The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-08
WON BY GIMM.
Finished a Length Ahead
of Burns Pierce.

New York. Jan. 7.-Louis Gimm of
Pittsburg was tonight declared the
winner of the 24-hour bicycle race that
was begun in Madison Square Garden
at 10 o'clock last night. He finished
a wheels length ahead of Pierce, Tur-
vile being third, Frederick fourth and
Lawson fifth.
The finish of the long race resulted
in a sprint, and to give the four men
who had chance to win a free field,
three of the other competitors who had
survived the struggle, were asked to
retire from the track Is minutes before
the day had expired. Gimm rode 45O
miles in the a hours, seven miles be-
hind the record made by Pierce in the
recent six-day race at the Garden.
The final score was as follows: Fred
erick. 450 miles; Pierce, 450; Turville,
450; Gimm, 450; Lawson, ASS; julius,
1875; Hale, 1874 Miller, 422.6
When daylight broke in the Garden,
this morning, Is original starters were
still keeping up their tireless grind
around the track.
One of the earliest arrivals at the
Garden was Mrs. Miller, wife Of the
six day champion. When she saw her
husbands score ON the board she was
eart-broken, but just then Charlie
sped by in one of his spirits, nodded
and smiled at his wife, who regalned
confidence. But Mrs. Miller was disap-
pointed.
The race was a heart breaking one
from the start. 1t was not 50 much a
question of speed and endurance, be-
cause some of the fastest long distance
riders in the race, notably Miller, the
six day champion, were unable to do
what the first four men did Frederick
Pierce, Turville and Gimm never left
their saddles for moment. They even
refused to take nourishment and slim
ulants from their trainers when the
sprint was on. Everybody realized that
to fall behind a lap would be fatal.
Waller, who was one of the favorites
lost lap through an accident TO his
tire Friday night, and for Is hours he
made a brave struggle to regain his
lost ground. He tried to catch his ri
walls mapping, at times starting a des-
perate sprint, but they were all watch
Ing him, as they were each other, and
the moment be started past them they
were after him and always caught him
alter chase, sometimes long, some
times a short one
carry number 10 upon his back. trailed
along painfully at the tail end of the
line through the morning. He was ev-
identity suffering. and not in condition
and as he was being Tapped time and
again, was therefore declared out of
the race.
John Lawson, the little Swede from
chicago, VINO had held his own against
every attempt to leave him, finally sue
eunlbsd to the terrible strain at 5
O'Clock and dropped back, shaking his
! head as Miller started one of his pc
| riodical sprints. Within a minute he
had been left, and all his chances of
winning We're gone. 1t was said that
Miller. realizing he had no chance, was
Fin the race to pace and aid Stevens
but il this was so, Miller's work was
/ done in such a clever way that no one
could detect any unfair jockeying or
pacing.
Frederick. the foreigner, who was
practically friendless, had been about
his work quietly, but effectively, from
the start. He accepted every advan-
tage and avoided every danger. He
said before the start Of tn race, he
would not leave the saddle.
All through the day he was apparent
ly the freshest man in the race. and
early in the evening, his repeated at
tempts to get away from the leaders by
sudden sneaking sprint caused his
rivals great anxiety One of his trials
was almost successful. He gained half
lap, but fortunately for his rivals, ran
foul OF Oscar Julius, who had slowed up
and got in his way
The crowd became enthusiastic as
man after man tried to gain an advan-
tage. BY this time friendships had de-
veloped between different riders. and
attempts were mada to maze ono ~,
other, but these were carefully sat upon
and stopped by the referee. Pierce
made an almost successful effort to GET
away at $40 o'clock. For two Laps he
fairy flew around the track. The FOXY
Frederick, Gmm and Turvllle were left
to rear, gradually, and the crowd was
in frenzy OF cheering.