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Show They Were Great Wheelmen Long Years Ago I ! H fTTn M if -ill 1-1 ' , A r. - t t"1'-'.g; '""nag" - rH-HWrSJII'ii t i jH-Wr- ' ; : -; - 1 '' "' M l irnii" The annual Wheelmens1 reunion, marking the fifty-third anniversary of the bicycle, was held at Gwynedd, Pa. The photograph shows five bicycle champions of the old days with high wheels that they used. Left to right: Arthur A. Zimmerman, world champion in 1S90; Charles M. Murphy, known as "Mile-A-Minute Murphy' after riding a bike a mile in 57 seconds; George Gideon, first national champion in 1SS1; Irve Wllhelm, Penn state champ, and Henry Crouther, president of the League of American Wheelmen. |