| Show I I International Bike Races Are Proposed Ie Val Yal Yal Valliant the well known eastern eastern east- east em ern bicycle writer riter and critic h has s stirred up a hornets hornet's 5 nest on th other side ido of the H pond poud Some weeks ago aco Val picked an all American bicycle team wh which h he predicted could beat any combination that could be gotten otten together together to to- gether ether in all Europe Valliant suggested that this team of Americans be sent across the water to todo todo todo do grand battle with the foreigners Lee Les ports the Parisian dail daily has come out with nth n a statement that it could pick picka a tram team of French riders who could take lake care caro of the Americans without any assistance assistance as as- from the other European coun coun- tries Lea Sports thinks thinks' that tho the scheme is a goo good one in that such an undertaking would result in the of Frances France's supremacy in bicycle bi hi- cycle racing something of which it still boasts although American riders have repeatedly defeated the best of Frances France racing pro prodigies I Briefly outlined Valliant's proposition was ns that a team consisting of twenty riders from each of the countries interested interested inter inter- I ested in bic racing meet in an allaround all aU ar around lInd b bicycle contest for tho the championship champion champion- ship sup of the world The events e to consist eon eon- II of three r in races ce in each class class sprint I tandem and t pursuit motor paced the I scoring to be b bv by countries upon a basis of o u 5 points for tor first 3 points for second I 2 i points for third and aud 1 point for fourth American Team Valliant selected the TiD following aggregation aggregation gation of American riders I Sprint races races Kramer Kramer Clarke Lawson Lawon anti and Taylor faylor substitutes Bardgett and I Krebs Pursuit races races McFarland Fogler Fosler Walker er and nd We West Vest t substitutes Palmer 0 and Halli Halligan an Tandem races Vanoni Anden Anderson on John Bedell Downing Root DeMara Deara and Hollister substitutes Bedell and Motor paced races races McLean Samuel Samuel- son son an and Butler substitutes Wiley and Collins French Team A tentative e team which Les Lel Sports Sport thinks could wallop the proposed Amer lean ican team is composed is-composed as Sprint races races Fri Friol l Dupre and Hourlier substitutes Jacquelin and Delage Tandem races races G Gowen Lagarde Midland Michaud Martin and Duquesne substitutes and l' l Pursuit races races Marcel Marcel Berthet Petit Breton Bocco Bocen and Leo Geor Georget et substitutes substitutes hItes Emil Georget Georg t and ancl Motor rotor pace paced races Gui Guignard nard card Parent and Content substitutes Sere Serc and nail With this team against them facetiously ly adds Les es Sports the Americans would not win a race Valliant states that Great Britain Brittin Italy and Germany are yet Jet to be heard beard from A Little Comment The American team picked by Valliant Valiant Val Yat is not a bad one but of course every man for his own judgment Jim Jun Jimmy Jimmy my Moran should not have e been left out of the pursuit team and there are a number of riders in the county country who could fare better at this style stylo of riding than Walker or West with all an due r re sp ct to the latter hitter hors boys who are good riders Then aga again n why is McFarland left from off tho the sprint team 1 A number num num- ber bar of other su suggestions could bo be made but lut Val has hac all sorts of ri right ht to his opinion and is in a good position to judge |
