The Bearings, Vol 7, No 13
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The Bearings describes its move to elegant new ninth-floor offices in the Isabella Building on Van Buren Street, Chicago, complete with a dedicated lounge room stocked with cycling papers from around the world and open to all riders, tradesmen, and club members.
- p. 1
English champion F.J. Osmond arrives in America and takes his first ride on the Manhattan Field track in New York, pronouncing it inferior to famous English paths, before slipping quietly into Chicago to begin training.
- p. 1
An English trainer writes confidently to The Bearings that Schofield will beat Zimmerman, citing a practice half-mile at Manchester in 1:03 after only three weeks of training, and calling him the fastest man alive up to a mile.
- p. 2
New York cycling writers host an informal dinner at Wallace's on Fifth Avenue to simultaneously bid farewell to Zimmerman and welcome Osmond, with Chairman Raymond expressing hope the two champions will meet at Chicago in August.
- Zimmerman Sails for Bordeaux
Zimmerman departs for England via Bordeaux, with New York cycling correspondents giving him an affectionate send-off and anticipating his return for the World's Fair international races.
- Views from the New Office
The Bearings describes the panoramic view from its new ninth-floor offices, taking in central Chicago, Lake Michigan, and the distant White City of the World's Fair, whose great dome is plainly visible seven miles away.