The Bearings, Vol 12, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Eddie Bald dominates the Springfield meet, winning every open event for which he was eligible and widening his lead in The Bearings' thermometer, cementing his likely title as Competition Champion of America.
- p. 1
Returning from suspension just in time for Springfield, Cabanne rides superbly to leap two positions in the thermometer in a single week, a performance described as nothing short of marvelous given his long run of hard luck.
- p. 1
Murphy's riding at Springfield is described as decidedly ragged, causing him to fall from third to sixth in the thermometer in a single week—a sharp contrast to Cabanne, who made the most of the same return from suspension.
- p. 8
Walter Sanger wins over $600 in professional events at Springfield, including a brilliant two-mile handicap in which he threads through a field of nineteen to cross the tape in record time.
- p. 2
The Spalding two-man team of Cabanne and Titus overtakes the Humber's Murphy to lead team percentage standings, while the Monarch team maintains its remarkable proportional record despite having only two riders.
- Waltham: Last Circuit Meet in the East
Only a few hundred people attend what proves a frost at Waltham despite the presence of Bald, Cabanne, and Sanger, though Cabanne steals a half-mile win with an early jump that catches Bald napping.
- California and Louisville Record Plans
The western boom party is confirmed at roughly thirty to forty riders, with plans for record attempts at Louisville in October before the full group heads to the Pacific coast for the December circuit and further record campaigns at San Jose.