The Bearings, Vol 7, No 5

Articles in this issue

• Osmond Is Coming

  English champion F.J. Osmond is confirmed to be traveling to Chicago to manage the Whitworth exhibit at the World's Fair, and will also race in America, news that The Bearings claims as a scoop.

• Plans for the International Races

  The international race committee fixes August 5-12 for the League meet in Chicago, with Chairman Raymond coming west to oversee track construction and apportion circuit dates to clubs in Evansville, Peoria, Ripon, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee.

• What the Colored Brother Says

  A Pullman porter interviewed on a Baltimore and Ohio sleeper gives his comic and surprisingly measured opinion on the League's negro exclusion debate, noting his own professional racing background and his role in organizing Black cycling clubs in New York.

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• Terront Defeats Corre

  French endurance champion Terront wins a 1,000-kilometer race in Paris in forty-two hours, finishing ten kilometers ahead of rival Corre.

• Keator Reinstated

  Chairman Raymond accepts the sworn statement of suspended rider Roy Keator and restores him to full amateur standing.

• The Pullman Road Race Update

  R.D. Garden expects to secure permission to run the Pullman road race over its traditional course and the Associated Clubs will discuss the matter on March 9.

• Angry at Chairman Raymond

  Chicago wheelman R.W. Slusser writes a scathing letter to Chairman Raymond after Raymond published Slusser's private letter to a non-official newspaper, calling the act a serious breach of trust.