win
ming forry-seven races, finishing second
three times and third four times This
year Hurley was seldom out of the prize
list. He won ffty-three races, finishing
second ten times and third seven times.
Hurley Is also a good handball and bas-
ketball player, and will devote much Of
his spare time this winter to the latter