The evening times., 1902-05-19
NOTES OF INTEREST IN
TIE BICYCLE WORLD

Little Joe Nelson held his own from
the outset of the training at VailsbuTg
with the professional sprinters. excepting
in the final spriRts. Young Nelson start
ed his work on % gear and Will raise
gradually from this. Teddy Ellington,
a bright light for the amateur sprinting
championship. has been unable to drop
young Nelson OF in the hottest sprint.
Nelson is preparing for pace following but
delights in strong unpaced work.
Howard Freeman.
Having taken on flesh to a greater ex-
tent than he supposed possible, Howard
Freeman finds it necessary TO adopt hard
training at once Freeman joined the
Boston training colony last week He Is
& member of the team of c. KIostorman
and Charles TurviIIe and viii be pushed
right to the front as pace follower this
year.
Regeneration of Sprinters.
There is one solution of the problem OF
replacing withdrawals from the paced
field, and that is the rejuvenation of the
sprinters such as is being done this sea-
SON With his three years Of work as a
sprinteT going from the amateur cham
pionship TO second in the professional
class last season, Will S. Fem promises
to be one OF the middle-distance cham
pions Of the year. His upward shoot as
a sprinter, handicap rider and unpaced
rider proved excellent training for him
and with a very few months of training
TO attain the art OF pace-folIowing Fem
viii gain his rightfuI place among the
pace followers
[. A. ". Meet Committees
President W a Howell. Of the League
Of American Wheelmen, has taken the mi
tial step in the preparations for next sum
meT's l. A. ". national meet at Atlantic
City by naming the executive committee,
which will have charge of the affair. The
personnel Of this committee is as follows:
George NJ ScheI, chairman, representing
the Pennsylvania Division, L. a. W; Jo-
seph EstocIet. John a L. Carson, and Har-
ry Hochstadter. of the Associated Cycling
Clubs, of Philadelphia, and H B. Hart, the
local trade. If necessary this committee
will be increased to seven, to include rep
resentatfve L A. W workers located at
Atlantic City.
Moran Again IN Shape.
Jimmy" Moran. the Chelsea miIkman.
arrived at Charles River Park last week
from Atlanta, where he had been train
ing. With Moran was Watson Coleman,
his manager The pair looked very well,
particularly Moran, who showed that he
had been attending to business in the
training line. The miIkman spent several
weeks at Hot Springs. and then went TO
Atlanta, where he has been riding in
| sprint races and taking an occasional
crack at the paced game He took OF
considerable weight, and is now ready to
/ start racing with the best
Melting Coming Star
! Moran is very much interested in Met
| Ting, the youngster, who will take his
/ first shy in good. fast company
/ next week when he faces Bobbie
/ Walthour and Nat Butler Melting took
/ his regular workout in the morning and
/ afternoon behind Crooks and Hoyt, and
! his daily Improvement II form becomes
more marked Moran watched him ride.
and said that the boys form astonished
him, and that ne would not be surprised
/ TO see him get place against Waltho:.r,
although he knows that the Southerner is
| going fast, for he raced him in Atlanta
and was defeated Butler was another
/ who surprised the miIkman. and after
! Buffers workout he congratulated the
| cId-timer on his good workout
Champion and Tommy Hall.
J C Kennedy's two pace followers are
represented on the big New York team
| Albert Champion is a member OF the In
! periaI team, while Tommy" Hall. the
| diminutive English lad, is scheduled for
/ the Monarch team. Both men have been
following putteTing motors at Washing
/ ton. and their preliminary work furnishes
ample proof of their excellent chances in
competition with the other pace follow
| ers-
to be member of the Crescent team again
this year. He is under the management Of
G. Ross KiosteTman, Of Baltimore, who
will furnish the WiEdy City representa-
tive with the fastest Kind Of motor pace
Lester Wilson in Shape.
Lester Wilson is a Pittsburg lad who
won the amateur championship Of the
League Of American WheeImen two years
ago. Last year he followed the Grand Cir
cult and proved beyond question that with
a little more experience he would be a
dangerous factor in the fight for cham
pionship h0nOFs. He is member OF the
Rambler team
The sprinter who viii represent the In
periaI interests is George c. Schreiber,
the New York grocery clerk. who created
q worlds record in Madison Square Gar
den last winter when he first appeared as
q professional On a small track particu-
IaTly, the representative of the Harlem
Wheelmen IS equal to the best speed mer-
chant of the country.
Iver Lawson Rides at Rome.
It IS understood that all the sprinters
have not yet been signed for the season
Among those already secured are: Iver
lawson. OF the Cleveland team. who is
now In Europe to compete in the worlds
championship at Rome. Lawson joined
the circuit last year after It was half
over, yet he finished third in the table
II was generally admitted that his work
vas the equal Of any rider in the coua-
try He possesses a wonderful finishing
sprint which has often carried him to VIC
tory when defeat seemed certain.