Show A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BICYCLING SEASON Despite the War There Have Been Wonderful Won-derful Achievements Bitter t Struggle For the Championship I lluwrlttil K > tJ Kolttllhilandlnir the hmvy hindlrap plaonl Oil every form of port him > ear 1 by the war three Is I no doubt thAt when th I end of the I season has been t reached I r ul = and we look I back on the ummera work the universal verdul will be that thts has been a banner year 10 far as bicycle bi-cycle I raclna Is I cone i Cited Th no florist meet rxiulied In a whole sale chance In the Point > table for the championship iddli > liald the four time champion of the United Moslem for the tint time rotl In his true form at a national mm and al tilt end of the week emerned ahead of all competitor From prreent appearance U look as thouth the Iluffalit fear I will maintain 111 Present position lo the end of the proton llowter as a matter of fact the honor uf the molot were commit off tiy Floyil JtcKarUnJ ih lanky Callfor nun who ralne lOG points i lo M captured cap-tured by the lilion This he Steam plliheil by netting a first and ascend In the champlonihlp while Ilald only grcurol a first and thirl II to I In the middle distance came however that the irealret surprise of the year have occurred Had any one predicted that Stan records would be broken with ouch amazing frmiuency and wllh such deep cut aa has been the rate he would have Un laughed at Hardly a middle dltino contest hAl taken place hut the Cables bay I hid to be rewritten In more than anir case mureoter In SI mil rat4 ono of the rldera ban gone on after completing the distance and ridden fur the hour record Al the beginning cf the search there were mentioned two men who tier likely la dispute Jimmy Michael ov erelgnty al the mIddle illilance They I wet Kddl JliDuffle 1 and Tom Union Blnco then howter two other have loomed up as candidate fort premier honors In opposition lo for-t he original I Irlo Them men are lUouard Titillate the Trench champion and Harry Hlkei the Saratoga lad Th two mail wonderful feat of cycling cy-cling title Year wer performed by Tar lore and fit I hike proved himself a rltal worthy of any calls metal lie thnwed flat Kritit burn of peed exhibited yet when he roil I a mil In lMIC the fattest mil ever negotiated by mm lie wa lx 1 the first rider la cover over a mile In the hour Harry I Milan too must certainly he regnrded as a wonder rractleally without with-out experience I he lad I entered the came agalnit I he men acknowledged ai the twit In he world and not only beat them but broke all worlda record forth for-th distance and also covered moro mile In the hour than any other rider Th struggle for the championship between these five men Is I gelling fiercer and fiercer as the station draw lo a I close A series 1 cf race is I ta be run In order ta find out who Is I really the premier pre-mier These controls will aroui tremendous tre-mendous Interco throughout the country coun-try and will attract thousand la wit name them They will be Hire cornered affairs The pur > e will Its very large and an enorrnou amount of money will be watered on the remit Michael Should Prove the champion I at the end of this season There Are several reasons why barring accident and other unforeseen clrcumitance he Should gain ntit honor Lest year he had thing really nearly Mi own way This rear he ban h1 reverses but they ore directly traceable la accident In rarb case Th little follow was nol a bit put oull by theme etback but cam up mlllng Just AI confident II vr of his ability lo beat any opponent and just as willing ta back that opinion with money II has had more experl enrim than any other mn on the track and flat U I a point that count for much In following pace whir the ob test mllake may cause a defeat In 1 every race thai ho lisp entered he has hown hlmlt able lo follow the par Pet no matter how terrific or long utalnd which > om of the other rid l ere hn hon Ihy raonlll 10 fit all time Jim fit I handled by a man who Is I acknowledged to be the peer of anyone In Ito business and hAxA ilaff of pacemakers maker ni fait t and trill trained ai any In America which last li I Perhaps the moil Important factor All thing con Idered the mil Welshman when he retire from film cycle racing arena Ion to I brelml a Jockey 01 the end ot this Ion am I-on Should carry oft with him the trophy 10 M labile dlitanr I racing In IMS The American publlo has unmlitaka Day hown on more than one occasion I thai It 1 will not Patronize or tolerate mnlb race At which the ll StYlt of loafing or jockeying U permitted The field Cooper match at Indianapolis wni ampl proof of that fad There WAN A continual found of hliie from the grand land II wa from lh Krench point ot vicar I however an ideal fam and many critic and exferll who wit Caroled It 1 paid It Was the smallest rotl ever run on a cycle Path although the time woo ridiculously low Our t tiblio doeint want that ort of work tut pa Jim Ill money la ie heat run off In ll all Cal nxIlke it 111 te with big mulllc > cle winging round the track at full peed Mandsletri ot theme affairs would 10 well to take the hint and give them Such el hlhltlon before film Interest decline and peopl refrain from paying to off them There hAt bun it 1 good d1 t of talk line the gathering al Indianapolis ala a-la the ndtliablllly of holding Iwo meet tnch lmmirrtno III the onsit still One In the weito Am Ib Vivo I more wheelmen flat opportunity lo attend without being obliged lo travel great distances Th plan In I certainly a good one and should be taken up by flat officiate at their next meeting It would undoubtedly result In materially Incnailng number num-ber or member In the I A W and In furthering the good 1 work In which Ih a orgnnliatlon li I engaged I irriinnivnTON Wwar l r Itlce has eeiireil Ih t 0 American rights lo T4 Ta To To awhile a-while opera In three act I book by Imil lllltaud and Albert Ilarre muilo by A llane |