Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • Page 7

Afttjfc LEBA2TOK DAILY HEWS, LEBAKOH, PA. i i HIS IS BICYCLE WEE April 26th to May inclusive RIK A GOOD BICYCLE We have a good Bicycle for every boy and girl in Lebanon. IT rnces $28.50 Up Popes Royal Blues Franklin Reds Bicycle Tires $2.50 Each Goodyear Automobile Tires. LEBANON HARDWARE 217 North Eighth Street BICYCLING IS NATION'S MOST BENEFICIAL SPORT TODAY Lebanon Merchants Celebrate Bicycle Week April 26 to May 3 With Offerings of the Best Makes on the Market. The report of tlie chief coroner for the city of Toronto, Dr.

Graham, for accidental and other deaths in the city during 1923 forma strong Hupport for the argument that bicy- clfiifr is a pastime in even a city of KOui.l sizo. The statistics for the year show plainly how each accident occurred in which a fatality resulted, and the figures Rive only one death aa a fatll- ily will, bicycles or motorcycles. There were -19 automobile fatalities, which was tux less than for the previous year. Thirty people were asphyxiated; 27 died from falls; 20 were burned to death; 10 wero shot, and 0 died in streetc ar accidents. Tho one bicycle accident occurod at the bottom of tho somewha lengthy list, the grand total for which was 569 deaths.

According to a statement made by President Louis F. Butler, of tho Travelers' Insurance Company, tho bicycle is about, the safest moans of transportation in use today. Says Mr. Butler: "Tho number of accidents In the home is only slightly smaller than the number of automobile accidents. Those sustained in sports and recrea-' tion come next in number; and then I a very small percentage) come the accidents du- to the horse und vehicle; and tho accidents due to bicy- i cles arc still fewer than these." According to the latest government reports, the exports of bicycles for the 11 months ending November 30, 1933, show a big increase over tho corresponding period for 1922.

In the latter period 12.233 bicycles, val- tied at $128,782, were sent out of country, while in 1923 the num- fi'ber of bicycles exported more than totaling valued at (219,931. AVorking on a point system which rljas "Athletics for all" as its object, Captain A. A. llui-rldge, physical director of the Ottawa, Canada, Colle- (giato Institute, one of the Dominion's largest high schools, has organized a bicycle club for the pupils in order to provide further opportunity for I sport. Members of ihe club are expected to own a standard or roadster type of bicycle.

Tho program includes truck and roadracoH, handicap events, paper chases, sealed handle-up events, bicycle endurance runs, und other forms of competition. AVinners of these events will he awarded the Hctjool crt'st, and their scores will go toward class and twain totals. Tho i rIdem arc divided into groups 1o weight, the smallest being 85 pounds BU'l under, tho next 100 pounds, then 115 pounds arid over. JBJoycle events up entirely field' of athlr-ucs, Captain Bur- JBi points out, and' they help In athlete of every boy. That pel only school in our Why should not bicycle racing be included among college and high school athletics of Uncle Sam's domain? A number of institutions include the sport in their athletic programs, but there should be many more.

From the very beginning of cycling in this country many colleges, particularly Harvard and Yale, boosted bicycle racing. It is aaid that one of the very first race-meets held in A.nerica was run by the Harvard students in the fall of 1877. The Harvard Bicycle Club was organized In 1879. In that year Yale, Amherst, and the Pennsylvania Military Academy formed bicycle clubs. During the time of tho bone-shaker in 1868 and 18C9 Yalo and Harvard students made it all the rage, and riding rinks wore established where droves of students paid a quarter an hour for the privilege of speeding around the wooden track.

The Olympic Games are not far off. Am the coaches and physical directors mindful of the fact that the margin of points by which the American athletes won in tho last few Olympics is gradually decreasing? Whether it is lack of interest in these universal games, where the athletes of the world show their prowess, or whether it is Indifference on the part of those interested, is a question hard to decide. If tho American style of coaching or physical direction was not the best in the world, would foreign countries engage Americans to develop their athletes? Considering the very poor showing of the American Bicycle Teams In the Uat two games is an example of what will follow in other sports if wo do not watch our step. The chief reason for this poor riding probably was due to the elimination of cycling and bicycle races from the Uat of events in our athletic meets. "As a company, we heartily endorse the use of bicycles for working men and women," says S.

H. Bullard, vice- president of the Bullarct Machine Tool Company, Bridgeport, "due to tho fact that we consider it a saving proposition, saving steps as well as money. A number of our men find their bicycles, if not an absolute essential, certainly a very great convenience Jn getting to and eoing from their work." Charles t). Ulce, factory manager of tho Underwood Typewriter Co. Hartford, deplores tha attitude of many large manufacturing concerns in disregarding the need of their workers for a place to core properly for bicycles which arc used to reach work and home.

"Wo bellevo it to be a very proper and necessary provision, lending benefit to all concerned, and we are surprised that MI many manufacturers disregard the UHefulnesft of the bicycle If properly used, the bicycle is health- giving and exceedingly convenient. Many workers who live away from lints are enabled to reach their thf without vertu to tho ad. "Oh, Eoyl Can You Beat It? day filled with sunshine, fresh air, muscle-building, man-making. Out with the pals who go places and see and do things that only a bicycle makes possible. Can you beat it is right! No upkeep to speak of and priced so reasonably that every boy and girl can have one.

The youngster who stays out in the great outdoors constantly grows up strong, clean-minded, clear-eyed, prepared for any mental or physical test demanded of him. He's a guy through and through! Go into your local dealer today and arrange for your new bicycle. Models and prices for everybody in the family. There is no finer sport in the whole wide world than bicycle riding-nothing that keeps you so fit, so happy, so glad to be alive and up and doing. Qhisis 'Bicycle Week, At This 1 Is tailing 5.7 Out where the grass is green and the air clean, by woodland paths, over hill and dale, there your bicycle will take you to health and happiness.

The bicycle travels paths that no auto can follow. Join the ranks of those who are every day learning new pleasures. Every boy or girl wants a bike if he is going to keep up with the bunch. PICK YOUR MOUNT FROM OUR STOCK OF BICYCLES All wheels are equipped with coaster brake, non-skid tires, mud guards, spring saddles and priced from $35 to $45 E. M.

Hottenstein HTO work on your favorite Wcycla the way TTOLIDAYS nt getting next to Nature and living the life of the open spaces. Let's see you beat it I Arrange now for your new, snappy model. Takes only a few minutes to clinch it and you get big dividends on your time. come in and cick it out. George Krause Hardware Co.

35 S. Sth Street LEBANON, PA. 1 A STUFFY trolley. A delayed schedk ule. A hot, ill-natured Late to getting home.

And a own transportation do away with all these inconveniences ptyl save you a lot of time, money, worry. Everybody's buying the trim, new models they want and starting a son of comfort, fresh-air, and making. A few minutes spent in our showroom today and the biggest, piest year of riding you ever had assured. Don't delay! W. S.

FRESHLEY 1018 Willow Street LEBANON, PA. vantage of both of employer and ployre." the day of the bicycle done? HM it declined from former to nn tov (or our children? Vnssar says "No." Ill- cycles were never a more serious in- tttltuflon anywhere than they are at to-day, From, eight in the. mowing till ten at eight the camuus is dotted with them as they ipeert between the halls or Oown the drive to tha library. From their are fastened Uttle wire baskets, piled with books, fopdn, phonograph records, OF eticku, ana gay and down on the pndalt) oa, warned by the bicycle at VaHsar, the automobll- i.it loams thnt youth must have Its lllng and will not bo denied. Them are Iralllc wnlks may not be ridden upon at certain times, find tho familiar "Keep to the right" IH just us much a slogan among tho "iiollogiennoa" as on Kifth Avenue, New York.

Each hi- cycle also mrrlcH license screwed to HH roar mudguard. These licenses nre yellow, blue, rod, or green and white, according to tha clusK rank of their owners. One would expect confusion with no many wheels in KorvU-i', as nearly pvory girl has one, but there aro rog- uhir parking sheds with stalls for cuch bicycle. Bicycling has become a pleasant und hoiilthful one to ba than tho past lino it used to bo. James Barton, in one of tho seaeon's most successful musical comedies, "Uew Drop Inn," and who is ki.own as ono of tho greatest ec- centrii! dar.cers on the American stage is it bicycle enthurlast of tho purest ray screnu.

1'roof? icoently rode his bicycle from Cleveland to Akron and from Akron to Cunton. From Canton ho i ode lo Youni.K.Gwn. While no played Akron, ho was a dally vis. Itor to the Uoodyeur gymnasium riding there for long tttretohes at a time. year, it will bo rocajled, they held an actors' bicycle lit Wacll- teon Bquare Garden in New York City which was put on as preliminary to the six-day bicycle oharojjlonship event.

Barton had littlo difficulty winning the event. of tries the Saturday Evening Post ously described conditions fo'lows: "Denmark is a flat therefore an incentive to blcycijn soon as children are out of clothes in Denmark they to the handlebars of their bicycles, or strapped in rumbfe and taken on long.trips. Thui becomes second nature, Danes, "Danish cities encourage, the! bicycles by constructing cle paths along the road. tho cyclists may not be. traffic.

"The Danes aro confirmed wa while bicycling, dua to tSSS-M fi'ukilng the bicycle with only one tho other being used, to lead large bundlea, cojivey open valises, or othop impedbni restrain the tendeoy of sk to the riders' waists'7U0 in. evolves contrivance fei down the skirts lady should reap a fortune alone. Everybody In rides to work on a morning," Consul o. 8, Marahi ports Ui the thcit there are name bicycles in Yucatan, the general business past two yeum, been ttomewliftt ninety pep. in Yuc This is due.