The Springfield Wheelmens Gazette, Vol 2, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The editors open the second volume of the Gazette with a confident statement of purpose, noting the paper's warm reception in its first year and promising improved typography and continued coverage of wheelmen's news and opinion.
- p. 1
A pointed editorial calling for reform in the management of the League of American Wheelmen, criticising the editor of the official organ for bias and abuse, and urging wheelmen attending the forthcoming Washington meeting to demand accountability.
- p. 1
A humorous and approving note on the National Board of Health's purchase of a $140 bicycle, arguing that the board is admirably keeping pace with modern improvements in locomotion.
- p. 2
A discussion of the practice of charging entry fees at amateur race meetings, defending the Springfield Bicycle Club's policy of fees as a way of discouraging insincere entries and keeping fields manageable.