Show THE BCCLE TOURNAMENT Three Unusual Events Marked the Races Yesterday ZIMMERMAN WAS BEATEN A Serions Accident Occurred and the FourMile Record Was Broken Murphy Collides with Brandenburg and the Former I Severely InjuredThere Was Some Great Racing Other Sporting Events I CHICAGO Aug 9Three unusual events marked the racing of the L A W tournament tour-nament today A serious accident occurred urred the worlds fourmile competition competi-tion was broken and the great Zimmerman Zimmer-man was beaten J J Brandenburg of Chicago and TV T Murphy of Springfield I Spring-field were the victims of a mishap which I occurred in the finish of the twomile handicap the last race ofthe day There was I i big field and as the racers rounded the turn in the last lap all were making a final spurt when Brandenburgs handlebar handle-bar got loose and hIS wheel became unmanageable un-manageable Swerving to the left there was a crash as tUe bunch roiled into Brandenburg and Murphy was seen plunging over the inner rail fifteen feet into the open striking heavily upon his head I was several minutes before Murphy recovered consciousness He was badly used up but Brandenburg received only a few scratches Following are the results One mile handicap six heats Zimmerman Zimmer-man won the first heat in 21235 John L Johnson the second heat in 21325 A T Cooks the third heat in 212 Hoy land the fourth heat in 214 25 A L Baker the fifth heat in 21045 P H Sercombe the sixth heat in 213 45 Quarter mile national championship First heat showed Zimmerman in wonderful won-derful form He shot ahead at the start and kept his great pace in front although Tuttle pushed him hard finishing only fifteen feet behind in 32 Johnson in the second heat held back until fairly in the home stretch when he made a beautiful spurt and finished I dead heat with Tyler in 3215 The two mile handicap was won by Meintz South African champion in 455 Lumsden won the second heat in 439 35 Brandenburg the third heat in 437 A D Kennedy the fourth heat in 434 Inthe onethird mile scratch Zimmerman Zimmer-man was inviuceable winning his heat in 4515 the second heat was won by H C Tyler in 42 The five mile national championship Was the event of the day J S Johnson Zimmerman Tuttle Manger Kinsley Githens and Gary entered At the start Munger took the lead settingthe pace fora lap when Kinsley too fc his place As the miles piled up it was seen that a wonderful fast race was being ridden Faster and faster spun the wheels and as the fourth mile was finishing Kinsley shot into the lead As the riders flashed across the line N H Van Sicklen ran forward and announcedthat the worlds record for four miles in competition had been broken time 101215 giving Kins ley the championship record by one second sec-ond But the race was gettihg still more earnest Johnson and Zimmerman who had been keeping back now moved up and Zimmerman took the lead As the riders entered the finish lap Githens moved up to a length behind Zimmerman Zimmer-man followed closely by Johnson Zimmerman Zim-merman shot into the front with n slight increase and many thought he would be the winner Johnson however had been moving up into a phenomenal spurt aad ns the lest two hundred yards were entered caught Zimmerman dashed across the line a winner by five feet Time 1241 Zimmermans trainer claimed that his wheel had a soft tire but it was generally conceded that Johnson won the race nnnn n his own merits Zimmerman landed the other two races he entered including the quarter mile national championship in 3125 and one mila ordinary national championship in 310 Other honors of tho day fell to A T I Crooks of Buffalo who won the one mile handicap from fifty yards in 20715 and two mile handicap from ninety yards in 43335 The mile novice was won by G E Becker in 242 45 In the mile 240 class the first heat was won by P Grosch in 23445 second heat by G F Emmerson of Chicago in 25135 third heat E S Blanvelt in 23735 fourth heat by R L Goetz of Chicago in 249 35 final heat by A D Kennedy of Chicago in 229 35 |