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• Y. M. C. A. BICYCLE RACES. - Los Angeles Herald, 16 Sep 1894
  ==== F. C. Heineman wins the Association State Championship. ==== Y. M. C. A. state championship, one mile - Won by [[F. C. Heineman]], San Francisco; [[C. F. Lemon]] of Oa
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• Charles A. Beiderman
  ...os, Adcock of the Bay City Wheelmen and Biederman, the great unwashed, the championship ought to prove a very interesting affair. ...-5 seconds in the novice race. W. G. Davis cut it down to 2:52 in the mile championship, and [[Charles A. Beiderman|C. A. Beiderman]] cut it down still further by
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• BICYCLING. - The San Francisco Call, 24 Jun 1890
  ...o many riders throughout the State, stopped to the middle of the five-mile championship, to roll up bis trousers, as they were continually getting caught in the sp ...[[Bay District Track]] on that day was contested the first official State championship race, and inaugurated what have since been recognized, by all authorities,
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• WHEELERS. - Oakland Tribune, 16 Feb 1887
  ...e tricycle. 3. Five mile [[L. A. W.]] [[:Category:state championship|State championship]]. 4. Three mile handicap. 5. One quarter mile dash. 6. Two mile handicap. [[Category:state championship]]
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• THE RAMBLERS. - Oakland Tribune, 19 Feb 1887
  Five mile L. A. W. [[:Category:state championship|State championship]] - [[C. A. Biederman]], [[W. W. Haralson]], [[P. E. Haslett]], [[B. C. W.] [[Category:state championship]]
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• William G. Davis
  Mile L. A. W. State championship - . E. Adcock, B. C. W.; Charles Beiderman, unattached; R. C. Woodworth, Lo ...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 had
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• OLYMPIC CLUB SPORTS. - Oakland Tribune, 31 May 1887
  ...inal event was the five mile Bicycle League [[:Category:state championship|Championship]] race, which was won by [[Charles Edmund Adcock|Adcock]] in 17m. 41 1/2s. [[Category:state championship]]
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• Burton Clarence Lund
  ...e Wheelmen|Acme Club]], who was recently defeated for the three-mile state championship by [[W. R. Lippset]] of San Jose, has challenged his conqueror again. Lund The three-mile ordinary State championship is thought by many to be between [[W. R. Lipsett]] and [[Burton Clarence Lu
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• BICYCLING. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Nov 1886
  The half-mile [[:Category:state championship|State championship]] will be run off at Los Angeles on the 25th instant. [[Category:state championship]]
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• Wilbur Frederick Knapp
  ...world. Hartford, Conn. and Buffalo, NY, September, 1888; forty eight hour championship of the world, Omaha, Nebraska, March, 1889. Can be matched to race any man
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• ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890
  The one mile safety State championship race [[R. W. Turner]] of San Francisco, [[Charles P. Fonda]] of San Francis The one-mile district championship had as starters [[D. L. Burke]] of Los Angeles and [[Henry C. Smith|Henry S
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• The Bicycle - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Nov 1886
  The [[race::25-mile State Championship|road race]] was won as expected by [[F. D. Elwell]] in 1:37 2-5 with [[L. R |race=25-mile State Championship
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• Colin C. Harbottle
  ...ne of the newer riders, having begun racing on July 1, 1893, at the annual championship meet of the [http://omeka.tplcs.ca/virtual-exhibits/exhibits/show/sports-hi ...three times. He holds the quarter-mile Canadian championship and the mile championship of the Province of Ontario. The quarter-mile standing and flying start and
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• E. D. Woodman
  ...rig's debut [[E. D]]. Woodman, a member of the club, won the first bicycle championship of the Coast. The races at that time were usually at one mile, best two out ...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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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
  ...Pennsylvania division. California applied for either the two or five-mile championship in February last and received the reply that the application would be refer ...Wheelmen]] and [[Charles A. Beiderman|Biederman]], the great unwashed, the championship ought to prove a very interesting affair.
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• The Bicycle Sports. - The San Francisco Examiner, 22 Nov 1886
  The [[race::half-mile State championship will be run off at Los Angeles on the 25th instant]]. The preparations for [[race:: 25-mile State Championship]] have been completed and the race cannot but prove one of the greatest eve
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• WHEELMEN AT SAN JOSE. - The San Francisco Examiner - September 10, 1892
  Half-mile, [[Safety]] championship, fifteen entries - [[Wilbur Edwards|Wilton Edwards]], [[Garden City Cyclers Two miles, [[ordinary]] championship, seven en tries - [[David Marshall]], [[Bay City Wheelmen]]. Time, 7:32 2-5
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• The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Examiner, 22 Aug 1887
  ...ip, making the third he has won this year. He got cramps in the fifty-mile championship race and withdrew at the thirty-first mile.
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• The Bicycle Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889
  ...f American Wheelmen State championship|League of American Wheelmen's State championship race]], the coast record being six minutes. The starters were: [[F. E. Sout ...of American Wheelmen State championship|League of American Wheelmen State championship]], the coast record being 3:10 4-5, unless 3:10 was beaten no medal would b
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 1890
  ...wnsend]] and many others will probably try for first place in the district championship. ...mile State championship, one mile tandem safety scratch, one mile district championship, two mile salety handicap, one mile handicap. This gives an opportunity for
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• Henry C. Smith
  ...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 ...low wheel, and made a good showing, riding a close second in the division championship at Central Park track.
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• Los Angeles Wheelmen
  ...championships, - the latter called the national championship. The one-mile championship, run on the Stockton quarter mile track, is the most celebrated in local bi ...he same day Davis and Elwell again came together in the five-mile national championship, this race was tame by comparison with the most sensational race ever conte
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• N. H. Van Sicklen
  ...g the bicycle crazes of the late 19th century. In 1886, he won the 10 Mile Championship of the League of American Wheelmen.[3] It was, however, after changing to t
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• Napa Cycling Club
  ...handicap, 1-mile handicap and 5-mile invitation, and on Thursday a 1-mile championship and 25-mile club relay.
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• Charles Edmund Adcock
  ...iki>[</nowiki>the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> has produced its championship winners as follows: 1884, Fred Russ Cook; 1885, Fred Russ Cook, W. G. Davis
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• Frank Howlett
  ...Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890|On July 4, 1890, Jesse Ives won the one-mile safety championship of the Pacific Coast at the race meet at San Jose.]]
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889
  ...2-5s. The best time is 2m. 50s., held by P. Kilkelly. The twenty-five-mile championship of Ireland was also won by A. Du Kross in 1h. 27m. 22s., the standard time
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• ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886
  ...hile on the lead, but his injuries were slight. In the three mile national championship there were four entries, [[S. F. Booth Jr.]] and [[F. D. Elwell]] of the [[ ...[[F. D. Elwell]] carried off the honors in the one mile race for the State championship in 3:16 25, with [[S. F. Booth, Jr.]], second.
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• Alfred Angel Alcayaga
  The last race was five miles, safety, for the State championship, which had nine starters. [[Alfred Angel Alcayaga|Al Alcayaga]] of the Orie
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
  ...elmen, State championship: two-mile, League of American Wheelmen, National championship: half-mile dash; one-mile handicap; three-mile handicap: five-mile handicap Five-mile L. A. W. State championship race - C. A. Biederman, H. C. Finkler, C. E. Adcock, J. Henderson.
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• WHEELMEN PREPARED FOR BIG ROAD RACE - The San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 1902
  ...men as [[Burton Downing|Burton]] and [[Lace Downing]], who hold the coast championship; [[Arthur McDonald]] and [[Tony Delmas]]. The officials in charge of the ra
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• Wilbur J. Edwards
  ...n 1891 he won the race again. In 1892 Edwards got second in the mile State championship, riding against such mon ag Foster, Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crac ...- November 28th - he won the five-mile scratch and also got the half-mile championship.
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• Sixth of a series of five-mile road races - San Jose Road Club - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Aug 1893
  Ziegler now holds the championship medal for the five-mile race. Having won it three times, it is now his indi
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1890
  ...mile, the winners of which are to be sent East to contest in the national championship at the expense of the division.
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• R. W. Turner
  ...rd. F. D. Elwell carried off the honors in the one mile race for the State championship in 3:16 25, with S. F. Booth, Jr., second. Five mile L. A. W. State championship - C. A. Biederman, W. W. Haralson, P. E. Haslett, B. C. W.; L. R. Larzelere
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• Oakland Ramblers
  ...one mile tricycle, five-mile L. A. W. [[:Category:state championship|State championship]], three-mile handicap, one-mile [[star]] wheelers, two-mile handicap, one- ...mile tricycle, five-mile [[L. A. W.]] [[:Category:state championship|State championship]], three-mile handicap, one-mile "[[Star]]," two-mile handicap, one-mile ta
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892
  ...rticle/the-san-francisco-call-bicycle-records-b/127968470/ five-mile State championship race], and the club expects great things of him during the coming season. ...George F. Neece|Neece]]. [[Grant Bell]], the holder of the five-mile State championship, has recently joined the [[Acmes]] and will hereafter wear the [[Acme Wheel
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
  ...ican Wheelmen|the Santa Cruz races]]. He says he will race until he wins a championship. ...eet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|L. A. W. State championship]] will bring together the best riders California has ever produced and prom
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• FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
  The next race was a two-mile, L. A. W. State championship contest. The Coast record was six minutes. The starters were [[F. E. Southw ...ore the next race, which was one mile, [[Safety]] bicycles, L. A. W. State championship, the Coast record being three minutes ten and four-fifths seconds, that unl
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• Garden City Wheelmen World Famous. - San Jose Mercury-news, 6 September 1906
  ...REPRESENTING [[Garden City Wheelmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] WHICH WON COAST CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.<br/> The ten-man team representing this city has held for many years the championship of the Pacific Slope. It has defeated every team entered against it in ever
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• OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893
  ...races against some of the fastest men on the cost. Foster has won several championship races, and on May 30th last won the mile handicap in 2:36. Foster's most re ...or several years before coming to California. Bell won the five-mile State championship of California in 1891. On May 30, 1892, he captured the five-mile race at a
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• John Wing
  ...lap board track. The events will include a one-mile novice, the mile State championship, one-half mile handicap, and a five-mile paced match between [[John Wing|J.
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• Palo Alto Wheelmen
  ...or less. Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for he still holds the time championship for the Pacific Coast.
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• San Francisco Call, Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State
  The two-mile safety race for the [[Pacific Coast championship]], held by [[George H. Osen|G. H. Osen]], of the [[Garden City Cyclers]], w The five-mile ordinary championship race was run in slow time, and was won by [[Burton Clarence Lund|B. C. Lund
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• DENVER CYCLERS AT A SMOKER. - The San Francisco Call - June 03, 1898
  Among the guests last night was Lieutenant Hawley, who held the championship of Idaho during the past season. Other noted wheelmen were there and they w
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• Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park
  The annual championship of 1893 was awarded to the Bay Citys on March 11th, but no work was begun o [[READY FOR THE BIG CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES - It Will Take Over Twenty Races Among the Crackajacks to Decide the
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 06 Jun 1887
  ...L. R. Larzalere|Larzelere]], [[William G. Davis|Davis]] and [[Patrick]] in championship form, which he is fully competent to do. ...in the East, one of which was the assigning of the two-mile United States championship to an Eastern club some time after this division had asked for it. This snu
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• Herman C. Eggers
  ...n by E. D. Woodman in 4 minutes, 53 seconds. On the same day the five-mile championship was won by Fitzgerald. In November of the same year there was a three days' ...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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• Capital City Wheelmen
  ...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 record was
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• BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31 May 1893
  ...n Francisco Call Wed May 31 1893 .jpeg|thumb|center|700px|THE START IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT.]] ...gentlemanly representative of the Stanford University, did not secure the championship he at least won the admiration of at least 3000 spectators, who sympathized
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