The Bearings, Vol 8, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
H.A. Githens of the Chicago Athletic Club rides despite badly torn hip skin from recent falls, winning two firsts and two seconds at the Waverly, New Jersey meet, including a dramatic last-lunge finish in the one-mile international to beat Rhodes by six inches.
- p. 1
Sanger had promised the Metropolitan Association of Cycling Clubs to appear at Waverly but fails to show, further damaging his already poor reputation for fair dealing; Zimmerman, Tyler, Windle, Bliss, and Dirnberger also stay away to rest after Springfield.
- p. 1
Zimmerman wins the two-mile AAU championship at Chicago for the New York Athletic Club, beating Banker, Barrett, Knisely, Smith, and Bode; he also places second in the standing broad jump and admits feeling tired and low-spirited after the long racing circuit.
- p. 2
Chief Consul Luscomb of the New York division remains neutral in the upcoming special National Assembly, though most of New York state is expected to support the League officials against the Postite faction.
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The Bearings praises the Waverly, New Jersey half-mile track as one of the finest horse tracks in the country — a mixture of Jersey clay and sand that dried hard within two hours of a heavy morning rain and which approached Springfield in speed.