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• Y. M. C. A. BICYCLE RACES. - Los Angeles Herald, 16 Sep 1894
  ==== F. C. Heineman wins the Association State Championship. ==== ...cle meet of the Y. M. C. A. at Alameda today. Riders from all parts of the state participated. The bicycle races resulted as follows:
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• WHEELERS. - Oakland Tribune, 16 Feb 1887
  ==== The Programme for the State Meeting in Oakland. ==== ...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.
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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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• 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 ...nce been recognized, by all authorities, as the cycle championships of the State. The meeting provided excellent sport, but no new records were made. The fi
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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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• The Bicycle - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Nov 1886
  ...te mark; it was certainly the fastest mile ever ridden on the road in this state. ...an was expected, finishing 22 seconds behind two of the best riders in the State. He was the freshest man in.
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889
  ...arge number of Bay City wheelmen and others from different sections of the State. The bicyclists made a great feature of the [[parade]] this morning, their ...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
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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 ...Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State]]
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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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• Charles Edmund Adcock
  ...an was expected, finishing 22 seconds behind two of the best riders in the State. He was the freshest man in. ...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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• 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. ===== Some of the fastest riders in the State remained out on account of the [[handicap]], among whom were [[D. L. Burke|
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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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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
  ...of this week a circular will be in the hands of every league member in the State giving fun information as to the cost of transportation and accommodations, ...low race and a competitive exhibition of fancy riding. The location of the State championships have yet to be approved by the racing board. The two-mile nat
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• ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886
  ...the unattended wheelmen, thirty-five strong, from different points in this State and Oregon, brought up the rear, and the numerous kinds and varieties of bi ...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 [[
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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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