The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-13
ELKES WI MDUFFEE.
ONE-HoUR CYCLE CHAMPION RUN
AWAY FROM BOSTON CRACK.


NIcDnhee Out OF Condition, while His Com
qneror IL In Fine Fettle-More Than n
Mile Separated the Contestants Mt the
Fi~nish-PnElllst sharkey n Spectator.
Harry Fixes. the Glens Falls cycler. who has
shown himself to be u Gomez in paced racing
ever since last summer. when he won the
one-honr record, won last night the chief
OF all his victories. In a twenty nye-milc
paced race at Madison Square Garden he
defeated Eddie McDuffee Of Boston. who won
the title OF middle distance champion In 1928
by winning every race In which he rode. Nc
DufTee was in no form 10 meet sucha man as
Fixes and his colors were lowered In humiliat-
ing fashion.
Fixes was In fine shape and could have gone
faster had II been necessary. He rode one fast
mile. the second. the time for which was |
minute and 80 seconds. Fixes rode the full
distance In 81 minutes "a 3-5 seconds. Me-
DufTee completed the twenty-five miles after
Fixes had left the track. His time was 5J
minutes 10 1-5 seconds.
The events last night wound up the indoor
racing season. Many OF the spectators came
late, their interest being evidently centred in
the paced race OF the cham pions. Fixes, the
first to appear. received great applause. Me-
DufIee. who is comparatively little known TO
New Workers. also received sufficient APP
plause TO make him realize that he had
more than n few sympathizers. The men
started from opposite sides Of the track. Fixes
had nine tandems on hand. but held two in
reserve. McDuTee had seven pacing teams
and one man in reserve. Fixes was a hot
favorite before the start. and considerable
betting was done privately. the odds varying
from 80 to 100 to even money. One OF the
police officers. who was made the stake
holder OF a wager Of SO against $50.
nearly caused the bettors to have apo.
The theN end Of the race. He had BEEN called to an.
other part Of the building for 9 few minutes.
number, and they fumed tremendously till the
cop came back and delivered the money. with
Fixes rode a wheel. geared to l07. McDuf-
Lees gear ts,m being nn 1t2i II the , first male }Is,s Mc iSnn
isGs tef tande Rai't tTave eh% and sIShfh he 'S %as ah fead
at the end Of the first ten APPS. In the second
mile McDniIee began to show his poor s9ndi,
without pace; he hitshed on behind the Boston
together unpaced; then Fixes caught a tandem
and passed on. After that i was a runaway
Al the end Of the third mile. McDufree was. a
III tSo was 18th thrg ,Ss laps Iqon ahead .do,5 He I flGgSd up pa a
ginning to gain. grew excited and eheered
maRe on a E show at at his RRee ripPa P9ieei 81 ee to
a clip that gave him. after two circuits OF the
track. practically another lap advantage. At
fifteen miles he was more than hall. a mile
ahead. At twenty miles he had a lead Of one
5 one miie 0a and iaR fhr as } iaps nn asd h in n tim sH By y 3
minutes and 40 80 seconds.
Lively interest in the preliminary races was
manifested. Kramer. the L. A. W. amateur
cham pion OF 1898. won the semi-final and the
final In the amateur handicap in. the easiest
kind Of style. Hedstrom's fine riding was the
feature OF the. one-mile professional con-
test. He won his heat from scratch, after
a hot chase. and i9 the final. although he got
next man in front of him forty yards away.
Excepting a ridiculous fall by a colored man.
caused by his clumsily running into another
competitor after the race. there were no acct
dents.
Just before the start OF the big race a tumult
was raised on theTwenty-sixth street side ofthe
Garden by the entrance OF Tom Sharkey. Peter
sports. The crowd in the centre OF the arena
surged over and stood in front of the box
occupied by the Sailor and cheered Justify.
Two women who were In the box with the
conqueroro OF Mccoy seemed to enjoy the ova-
ton as much as did the pugilist. A couple of
enthusiastic sports who had imbibed too freely
had seats near by. and eight policemen were
tiveDess and prevent a riot. Summaries OF the
short races:
Half Mile Handicap. Amateur-Final heat won by
=. L. Kramer. Riverside W, scratch; c. NJ. Ertz,
Riverside W.. scratch. second: Arthur S. Lyon, New
York, 80 yards. third. Time. l minute 3 20 seconds.
one-Mile Professional. Handicap-Final heat won
by jay Eaton, 40 yards; George, Kreamer, so yards,
second: Oscar Hedstrom, scratch. third: W. Fl.
Owen. 100 yards, fourth. Time. 2 minutes 10 10
seconds.