Vol 2, No 5
Articles in this issue
- Union notice listing racing licences Nos. 1–71 issued for 1927, covering riders from W.T.C., Ż.K.S. Makkabi, K.S. Cracovia and other clubs, plus names suspended for unpaid licence fees.
- Report on the Scientific Council for Physical Education, opened 15 February under Marshal Piłsudski, quoting his criticism of unqualified sports councils.
- M. Bodalski argues that cycling club officials need knowledge of anatomy, fatigue and psychology rather than mere ambition, citing a young rider who fainted after over-racing in a three-finish event.
- E. Nehring laments Poland's lack of a proper speed-skating track, noting Vienna's artificial ice produced European champion Pollacek, and urges an open-air artificial rink combining racing, hockey and figure skating.
- Ludwik Turowski recounts becoming a cyclist, from a 1919 Dynasy track debut through a broken leg in 1921 to beating English sprinter Sibbit in 1925 and promotion to first class in 1926.
- Wiktor Junosza opens his military-preparedness department, urging clubs to run multi-day tours of 1,000km or more into the eastern borderlands as a prerequisite for racing.
- Second instalment of Jacek Orlicz's serial: in the fourth heat, Włady breaks clear with a fine "demarage" but Elessmar takes his wheel to win by a tyre's width; pacers later offer Włady a motorcycle for what may be his farewell day.
- Kpt. Kurletto argues the bicycle's value to the Związek Strzelecki's worker and peasant members, replacing crowded commuter trains and proving itself in wartime despatch companies.
- Foreign chronicle: Dewolf wins the second Ghent six-day; the French pair Wambst-Lacquehay win Wrocław's crash-marred six-day; and Faucheux takes the Paris international criterium from Michard.
- Home chronicle: W.T.C.'s prize-giving academy for 115 competitors, Dynasy track training sessions, the founding of LKS Pogoń's cycling section in Lwów, and Klub Cyklistów 05 Katowice's repeat Polish cycle-ball championship.
- Kraków district report: the Krakowski Klub Cyklistów i Motorzystów re-elects St. Rudnicki president, plans an August province race, and Polish champion Jan Łazarski explains his withdrawal from Cracovia over unpaid prizes.
- Obituary of Henryk Wierciński, excursion captain of the Radomskie Koło Sportowe's cyclists' section, who died on 25 December 1926 aged 26.
- Wystawa sportowa przybiera ogólnopaństwowy charakter pod opieką władz rządowych (opens in a new tab)The All-Polish Sports Exhibition at Lwów, 3–13 June, gains government backing, with the foreign ministry, army and Związek Strzelecki all pledging participation.
- The Związek Związków resolves to move the Sports Congress exhibits to the Lwów exhibition and give its "Olympic Week" the character of 1928 Amsterdam selection trials.
- Notice that the crossword No. 1 prize fell to Mr W. Hauge of Warsaw in the 22 February draw.