The Washington times., 1916-06-24
B.F GOODRICH BOOSTS.
CLUB CYCLE RACING.
Solid Silver Cup Put Up for
Highest Team Scores In
Open Road Competition.

AKRON, Ohio, June A.-Irrespective
of make of tire used, or whether the
riders be amateurs or professionally. the
b. r. Goodrich Company. has an
nounced that to the club team making
the highest score In 1915 open-air road
| bicycle races held under National Cy-
| cling Association sanction and rules. It
will present O beautiful hammered sill
yer trophy cup, valued Mt $500.
The purpose of the company In to ii,-
crease interest In open rond compeu-
| ton. Notwithstanding the fact that
Cord bicycle racing tires. the Goodrich
| Giant Safety and other widely-used
tires. the contest 10 open to riders upon
any make OF tire because the object Is
and other cyclists to participate in the
sport.
Rules Governing Contests.
The National Cycling Association
r. Kelsey, has prepared the following
rules to govern the award of the Good
! rich CUP:
Competition for the trophy shall be
determined by the number of points
scored by each competing club team in
/ open road races, between ten ana
twenty-five miles In distance. inclusive,
tion sanction and rules, between Feb
ruary 70 bicycle Dny), 1916, and Decem-
| Der l. 1916. inclusive. and the following
special rules shall govern such COM
/. A club may enter as many Of its
bona fde members In any open rond
race as II chooses. but only the first
AVE. ave members snI, crossing the tape at the
, these five must he inside the first Atty
| men to finish. inclusive.
2. The finishcrs will be scored IN the
SnS tne PSsGms Pncsom of ,sh nsh W shsy be nsn the
number of points credited to each man
of the team. the total TO be the team
| score. For example. a rider finishing
first Is scored one point: another. fln-
! points. and so on and up to and includ-
! Ing the NTH man of any club team. In
consequence II is the lowest number OF
3. Clubs must enter and score in at
least five open races given by fve
different promoters during the period
OF competition TO be eligible TO win the
races being run solely for the purpose
| of obtaining n high score for any one
club. and to protect the competition
from any suspicion OF unfairness.
All Must Be Sanctioned.
| 4. Reports OF club teams scores must
be filed as follows: One copy with Il.
Z. llpbetts, director of advertising. tine
Is. +. Goodrich Company. Akron, Ohio.
and one copy with X. r. Kelsey, chair
man of the board OF control. National
Cycling Association. ITO West Fortietn
street. New York city, as soon after the
race 10 run as is possible. Each of these
reports must be signed by the referee
OF the race and at least three judges OF
the finish. so az to verify the positions
OF the men officially.
s. All races must be sanctioned by the
| National Cycling Association and run tfn-
der the road racing rules of said asso-
| citation. Sanctions for road races may be
obtained without fee by bonafide pro-
moters upon application to the chair
man Of the board OF control. whose ad-
| dress Is given in the paragraph above.
g. In case OF a tie between two or
more teams at the conclusion OF the
| period of completion. final award shall
be determined by a special race between
| the teams that are tied. The date. place
| and distance of this special race shall
| be determined by the chairman OF the
board Of control OF the National Cycling
| Association.