Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 18, No 10

Articles in this issue

• National Assembly.

  The annual meeting of the National Assembly, held at the Boston City Club on September 9, with President Elmer G. Whitney presiding and delegates including William M. Frisbie, Abbot Bassett, Marriott C. Morris and James M. McGinley.
• Report of the Secretary-Treasurer.

  Abbot Bassett's report marking the League's fortieth year, reviewing membership decline to 912 from an 1895 peak, good-roads pamphlet history, necrology and finances, plus a unanimous vote to abolish the Second Vice-President and Auditor offices; McGinley moved to protect the Prospect Park-Coney Island cycle paths from autos, and Frisbie was elected President.
• Annual Dinner of the L. A. W.

  The annual dinner at the Boston City Club on September 9th, with after-dinner speeches by Albert S. Parsons (the League's first Secretary), Charles J. Obermayer, Frisbie and others, and poems read by William H. Hale and Quincy Kilby.
• The Wheel About the Hub.

  The twenty-ninth Wheel About the Hub of September 10-11 under the Boston Bicycle Club, rained out so the party traveled by auto to Cobb's, the Mansfield Tavern and a clam bake at Sibley's in South Hingham, featuring sketches by Charley Reed and a debate led by Andy McGarrett over dropping bicycles for autos.
• Parade and Contests at the Reservoir, Boston.

  A September 12 parade of 4,000 cyclists from Copley Square to the reservoir, directed by Fred St. Onge, with riding-skill contests won by Walter Wilson Early, Catherine Hyde, Alan A. Lees, Mrs. Leila Kunz and Francis G. Gibbs, plus high-wheel exhibitions and songs.
• New York Atlantic City Philadelphia Run 1920.

  Fred J. Perrault, George C. Dresser, L. A. Wetzell and R. C. Geist of the Century Road Club rode 306 miles from New York to Atlantic City to Philadelphia and back over September 4-6, battling New Jersey sand and fog; reported by R. C. Geist of the Publicity Committee.
• Fall Century Run of C. R. C. A.

  Announcement of the Long Island Division of the Century Road Club Association's annual Fall Century Run on October 10 over the South Shore of Long Island, with Pleasure and Fast Divisions starting from Bedford Rest and Columbus Circle; details from Centurion Jos. S. Caldwell of Brooklyn.
• An Old-Time Bicycle.

  A reader's letter from A. M. Scheffey answering a query about surviving old high bicycles, reporting he still owns an 1888 '54' Light Champion made by the Gormley & Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Chicago.