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• Edwin Mohrig
  ...story told that, during this meet, Edwin Mohrig, who was in the five-mile championship, stopped in the middle of the race to roll up his trousers, which were cont
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892
  ...or the Alameda races, and, although he is entered for the one mile [[State championship]] and the two-mile handicap, it is doubtful whether he will appear on the t Then comes one of the events of the day, the one-mile safety [[State championship]]. In the first heat [[Frank Waller]], "the Flying Dutchman,” will undoub
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• Bicycle Riders Hold a Successful Tournament at Stockton - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1891
  ...ga Fouls Upson and the Judges Bar Him From the Race - Burke Wins the State Championship Race. =====
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• George H. Osen
  The two-mile safety race for the Pacific Coast championship, held by [[George H. Osen|G. H. Osen]], of the Garden City Cyclers, was won ...or less. Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for he still holds the time championship for the Pacific Coast.
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• Wheeling. - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Apr 1889
  One-mile University of California championship - [[E. P. Hilborn]], [[C. E. Townsend]]. Two-mile championship, University of California - [[C. B. Lakeman|C. B. Lakenau]], C. E. Townsend
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• THE WHEELMEN. - Successful Celebration of the Annual Meet. - Los Angeles Herald, 31 May 1889
  ...y local riders. The first figures to be lowered were in the one-mile State championship race, when [[W. S. Wing]], reduced the record from 2:48 1/2 to 2:47. The fi <div style='text-align: center;'>THE ONE-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP.</div>
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• HIS RACING CAREER - Walter Foster Gets Favorable Mention. - Alameda Daily Argus, 19 Oct 1895
  .... Edwards|Edwards]] and [[Otto Ziegler, Jr.|Ziegler]] as men who have held championship honors for a length of time, vary from a day to a couple of years; but the
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• M. Maggini
  ...REPRESENTING [[Garden City Wheelmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] WHICH WON COAST CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.<br/>
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• A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
  ...n as 'rubbing it in.' I was able to win what was styled the 'Pacific Coast Championship.' but which, owing to the absence of Foster and Zeigler, was something of a ...low wheel and made a good showing, riding a close second in the [[division championship]] at [[Central Park track]]. Smith is but five feet six and a half inches t
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jul 1888
  Next came the one-mile state championship. This is regarded by wheelmen much us the Derby is by horsemen - the blue r ...Elwell's admirers were even more extravagant than at the close of the mile championship.
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1887
  ...he [[League of American Wheelmen]] offered to locate the ten-mile National championship for 1887 in California, but it was declined, for the reason that it was not [[Charles Edmund Adcock|Adcock]] has entered for the mile and ten-mile state championship events at Santa Cruz, and [[Emil Fahrbach]] for the half-mile.
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• Edward Carl Bald
  ...t be learned a lot about track racing. At Buffalo, though, he won the city championship.
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• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 70, 10 March 1908
  ...considerable speed and ability as a bicycle rider, and later won the State championship.
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• Alameda Cycle Park track
  ...n Francisco Call Wed May 31 1893 .jpeg|thumb|center|700px|THE START IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT.]]
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Capitol City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, Aug 22, 1892
  ...r, Rivett won a road race on the Riverside road in Sacramento for the club championship, covering the distance, three and three-eighth miles, in 10:56. ...e-mile championship. On the Fourth of July at Stockton he won the one mile championship ([[ordinary]]); came in second in the half-mile [[safety]], in which the re
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar 1890
  ...cisco and Oakland, with good roads from both places. A number of the State championship races for this year will be contested at this meet. Wheelmen who wish to en
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• Walter F. Foster
  The two-mile safety race for the Pacific Coast championship, held by [[George H. Osen|G. H. Osen]], of the Garden City Cyclers, was won ... Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for he still holds the time championship for the Pacific Coast.
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• NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895
  ...ow wheel, and made a good showing, [[riding a close second in the division championship]] at [[Central Park track]]. ...y races of the Garden City Cyclers, the same year, Davis won the five-mile championship of San Jose and the mlle handicap]].
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• THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893
  ...Davis made the best race of his life, riding second to Elwell in the mile championship in 2:48 1/2]]. So very close, however, was he riding that many thought he h His [[spurt]] is simply phenomenal. In [[the one-mile championship at Stockton, July 4, 1888]], he made the most remarkable ride ever witnesse
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• Clarence N. Ravlin
  ...or less. Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for he still holds the time championship for the Pacific Coast.
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