The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 3, No 4
Articles in this issue
- A column of brief editorial notes on the upcoming Philadelphia wheelmen's meet, the Pope Manufacturing Company's new 32-pound "Columbia Racer," the first Myers-George race set for November 4, and a rebuttal of "Cyclos's" proposed flying start in racing.
- Letters debating credit for the round rubber bicycle tire (crediting L. W. Serrell's patent No. 87,713 of March 1869, now owned by the Pope Manufacturing Company), warning that nickel plating is porous and rusts, and correcting the disputed Kentucky Bicycle Club race that gave second place to Gregory over Welle.
- Stenographic report of the L.A.W. Board of Officers meeting at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on October 20, 1882, electing state representatives and chief consuls (H. G. Rouse for Illinois, Harry Bates for Indiana, and others) and hearing Treasurer W. V. Gillman's report of 1,408 active members and a $973.95 balance; continued through pages 4-6 with Pratt's remarks on the amateur question.
- Editorial noting the L.A.W. treasurer counts only 1,408 members in good standing against an expected 3,200-plus, and urging chief consuls to actively solicit new memberships for the national organization.
- Report of the League races at Beacon Park, Boston: George M. Hendee of Springfield beat defending champion Lewis T. Frye for the one-mile League championship in 2m. 57.75s., and V. C. Place of Greenville, Pa. edged newcomer John Tacy in the five-mile amateur open for the Bicycling World cups.
- Club notes: the Harvard Bicycle Club plans a two-day, 56-mile run to Portsmouth, N.H. via the Newburyport Turnpike, and the Marblehead Bicycle Club leases new headquarters with a riding hall on Hathaway's wharf.
- A column of wry rhetorical questions poking fun at League members' tardiness in paying dues, Prof. Chang's tuition charges, why Frye let Hendee take the L.A.W. mile championship, and the Bicycling World's arithmetic errors.