New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-25
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Pick of the Bicycle Riders in a
GrueI|ing Test To-day.
OLYMPIC TEAM THE PRIZE
twenty-five Men to Struggle
Over One Hundred Miles on
Roads in Jersey.


will represent this country at the olympic
games at Stockholm, Sweden. in July.
| The distance of the gruellng struggle viii
be one hundred miles. and II VIII be over
! combination course OF thirteen-mile ROAD
circuit and nine miles on the board track
at the Newark Velodrome The twelve men
with the best time will he selected as inc
! team.
The start will be at the Nelodrome as well
as the finish. and as an added attraction
there will he professional bicycle meet
on the Velodrpme track by when inc
! fans" Will he entertained while waiting
for the road riders to finish. The card VIII
he made up OF one-hour motor paced race
and one-sixth of a mile record trials by I'll
the fast riders, including Frank l.. Kramer
and Tricky" Comes. the Frenchman.
incidentally, the proceeds Of this meet Will
he devoted to the bicycle Olympic fund. by
which the expenses of the team on its trip
abroad will be paid. Something like Sl.1D
has been subscribed to this fund already,
| raised by private subscription, but twice a.
much Is needed.
The first rider inIthe elimination race VIII
he sent away from the Nclodrome at il
| o'clock I'm the morning. and the other
! twenty-fOur will follow at intervals of
| minute and half The course will Re
west on South Orange avenue. Newark. L.
Sanford avenue south on Stamford avenue
to Springfield avenue. west on Springfield
| avenue to the Seven Bridge Road and up
| that thoroughfare to Springfield. with
| turn at the junction OF Springfield an
/ Westfed avenues; then back over the
same route through Hilton and IrvinGton
TO Grove street. Newark. a run north In
Grove street will he followed by a stretch
on South Orange avenue again 10 the start
ing point at the Veodrome. That will
make a run all told OF thirteen miles. and
tho circuit will he covered seven times.
The other nine miles will he over tho Velo-
drome track.
The road course includes part of the oil
| Tryington-AIiburn cycle derby course and
several hills including the Sister Hills"
and the Mile Hin" tho terrors Of riders
in the Old days Of road racing
The men who will compete have earne!
the right by riding in sectional elimination
trials held during the last month. New
York will have ten entries, while there will
be others from Newark. Providence. Bos-
ton. Buffalo Chicago. St Louis. Cleveland
and Kansas city. The New York men are
Joe Kopsky Jesse Pike. Jerome Stcncrt
Herman Lind IT, Murphy. John Becht. r.
! Baker, Charles Iauserhauer. J. Murphy
and Thomas Kennedy Newark has Walter
| Pofhal Providence l.. \ Winslow. Henry
Johnson ana Alvin LOTUS: Chicago. Her
man Hul,grc and Ernest Kockler. Kansas
| Guy, Carl schultz. ST. Louis w 9. Martin ;.
! Cleveland. George +. NOrCaucr. Buffalo
Albert Krushel John Kraus. Elmer Bund:
and Joe Schieder. and Boston. T. I Per
reault
Teams IN the Amateur Baseball League
viii begin their struggle for the trophy
won for three years In n row by the South
| Orange Field club nine this afternoon
| Englewood will face the Crescent Athletic
! club AZ BAY Ridge. while South orange
will cross bats with tho Commonwealth
team at Moutclair The Moutclair Athlete
! club nine viii be idle. n. Staten Island will
not pat team I'm the field
! EnRcwood gives promise ~ making n
hard light for the honors this year In the
/ preliminary season f. has defeated Bcrkel"y
/ College at to I. the 7th Regiment ut 6
to !. the Falcon Athletic club al to g.
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| on inc coaching lines In IN" game between
the "lahN ana the Superoas' wearing a
big, heavy req sweater tightly buttoncd.
| Wilbert Robinson, among others, was not
lie looked ms though he had taken shower
bath ana forgotten to take OF his uniform.
ON IN" "hoIe II was me day Tor the
veterans
ana ala not get MT uhuI the ninth Inning
hi'"r TWO men were out lie struck out In
the hfth'
Just before the game ended Matty
| strollod TO the clubhouse and received
hearty applause as he passed the grand
stand and bleachers. lie turned and smiled
when one admirer. recalling the last game
I'm Cincinnati. shouted: You're stlll there,
old boy"
Murray's brilliant throw TO the plato In
the second inning, which caught Wheat I'm
the act Of scoring, provoked the Brooklyn
adherents to tumult OF cheers. He was
shouts from the bleachers.