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...Benes '50, winner of last year's event, turned in the fastest time on his racing bike, but he had to be satisfied with second place on his mark of 35 minutes, 20 seconds. The handicapping system, which allowed five minutes for touring bikes and ten minutes extra for balloon-tire entries, give first place to tourer Anderson. E. George cloutier '51 was awarded third place after a meeting of the best mathematical minds of the Outing Club, which sponsored the race...
...field of 30 hopefuls started, and most were clocked in at the finish line, but one fellow took a wrong turn and was last seen heading in the direction of Natick. As only one machine was entered in the balloon-tire class, the lucky-- and unidentified--rider really hit the jackpot. He won a generator set, saddle bag, and carrier, the first three prizes in his group...
...cyclists were racing to Wellesley for the sheer joy of pedaling along the pike. This year is different. Prizes will be provided for the first few places in the entire race, and also for the winners of each of the three main divisions of bicycles--racing touring and balloon tire...
...Balloon tire riders will get an approximate ten minute head start, the touring class will get five minutes and the racing bikes must start from scratch. The differences between touring and racing bicycles is that the racing models have toe clips...
Died. Lieut. Colonel Albert William Stevens, 63, holder of the world's altitude record for manned balloons; after long illness; in Redwood City, Calif. A top-notch aerial photographer, Colonel Stevens took the first photograph showing laterally the earth's curvature (1930) and the first pictures showing the moon's shadow on the earth during a total eclipse (1932), went to 72,395 feet in a balloon on Nov. 11, 1935 (with Captain Orvil Anderson) to set a substratosphere record...