View source for CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894

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=== CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE ===
==== A Poor Referee the Weak Point in Monday's Races. ====
==== THREE SOUTHERN HUSTLERS. ====
===== Another Castleman-McAleer Twenty-Five Mile Race - South California Gossip - Tomorrow's Events - Wheelmen In Politics - An Electric Light Tournament - New Clubs Forming. =====

There was an excellent attendance at [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-the-flying-os/91093935/ Monday's tournament] and the forenoon programme was a success in all ways, but the afternoon went off only half as well as it should have done on account of the fool-hardiness of one man, who was unfortunately chosen referee. There was no need of hurrying, yet the first two races were run by the referee and part of the officials before half of the contestants for those races could arrive or the rest of the offcials got back from lunch. No one was pleased by this move, and it cost the audience a long wait and the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] an extra set of prizes.

[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-the-flying-os/91093935/ Monday's races] also brought the starter out too prominently again, repeating the [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call/129936958/ San Jose incident], where [[Frank Elwell]] also tried to be referee. He may have been a good referee years ago, but he is way behind the times now, and his work as [[handicapper]] is nearly as bad. Clubs should use better judgment in choosing officials and pick some of the newer men who are more up to date.

The magazine, [[Good Roads magazine|Good Roads]], published by the [[League of American Wheelmen]], is doing much good in [[:Category:Good Roads movement|highway and street reform]]. It is issued from Boston, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Elliott Sterling Elliot] has given up [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Auto_Motor_Journal/yQdaAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Elliott%20Bicycle%20Factory%22&pg=RA1-PA347&printsec=frontcover his bicycle factory] to edit it.

The [https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/uhq_volume79_2011_number3/s/10373125 Social Wheel Club] of [[Salt Lake City]] runs its championship in five races, the winner of three or more races becoming the champion of the year.

The [[Acme Club Wheelmen]] have a run to-morrow to [[San Pablo]]. The start will be from the [[Acme A. C.]] on Twelfth street, Oakland, at 9:30 A. M., and Captain [[Kitchen]] announces a chicken dinner and salt water bathing as features of the club run.

[[Chicago]] wheelmen have named a municipal ticket, and with over 50,000 riders and their friends expect to elect part of it. [[N. H. Van Sicklen|W. H. Van Sicklen]] of [[Bearings]] is the candidate for County Treasurer.

On Sunday, October 21st, the [[Californias]] have a run to [[Mt. Diablo]], leaving the city Saturday evening so as to be on the summit to see the sun rise.

Early in August the [[Oroville Citrus Cycling Club]] was organized with [[T. M. Cooke]], Captain, [[George Westwood]], President, and [[Frank Grey]], Secretary-Treasurer.

[[Philadelphia]] wheelmen had an electric-light tournament on the evening of September 26th, at which there were 6,000 spectators. Taxis made a half mile in 1:05 3-5, and some others made fast time, too, though most of the riders were timid. An electric light meet should be held here this fall.

The [[California Cycling Club]] will have a ladies' night November 10th, and the committee in charge is composed of Messrs. [[W. N. Brunt|Brunt]], [[Boyd]], [[Boyle]], [[Karl]], [[Scott]], [[Wren]] and [[Flood]], the latter being chairman.

[[F. Howard Tuttle]] left for [[Denver]] Thursday going by way of [[Los Angeles]].

A bicycle club will soon be organized in [[Chico]].

The [[annual ten-mile road race of the California Cycling Club]], which was postponed from last Sunday on account of the rain, will be run to-morrow, starting from [https://goo.gl/maps/Cz6ctb5cjj82f2aX8 High street, Fruitvale], at 1 o'clock. Observation cars on the [https://www.haywardareahistory.org/history-of-the-electric-railway Hayward electric line] will accompany the contestants, and fast time is expected from the club's new racing men.

The entrants, with [[handicaps]], are: [[G. Williams]], 5 minutes; [[S. Friedlander]], 5; [[J. Burke]], 4; [[W. C. Dunlop]], 4; [[J. Wall]], 4; [[F. Hansen]], 3; [[T. Casserly]], 3; [[C. F. Gates]], 2; [[J. Reid]], 24: [[E. Erbe]], 2 1/2; [[H. Sternberg]], 2; [[H. Egeberg]], 2; [[F. Heineman]], 1; [[A. Theisen]], 1; [[J. Harvey]], 1; [[F. Reynolds]],
[[scratch]].

Captain [[C. J. Belloli]] of the [[San Jose Road Club]] has issued a neat circular outlining the [[club runs]] for October. The first run will start from the Road Club's headquarters in San Jose] at 6:30 this evening and will be the first club run ever called for [[Mount Hamilton]]. The twenty-six-mile run will be a rather long and steep one for a moonlight. At midnight the club will start back, and each rider is requested to bring a lunch and a lantern, if he has one. Captain [[Arthur C. Thornton|Thornton]] of the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] holds his first club run to-morrow. It will be to [[Pilarcitos|Pillarcitos]]. The start is at 8:30 sharp from the Olympic Clubhouse. A special effort will be made to please new members.

[[J. B. Harmon]], [[Charles E. High]] and [[R. Butcher]] are the latest additions to the [[San Jose Road Club|Road Club]].

The [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] will be represented in the first [[annual ten-mile road of the Associated Clubs]] by Messrs. [[W. J. Christ|Christ]], [[Gunn]], [[Ramsay]], [[Thomas]], [[Bertram "Sprocket" Bernhard|Bernhard]], [[Plageman]], [[Nauman]] and [[George Fuller]]. [[William H. Haley|Haley]] may also ride.

The [[100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland|Relay Cup]] is causing some serious talk among the [[San Jose Road Club|Road Club]]. Captain [[C. J. Belloli|Belloli]] says: "We must have it." The club has good material hidden in its ranks and he intends to bring it out.

[[Fred Larder]] of the [[San Jose Road Club|Road Club]] is touring to [[Sacramento]].

The [[Olympics]] made a fair profit on their meet and theatre party.

[[John W. Leavitt]] of the [[O. C. W.]] has gone into partnership with [[John T. Bill]] of [[Salt Lake City]], and the firm has purchased the [[Cleveland]] store, formerly conducted by [[E. E. Stoddard]] at [https://goo.gl/maps/TtqLKSgkchYoBSng9 306 McAllister street]. Mr. [[John T. Bill|Bill]] is a brother of [[Louis Bill|Louis C. Bill]], manager of the [[Cleveland]] branch house next door.

Those entered for the [[C. A. C. C. road race]] from the [[San Jose Road Club|Road Club]] are: [[A. Schwall]], [[F. A. McFarland]], [[C. J. Belloli]] and [[G. Hardenbrook]].

The [[Acmes]] will have a strong team in the big road race, and the [[Reliance]] boys expect to be well represented too.

[[Frank Fuller]] and his fourteen-year-old brother [[George Fuller|George]] of the [[O. C. W.]] are now riding a thirty-four-pound tandem, the lightest road tandem on the coast.

The time prize for the [[Ten-mile road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs|road race of the California Association Cycling Clubs]] on the 14th will probably be a diamond set locket, the diamond to be worth at least $50.

The arrangements for the [[S. J. R. C. Thanksgiving Day race meet]] will be actively pushed forward. The old [[Garden City Cyclers' track]] will be used, as the [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|proposed three-lap track for San Jose]] will not be built by that time. On October 21st the San Jose Road Club will hold [[another five-mile road race on the Alum Rock course]]. 

The bicycle thief seems to be still doing a good business. [[Perkins & Walker]] of [https://goo.gl/maps/Tk2h48gxK5wdBN347 1788 Market street] report the loss of a [[Liberty]] (No. 3,623), offering $20 reward for the wheel and $30 reward for the man who hired the wheel.

[[George Easton]], who rode to this city on a bicycle from [[St. Louis]], returned East by cars on Wednesday. [[Harry Alvord]], who came with him, will see more of California. [[N. J. Allen]], Vice-Consul of the [[Southern division of the L. A. W.]] and President of the [[Los Angeles Wheelmen]], the leading bicycle organization of Southern California, speaks very enthusiastically of the [[Thomas McAleer|McAleer]]-[[Casey Castleman|Castleman]] [[race]], of which he was the referee. It was a splendid battle, and in his opinion the riders were about as evenly matched as any two that could have me been found in the State. In regard to Castleman's claim of foul in the last lap, Mr. Allen stated that it was entirely Castleman's fault that he left the track. He felt that some trouble would occur when the men turned into the homestretch, so in company with an umpire, [[John Tufts]], he went and stood by the turn. When the riders struck the five-foot bank their wheels were lapping, both riding near the outside of the track. The pacemakers were about twenty feet in advance. Castleman, who was on the outside, increased his speed so as to get the additional momentum from the slope, as the bank dropped into the home-stretch. He lost control of his [[wheel]], however, and ran off the track, neither McAleer nor the pacemakers interfering in the least with him.

According to the articles of agreement the referee's decision was final, and Mr. [[Casey Castleman|Castleman]] cannot therefore make an appeal to the [[National Racing Board]].

[[Casey Castleman]]'s friends are not satisfied though, and negotiations have already ben begun for another race between the two men for a trophy to which each side contributes $260, just double the amount of the last race's prize.

[[Emil Ulbrecht]], the gritty long-distance rider, is shortly to go after the twenty-four-hour American record, which is now held by [[F. Ed Spooner|Spooner]] of Chicago. Ulbrecht is in good condition and feels very confident of making a creditable try at the mark. He will probably ride for the record the latter part of October or early in November.

A new club, called the "[[Owl Wheel Club|Owl]]," is being organized by the [[Southern Rambler team]]. They announce a [[25-mile handicap race at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles, October 27th]]. A piano is to be offered for first place. [[S. G. Spier]] is getting up the event.

[[L. W. Fox]], the crack [[Riverside]] wheelman, has retired from the [[track]] until next year. [[Jimmie Cowan]], another rapid wearer of the orange and black, has also retired. He is subject to heart trouble, and on the advice of physicians has given up racing for an indefinite period.

[[T. Q. Hall]], who was [[Thomas McAleer|McAleer]]'s manager in the recent race with [[Casey Castleman|Castleman]], has gone on a wheeling tour through [[Mexico]]. He will be gone about a month.

[[Emil Ulbrecht|Ulbrecht]], [[Phil Kitchen|Kitchen]], [[William Jenkins|Jenkins]] and [[Thomas McAleer|McAleer]] represented [[Los Angeles]] in the bicycle races at the [Cabrillo celebration held at San Diego]. It has been very noticeable lately that these men are generally the first four to finish in all of the events in which they ride.

The most important cycling organization in the State is the [[California Associated Cycling Clubs]]. It is a confederation of the leading wheel clubs, and the San Francisco clubs in [[C. A. C. C.]] are the [[Bay City Wheelmen]], [[California Cycling Club]], [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], [[Pacific Cycling Club]] and [[Pathfinders' Bicycle Club]].

The annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the [[Associated Cycling Clubs]] will be held this evening in the parlor of the [[Oakland Y. M. C. A. Cycling Club]]. New officials are to be elected and much other important business is to be done. The popular choice for President seems to be [[Henry F. Wynne]] of the [[Californias]], who is at present one of the two Vice-Presidents. [[Jules Hancock]] of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] or [[C. J. Belloli]] of the [[San Jose Road Club|Road Club]] will probably be elected Secretary-Treasurer, and [[Young]] of the [[Reliance Club Wheelmen]] and [[Len D. Owens]], Chairman of the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], are some of the good men for Vice-Presidents. The Board of Governors is made up of three delegates from each club in the [[C. A. C. C.]] 

[[GATES]].

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