Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
Allen c. Moran in the pose from which the Dunbar statue ICES made.

ttCH me DunOdF Std:Ho ICES made.
ngton. Not only did he race on the local
track, put In the Eastern and Southern States
as well, where he was generally successful.
"A lew evenings ago the writer had the
pleasure OF a visit from Mr.. Moran, the first
IN many years, and it was refreshing to both
to recall old bicyclists and the old bicycle
Gays. or course, AL has grown older and
Stouter and tips the scales at two hundred
and more, and is naturally not the perfect
figure he was when the sculp. r Dunbar made
the lfe-sized model of him Which was kept
on public exhibition here for q while. but stin
he bids fair to remain with us for MANY wears
TO come and to continue to overcome the
handicaps Of life just as he did the bicycle
handicaps Of years ago.
OF course, you will remember Fred Schade.
inc curly-haired, tow-headed boy who usu-
any wore light blue racing tc2s to match his
complexion and to whom 50 MANY girls used
10 send flowers. Well, Fred is living-very
much alive. He is practicing law in Spokane.
washington, where he went about TWENTY-FIVE
years ago. Though not born in Washington.
ID. C., yet much of his early life was snent in
thls city. where he graduated from
University, now George Washington Univer-
sity, and later received his la" degrees from
Georgetown University.
Beside practicing his profession in Spokane.
Fred is head-over- heels in politics, and Is the
president Of the Democratic Club of Spokane.
several years ago he ran for Congress. but
was defeated, but nevertheless feels proud of
the fact that he was able in some degree at
least to assist in sending a Democratic fell
low townsman Of his to the United States
Senate in 1922.
Incidentally, Fred is still a bachelor 50 his
delightful sister, Mrs. Mueller, told the writer
the other day, and this should lend encour-
agement to the young girls who used to be so
fond OF him when he was in his racing prime.
PROVIDED, OF course, that they have also re-
manned single.
Fred Schade was indeed a handsome lad.
and a mighty good bicycle racer besides. AT
one time he was the amateur hampton of
the South and on the local track practically
nVlncible. One of his best and most courage.
Gus performances wa in the winning of the
nVe-mlie amateur handicap at International
Park In 1897. In this race he ACCOMPLISHED
What ne himself believed was almost impos-
sib.e.
mere were two thousand spectators pres
ent 10 witness this great race. Many STAYED
away because Of the heavy rain of a day or
two before, which they believed had spoiled
the track for racing so soon afterward. The
track was heavy and slow and the turns rutty.
resulting In one nasty spill in which one of
the riders came out with a broken shoulder.
This. however, was to be expected and even
looked for, and was just as natural as the
gorlng OF a matador or a picador in a bull
fight.
IN this event Schade was the only scratch
man in the race; the field stretching from
the thirty-yard mark to five hundred wards
or nearly all around the track. One sports
writer in telling the story of this race said:
"Schade was the only scratch man in the
race. AS he glanced over his shoulder while
waiting for the starters pistol, he saw the
line Of riders back Of him.
II can't cut down that field he exclaimed.
and was about to get off his wheel.
Don't bother about them; you can win
all right said Billy Jose.
Then came the starters signal, and the
struggle was on. Like a flash Schade caught
Wilson on the thirty-yard mark, and a mo-
ment later they were on the trail of Moran.
These three settled down to their work. and
soon began to flash past rider after rider.
AT the three-mile mark they closed in with
the bunch.
A the leaders reached the two-mile mark
five riders went down in an ugly spill. Then
the pace slackened a trif1e, and Schade was
content to hold his own until the bell gave no.
tice that the last lap was at hand.
This was the signal for a grand squirt,
and as the bunch went down the long stretch
ON the far side, the rays Of the sun shone