The Bearings, Vol 9, No 21

Articles in this issue

• Zimmerman Loses

  In his first race as a professional at Florence, Italy, Zimmerman finishes fourth in a three-kilometre event, with Harry Wheeler winning easily ahead of Herty and Dani — a sobering debut for the former amateur champion.

• Johnson Will Go for Records

  Tom Eck and Waltham track manager Bradstreet quietly arrange a record-breaking attempt for Johnson at Waltham the following Monday, with the full Yellow Fellows team — triplets, quadruplets, and tandems — ordered to report; Johnson says he can do every quarter in 28 seconds or better.

• Fast Time at Bridgeport

  At the Connecticut division meet at Bridgeport, Titus wins the mile open in 2:14 and Bald edges Silvie by five inches in the two-thirds-mile Class B sprint in one of the closest finishes of the season; Johnson breaks his chain on the second day and is forced to watch from the grandstand.

• Ended in a Wreck

  The Cincinnati wheelmen's Ohio River steamboat excursion ends memorably when the steamer City of Madison sinks, though all 85 cyclists aboard escape unhurt; the week-long trip features racing stops at Louisville, New Albany, Owensboro, and Evansville, plus a night of pranksters soaking everyone including the captain with water buckets.