The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-13
ACCIDENT ON THE TRACK
BICYCLE RIDERS BATTERED, CUT
AMI BRUISED IN A SMASH UP.
Aronson Out of the Race and Taken
to the HospitaI-Scores of the
Contestants N Morning.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-With over 1,4O6
miles ridden in the six-day bicycle race at
Madison-square Garden, which ends on
Saturday, eight teams were still repre-
sented on the track last midnight, the be-
ginning of the fourth day of the contest.
The men have not been able to keep up
the hurricane pace jumped into at the out
set. For the first two days they kept ahead
Of the record. but now they are far behind,
the 1.4O4 miles and one lap reeled off by
the leaders being twelve miles and seven
laps behind the record for 1899.
Hippolyte Accoutrier, the Frenchman,
and his partner, Rudolph Muller, the Ital-
ian, pulled out of the race about s o'clock
yesterday morning. Accoutrier was COM
pletely exhausted and was unable TO con-
tinue the awful pace, and, despite the jeers
and revilings of his partner, Muller, he
would ride no more. Muller was heart
broken and wept like a child.
Turville and Aronson have not been able
to go back on the track since they were
carried out of a serious tumble the riders
were mixed up in shortly after 8 o'clock
last night. The former, the doctor said,
may be able TO resume after a little rest,
but it is doubtful. Should this occur, it
will remove two dangerous teams, who are
now only three laps behind the leaders,
Elkes and Mcfarland and Pierce and Nc
Eachern.
Elkes and Mcfarland and Pierce and Nc
Eachern are now in the lead, each team
having at midnight l. 04 miles and one lap
to its credit. One lap back came Simar and
Gougoltz. Two laps back of this team
are Turville and Gimm, Waller and Stinson,
and Babcock and Aronson. Six laps from
the leaders are Fisher and Frederick and
KaSer and RySer.
The accident which may put Turviile and
Aronson out or the race occurred shortly
after 8 o'clock. Kaser and Rysef were re-
lieving one another during a try to gain a
lap at a tremendous pace. Gougoltz and
Simar were almost behind them, with Nc
Farland just on the inside. The French
men, who We're also alternating, came to-
gether with a crash and went down on the
track. Waller was at their wheels, and he
crashed into the fallen Frenchmen. Tur-
vile followed Waller into the mix-up and
went On top of the other bodies. He was
thrown clear of the pile and into a box
among a crowd of spectators. Fisher was
the next man., and after riding over the
others was thrown violently to the boards.
Mcfarland and RySer and kaSer Spurted,
but the referee would not allow their gain.
Turville was picked up bleeding and uncon-
scious and with a growing lump on one
knee. He was rushed To his tent and ex-
amined. He had sustained bad Commissions
IA III AAoAAb AAAoI CAlO hACAA 0A0AEN9 VA NAAC
body, as well as a shock. The doctor
brought him back to consciousness after
a time, and said that Turville might be able
to go on after a rest. AronsOn had a badly
cut eye and face and bruises on the back.
Fisher was battered and shocked. The two
Frenchmen escaped better than any of the
others, getting only a shaking up. Fisher
had lost a legitimate lap, and it brought OUT
a fit of the peculiaritieS that have marked
many of the Six-day riders in previous
races. When he was told that he lost
ground he imagined some one had tempered
with his wheel tire, so he wrapped 1t up in
blankets when he went off the track, put
the wheel under his cot and went to sleep.
About two hours later he came back and
relieved Frederick. He appeared fresh ami
went after the fast riders in great style.
Aronson was declared out of the race at
1 o'clock this morning, thus removing the
team of O. v. Babcock. New York, and
Oscar Aronson, of Brooklyn. Aronson was
in bad condition from the fall he had re-
ceived, and an ambulance was summoned
from Bellevue Hospital and he was re-
moved to that institution. Turville came
out with bandages on many parts of his
body. He made another try to see how he
felt. He went off in a few minutes adding,
however,, that he was all right and would
go on again in a little while. Gimm had
been maintaining the speed for team since
the accident, almost four hours of hard and
steady riding.
and Mcfarland, 1.4411; Pierce and Nc
Eachern, 1,441.4; Simar and Gougoltz, L.
ALB; Turville and Gimm, 1,434; Waller and
Stinson. 1,441.1; Fisher and Frederick, L.
440.9; Kaser and Ryser, 1,440.9; Babcock and
Aronson, 1,441.1.