Show What the OM Oki Time Racing Stars Are Doing I Former Fonner Favorites of the Sport Have Branched Out Into Many Vocations Automobile Field Has Claimed Many Some Are Actors Cops Lawyers Book Agents etc I By WALTER A A. A BARDGETT Editor Bicycling World lere are ure the cycling stars of yesterday yester- yester da day daj Whither have ha they gone and what are they doing to solve the tile high cost coat of living and earn their livelihood These questions are often otten asked when old timera timers timers tim tim- ers era get together to a few races and chat chit about old times Follow the theMan theMan theMan Man from Cooks Cooks' the world over and you will find most of the old time racing men who have made history on American tracks successful in some vocation Many fany have entered the commercial field with success c while others r failed to receive re receive re- re lehde Di i the smiles le of Dame Fortune o Back in the late just at the time when I Ithe the automobile industry began to thrive a number of or them took to the new game Their wide acquaintances In the bic bicycle cle field has helped not a few old pros to succeed in the automobile world and I they can be found today in various branches of that Industry One a Lawyer While the automobile has called many of th the old stars the bicycle business the selling and repairing of ot their original pets has attracted quite a a. a few Others have become lawyers la book agents mining engineers engineers engineers en en- cafe and hotel proprietors farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers policemen newspaper workers and soft soft pedal on this some this some have become actors One iJ Jf a a. boxing promoter one an alderman and well and well the vocations the former stars follow are many and varied Most of them are married and a few lead the furnished room life Eddie Cannon Ba Bald Baid d of Buffalo the original triple plate champion of America winner of the title in 96 1895 96 1895 97 is agent for the Hudson automobile in Pitts Pittsburg- Pittsburg burg Tom Butler Butier one of ot the tho famous Butler brothers of the dOs Is Js the guiding angel angelof of a Boston taxi Tom 0 Cooper 0 who o won the c championship ro fp in 1890 89 anti and r who t l-t latez I entered the time automobile field met his death in an automobile accident ten years Yearb ago Major Taylor the famous negro cyclist c who won the thc American sprint championship champion champion- ship In 1900 tried to emulate Billy Biily Sunda Sunday Sun- Sun I Iwho da Ill day and bs be an evangelist but his efforts I proved neither a soul saving or financial I 1 I success and he quit that to engage In Inthe inthe the manufacture of spring wheels for automobiles Frank Butler a third member member mem mem- ber her of the famed Butler family and Billy Bil BiIly Bil Billy ly ly Saunders a a. former rider and pacemaker pacemaker pacemaker pace pace- maker have also made their pile In the game Frank Butler has purchased a farm in n New Hampshire and andA andis lg is taking k a course in n the Boston t agricultural agricultural tural A college Tie ec and Jeh Jehn he plans 1 to retire u r soon and be a real meal farmer Canner A American Frank fc ns Starbuck pace u followers io one rs o of and II the ea a rival original ln of the famous Jimmy Michael the Welsh Rarebit who died while on his way from Europe to America In 1906 is also In Inthe Inthe Inthe the automobile field Albert Champion the French pacemaker is head of the Champion Ignition company of Flint Mich makers of spark plugs Titus Among Them others Others who arc are associated with the automobile and accessory field are Fred Titus winner of of the Quill Club Handicap Handi Handl- cap a at the e old Manhattan Beach track I i iJa hf ea P i i a race e eh that h carried a a. first prize of 1000 I Earl Karl Kiser the Dayton Dumpling John JohnS S S. S John Johnson Johnron n the first man to ride a quarter mile under two minutes John JohnT T T. Fisher George Banker the first American to win the thew w worlds world's orld s professional title who won the championship at Vienna Vitana Vien Vita na Austria in 1898 Eddie McDuffee of ot Boston Ed Aker Philadelphia Jed Newkirk Newkirk Newkirk New- New kirk Dave Coburn Will Bill Rutz Joe Nelson and Charlie Henshaw William Wiiiiam Speck Neville sells tires and Joe Judge disposes of flivvers flivvers' In New York state William Fenn the Boy Wonder and amateur champion In 1900 is a chauffeur Matty Downey the Boston rider who won the amateur title in n 1905 is also chauffeur h a lt t r as is Earl foggy Stevens the h But But- fabian Johnny La Lake e who finished second see sec sec sec-I ond in the worlds world's s amateur champion in Paris in in n 1900 and a a. number of others Joe Fogler Fogier the Brooklyn six day star Isa is Js I a a. taxi merchant in his home town Automobile i racing has claimed a n number number num num- I fis r b ber or ot the old cyclists a as drivers s Barney Barney Bar Bar- I ney Old Oldfield field one of the tho original dare 1 I devils Ralph l De Palms Palma Frank n Galvin a i iI I and other star star- performers e rs in the h auto racing r game received their earlier training on on the bicycle track Even E the jitneys have h claimed the theIr number i imber Johnny Johnnj King King- Al Guery who s alv got the first dollar dollar dol dol- doi- doi lar lap IRP at the old track and Bill Bill Morton who bravely tried to save the gasoline circuit in 1912 13 are trying to compete with the trolley cars in Newark N N. J J. J. J Two Are Book Agents In ca case catoe e you jou OU want to huy a II set of the Hie immortal immortal im immortal im- im mortal Shakespeare's works a dictionary or al an j you ou can find Eddie Jdie doing business in Buffalo and WIIl Stinson book it It in Boston Bos Boa ton Michael Dirnberger cr the Red Fellow Fellow Fel Fel- low and his brother Charlie are Inthe in inthe inthe the law and Insurance business in Buffalo But But- falo tab Arthur Gardiner the old Chicago J sprint trint favorite is in the precious metal I business and James B B. Bowler is a city father in Chicago Among those riders who have haye entered the bicycle business after quitting r racing cing can an b be found Walter alter Babb Paterson Donald McDougall 1912 13 amateur champion champion cham chain pion Newark Phil PhU Wright Salt Lake City Paddy Hehir the Australian and Norman Hopper the Minneapolis polls rider rider rid rid- rider er who won the first Sydney Thousand a race carrying a purse of with witha a first prize of which was run In Sydney Sydne Australia Hopper Is one of the heads of the House of Hopper in Salt Lake C City tj Ernie Pye who still holds Unlaced records Is making the Pye- Pye fusselman cord racing tires Nit Nat Butler at one time called calle the Han I I King Iving- and ta John n II M Chapman who hails from m Atlanta are still Interested Interest Interest- ed in cycle racing promotion Butler is manager of the Revere Beach track Boston Boston Bos hios- ton and Chapman holds holds' a like office with the Cycle Racing association the owners of the tile Newark Howard Poke Poke Freeman is a sporting cartoonist on the Newark N N. J J. J News Hardy Downing the San Jose rider divides his time between newspaper work and promoting pro pro- promoting pro pro- boxing matches in Salt Lake City ity I and Alex McLean promotes boxing and manages boxers up Boston way Burton Downing a brother of Hardys Hardy s is a contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor in New York City Sherwood a Hat Maker Charles Sherwood amateur champion In 1906 Is making hats and Frank Blatz 1911 1910 amateur champion pounds the tho sidewalks of Jersey Jerse- City in the guise of ofa ofa ofa a cop George Schreiber called the Indoor Indoor Indoor In door King at one time draws a a. policeman's policeman's policeman's police police- mans man's salary from New York City while Charlie Mile fIle a Minute Murphy does like duty In Brooklyn n Charlie Wells Piano I LefI Legs The I Insurance is a commercial field rl has photographer claimed t g- g a few George Collet Coliet one of the premier amateurs amateurs amateurs ama ama- I fifteen years vears back is a branch manager manager manager man man- ager in Providence for a Massachusetts life insurance company while Fred neer Is a n. solicitor and Willie Coburn Is Isa isa isa a division manager in the home office i of the Prudential Insurance company InI in Newark Jack Colburn a brother of Dave I and Will combines s upholstering and In case you jou OU happen to drop In lq the mo mot most t I prominent cafe on State street Erie Pa you will probably have Otto Maya Maja theold the tho I old six-day six rider deal one over the mahogany mahogany ma- ma for you jou Otto is the proprietor I of the busiest cafe in that town Orlando Stevens n of the e famous s I I and Stevie i hl Ta Tas l lI team of r which t the late Floyd Mc McFarland arland I was the guiding spirit is also a a. cafe proprietor Stevie runs the Oj Oyster Oster stor Loaf on Edd Eddy street San Francisco Arthur A A. Zimmerman Is the proprietor of a hotel at Point o Pleasant e N bJ J J. and J og tt tto kIf Jackie Clark l is running Jackie Clarks Clark ia k s Hotel In Newark Ray nay Stites has his char charge e of the commissary department at the Denver Rio hUe Grande depot in Salt Silt Lake City the cyclists' cyclists former habitat a Bun Drummer Gus the tho Jersey City rider Isa is isa isa a bun drummer Gus drives his fathers father's bakery wagon Owen Kimble Old Oid tuck was waa a drummer for a tobacco house houie when last heard of Marcus l Icy Hut who won the American n amateur championship from 1901 to 1901 and the worlds world's championship championship championship cham cham- at London in 1904 J Is a mining engineer at Rimini Mont while Benny Henny Munro Is Js reported as being a fanner tanner Charlie Hadfield and Oscar Babcock are I In the theatrical business with nith feature acts and Jimmy Moran is a pig merchant in Chelsea Chelse Mass There may be a few we have overlooked but we will have to I wait walt for the next industrial census to be he betaken taken to Recur the necessary dope I |