The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-08
MILLER NOW LEADING
FAR AHEAD IN THE sIx-DAY INTER-
NATIONAL BICYCLE RACE.
Waller, Who Was First Monday, Not
the Riders Early This Morning.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Miller was far adj
vanced into his nne-hundredth mile early
this morning in the six days bike race
Walters star had faded before Tuesdays
dawn and his record breaking performance
of Monday in Madison-square Garden was
forgotten in the astonishing achievements
of Miller, Stephane and Rice. Waller is now
far down in the list of the eighteen stayers
out of the thirty-sx that started.
Seven thousand persons sat last night for
hours watching the riders reeling around
the rim of the great saucer. The weary
figures, however, were Indifferent to the
cheers that greeted them at every occa-
sional burst of speed but continued to grind
around, looking neither to the right nor left
But for the fact that the riders are adorned
with almost every color of the rainbow
there is but little to see in the great race
Forty-eight hours of incessant riding
around the oval, with loss of sleep, has
transformed the strong, healthy, robust
looking athletes of Sunday night into men
of careworn appearance. They still con-
t.nued to work the pedals with as much
vigor and seemingly more determination
than an hour after the start.
Chase, the English middle-distance cham
pion, who is here to race Michael, and Ted
dy Goodman furnished excitement for the
crowd between and 5 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernOon hitting it up for several laps
Goodman soon withdrew, but Champion
Eddie Bald and "Skeeter' Arthur thinner
man, the former champion of the world,
joined Chase in a,,brush The trio raced
around the track in close order and the
big CoCWd howled their delight when Bald
passed The English middle-distance cham
"a % m 10
is, and if looks count for anything Jimmy
Michael will have his hands full when the
pair meet.
Waller who had begun last nights ride
with faint heart, was cheered by the pSes-
ence of his devoted wife in his quarters
alongside the track, and in the course of az:
hour was riding better than he had been
for several hours.
A big card in the way of exhibition short
races had been provided to fill in the
monotony of simply watching the long-dis-
lance men. The first event was mile be-
tween Babcock and Latham: The pace
was slow at the start, but the men were
rounded up by the Kisses of the spectators,
and towards the end the leader cut out
tolerable pace. Babcock won in the last
hibition was between FTenchman GougoltZ
and Hoyt. They also were slow and the
not mind, but went leisurely until the last
lap, when Hoyt went to the front and won
in 1926. Then Babcock and Latham tried
another mile and Babcock won again in
second heat between Gougoltz and Hoyt
through an error was stopped on the eighth
lap, and by consent of Hoyt was run over
again. On third attempt the Frenchman
won by what the judges announced to be
three inches in 2:39 1-5
Meanwhile Jimmy Michael appeared on
the track for a tivemile exhibition. He
was behind triplet when the pistol went
off. On the fourth lap he took up the white
and blue tandem, and on the sixth lap took
up the red tandem. Although the long-dis-
lance men did not interfere with his riding,
it was impossible for him to hug the poles,
and consequently he did not try for a speed
record. He finished the distance in 1922
40. Gougoltz and Hoyt appeared for the
fourth time and after going a mile were
compelled to do another, owing to the fact
that Hoyt had taken the inside post in vio-
lation of the rule. Hoyt won last on the
final heat.
The score at 2:15 a. M was: Miller. S76.6;
Stephane, 8S4e; Rivierre, S31.1: Schinneer,
Sl9; Rice, SAL; Moore, 1881; Pierce, 1921;
Waller 1881; Golden, 1853; Hale, 747.2;
Elkes, 724S; Enterman 63O3; King 639.5;
Cannon, 62O6 Julius, 59o,7; Johnson, 5S46;
Beacome, 51O.6; Gray, 1894. Miller was
seventy-nine miles six laps ahead of the
record for fifty hours "a