Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19
Tom Eek Claims it Has Lost
PopuIarlty-Gives His
Reasons.
UNDERSTANDS THE GAME.
Managed First slx-Day Grind In New
Yoris al Madison square Gard
en- in 1891.


trainer Of bicycle racers and cham
plons. contributed the following on the
cycling game
There are several reasons why cy-
Gle racing, one of the greatest sports
IN tho world. fell down in public esteem.
First, for years the racing was con-
. trolled by the League of American
Wheelmen, at one time the greatest
organization that governed any sport
in America. 1t had q membership of
over 100000 with cycle club in every
city all under league control When
racing became 50 poular from 1892 to
1897 the league had a full fledged rae
ing board, with chairman of racing.
This chairman did not receive any sal
afy, but race meet promoters had 10
pay for sanctions to run their meets.
These sanctions AZ first We're free,
but later on a charge was made of
about 81 Then IL was raised as high
as S25 for one day for championship
meet, and $40 for each subsequent day
This money, with that derived from
fines from the racing men. went into
the racing board treasury The ilnes
became very high sometimes, and later
on, high all the time.
PAID OUT 5000.
paid $@uo once hlyseii because
asked promoter OF meet ioi app
pearance money for my team, which
included John $. Johnson at that time.
SO many racing men We're fined sums
from SIS TO 500 that a halt had to be
inhue, as Ihls money ana tne sanctloa
money was Eoted py tne league 10 the
Sc 900 to $500 Mas turned over 10 the
chairman each year
me racing nlnn nei9 nisetins anu
- WIZ dycldeu lilat tneg should splll
ilo,u ~ US w a'lu i'ii, I" i,iSet,"s 80,
soclh tlVi' VI thelr owl p,u 'Iot VIII
~ -" .ilis, "ul s ,is ma ~ ms W
neM, "ilnuai iiitetlhs o. VIZ ~ ". "
.nat we spH' ltpIcss"tHt!N'S 70 shs
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r,"tlVh We lul'utu " cohtipl tie Sppre.
inNse on'uh'.S iiiay hhNc pF'u uollest
-, nut turs haa ~" sta''u'ns, ~
adn' $40 = w iotn allu ipus.'i', uilu tiis
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70 nu' oil , rae meet NItiluui the SUP
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lIonlotets, us ti,e pupi,c wanted Dig
Illus t'lat Mou.u slse u sutlle Excite
lhe"t ~ i,h t'lV.eY, " hen .ile pIoH,", :
CHS OUTSIDE oi Nov YORK ana BOSTON
'pulu uot secure ,ile HleI tley ma 10
aoaIuph tneIr meets ana there mas nor
neeil any Dig cycle meets ~ America
Tor tne past nVe years OUTSIDE OF New
YORK. Boston aud sat Lake
BOOST EACH TEAM
touring the country each manager was
frying 20 boost ms team ana very Of
ten sucn managers as Dave senator,
fpp hikes tAt Shuban ana nlyseii
would stand III with race promoters
ind race on percentage OASIS. We car
rled big Teams OF IRON 10 10 30 men
each, ana TINS would always INSURE a
sueeesstul race meet But when Scha-
ief ana the rest dropped OUT OF ne
game was tne only one left, ana
could not race my men against eacn
other ana had TO abandon the game
ana there was no one to tour the conn'
Try ana the racing y now copllued To
NplespurI, n. - ana salt Lake CITY.
foGctil-Ih" last blow 10 XIII the
game wns WHOM the bicycle trust wa
formed WHAT few teams on men thai
HAD been retained to race by the man
utacturers We're now an swallowed W
IN me big trust Snd they said we
VIII only put out n few racing wheels
10 racing men and hey must pay thelI