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fj tt^T^^^ if'' 5*' Automobile Tires Pneumatic Carriage Tires Solid Carriage Tires Bicycle Tires Rubber Patching Rubber How Rubber Cement Vulcanizing First Class Repairing Both Phones 1989 I Yale 4 is for the man who inspects critically before he buys the man who knows a good wheel Get the Yale and have the best. |"?T Sl^V^ Fawkes' Indestructible JEFFRIES TO WORK HARD CHAMPION WELIi TAKE NO CHANCES IN TRAINING FOR HIS FIGHT WITH JACK MUN ROE. SATU^6A LM ROBERTS mm Ml WmW 103 WESTERN AVE. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS-WE WANT TOURS you have plenty In the bank And no one but yourself to thank That's your business. But If your wheel Is on the shelf And you can't fix It up yourself That's my business. TONY JOHNSON. Jfow York Sun Special Service. New York, April 9."Jim" Jeffries, accompanied by "Billy" Delaney, "Joe" Egan, and "Joe" Kennedy, left for the Pacific coast yesterday to train for his fight with Jack Munroe. Upon his arrival at the golden gate city he will at once proceed to his old train ing quarters, where he prepared for the fights with Fitzsimmons, Corbett and Ruhlin. "For this fight with Munroe," says the champion, "I will work just as hard as I did for the other men I have met. I do not mean to belittle the ability of the ex-miner in the least, but still I think I will finish him quickly. However, if the story of the fight tells another story it will be be cause Munroe is the better man. He showed when he defeated Sharkey that he was eligible to fight for the championship and that is why I am giving him a chance. I expect to start hard training in about ten days aud, I wilL not let up until the day of M^^^^J^J^i-^^^^^ iiVENiNO, TIRES... Airless For Automobiles Carriages and Bicycles WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. CAN'T PUNCTURE. LASTS TWO TO THREE YEARS. .-....$40 to $100 Cleveland .w. $40.00 to $60.00 Rayoycle $40.00 to $60.00 Dayton $30.00 to $60.00 Great Western .$25.00 to $85.00 Snell & Favorite Juveniles. GREAT WESTERN CYCLE GO. Stores: 6121st Av. 5. Garage: 619-6231st Av. S. 1fT J. N. JOHNSON CO. Exclusive Dealers in Rubbe Tires -For- Antomobiles, Carriages. BICYCLE TIRES...$1.50 to $3.00 915 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis, Minn. riftiL IKttp rKtti A FREE TRIP TO THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. SULLIVAN CYCLE CO, THE We will give to every purchaser of a Bicycle a chance to go to the St. Louis Exposition Absolutely Free. We will pay your Railroad Faro- both wayaj Sleeping Car Fare, Hotel Bills, admis sion to the ground. In fact you can leave your pocketbook at home. Our line is the PI*ROE linethe best in the world Wheels from BUS OO to &7H.OO. Sold on easy payments. If you intend buying a Bicycle you can't afford to miss this chance. We have a large stock to choose from. 626 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH. THE WMB& record is a part of the history of cycling on track and on the road. The *Yalealways the choice of the fastidious rider. We will repair your Fishing Tackle, Restock your gun, Rebore your gun, Repair your gun, Make your keys, Repair your locks, In fact do any old thing. HOFFMAN oun IV. J, nwr 1 BASEMENT PHOENIX BUILDING. aad Locksmith the battle. I have been doing some light work since the fight was ar ranged and will have little more to do to fit me properly. I am down to 235 pounds now and expect to go into the ring weighing about 220 or 225 pounds" Charley Neary of Milwaukee was given the decision over Jimmy Briggs of Chelsea, Mass., after a six-round bout before the Badger Athletic club at Milwaukee last night. The bout was one of the fastest of the season. REJECT CAPTAINS' UNION Lake Vessel Owners Decide to Per sonally Engage Masters. Cleveland, Ohio, April 9.Owners of lake vessels decline to treat with the Masters and Pilots' association, desiring to deal with the captains in dividually The executive committee of the Lake Carriers* association will not, therefore, make any arrange ments with the union for the coming season. In explanation of this action H. Coulby of the Pittsburg Steamship company said: "We want to get back to the old plan where the captain will be master of the ship in every sense of the word, so that when he gives an order it will be carried out at once before the rules of some organization of which he is a member are consulted." l^ ~n pfx* ^5- TBJB ^^MSkMM. f-$ SfsSsMssS '^\^"^THB-MINNBAPOLIS MI....... "BIKES" ALL THE GO 1904 Is to Be a Popular Season for Bicycles. Regarded Now as a Necessity and Not a Luxury. The prevailing impression with the general public that the bicycle is a thing of the past is erroneous, to say the least. It is very evident that the bicycle "fad" has passed. It must also be admitted that with its exit the bicycle business suffered a temporary backset, from which it may take sev eral years to fully recover. But that the bicycle will ever remain as a con veyance of general utility is estab lished beyond a doubt. Last year the business probably reached the low water mark, yet the total receipts of the bicycle trust ag gregated in round numbers $25,000,- 000. The general outlook for the coming season is such as to warrant a conservative estimate of an increase of $10,000,000. Taking the local sit uation as a barometer for the business of the entire United States It would indicate that this estimate is most con servative. In Minneapolis the prospects never were brighter than they are this spring. The local dealers have not been as enthusiastic over the outlook in the last four or five years as they are this season, and they have reasons to be. In the first place, the manu facturers have discontinued the pro duction of freak models, feather weights and lightning-speed wheels, and have settled down to the manu facture of a serviceable, easy riding, business machine. This has been an important factor in reviving the busi ness on a more substantial basis than ever before. There has already been many orders placed with local dealers for high-grade wheels by people who discarded bicycling four or five years ago, as they thought, for good. But since the bloomers, short skirts and high boots and freak attire for both men and women have disappeared the practical features of the bicycle have become more emphatic. The bicvcle has come to stay, and is recognized as a standard article the same as a sewing machine or a watch. There is no dity in the country so favorably adapted to the use of the bicycle as a general means of per sonal conveyance as Minneapolis. The city now has almost fifty-five miles of bicycle paths, and Chief Conroy has issued orders to the police depaitment to keep a sharp lookout for teamsters and others that in any way damage them. The city now has in the path fund a surplus of $1,171 left over from last year's receipts, which will be used exclusively for repairing these paths. The Minneapolis Cycle Trade associa tion has received assurances that work will be started on the paths as soon as the weather will permit of their per manent improvement This matter within itself is encour aging compared with conditions at the beginning of last season. Last spring they were confronted with a deficit from the previous year of over $2 200 and the city officials positively refused to spend a dollar in improv ing the paths, until this deficit was made good from the sale of bicycle tags. The records show that during 1903 there were 13,423 tags sold at 50 cents each, making the total receipts $9,711.50. Of this amount, $2,224.28 went to cancel the red ink balance on the city's books $3,975.44 was ex pended in repairing the 51..43 miles of old paths, and $2,340 78 was used in building 8.56 miles of new paths. In summing up the outlook an enthusi ast who is perfectly familiar with the situation locally said: "It is safe to say that this season will finish with a handsome surplus in the path fund. While the city has ordered only 15,000 tags thus far, this does not imply that this is all that will be necessary. There will be nearly twice that many tags pur chased by bicyclists before the sea son closes." A dealer who overheard the state ment vouched for the conservative ness, and added1 "I never 8aw the prospects brighter for a big bicycle business in my life. The price of good wheels has now gotten down within the reach of every one and the convenience and saving in both time and money, to say noth ing of benefits derived from the out door exercise, has begun to appeal to the people. "I'll tell you a wheel will pay for Itself in one season with the saving car fare and lunches. Tou can figure It out for yourself. Car fare and lunch at noon will cost at least 30 cents a day, or about $8 per month. Now, jo can take the price of a wheel and divide it by eight and you can see how long it will take to pay for a wheel "That a bicycle is a convenience inone can deny. For instance, you rT BICYCLES ARE O BE IN POPULAR FAVOR THIS YEAR! How the Bicycle Saves Time, Health and Money. &&&&JM& JOTJBNALf!P?fJ take a man who lives forty or fifty blocks from his* work, if he is for tunate enough to catdh a car right away, it will take at least thirty min utes to get home on a car, and the chances are that he will be obliged to stand up and hang on to a strap, or if he is lucky enough to get a seat, he is walked over and crowded to death, and has to pay for these privi leges besides With a wheel it is ho trouble at all to cover forty or fifty blocks in twenty minutes and have plenty of fresh air and the outdoor exercise which is very essential, es pecially if he works in an office bent over a desk all day. These are the very things that have set the people to thinking/' A Pioneer Dealer. Frederick Roach, who was a pioneer in the bicycle business in Min neapolis, seventeen years ago, is still located at 519 Hennepin avenue, where he first started in business. Mr. Roach has seen the bicycle business grow from two or three high wheels in Minneapolis to the present, when in Minneapolis to the pres ent time, when there are at least 50,000 bicycles in use. In spite of the talk about the decline of bicycle ridings-Mr.-Roach is firm in. the belief, that the wheel is to be not only serviceable but very popu lar for ,yeara Jip come. People look upon the wheel now not as a luxury, but as a necessity, ahd the thousands of wheels that are still in Use and the splendid bicycle paths of Minneapolis bear witness to Mr. Roach's belief. Mr. Roach has received many in quiries this year for wheels and is very confident that the season is to be much better and more profitable from a dealer's standpoint than it has been for several years. The bicycle is being used f6r business and for exercise and hundreds of Minneapolis people are to have new wheels this year. RAIN PREYENTS CONTEST MIIiliERS SPEND DAY IN GYMNA- SIUMHUFF SAYS TEAM IS TOO WEAK WITH STICK. Special to The Journal. Champaign, 111., April 9.The base ball contest scheduled for yesterday afternoon between Minneapolis and the varsity teams, was called off on ac count of cold weather and rain. The players of both teams were not sorry, as it gave them a chance to rest after their continuous performance of this week The Illinois players were given a complete rest, but Captain Fox kept his men busy at work both morning and afternoon killing time in the uni versity gymnasium. The men were not feeling as well as usual yesterday, but good weather promises to bring them around in good shape. Manager Watkms spent yesterday in Indianapolis on a business mission, but was expected to return this morning in time to accompany some of his players to Springfield for their two games with the team of that city to day and Sunday. No releases were reported. Coach Huff of the varsity nine, who has recommended several of the Chi cago National league men to Manager Selee, is well pleased with the manner in which the millers field their posi tions and run the bases, but he be lieves their batting will have to im prove considerably before they can de velop into a championship team. For league players they have been rather weak with their sticks, but they are expected to remedy this fault as the season progresses. The players hold Manager Watkins in high esteem. They say that he is a man who knows whom to blame for a misplay, and who at the same time recognizes that the players may have brains as well as the manager. There has been no knocking by the players Against one another and the best of friendship exists among all the candi dates. All indications point to & banner season for the Northern league. It is thought that if this year's efforts are crowned with success, it would not be a remote possibility that the Northern would invade Minneapolis and St, Paul. Chicago baseball fans will have no chance of seeing the two rival big league teams in a post season series for the local championship this fall. President Hart, of the National league club has confided to one of his con freres that under absolutely no condi tions will he permit his team to con test with Comiskey's White Sox. The National baseball commission in the case of Skopec has decided that the Detroit club pay to the St. Paul club the $100 held out of Sko pec's salary. Skopec was purchased by Detroit from St. Paul before the American association adopted the Na tional agreement. The matter Is re ferred back to the two clubs for ad justment. Owing to the rain the" University and North Side high school baseball teams were unable to get together yes- *sal 513981 H9 5X^1^1^IfPP^K terday and the game will be played Monday. Edward S Merrill, the former star athlete of Beloit college and now coach of the teams of Colorado col lege, may join the Chicago National league team. Manager Selee has of fered Merrill a place. Merrill has not yet accepted. COMPANY HAS A GREAT RECORD HER MARKSMEN AMONG BEST IN THE COUNTRY. Sixty-nine Members of the Company Last Year Won Honors as Sharp shooters, Marksmen, or Distin guished Riflemen Team Wins State Championship from Com pany C. The national guardsmen of Com pany of Minneapolis have made a remarkable record as marksmen in the last two years. This company de feated the crack Company team of Brainerd and Winona last year in the contest for the state championship. It is claimed that this company can show more sharpshooters and marks men than any other company of na tional guardsmen in the country, if not in the world Out of a total of seventy-six men in the company, one qualified as distin guished rifleflman, twelve as sharp shooters and fifty-six as marksmen. Altho the company has lost a number of good shots since last year, the members feel confident of main taining their place at the head of the Minnesota national guard, as there is plenty of good material from which to choose another team. The records of the men follow: DISTINGUISHED SUTEMEN. Known Distances. Artificer 3. Chant 148 SHARPSHOOTERS APRIL 9, 1904. Mt)*M*M*M9M* Skir- mish, 215 Skir- mish. 221 20S 202 194 194 186 183 183 183 182 181 181 Known Distances Iicut Struchan 145 Private St. Amant 148 Private George biuclair 136 Captain E Luce 134 M. Bergt E Fitchette 138 Corporal E De Lalne 148 Lieutenant McClay 136 Corporal Price 142 Private S 3 Bang 138 Sergeant Major A Allen 130 Major Bowley 132 Lieutenant I Piatt 2 250 is the possible at the 200, 800 and 600 yards, Including skirmish MABKSMEN. Sergeant O Yeats 137 Private J. Staples 135 Private F. C. Bigelow 135 Musician E Youngren 134 Cook 1" Faringer Ml Private O Peterson 131 Private White 130 Private F. Smith 120 Private Boynton 127 First Sergeant W Weisel 126 Corporal S Kingsley 126 Private Harding 126 Private Terrell 125 Private Mellinger 125 Musician Bajley 124 Private O Nystrom 123 Private S Allen 123 Private Abrams 122 Sergeant Libby 122 Private A Davies 121 Private S McKinley 121 Quartermaster Sergeant A D. Haight.. 12) Corporal Blackburn 120 Sergeant W Boehmler 120 Private Alsdorf 118 Private A Kjelland 118 Private A Quint 117 Private W. Seba 115 Private Torkelson 114 Corporal A. Lagerstroin 113 Private E. W. Smith lia Private F. Waleen 112 Private J. F. Carlton Ill Sergeant A Berglund 110 Private H. Wicklund 110 Private Sudlow 109 Cook E Blagrove 109 Private fL E Gerrish 108 Private J. Shoemaker 108 Private W Schoepf 108 Private E. Chandlee 107 Private Wildey 107 Private F. Bush 107 Private E N. Ekstrom 108 Private O Anderson 106 Private A Hanson 105 Private A W Peterson 105 One hundred and fifty Is the possible at the known distance MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS A team of athletes will be brought from Ireland to compete in the Olym pic games at the St. Louis exposition. They will make the trip under the auspices of the Greater New York Irish Athletic team. Among the men expected to compose the team are Den nis Horgan, shot-putter with a record of 48 feet 2 inches, who won the cham pionship on Manhattan field in 1900 with a put of 46 feet 1% inches Peter O'Connor, Irish broad jump record holder, who cleared 24 feet 11% inches from a board take-off the Leaphy brothers, also jumpers Dennis Mur ray, who defeated Arthur Duffy in a handicap sprint on his tour, the pres ent 100 and 220 yard dash champion J. J. Daly, cross country champion. The Tuxedo second team defeated the Tasmo second team in an exhibi tion bowling match last night. The scores. _^ v. First. Second. OSiirf. Tfctsl. Tuxedo, Ko. 2 739 855 843 2437 Tasmo, bo. 2 .....105 834 843 2383 tff **f ^P ^XCVkCX Chain Model $40.00 Rambler Indian AND Merkel Motorcycles DON'TTHINK S3.00 EACH. J. AUNE, Bioycte Building and Repairing... Secomd-Hand Yfhools Bought and Sold* 6 Seventh Street South MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. J. MENARD 703 Central Ave. BICYCLES REPAIRED AND BUILT TO ORDER. Sundries and Supplies. Gasoline for sale. T. C. 16216. S tSJ^B'wi^fW1' FREDERICK ROACH 519 Hennepin Avenue. Opposite West Hotel AGENT FOR Largest and Best Equipped Repair Shop in the State. -Established in 1887- '^WiPSB 4, Gm and That because it has been dis-1 agreeable weather for some' time that the sun won't shine* again. Be prepared for riding when the good days come. Is, your wheel in good repair? If not let us fix it up. Maybe you^ are in need of a new tire, or a coaster brake, or perhaps your? wheel needs cleaning, or whatever repairs it needs we are cap** able of doing a good job. We will call for your wheel in any part of the city and have it ready for you when wanted. Call, phone or write and we will respond quickly. Or if you are4 thinking about getting a new wheel we would like to show you* our 1904 Broncho and Ooyote Bicycles, they are beauties, Peterson's Cycle Hospital Go. 511 First Avenue So. Phone M-2735-J3. REPAIRING, ENAMEL1NA. \gM TWIN CITY PHONE 1076 "HSTREET SOUTH ASK YOUR DEALER FOR Security Tough Tread Tires. The cut tells the story. Take no substitute. Trade supplied and guar antee made good by Hortta Cycle Auto Supply Co-,1 116 8*. 6th St. IT COSTS N O MORE To Have Your Wheel Repaired By Experts. DIAMOND BICYCLES BUILT TO ORDER 0. FENSTERMACHER Branch at Ne Chamber of Commerce. -4 It pays to advertise your "Wants" in The Journal, the paper with the best circulation in the Northwest. "Wants" only one ceht a word. *J it iaf Hi MINNEAPOLIS. /IINK en* 503 Second Avenue So. 7 1 1 Wil is Cycle Go. 508 Central Avenue. *s We are the only exclusire house that man ufactures our own Bicycles. Our stock Is tql largest in the city. $24.0 The best everOur 1904 Bicycles, Gopher, with brake Strictly guaranteed through and tbrougrh. it' Williams Cycle Co. Tires, $2.50 With a guarantee that count*. Jf POSTOFFICE CYCLE HOUSI Manufacturers f the good old ASNMAKE Get one and ride THE BEST. We are also Headquarters for Second Hi Wheels. AH prices. Call and see them, WM. B. CLASON, 109 PostoWce Court