Evening star., 1951-01-14

sity, and later received his law do.
grees from Georgetown University.
At one time Schade, Moran and
Dannemiller all rode for George.
town University. It was back in
the days when Bernard j. Wefers
was the worlds champion sprinter
and an athlete who had many
times also carried to victory the
colors Of Washington's oldest in
stitution Of learning. A great nov
city was arranged in the nature Of
a race between Schade and the
great runner for distance of 220
yards. The day Of the race Wefers
was given the inside course, which
was deemed an advantage. 1t was
also calculated that he would gain
anywhere from rs to 40 yards on
the getaway. Schade was believed
to be able to ride the distance
with a standing start in 22Ha Sec
onds or better. while Wefer's
worlds record for the distance was
81 seconds fiat. On the surface,
it would seem that Wefers had
Schade beaten before the race, but
such was not the result, for Schade
came out victorious.
And the great professional riders
Of the day used to come to Inter-
national Park. Such men as Ar
thur Garner, Eddie (Cannon) Ball.
Tom Cooper, T. N. Mudd, w. H.
Clum. Owen Kimball, Floyd Mac
Farland, the handicap king; Ma
jor Taylor, the Boston tar baby;
Stevens, Jimmie Michael. Harry
Elkes, Johnnie johnson, thinner
man, hailed as the undefeated
champion; Ray Mcdonald, Fred
Titus, Bobbie Walthour, Steenson
and, Of course, our own Fred
Simms, who one year led the pro-
fessionals in points In Wash
ington.
Some Of the local amateurs who
took part in the races besides those
mentioned elsewhere were: Will
liam F. Throop. Charles E. Gauze.
n. c. Greer, John Hill. S. A. VIM
satt, j. E. Hanger, Howard A. Ball,
w. Burns Dalton. w. w. Pitman,
William Brearly, William C.
O'Connor, Bernard Wilkerson and
B. T. Wrenn.
Road Races in Rain
Perhaps more interesting to
witness than the trac':: rccas vo e
the road races. for it made no7dif-
ference as to the kind of Weather
the day h2Fcrencd to bin. forth,
the race "es run off ius. the same.
An inciSent Of this kind occurred
du',.ng TIE rce1-ra cling day along
the Ccn6uit read around 1897,
which was typical of almost the
worst possible conditions.
1t was a 20-mile race and
started from above Cabin John
Bridge, the turning point being
somewhere near the receiving
reservoir and the finishing point
being in front of the Cabin John
Hotel. The riders had not gone
far before they were almost un-
recognizable. Their suits and
faces were Spattered with mud
and it was only by the men shout
ing their names or numbers as
they crossed the tape that the
judges were able to score the
rightful winners.
After covering about half the
course Dannemiller was forced to
quit because his eyes were filled
with mud and when he got of of
his wheel it was with difficulty
that he was identified.
It was about the roughest and
the toughest race ever pulled of
around Washington and it is safe
to say that there is not one of the
contestants living but who dis
tinctly remembers this notable 20
mile event which was finished in
rain and darkness. The race was
won by w. "A. Bolden, with j. A.
Galeski second and N. Rupp third.
AL Moran made the best time.
finishing in 1:12:302s. followed
soon afterward by EN- Wilson and
G. E. Smith, these three being
scratchmen with Dannemiller,
who was forced to drop out.
One of the earliest bicycle riders
in Washington, is Max Hansmann.
who is fast approaching his 95th
birthday. He is member of
the Association OF the Oldest
Inhabitants and he seems to en-
JOY good health and may live to
reach the century mark and even
longer.
OF the early members Of the
Capital Bicycle Club was Rudolph
Kaufman, who was probably a
charter member of the club,
organized January 81, 1879,