Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1898, Page 10

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It was a proud day for him. His entrance into the class B ranks and his subsequent professional racing barred from further amateur contests, him out of the way Schade had a compar- atively easy time for two or three ons with the otker local riders. Now both riders are in the professional el nd their merits have been demon- strat Their work in open events is, however, but a slight indic: of their 5) To win an open race from @ field of good men requires consiterable headwork, in addition to speed, and this Sims possesses. He is regarded as the headiest man on the track. He plans his ricing before the start, picks out the mea he needs to look after, and jumps the sprint only at a certain place, meanwhile keeping a close eye on the leaders. Schade is comirg to the front in this respect, and is making a much better showing in his professional raczs. In a paced match race he will have a much better chance. There will be only two men in the race, each hay- img pace, and while there is some scheming to be dona, it is nothing compared wita the ipgenuity that has been exercised in an e will be run in three-mile heats, and a time limit of 2.00 will be put on each heat. The winner of the best two out of the three heats will be awarded the race. ‘The purse will be $50, and in case toe time in any heat fs below the limit t have to ve run over again. The no jockeying and no loafing, pa put in t bring the time to the limit or der. Whatever will be the outcome, seems quite certain that neither rider will have such an easy thing to win. It will be a case of ride from the beginning to the end of each heat, and it Js not at all im- posstble that all three of the heats will have to be run. ‘The meet for Labor day, Monday, Se) tember 5, embraces perhaps the best card of events that has as vet been run at any of the meets heid in this city, with the ex- ception of the national circuit-meet, which was made more interesting owing to the fact that the outside cracks were compet- irg. The races will start at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and while there are six or seven races, these will have to be divided into trial heats, making fourteen or fifteen events in all. It will be noticed that the Faces will be run in the afternoon, instead of the evening, owing to the fact that the @ay is a holiday, and the public §s more in favor of attending daylight events when- ever possible. Out of tha eventa on the program there is really only one open event for amateurs, and that a one-mile handicap race. The cther two emateur events on the program incli.de a one-mile novice and a two-mile hendicap, which will be open only to mem- bers of the Arlington Wheelmen, the wii ner to bear the title of club champion. The Arlington Wheelmen, it will he remem- bered, recently won the club team Tace, which practically settled the championship of the District. These races constitvte all of the amateur events on the card. It was @t first thought to be & good plan to put the one-mile District amateur champton- ship. now held by Carl J. Mueller, on the Program, but the card is almost .too long gs it is. This event wiil be put on at 2 Subsequent meet, most likely the national vircuit meet, For the professionals there will be three races. One will be a one mile open. Then will come the three heats of the match race between Sims and Schade, which will be scattered through the program. The elesing event of the evening will be the Professional Australian pursult race, in which tandems will be ridden. There ‘will be between six and eight teams entered in all probability, and the race will prove &s great a novelty as the single pursuit of the same style when first introduced to the local public. Despite the fact that Fred Sims !s riding stronger than ever he does not seem to were just as good. The only difference that exists is that now he is taking perfect care of himself, while several years ag he did not. He realizes that it is neces- sary to observe certain rules to keep in good shape, and this he is doing, and as a result he is riding in continued good form, with every prospect of keeping it up. In- stead of retrograding he is improving all the time. The announcement made by Chairman Mott giving a national circuit date at Bal- timore for October 1, and placing a quar- ter of a mile national championship, is a bit of welcome news to the local riders. e race will be held at the Colosseum track. The thing that is hard to under- stand is just why the chairman of the racing board gave a national champion- ship race, the scoring of which will be sixty points for the winner, forty points for the second man, thirty, twenty and ten points for the next three men, respec- tively. These points were not allowed in this city on June 23, when the one mile na- tional championship was run off; nefther will they be allowed on October 6, when the two-mile national championship race will be run off. In a majority of other cities the scoring was exactly the same as allowed in Washington, six points for first, four for second, three for third and down to one for fifth man, the only deviation from the course being at the nat‘onal meet a week ago at Indianapolis, when all of the champfonship events scored the same as the Baltimore race will score. Jack Prince is no longer in sole charge of the Colosseum track at altimore, though he occupies the position of man- ager at the present time. His powers are, hewever, limited, compared with what they used to be. The new management is com- posed of J. Albert Cassedy, Charles R. Klosterman and Frank J. Eline. The track has been a success, and on this account the management was enlarged. "The defeat of Frank Waller, the “flying Dutchman,” Wednesday evening at Bal- timore, by Henry Smith, the Oriole, was a big surprise to the local people who knew both riders. Smith holds the twenty- four hour road record of Maryland, while Waller, by his work in this clty in the six-day eight-hour race at Convention Hail, showed his speed abilities. Only a few weeks ago Waller broke the twenty-four hour road record of the country. With two laps handicap, about a third of a mile in all, Smith rede the fifty miles in 1:51:02, while the time of Waller for the distance was 1:50:072-5. The previous werld’s record for the distance was claimed to be 2:04:003-5. Another race between the two may result. The Washington riders furnish the bulk of paze for Smith. — C. R. C. of \merica. The Century Road Club of America is making an energetic effort to increase its membership, and has offered prizes to those who send in the largest number of new members. The organization is to road rac- ing what the League of American Wheel- men is to track racing. Mr. Charles Coons, the president of the Century Cycle Club, is the centurion for the Century Road Club of America ia the District. The follcwing prizes will be awarded at the end of the year to members sending applicaticns to the secretary. All applica~ tions received by the secretary between the dates of January 1 to December 31, 1898, will be credited. to the members recom- mending the applicants. No prizes will be awarded until the end of the compe- tition. Winners of medals will not be en- titled to the subscription prizes for three members. The list is as follows: 1. The Faraday gold medal, for the great- est number of applications. 2. Gold medal, for the second greatest number of applications. Gold medal, for the third greatest number ef applications. 4. Silver medal, for the fourth greatest number of *pplications. 5. Silver medal for the fifth greatest number of applications. 6. Bronze medal, for the sixth greatest number of applications. 7. Bronze medal, for the seventh greatest number of applications. Special prize. The Cycling Gazette gold medal will be awarded to the member send- ing tn the greatest number of applications which include subscriptions for the official think so. He claims that in 1894 and 19% he was riding in much better shape, and that considering everything his results Special prize. to the official organ will be credited to every member sending in three applications, organ. One's year’s subscription A HOT FIGHT PROBABLE There are many interesied in racing who are wondering how long the League of American Wheelmen will control racing in this country. Some claim to be able to see the end, and venture to predict that before the close of the present racing season there will be a revolution, unlike anything the League of American Wheelmen, or any of its officials, has had to contend against. ‘These people, who are in a position to know, say that the change will come soon, and that wh2n it does come it will be suc- cessful, the force behind the movement be- ing so great as to make this possible. When the League of American Wheelmen was organiz2d the charter members and the founder did not have in view the control of racing. Racing was a side issue, which came up later, and of which the league promptly assumed control. This was possi- ble because the organization was in exist- ence whil2 bicycle racing was in its in- fancy, and as the sport grew the league tightened its grasp upon the reins until the organization became master of everything. In its management of racing tha league seems to have lost sight of its original aims and objects, and the assertion is ventured that if it lost control of the racing the or- ganization would immediately sink into ob- Jivion. Be it as it may, there is no doubt that the jJeague has complete control of racing. It not only exercises jurisdiction over every race track in the country, but it has com- plete control over all riders. Every time a race meet is held its promoter must de- posit $5 for a sanction. If the affair is a national circuit me2t the sanction fee is ‘This revenue goes to the sup- port of the organization. If a meet is held without a sanction the chairman of the rac- ing board proceeds to blacklist the track, and even goes further. ‘The riders in the meet are raked over the coals, and a sus- pension as long as the chairman of the board may wish is placed against them, and the riders cannot enter any race mzets un- til the time is up. The qu2stion is naturally asked what is to prevent a rider from entering other events within theetime of his suspensign? This sometimes happens, but in every in- stance the rider has 2ntered under another name. If it is discovered, his sentence is increased, and possibly the cyclist is barred from the race track. The racing board, by a weil-organized system, is able to k:ep control of racing. When a sanction is granted, one of the conditions is that the promoter send a copy of the program, with a list of prizes and the markings of the winaers of the events. \As four or five thousand meets are held eanslly in this country, the chairman receives a report frcm every one. These are studied, and it is comparatively easy to follow the course of a rider. The failure of a promoter to s2nd a program will result in the refusal to grant him a sanction in the future until he complies with the rules. It so happens that in out-of-the-way places, country vil- lages, where perhaps a dozen or more cyclists can be gotten together, small bi- cycle mzets are held. Perhaps the people never heard ‘of the League of American Wheelmen. The account of the races might be published in the village newspaper and a copy might gat in the hands of the chair- man of the racing board. Again, the league division officials of the state in which the affair is held are pretty likely to get hold of a copy of the paper containing the ac- ccunt of the meet, and they immediataly send the copy to the chairman of the rac- ing board. The next step is the dispatch to the riders in the meet of a communica- tien announcing that they are susp2nded for riding in unsanctioned races. The meet officials are also likely to receive a com- munication announcing that the village track is blacklisted for running bicycle races without a sanction, While the organization is composed en- trely of amateurs, no professionals being allowed to have anything to do with the affairs of the organization, yet as much attention is paid to the riders of the latter cla8s as to the former. In fact, if any- thing, more attention is paid to the pro- fessionals, While they cannot belong to the organization, yet the league recognizes their status. Before a professional can race h3 must be registered, for which he has to pay the chairman of the racing board two dollars. In return the racing beard does nothing for him. On the con- trary, it limits him considerably. e rac- ing rules provi@e that the prize for first i 2 5 g a 8 g place in a professional race shall not ex- ceed $150. If it Is desired by a race meet promoter to give a bigger first prize than this sum, he must first obtain the consent of the chairman of the board. This happens im the case of paced match races between crack riders. Some of these races cost each contestant somewhere in the neigh- berhood of $1,000 for a single event, which includes salary for pacemakers, cost of machines used, when they are hired; the beard of all whils in training and the training expenses, etc.'The consent for giving a bigger prize isieasily obtained, but in consideration for this courtesy the race meet promot2rds obliged to pay dou- ble price for his sanction. Scarcely a week passes that the bulletin of the chairman of the racing board does not contain the names of cyclists who have been declared professionals for violations of the racing rules. As the League of American Wheelmen is said not to be an incorporated body, the reason advanced for declaring professionals is for the protec- tion of other riders. As one of the high ofticials stated some time ago in the official bulletin of the organization, the league does not declare a-man a professional, but sim- ply designates him as such; probably in order to give him a@ proper ranking. To many this seems to be an extremely fine distinction. Early this season a movement was start- ed on the Pacific coast against the alleged arbitrary actions and rules of the racing board. The matter of Sunday racing was largely mixed up in the affair. A secession movement broke out in California. The movement did not have the support antici- pated, and soon died. A number of riders joined in the secession. At its dissolution they were received back by the chairman of the racing board, and allowed to race under the league rules,,after they had once been suspended for their part taken in the support of the secession. The league offi- cials were thought to be afraid to continue open warfare for fear of arousing other sections of the country, and instead of } Stamping out the movement, adding fuel to the flames. It is now understood that a well-organ- ized movement affecting the league will soon be made in the east, and this city will be interested. It will not be a movement against the league direct, but it will be an effort to obtain control of professional rac- ing. The movement has been in progress for some time, and is now just getting ripe. In speaking of the matter to a Star re- porter, a gentleman, who is one of the lead- ing factors in the racing game, and the mouthpiece of those who have plenty of money to back up any movement, made some interesting statements, He did not want his name mentioned, because its pub- Neation would prematurely open the fight. The movement, he says, is one of great proportions, and embraces the whole east- ern slope, the home of cycle racing. “The League ofsAmerican Wheelmen is nothing but a bla¢kmeaill organization,” said he, ‘‘and the only wonder to me is that it has never been, mage to appear as de- fendant in court dn sch a charge. What business has it to"blacklist a track it does not own and has Ho interest in? The p ple who built and ‘own the track muerte be able to run it"to’ suit themselves, and not the league. F’have noticed, however, that it has been sdmewkat careful as to the tracks it blacklistS, for fear of legal com- Plications followi: any of the tracks under our controlare yver blacklisted the matter will be en into the courts and the workings of the organization shown up before all. Its hi ds, gradually weaken- ing, and I venturg to gay that within two months from na! league will have nothing at all to with racing. I am will- ing te bet any ong, five-to one, taking ‘any- thing over $100, that what I say will prove true. St 3 + RT “The war of the revolution was fought because there was taxation without repre- sentation. In the League of American ‘Wheelmen this is the case regarding pro- fessional riders. They are made to pay a registration fee, are indiscriminately fined and in every way made amenable to the rules of the organization, yet they do not have one word to say for themselves. As far as they are concerned they are a lot of sheep, and must go whichever way the shepherd directs. If the league does not declare or recognize a professional rider why does it take his money? Simply be- cause it is a money-making scheme. “The league foundezs never contemplated handling racing, yet if the game be elim- inated from ‘the organization where will it Stand today? The Cyclists’ Touring Club of England and the Touring Club of France are both popular organizations, yet neither one assumes or pretends to a gL RSS RTA La Sa Pe a eRe of racing. Can you tell me why it is that when a cash purse above the limit is offer- ed the racing board doubles the sanction fee? No, I hardly think you can, and I do not suppose any one else can. The League of American Wheelmen is in the game for the money there is in it, and so are we. We give the public good races; the league does not, but gets its proportion as a sort of rakedown. It will be a question of only a few more weeks when the movement will be started and in a few months everything will be settled.” ‘The fact that Lisette, the champion fe- male rider of France and of the world, has come to this country and will give a num- ber of exhibition rides all over the United States is regarded as one of the significant acts looking toward the overthrow of the power of the league regarding racing. In addition to Lisetie four or five foreign fe- male riders will come over, who, with some of the leading lights in this country, will contest for honors. The League of Ameri- can Wheelmen, according to its racing rules, does not permit female racers on tracks. It is announced that the women will race in Boston, New York, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago and several other cities. If this is done it will be in direct violation of the rules of the racing board, and a “time” is apt to fol- low. The concluding paragraph regarding the announcement of Lisette’s arrival reads as follows, probably being inspired: “Evi- dently the opposition to the League of American Wheelmen and its racing control is gaining recruits daily, and the frail fe~ male riders are their latest allies.” CLUB GOSSIP. Anglers’ Club was the destination called for last Sunday, and five of the Century Cycle Club made the run at a hot pace. Bob Fields ran off a century over the cross country course in ten hours. A number of the Century boys are out of town at present. Dick Posey is in southern Marylard, while Maury Posey is at the Thousand Islands. Tony Galeski will leave for Pennsylvania next week for a two weeks’ trip. Lieut. J. Volkman leaves Washington to accept a position in Albany. Capt. Byrnes is arranging for a club race at the Park bicycle track next month. He is also getting together a track team, and, from indications, it will be able to uphold e high reputation of the Century Club in team races the coming fall. There will be a meeting of the basket tall team on the Ist of the month, and the following members will most likely next season play the gzme: Byrnes, O'Connor, Wathen, Corby, Abell, Monroe, Goodéing, R. J. Posey and E. M. Posey. On the outgoing of Second Lieut. F. J. Volkman, Capt. Ed. 8. Byrnes Placed Hor- ace Chandlee in his position. Under the Century Club by-laws the captain kas the Spine, of begerege Tomorrow the club will take a run to Chapel Point. The club will meet at the club house, 627 E street northwest, tomor- row morning at 8 o'clock, and ride to the 7th street wharf and take the boat. The beat will leave at 9 o'clock sharp and will stop at Glymont in order to allow the wheelmen to get off. From this point they will proceed to Chapel Point, eighteen miles distant, reaching there in time for dinner. The boat will leave Chapel Point at 5 o'clock, reaching Washington about 10 o'clock p.m., pussibly a little later. Cap- tain Ed. S. Byrnes has made arrangements for the ride with the company, and all at- tention possible will be given the visiting wheelmen. The club invites friends of members to join them in the run.’ A good time is assured all those who participate in the run. ‘ The organization of a new bicycle and sccial club, which has been in pr for the past week, will be completed to- mcrrow afternoon, when the election of officers, the appointment of committees and the adoption of a rame for the club will take place and the general business of the sinh te Rises p saat e promoters have mn ly engaged for the past few days in making = the list of charter members, which will’ be limited to fifty. The use of the new one- third-mile track and club house at High- dul wilt ba sen ter Geeaig oe meets, and ‘or » Face smokers, entertainments, etc. ——_—_+e+ Extraordinary bargains in Hoeke's Clear- assume control | ing Sale.—Advt. SOME CYCLE CHAT Griffin Halstead, the speedy rider, who Was So Severely injured some weeks ago at the Park track, while im training, has s0 far recovercd as to be able to be out again and ride his wheel. The main mark of the accident which he bears is the absence of several front teeth, with one or two others broken off. He has given up bicycle racing. This, he states, is mainly on his father’s account, who objected to his riding. The father, Murat Halstead, dces not object to the son riding in the amateur ranks, but he does ebject to his riding as a profession- al. Young Halstead has announced that he will endeavor to regain his amateur status, having never ridden in a professional event since he was transferred to the class sev- eral weeks ago. Chairman Mott of the racing board, has extended some assurance in the matter, which gives hope that the rider will again be able to contest in ama- teur events once more, in case he ever de- sires to return to the track. It is regarded as likely, however, that Halstead will not regain his amateur standing until the meet- ing of the rativnal assembly, which will not be held until next year.-If his case is brought before the body it will undoubt- edly be considered in connection with that of Bolden, who was transferred at the same time to the pro ranks. A well known local wheelman hag been having a good deal of amusement out of @ new wheel which he has secured. The wheel is so enameled that on one side it is all red, while on the other side the color is white. Where the two colors meet there is @ strip of blue enamel, which can only be seen from a sectional view. The wheel is patriotic in keeping with the tastes of the owner. When riding down the street the red color of the wheel is visible only from the sidewalk, while in ri¢ing up the thoroughfare the white color is only to be seen. Some of the friends of the rider think that he is getting extravagant in hav- ing two wheels of different colors. The owner enjoys the Joke as much as anyone, and he lets his friends find out the cause of their deception without telling them. Perspiration from the hands causes the handle grips to become greasy and offen- sive looking and oftenttmes makes them uncomfortable to the rider. In turning the bars the grips slip, and there is a feeling of unstecdiness because the hends do not have full control of the steering. This can easily be remedied by cleaning them with a nail brush and soap powder, scrubbing Vigorousiy and then wiping them with a clean cloth dipped in cold water. This should be done whenever necessary, and the rider who takes the trouble to do it will be repaid by having the handle grips look as good as new and feel comfortable at all times. Cyclists have come to the conclusion that perhaps the best thing*for them to do is to observe the rules of the road, and keep to the right at all times, They will then, they say, be able to ascertain if the same activity is displayed by the police towards vehicles as towards wheelmen. —_+— Prepared for Any Change. From the New York Tribune, A great many direful predictions are heard in these days about the impossi- bility of Americans adapting themselves to new conditions. * * * The fact is that the whole history of the American people has been the breaking down of American systems, social, industrial, political. We broke down an American system when we established a nation in place of some petty states; when we told Europe that the old BICYCLE STEALING One of the most daring bicycle thefts oc- curred Thursday at the Medical Museum, 7th and B streets southwest. Mr. B. W. Reiss, the secretary of the Oldest Inhab- itants’ Association, lost his wheel. The thief escaped, and though the police de- partment was promptly notified, there is little hope of the culprit’s arrest. The very daring of the matter shows that the thief was no ordinary criminal. A number of the clerks in the Medical Museum ride wheels, and while the owners are working the bicycles are stored in a small space in the north central rtion of the building on the first floor. The place has a concrete floor, and can easily be reached by entering the main entrance on B street, walking in the wide space between the double stairways and out to the rear. From the bicycle place to the ground in the rear there is a fall of several feet, and the clerks have a small gangway which they use with their wheels, They use the rear way, never carrying their wheels through the main entrance. While the messenger was seated at his usual place near the door Thursday he ob- served a stranger, weighing about one hun- dred and forty pounds, neatly dresse? with @ dark coat, light trousers and cri hat, coming from the place where the bicvcles are stored, shoving a wheel. He spoke to the man about the regulations prohibiting the running of a bicycle across the floor. The command of the messenger was rather sharp. The stranger, with the greatest as- surance, stooped over, picked the bicycle up by grasping hold of the bottom frame piece and walked out down the stairs to the street, where he mounted and rode aw As soon as he had gone the messenger thought that something was strange, as no outsiders are allowed to place their wheels in the bicycle room. He made an inquiry, and it was quickly ascertained that a wheel had been stolen, and that the victim wa: Mr. Reiss. The police were notified imm diately. Since the wheel was stolen it has been found out that a man answering th same description had been seen loafing nearly all of the forenoon around the Na- tional Museum, inspecting the different wheels which were standing in the racks, belonging to the employes. As there was some one around the place most of the time, the stranger evidently was afraid to ride off with any of the machines, and went over to the Medical Museum. On account of the boldness of this theft and numerous other thefts of bicycles of late there is an impression that a regular set of bicycle thieves exists, who steal wheeis and sell them again. To do this it necessary to have some place of busi- ness, where the machine can be doctored, 80 that recognition is impossible. chin even The ma- could be so skillfully treated tat e owner would not be able to iden- it. While there is no positive assurance that such a gang of thieves exists in this city, {in other cities they exist, and have a sort of means of communication with each other in different cities. It is likely that Washs ington is in the list, being recognized as a fine bicycle town. By having three or four wheels, changing the saddles and handi2- bars, and possibly the wheels, a big change in the appearance of each would be made, without even enameling the fram. Some wheels that could not be well disguised could be sent to some of the agents of the gang in other cities and there disposed of. The following article clipped from a Chi- cego trade paper contains some interesting facts on the "natter: “Bicycles are stoien to order in Chicago, according to a local jobber. Regular gangs of thi2ves are or- ganized for the purpose. One of the mcm- bers takes orders. He finds out what is wanted by unscrupulous dealers and reports to his mon. The latter go out on the bovle- vards and in the parks and steal bicycles answering the descriptions. Ten dollars is said to be ness of shipping them out of town, inter- Seeing sie Oe Sao other cities mn 5 ore usually stolen by men in biercie con time, who saunter around and places Where wheelmen lounge. mounta @ machine that is left or outa) the chain with @ pair of nippers if it ig