New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-29
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Bicycle Team Picked to Ride at
the Olympic Games.
HARD TASK FOR YANKEES
Worlds Champions Invade This
City for Four Games in
Two Days.

At a meeting Of the American Olympic
bicycle team committee in this city yes
torday n full team OF twelve riders and
four substitutes was chosen TO represent
this country at the big games in Stock
holm Sweden, next July. The special fund
which is being raised for the single pur-
pose of paying the expenses of the bicycle
team is still so far short of the amount re-
quired that only eight men are sure OF
making the trip. The four others. with the
substitutes. will be required TO carry on n
subscription campaign in their respective
cities and raise $3.50 each II they would
make the journey.
The twelve men selected yesterday, as
the result of the preliminary and final try
outs, named alphabetically, are rs follows:
John Bacht. New York; Joseph Kopsky,
New York; Alvin Loftos. Providence; w.
c. Martin, St Louis; Frank Maissner.
Grand Rapids. Mich; Jesse Pike, Hoboken;
Carl Schultz. Kansas City; Jerome stein
crt. New York; Walter Pofahl, Newark.
y. j.: George Horgauer. Cleveland; Err
Buffalo.
The four substitutes. preference being
given IN the order in which they are
named, follow: II. +. Johnson, Providence;
Herman Lind, New York; H. ]. Murphy,
praal,r,.r e'nor,as u.os ,ho hos, aoaIn woe.
tordo,, afternoon 70 = ru,ober ~ nevsna-
nor won or,or q, i,sroction ~ tho now
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r,o ,.,a,7ts d.fn,,od Tho cnr.rbas IN a mini,
ir,rng rouv and tho mon who accented
Ar rbbott.s boenitoIitv ar an Informal din
nor uoro first wh,r,od over the place where
tho now mark is being built
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a few touchcs' "hlle everything i Pfa'u'
cally ready for the LAYING OF IN" corner
stone ~ the Frandstand. Mr.. Ehh"tts said
that he still had high hopes that IN" nc"
/ grounds could be dedicated late IN August
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80 -, 80. ,t,o nan.
! IN, this afterrooo as n double.header, IN,
dire, bclrg called al . o'clock. and two
mara to.r,orrov At the Polo Grounds. tn,
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/ tho Sow ENGLAND League last Saturda y
had not been purchased or signed by tn
! New York club. as reported 1t Is true
7 however. that Harry Nolverion Is anelinf
/ for Heating and may close deal shortly
an ~ tTe ScWark Tndtan- ver.
traded 10 the BROOKLYN SuncrhIs ycstcrdI'
FOR Dolly stark. an inh'id'r' ana Shafdt' d
! PI.nJJ' ,.e,,,. o,o has hoo, lord,re ON
am Tor whom tho Jersey C'y club has
Yesterday
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d.,s ,cs,orda,. bv ran robrsor rrosI
r.ii,d nr,riro hai,ing IN -, came hc,veor
urday. This means that Callahan vii