Otto Ziegler, Jr.
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the "Little Demon"
I believe the correct spelling is Zeigler, but was misspelled more often than it was spelled correctly, so mentioning both. Otto Zeigler is one of the local racers, from San Jose, CA who, because of his talent, transcended local sport reporting and became a national and international figure. His mentions are many on my blog. Rather than listing them all, I'll try to summarize, and link out to other sites, to explain who he was.
So far as the racing was concerned the surprise of the day to the uninitiated was the fast riding of Otto Ziegler, Jr. of the San Jose Road Club. He is a little fellow, but the way he did glide away from his opponents was really surprising. He will ride back to his home in the Garden City on the beautiful twenty-three-pound racer he won in the mile handicap race, and if the wheel will bear the extra weight will wear the gold medal given to him as winner of the mile novice race, Otto is young yet, but evidently he is a coming man.
BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31 May 1893
There seems to be considerable misunderstanding about Ziegler and his programme for 1895. He has signed with a Toledo bicycle maker to ride his make of wheel and with a Chicago make of tires at a certain fixed price, which has been variously stated at from $200 to $500 a month. The latest report was that sent out from San Jose when the contract was signed. As a matter of fact he is to receive only about one-half of the largest reported sum, and, of course, the exact amount is the secret of the parties most concerned, as it should be.
This wild report was sent broadcast over the Coast, and every racing man and would-be racer will be led to believe that there is big money in bicycle racing, while as a fact only three other racing men -Zimmerman, Sanger and Johnson - have received as big a salary as Ziegler is to get, and it has only been possible in the last two years. If Ziegler is as successful as his friends hope for his prizes this season will amount to $10,000 or more. [Adjusting for inflation, that's about $320,000 in 2021 US dollars. - MF]
Otto Zeigler.
In the fall of 1894 a little cherry-faced Californian went to the national meet at Denver, competed against Johnson and Sanger and Bald, and went away with three firsts, a second and a third out ot the five national championships up his sleeve. This was Otto Ziegler, the Little Demon, ot San Jose, and his sensational victories over the fastest men of America won for bim a lasting renown. He recovered from an accident in time to join the record-breaking camp at Louisville. Here he secured a number of world's records, the most prominent ot which was his competition mark ot 1:52 3-5.
In the presence of a few friends Dr. Otto Zeigler, 50, Oakland, chiropractor, famed as a former world's champion bicycle racer, and Mrs. Martha Penniman, 47, his nurse for five years and the "sweetheart of his bicycling days" were married in Oakland Saturday. The ceremony was performed by Police Judge Edward J. Tyrrell.
Zeigler was blinded 20 years ago as the result of an accident while racing. He met his bride during a racing contest in San Jose.
Zeigler is known here where he often took part in the Bay City Wheelmen Club runs from San Francisco when bicycle racing was the main attraction.
OTTO ZEIGLER CLAIMS BRIDE - Petaluma Argus-Courier - July 18, 1932
Pages which link here:
- A CYCLING RECORD BROKEN. - The San Francisco Examiner - 03 Jun 1895 (← links)
- San Jose Road Club (← links)
- File:Screen Shot 2017-08-12 at 1.00.43 PM.png (← links)
- File:SOME OF THE CRACK RIDERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST .jpeg (← links)
- Walter F. Foster (← links)
- Allan N. Jones (← links)
- William A. Terrill (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Apr 1895 (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892 (← links)
- BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31 May 1893 (← links)
- Charles S. Wells (← links)
- Alex J. Rosborough (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN - Track to Be Used in the Tournament. - A Matter of Interest to Racers. - San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 15, 15 June 1895 (← links)
- WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle - 05 Jan 1895, Sat - Page 12 (← links)
- HIS RACING CAREER - Walter Foster Gets Favorable Mention. - Alameda Daily Argus, 19 Oct 1895 (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE - Grant Bell Wins the Road Race of the Acme Club. - Preparations for the Thanksgiving Day - Events at San Jose - Close of the League Campaign. - The San Francisco Call, 14 Nov 1892 (← links)
- WHEN SAN JOSE’S BUSINESSMEN WERE CYCLISTS - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 72, 12 March 1908 (← links)
- CYCLING UP TO DATE. - Farewell Banquet Tendered Wilbur J. Edwards at San Jose. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jun 1894 (← links)
- CYCLERS' NEW TRACK. - Matinee at the San Jose Course. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Jul 1895 (← links)
- File:Captain O. Ziegler. The San Francisco Call Mon Jan 16 1893 .jpeg (← links)
- ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Allen and Sachtleben on the Homestretch. - The San Francisco Call, 16 Jan 1893 (← links)
- O. Ziegler (redirect page) (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895 (← links)
- Otto Ziegler Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895 (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jun 1895 (← links)
- WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896 (← links)
- H. W. Squires (← links)
- William Yeoman (← links)
- George Hamlin (← links)
- C. A. Park (← links)
- THE SPEEDY CYCLERS. - Coast Records Sure to Be Lowered. - Eastern Cracks Now on the Road. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1894 (← links)
- THE WHEEL. - Enthusiasts Who Are Keeping in Trim for Near Future Events. - The San Francisco Call, 06 May 1894 (← links)
- CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE. - California Champions Who Start To-Day for Denver. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1894 (← links)
- WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895 (← links)
- H. Egeberg (← links)
- A QUIET WEEK IN CYCLING - The San Francisco Call - November 13, 1897 (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - January 15, 1896 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1895 (← links)
- Otto Zeigler Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 04 May 1895 (← links)
- Otto Zeigler, Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- CYCLERS ARE AROUSED - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Sep 1894 (← links)
- R. L. Long (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. E. Edwards - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1895 (← links)
- Otto Zeigler (redirect page) (← links)
- Otto Ziegler, Jr. (← links)
- Y. M. C. A. BICYCLE RACES. - Los Angeles Herald, 16 Sep 1894 (← links)
- RECORDS IN DANGER. - The Big Wheelmen's Meet To-Day. - San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr 1894 (← links)
- SPEEDING WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1894 (← links)
- OTTO ZEIGLER CLAIMS BRIDE - Petaluma Argus-Courier - July 18, 1932 (← links)
- BICYCLISTS IN BAD LUCK. - Dirnberger Was Thrown and Bliss Pocketed in Their First Race. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 May 1894 (← links)
- Otto Ziegler (redirect page) (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 04 May 1895 (← links)
- BICYCLISTS IN BAD LUCK. - Dirnberger Was Thrown and Bliss Pocketed in Their First Race. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 May 1894 (← links)
- CYCLING UP TO DATE. - The San Francisco Examiner, 22 Apr 1894 (← links)
- BICYCLE RECORDS BROKEN. - The Annual Meet of the Capital City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Examiner, 03 Oct 1893 (← links)
- CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE. - California Champions Who Start To-Day for Denver. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1894 (← links)
- BENSON WINS THE SILVER CUP. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 Aug 1894 (← links)
- NEW BICYCLE RECORD. - San Francisco Chronicle, 06 Aug 1894 (← links)
- Sixth of a series of five-mile road races - San Jose Road Club - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Aug 1893 (← links)
- East San Jose course (← links)
- Jack Dermody (← links)
- CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. - Otto Ziegler and Other Flyers to Be Seen in Competition in the Northwest. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Aug 1897 (← links)
- RACE MEETS A'PLENTY - The Minneapolis Journal - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Thursday, May 13, 1897 (← links)
- O. Ziegler, Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- File:Oakland Tribune Tue May 6 1924 1.jpg (← links)
- Members of Acme Athletic Club Hold Fourth Reunion - Oakland Tribune, 06 May 1924 (← links)
- Ziegler (redirect page) (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1895 (← links)
- WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896 (← links)
- NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895 (← links)
- Ziegler Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894 (← links)
- L. W. Fox (← links)
- File:Otto Ziegler Jr. San Francisco Chronicle Sat Apr 28 1894 .jpeg (← links)
- RECORDS IN DANGER. - The Big Wheelmen's Meet To-Day. - San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr 1894 (← links)
- SPEEDING WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1894 (← links)
- THE WHEEL. - Enthusiasts Who Are Keeping in Trim for Near Future Events. - The San Francisco Call, 06 May 1894 (← links)
- CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE. - California Champions Who Start To-Day for Denver. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1894 (← links)
- IMPERIAL ROAD RACE. - FRANK BYRNE THE WINNER. - The San Francisco Call, 04 Feb 1895 (← links)