The herald., 1896-12-29
Six.Day Bicycle Riders Begin
Their Work
TEDDY DALE FEELS USED UP
And Concludes He Has Gained Honor
Enough
Several Records Were Broken and the
Race Promises to Be Thoroughly
Interesting-The Days Score.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S-Elevel
cracks of the bicycle world entered a 81,
days, eight hours day, internationa
bicycle contest at Convention hall, thi
city today. The big hall had been re-
arranged for the event, the interior en-.
closure being left for skaters, while
around it encircled the newly laid bicy.
Gle track, slanting on the turns at ar
angle of 80 degrees, ten circuits of the
track constituting a mile. There was a
large crowd in attendance when the rae
ing began, and this kept up fairly well
during the day and evening. The start
| ers were: CIV. Ashinger Albert Schock
| Frank Waller, Germany; c. c. Chap
| elle,. England; Fred Foster. Germany;
Albert Hunter, France; H. H. Maddox
Frank Albert, Dudley Marks, England;
George S. Ball and John Lawson, Swed-
en-.
Teddy Hale, the winner of the recent
Madison Square garden race, was with
drawn at the last moment, as he was
still used up somewhat from his former
race. Reading, the soldier boy" and
John johnson also withdrew A rous-
ing cheer greeted the riders as they
started on the race at 2:21 this after
noon, taking as their signal shot from
pistol held by Eddie Bald, the cham
pion bicyclist Of America. Throughout
the entire eight hours racing the men
showed themselves gritty, and when the
close came, after 10 o'clock, all of them,
with the exception of Marks who fell
out as the result of an accident, and
Albert, who made but thirty miles and
six laps, had good records to their credit.
The contest centered for a time between
Maddox, Lawson and Waller, although
Ashirger and Hunter came up close be-
hind them. There We're two tumbles
during the day, but Marks seemed to
be the only one who suffered to any ex-
tent, the Others keeping pluckily on.
Several records were broken during
the day. During the first hour Mad
dox Waller and Chappklle made %
miles and s laps, breaking the record
for the first hour of similar contest
21 miles 8 laps.
The record for the entire day Of a
six-day eight-hour contest was also
broken. 1t was previously 1875 miles, 3
laps. This was made in Boston by
Ashinger in 1884, on a high wheel. To-
days record was lat miles. laps. For
the first three hours the leaders made
go miles, an average of 20 miles an hour.
At the conclusion of the regular rae
ing Eddie Bald rode half-mile in 1:06,
his previous record being 1:0S 1-5. Tom
Linton, the welchman, rode five miles
in 1903, breaking his Madison Square
record of 12:40.
When the racers concluded for the
night at 10 ocolck the score was as fol-
lows: Maddox. lat miles, laps; Waller.
lat miles Z laps; Ashinger, 146 miles 9
laps; Dawson, IA miles 8 laps; Hunter.
144 miles laps; Foster, 142 miles
laps; Ball. 142 miles; Chapple, 147 miles.
Z laps; Schoek. 139 miles, laps; Albert.
1906.
IN THE RING.
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 2S.-Kid Nc
Coy, the American middleweight, de-
feated Billy Doherty of Australia Sun
day evening in nine rounds for the mid
dleweight championship Of the world.
The fight was to be twenty rounds for
$4,000 side and division Of the gate
receipts. Doherty, who recently de-
feated Duggan for the championship
of South Africa without getting a
scratch, was completely outclassed by
Mccoy in cleverness. The men came to-
gether at 1853 pounds, with the Australian
a slight favorite in the betting. Mccoy,
who sails for England next Saturday,
has challenged Ted White to make
match at S25O( a. side