The Washington times., 1903-04-20
PLANS FORMULATED
FOR THE MOTOR CIRCUIT
Flyers Now Expect to Speed
a Mile a Minute.
EASTERN TRACKS COMBINE
Discussions Rife as to the Chances for
Champiorship-New Bowl Pro
posed for Baltimore.

BOSTON. April 2O.-Who Is to be the |
middle distance champion Of 1902 That |
is the question nov pulling the brains /
of cycle enthusiasts all over the COUn- |
try.
VIII it be WaIthour, the Albanian. who |
lays claim at home TO the championship |
of last year, and who is the star this |
year of Col Felix WendeIshafer. Of
Providence? Or viii it be Harry Elkes. |
for years recognized as the peer Of the
pace followers of the world. Colonel
WendeIshafer says that if viii he Wal
fhour. James c. Kennedy declares his /
belief in Elkes. VIII it be little Joe
Nelson. the youngster. whose sensation
al record breaking last year brought
him into the foremost rank Nelson
beat Michael this spring in Paris and is
riding his ten kiIometeTs there ten sec
onds faster than any Of the other riders
Why not Nelson? The lad now has size,
for he Is FIVE feet six He has weight,
being Of 146 pounds: and his pluck, SIAM
ina. and Courage are unquestioned, haT-
ing been demonstrated. Why not Mel
son? Or is it going to be Otto Maya,
the new star Of Ptttsburg. and Tim
Hurst Now Hurst says that It viii be
Maya, and Tiny Tim has a way Of get
ting all for which he reaches.
Maya Showed Good Speed.
Maya showed speed last year, but got
broken collar bones on four occasions.
He is a fighter and speedy. Maybe 1t
viii be Maya. But there are others,
| too. There is Bonnie Munroe. the fast
riding southerner, who is to fly the
colors of the Washington track this
year. True that Munroe got three frac-
/ lures Of the skull last September. but
/ Munroe spent an active winter down on
/ the farm and no rider today is in bet
/ ter shape than he with head all healed.
| Munroe has the speed and IS in full
/ battle cry for that championship, with
none but the best motors promised him
! Munroe may be the man Yet there
are others There is for instance big
! George Leander- Charley Ross KIosteT-
man, of Baltimore. that eminent sports
man, bases his assertions that Leander
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/ the fine riding OF Leander with small
motors last season and upon his win of
the six-day race last winter
Harry Caldwell the Giant.
Then there is Harry Caldwell, the
giant whom Louis Elmer so ably manages
from Hartford Caldwell is six feet.
Elmer about FIVE feet. but they hitch.
and Elmer swears by the big fellow who
won so many notable races last year.
Caldwell is to have big motors. too. this
year. There is also Basil de Guischard,
the little Frenchman, whom Jim Ken
needy has taken on this year The father
of Basil says that his boy has . chance,
and wants to have him closely watched
lin that race. And Gussie Lawson, the
little Svede. who is to ride Cor the
Lowell track this year, is another well
within the reckoning, for Gussie Lawson
rides as did Michael OF old, and has
speed to burn. Another one yet In the
list with a chance is Hugh Mclean. OF
Chelsea, whom Eli Winesettyis to take
along the line during the season. Wine
sett swears that ne has picked out the
right man OF Jimmy Moran and Nat
Butler. both likely men. something must
be said. too. for both are likely to come
with a surprising rush when right. as
they intend to be this season Last but
not least is VIII c. Stinson, champion OF
II90l. and the unluckiest man in the past
who followed pace. SJinson has pre-
pared carefully all winter. and is going
carefully this season. that he may avoid
falls and trouble.
Organizing a Circuit.
The National Paced Circuit is 70 be
finally organized at the meeting which
has been called for Boston today. Al
of the riders and their managers auc
r every trackowner and promoter will b,
! in Boston to witness the great twenty
? mile open paced race at Charles River
Park. and the schedule committee vii
2 then get together. formulate the sched
ule for the fourteen weeks OF the cir
! cult. with twelve races weekly, after
. which the riders viii sign. The traci
owners have come to realize generally
5 the benefits of the great circuit and III,
general good which its organization has
ALREADY zone 10 tytltsiG -NSf
J tracks at Baltimore. at Charlie:
River Park, at Lowell. with i'm
I provements of a number of old track
, and the reopening Of several which wer,
Z TO have been closed, are results of n,
b agitation of the circuit idea OF racing
in the paced field. Along this pace
0 circuit the championship viii be decided
e The riders will score points, three 70
; winning two for second, and one for
. third. Substitutes 10 the number OF a
; least three viii be employed and vii
; take the place OF men who are sick o
, injured in the regular list. Large singh
, motors will he employed, and these WI
; all be provided with belt drive and witt
l big 3-inoh tires. with q roller guar,
e TO keen the rider away from the tire
! the striking of which has brought man
. a good man low.
Every man Of prominence will be in
b cluded in the paced circuit; Pittsburg
h Maya; Washington. Munroe; Baltimore
. Leander: Philadelphia Fixes. Atlantt
p city. Suusen; New York. De Guischard
:, Hartford Caldwell; Springfield. Butler
J. Worcester. Moran, Charles River ParE
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