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TJKLOR'S GREAT VICTOR! OVER JIM1T MICHAEL.The Colored Boy Rode the Welsh-4man to a Standstill.MICHAEL COULD ROT HOLD PACE.An Accident to Taylor’s Quint Gave His Opponent a Walkover in th.e First Heat, but He Cut Records and Forced Michael to Sit Up in the Others. Bald Ban Away From a Great Field and Captured the Championship. Williamsburgh ^Wheelmen’s Five Mile Road Race.Jimmy Michael and Major Taylor tried a new style of match racing at Manhattan. Beach yesterday—mile heats paced by two quints each—and the result was highly gratifying to the negro rider and his admirers, for he literally rode Michael off his feet and won, practically in straight heats.It is true that the first heat stands on Michael’s side of the ledger, but it was iwriitten there only after the Major bad been put out of 'the heat through the breaking of chiain on his pacing machine. Michael had all of the luck. Twice the chain on his pacing quints were broken, but both dimes it happened before the end of the first lap andunder the articles of agreement new starts were made. But when Taylor met with his tmidhap tt came in the third lap and. Michael consequently had a walkover.With one heat in the Welshman’s favor and Taylor an uncertain quantity at the style of race, things looked blue for the black fellow after 'that. But given an opportunity to ride the once despised chore boy at the club house of the South Brooklyn Wheelmen cut out such a clip that the famous little Welshman could not follow the pace and was compelled to sit up and quit.Michael’s action and his previous performances warranted the statement thak he was j not quite fit. But that detracts nothing from j the credit due to Taylor, who is well estab- ! llshed on the road to the reputation of the grea'test all around rider iin the world. Billy Brady thinks he is, anyway, and after the contest that famous promoter got so excited that he challenged the world and Jimmy 1 M'ichael to a paced race anywhere from one to one hundred miles for $10,000 and served notice on his press agenit to prepare to work nigh'ts hereafter for weeks to come. ,When the two riders made their appearance before the race it surprised many to see the colored boy get twice the reception that was accorded to the foreigner. The little hero of last year was eclipsed even before the race, and after the third heat his stock •was very low, so low, indeed.” that many hisses were heard and some of the more impetuous called out “Quitter” when he pedalled slowly by the stands. That he is capable of bet'ter performances Is certain, but that he ever has or ever could ride sucha mile as Taylor finished the day’s racing with yesterday, is doubtful.In the first heat Michael reduced the world’s competition record to 1:44 1-5; in the second heat Taylor brought this down to 1:43 2-5, which also equaled the world’s mile record for standing start, and in the final heat the colored boy made the three circuits of the oval in 1:41 2-5, a recortl that will likely stand for some time to come. At nb time was Taylor distressed at the speed and he could have stood more steam in his pacing: crews in either heat. It was a great race and there was uo fault to be found with it lt;from a sportsman’s standpoint.Michael was the favorite in the betting, i but that did not prevent a number of wagers ! going in on the negro. The position on the pole was a decided advantage and this fell to Michael, who, by winning the first heat, again occupied the coveted position in the second heat. After the snapping of two quint chains in the backstretch and much irritation on the part of the crowds at the delay, the men finally got off with Michael in front and Taylor’s pacing machine just at his elbow. Twice the Taylor crew tried to get by but Michael’s pacemakers held them off until the change of pace which both made at the second lap. As the bell sounded for the final round the chain on the fresh quint that Taylor had just picked up, parted, and the rider was left without pace. Michael kept riding until he passed his pacing stand at the head of the stretch when Shafer signaled to him and he toolc It easy, almost getting a fall by turning his head to see why he was being called to.The second lap was a repetition of the first until the lower turn was reached in the second lap, when the change of pace was started. Then Michael and Taylor were side by side, and, to the surprise of the crowd, the little fellow was seen to drop back. Taylor clung to his pace and was soon opening a big gap. Michael made a little desultory effort to follow his fresh team, but gave it up. The third heat was lor keeps, and Michael never had a chance. He was slow to catch his pace, and Taylor rapidly moved away from him, and by the time both were settled to work there were five yards of daylight in between the two machines.Everyone looked for Michael to close up, of course, but he did no such thing. Instead, Taylor kept increasing ihe lead until i; was thirty yards at the first lap. Michael was then moving faster and the distance was slightly decreased, the friends of the Welshman hoping against hope that with the fresh team he would overhaul his dusky opponent. But Taylor’s pickup was perfect, and when glued to the relay team he was away like a shot. Michael held on until the front of the bleachers, when he gave it up and Taylor went on alcne for the glory and gold. ’He tried to sprint away from his crew, but gained only a few inches on them at the high rate of speed.Not less decisive and hardly lea-s interesting than the paced race was Bald's wide open win of '-he two mile championship. The champion was In his keenest form and wdien It came to the finishing sprint for the line In the final of this race he jumped away from one of the greatest fields of the season, opened up a gap of three lengths and maintained It. Cocper, Gardiner. Freeman and Kimble were in che van behind him, but they were not in the seme class with the great spurt tba-t the Buffalcnian unwound. All of the sprinters were there and the four trial heats weeded out those who had ihe speed of the day, but Bald was still the champion.In the final of the mile handicap Bald met with a nasty tumble through the stupidity of big Oaldwell and he bears several bruises as a consequence. This final heat found Bald and McFarland on scratch with Martin, Stevens, Kimble and Caldwell on the 20 yard niark and Kiser. Oldfield, Eaton and some other good ones further out. They soon bunched and McFarland found Stevens’ rear wheel. Stevie promptly came out at the close of the first laap and pulled the bunch at a flying speed for the remainder of the distance. Caldwell was just behind McFarland and Bald was on OaJdwell’s Wheel. The latter looked around »in the turn at the head of the backstretch on the last lap and rubbed against McFarland’s rear wheel and went over. Bald crashed inato Cal'dwell, but as they fell away from the pole the remainder of the bunch escaped. McFarland went out and made just such an open win as Bald had done in the championship.Collett and Hausnia-n showed Dawson the way home in the third of a mile dash for the amateurs and Kramer took the Seaside handicap from Hausmnn and Dawson In decisive style. Collett sat up. The summaries:Two mile championship. professional—Final heat won by E. C. Bald. Buffalo; Tom Cooper, Detroit; second: Howard Freeman. Portland. Ore., third; Owen Kimble. I/uisvl']]t. fourth: Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, fifth. Time, -I:.IS 3-5.Third mile dash, amateur—Final heat won by T. H. Collett. Nassau W.: E. C. Hausman. Nassau W., second: Ray Dawson, X. Y. A. C., third. Time, 0:46.One mile handicap, professional—Final heat won by F. A. MV-Farlnnd, .Sun Jose, scratch; O. S. Kimble, Louisville. 20 yards, second; William Martin, Lowell, 20 yards, third. Time, 2:06 3-5.Seaside Handicap, amateur—Won by F. L. Kramer, Newark, scratch; B. C. Hausman, Nassau 'Wheelmen, scratch, second; Rny Dawson, N. Y. A. C., scratch third. Time. 2:08 4-5.Match raeo—Jimmy Michael tiffs*irst Major Taylor. In tlhree heats, pacemakers limited to ten for eadh contestant. First heat won by Michael. Time, 1:44 1-5. Second hesit won by Taylor. Time, 1:42 . 2-5. Third heat won by Taylor. Time,•frit 2.5
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Sun, Aug 28, 1898
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