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• THE WHEELMEN. - Seventy-five Members of the California Division of the American League on the Road. - The San Francisco Call, 02 Jun 1890
  ==== Seventy-five Members of the California Division of the American League on the Road. ==== ...ived here to-day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, on [[:Category:1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|a run of 100 miles]]. Large crowds were awaiting them.
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• THE WHEEL. - A New Club-House for the San Franciscos. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 8, 1890
  ...e means of inducing others to become members of the [[California Division, League of American Wheelmen|division]]. Now that it is over wheelmen will settle d ...90 annual meet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|the annual meet will be held on the Fourth]]. The night will be moonlight, and it is a
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Mar 1887
  ...return on April 3d, and on the 10th they will have [[:Category:1887 annual century run of the L. A. W.|their 100-mile run]] about which there has been so much ...e two years. It is his intention to organize an Austrian Division of the [[League of American Wheelmen]].
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• San Jose Mercury-news, Volume XXXVII, Number 132, 12 May 1890
  ===== Preparations for the Annual Meet In San Jose in July - Century Run to Hollister Next Sunday ===== ...] will take place. [[:Category:1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|The century run, by the L. A. W. next Sunday, from San Francisco to Hollister]], a dist
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• THE WHEEL. - San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1890
  ==== Sidewalk Riding - The Century Run To Day. ==== This morning at 5 o'clock the long-expected [[:Category:1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|country run]] was started from [https://goo.gl/maps/thN
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• KNAVE - Recalls Cycling Days - A Typical Trip - Oakland Tribune, 12 May 1946
  ...the front tires and the editorial criticisms they evoked? And there were [[century]] medals for brave souls who rode 100 miles in one day; races in which cont ...annual century run of the L. A. W.|century run of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen, postponed from May 18th, was held on Sunday]]. The ru
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890
  ...nual century run of the L. A. W.|100-mile ride of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen]], took place June 1st and proved a great success. The ...mmons/14190806052/in/album-72157644633806456/ 'League of American Wheelmen Century Run, June 1, 1890, in San Francisco at 21st and <s>Capp</s> Mission Street.
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• Ralph M. Thompson
  Chief Consul, [[League of American Wheelmen]] The "[[:Category:1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|century run" of wheelmen from San Francisco to Hollister]] was successfully made on
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• ALL AROUND NOTES. - Oakland Tribune, 04 Apr 1887
  A number of Oakland wheelmen will join the [[League of American Wheelmen annual race, to meet on the 2d, 3d, and 4th of July]] at Santa Cruz. ...riders on this and the other side of the bay are practicing daily for the Century run.
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 1890
  ...has afforded ample opportunity for wheelmen to get in condition for the [[century run, which has been postponed til June 1st]]. Many have taken advantage of [[California Division, League of American Wheelmen|California division of the league]] is booming just at present. Renewals and applications are going East ever
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 11 Apr 1887
  This evening the votes will be counted for the league division election, and the fight for Secretary-Treasurer will be over. By t Mr. Lamson, the manufacturer of the league pins, at last accounts, was receiving attentions from the Los Angeles wheel
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• Henry C. Smith
  ...all, though he weighs 150. His work in the first relay of [[:Category:1894 annual 100-mile relay race|the great race on the 8th]] shows what he can do, and h ...90 Smith won the Coast championship at the California division meet of the League of American Wheelmen. In 1891 and 1892 Smith kept on winning prizes on the
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr 1888
  ...cyclists]] are anticipating giving the "bikers" a lively time during [[the league meet]]. Those who race will have a perfect [[track]]. It is in the form of ..., 1888 annual meet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|annual meet and races]] at Stockton, under the auspices of the [[Oak Leaf Bicycle
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. B. Carey Rides the First Century. - The Question of Race Meet Dates. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan 1895
  === J. B. Carey Rides the First Century. === ...date and one club is a [[L. A. W.|league]] club while the other is not the league club invariably gets the sanction.
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1891
  ...as were on the [[event::1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|celebrated century run to Hollister]] last year, when fifty-three men completed the run. The committee work of the [[race::league meet at Stockton on July 4th]] is getting into shape so that we may soon ex
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Garden City Cyclers. - Frank Waller Makes a New World's Record. - The Coming Century Run - Straight Spokes. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 13, 1892
  ===== Frank Waller Makes a New World's Record. The Coming Century Run - Straight Spokes. ===== ..., 1892 annual meet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|league meet]], originally fixed for Sacramento, has been given to Stockton, owing
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• California Associated Cycling Clubs
  ...un of the L. A. W.|annual century run]] and [[Parade of the C. A. C. C.|an annual parade of the clubs]]. ...n all matters relating to the advancement of cycling and the work of the [[League of American Wheelmen]].
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• EVENTS AMONG THE LOCAL WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 14, 1895
  ==== OLYMPICS CENTURY RUN. ==== ...s fair to be well contested, as this Coast has five clubs belonging to the league, and, of course, each one wishes to be represented on the governing board.
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call - Jul 18, 1892
  ...in 1890, at the old exposition building in Chicago, he took first prize in century races, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/127072296/f-e-spooner-won-the-10 ...un of the L. A. W.|annual century run]] and [[Parade of the C. A. C. C.|an annual parade of the clubs]].
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 1895
  ==== A Plan for Holding Century Runs ==== The remarkable feat of riding a [[double century]], which, interpreted by a cycler, means 200 miles, has often been discusse
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