The Bearings, Vol 9, No 11
Articles in this issue
- Zimmerman's Plans
Manager W.B. Troy reveals Zimmerman's professional contract: $5,000 deposited in the Bank of France plus 30% of gross receipts and $250 per start, with his first race on June 17 in Paris for a city-prize of $20,000 over five miles; Troy also hints the Cash Prize League may be revived next year.
- Boston's Adieu to Zimmerman
A Boston paper offers a warm farewell editorial explaining that Zimmerman turned professional wisely — aware that Sanger under Leeming would repeatedly beat him as an amateur, he chose to exit as virtual amateur champion and earn far more money as a professional in Europe.
- Boston's Big Meet
Plans for the Massachusetts division spring meet on May 30 include an evening smoker the night before, a morning suburb run, a parade expected to surpass last year's record-breaking procession, and afternoon racing at Waltham on the new metalithic track surface being surveyed and laid now.
- Dirnberger Likes the New Surface
After testing a stretch of metalithic pavement at Boston's new Union Station, Dirnberger tells Waltham track owner Bradstreet it is the fastest surface he has ever ridden and promises to train there once it is ready.
- New Jersey Gives Up the Tri-State Meet Idea
New Jersey Chief Consul Holmes announces the state abandons the New York-Pennsylvania-New Jersey tri-state meet at Asbury Park after western divisions feared it would hurt the Denver national meet, though New Jersey will still hold a large circuit meet on the same July 13-14 dates.
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The Stearns racing teams depart New York: Charlie Murphy leads team two (Murphy, Callahan, and Dawson) to Savannah while Tom Eck manages team one (John S. Johnson and George Taylor), with F. Howard Tuttle as manager operating out of Syracuse.