The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-11
TRIPLE WIN
Record, Race
and Wife
ALL GO TO MILLER,
Exciting Scenes on Closing
Night Of Six-Day Race.

New York Dec. 10-Chsrles w. Mil
Ter. last years six-day champion. won
the great bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden again this year, beating
the worlds reeord-his own--by "a
miles, and leading the next man to him
Frank Waller Of Bostn, by % miles.
Thirty-two men started when the pis-
toll sounded a few minutes after mid
night, Monday morning last, and twelve
finished. One by one twenty Of the men
have been counted out, either by them
selves on account Of their lack Of stay
/ ing power or by the physicians in at
! tendance. Miller, however, and Waller
and Pierce, the three men who have
4 been always in the lead, have gone
steadily along in the heartIbreaking
race, and Of all those who finished,
! they were by far the freshest
Indeed Miller was in such good con-
dition this afternoon, that he was able
/ to appear to advantage in a wedding
ceremony, which was performed by one
Of the city's aldermen, leading Miss
| GeneVieYe Hanson of Chicago 10 the
| improvised altar, amid the loud cheer
ing and boisterous good wishes of five
or ten thousand persons, who had gath
| cred to witness the ceremony. AT that
| time Miller was miles ahead Of all the
others, and was thus able to enjoy this
! little recreation.
Frank Waller of Boston finished sec
| ond in the race tonight, covering 1886
miles, to the 2007 Travelled by Miller, and
surprising Miller's last years record
| by about miles. Burns Pierce. the
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| the nineteenth century and although
more than a hundred miles behind the
| leader, nevertheless gave a game eX-
| hibition. For many miles during the
early part of the week, Pierce was the
! header, and it was thought that he
would be even nearer the front than he
was al the end, but fortune was against
him, as well as against Waller, the sec
| ond man. Pierce had a nasty fall early
| in the game and really never recovered
t'hie proper form, Waller had a number
of falls, one yesterday morning, which
practically lost him the race his friends
| believe. He had several more today, but
4 he always gamely remounted his wheel
and pushed along on his weary drive
OF all the foreigners in the race, the
only one to finish was Julius, and he
was so far behind all Of the others who
| finished, that this didn't count. He
was last and Teddy Hale, the Irish
man who, in 1895, won the champion
| ship, was next to last, having just
managed to get over the 1900 miles
From beginning to end, the riders
have been attended by physicians, and
the board of health inspectors have
kept a careful watch on the men. In
this way the scenes of last year, when
the men were reported to have become
! demented, We're prevented. At the first
sign of breaking down, the rider was
ordered from the track. Tomorrow, it
is more than likely that all the finish
ers in the race will be in fairly good
condition, considering the strain they
have been under for the past six
days.
During some of the minor contests,
tonight, all of the six men left the
track Then, at $40, they returned
newly clothed and well groomed, and
as the band played, they made the cir
cult of the arena in the order of their
merit. When it was announced that
Miller was again champion OF the
world. the great crowd present cheered
enthusiastically.
Then Miller, accompanied by John
West of Chicago, his trainer, who car
ried an immense banner of roses, walk
ed around the garden, and the cheers
were renewed again and again. Both
Waller and Pierce followed the cham
pion in his circuit, and it was notice
able that Waller received by far the
greatest ovation. BY winning the six
day race, Miller gets from the manage
ment the miserable sum Of $500, and
for breaking the worlds record, he gets
the sum Of $780, and for his public
marriage this afternoon. he is said to
have got the sum of $500. Miller is
also said to have received a wedding
present Of $500 from the wheel firm for
whom he rides. Waller gets $1,000 for
riding second, and the others get in
definite sums ranging from SIS up.
Miller and Miss Hanson were married
at 4.50 p. m. today. The wedding oc-
Cured in one of the boxes which sur
round the bicycle track AldermanJ
Wentz Of this city performed the cere-
mony Miller had to be lifted into the
box by his trainer, so overcome was he
by his hard riding. Mrs. O'Donnell, the
mother of the bride, gave Miss Hanson
away. Mrs Schinne r acted as brides
maid, while Arthur Gardiner of Chicago
asted as best man. A tremendous cheer
went up from the crowd as Miller then
a sure winner and Miss Hanson were
declared man and wife. To cap the
climax of enthusiasm, Waller went over
and kissed the bride. The race then
continued
Previous to the ceremony Miller put
on a new orange and white racing suit
and enliyened proceedings by sprinting
on various occasions, closely followed
by Waller, Nawn and Aronson. Pierce,
who had been obliged to give up ali
hope of catching Waller, maintained
his place. All the competitors left the
track shortly after o. clock to dress for
the wedding.
Harry Elkes then made an exhibition
mile in 1904 2-5s; Eddie McDuffee OIL
Boston started on a five-mile exhibition
ride. paced by a tandem, but fell owing
to the front tire of the tandem coming
off and splitting all concerned. The acct
dent reopened the wounds McDuffee
sustained by his bad spill on Monday.
Harry Caldwell of Manchester, N. H.
and Bobby Walthour of Atlanta. Ca.
then went a mile, Caldwell winning the
first mile in 2:25 2-5. The second heat
was won by Walthour in 1928 1-5. The
two men ran a dead heat at the third
attempt. Time 1882 1-5
Miller, who made the circuit of the
garden number of times after his
marriage, left the track at 5 30 and
returned in less than an hour, much re-
freshed. Waller had another hard fall
early in the evening, but, after shaking
himself a bit, he mounted a new wheel
and, encouraged by the shouts of the
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