The Bearings, Vol 11, No 15
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
San Jose crowds demand more racing after the Garden City Cyclers' two-day meet, with Wilbur Edwards' retirement from track racing mourned while Allan Jones announces his entry into Class B competition.
- p. 1
Edwards, a Stanford graduate who holds the straightaway mile record and Pacific coast records in the mile and half-mile, retires from racing with his reputation for clean sportsmanship entirely intact.
- p. 1
T.W. Winder, riding around the coast and border of the United States for the Buffalo Express over an estimated 21,600 miles in 300 days, arrives in San Jose after enduring Texas sand, eight punctures in one day, and a hold-up at gunpoint.
- Eck Answers the Charges
Tom Eck sends Chairman Gideon documentation defending John S. Johnson against charges of failing to appear at the Wilkes-Barre tournament and a balk at Baltimore, arguing both incidents were due to poor railroad transportation and confusion over schedules.
- p. 12
American racer George A. Banker is beaten in the first heat of a 2,000-yard race at the Velodrome de l'Est in Paris, with Baras winning the final.
- p. 2
Virtually unknown George R. Cutter wins the Linscott 25-mile handicap road race near Boston in 1:12:59 with 250 entries and 218 starters, the second largest field ever in an American road race, while Eddie McDuffie takes the time prize in 1:12:08.