The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-13
RIDERS IN A BAD Mlx.UP.
Two FRENcHMEN GAME TOGETHER
WITH A CRASH.

other Riders Fell in the Bunch.
TurviIIe 80 Badly Hurt lie May Not
he Able 60 Continue-Leaders In
the Six-Day Race Are Considerably
Behind the RecOrd-At O'Clock
This Morning 1870 Miles.
New York. Dec. l2-with over LOO
miles clicked on in their pursuit OF prizes
IA tho six-day bike race at Madison
Square Garden. which ends on Saturday.
eight teams were sslll represented on the
track a. midnight tonight. or 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. but they have struggled TO do as
much a. their strained and tiTed bodies
would allow them For the first two days
they kept ahead OF the record. but now
they are far behind. the 1894 miles aud
one lap reeled on by the leaders being
twelve miles and seven laps behind the
record for 1899.
Hippolyte Aceoutrier. tho Frenchman.
and his partner. Rudolph Miller the Ital-
ian. pulled out OF the race about o clock
this nlorniug Accoutrier was completely
exhausted ana WAS unable 20 continue the
awful pace. and despite the teers aud re-
vikings OF his partner Muller. no would
rice no more. Muller was heartbroken and
wept like 4 child.
Turville and Aaronson have not been
able 20 so back on the track since they
were carried out OF a serious tumble the
riders were mixed up In shortly after
r NsHhf ha kst for
said, may b. able to resume his trick at
ter little rest. but q IS doubtful. Should
this occur. II will remove two dangerous
teams who are now only three laps be-
hind the leaders, Elkes and McFariano
and Pierce and McEaehern.
The Leaders.
Fixes and Mcfarland and Pierce and
McEachern are now Ia the lead, each
team having i4oi miles and one lap 10
It's credit One l3p back came Slmir aud
Gougoltz. Two laps back OF this team
are Turvllle and Gimm. Waller and Sim
son and Baboock and Aaronson. six
laps from the leaders are Fisher and
Frederick and Kaiser aud Ryser.
During the past twenty-four hours there
were occasional frultless attempts m de
by the different men 70 gain lap on their
opponents. To prevent the loss OF lap.
Fisher performed perhaps the hardest
task Of the race in the afternoon. He
got a punctuIe just as the other riders
were preparing for a squirt. The other
men noticed Fishers misfortune and tried
TO take advantage OF IL. Fisher pedailed
along with the bunch however. In spite
OF the softening tire. and kept up the
pumping on his crippled wheel FOR a full
mile. az the end OF which time Frederick
relieved him. When Fisher dismounted
his tire was perfectly nat.
The accident which may put Turvilie
and Aarouson out OF the race occurred
shortly after O'Clock. Kaiser and Ryser
were relieving one another during a try
10 gain a lap going al tremendous pace
Gougoltz and Simar were almost behind
them with Mcfarland just on the inside.
The Frenchmen. who were also aiternat-
ing. came together with crash and
went down on the track. Waller was at
their wheels and he crashed into the fall
en- Frenchmen. Turviile plunged into the
mix-up. and was thrown into a box among
a crowd OF spectators Fisher followed
and was thrown violently to the boards.
Mcfarland and Ryser and Kaiser spurted.
but the referee would not allow their
gain.
TurviIIe BADLY Hurt.
Turvilie was picked Up bleeding and I'M
AHiAHN ANAa anu WIN a ANONANk lAtllN UAi
one knee. He had sustained had contu-
sions OF the right thigh and many bruises
OF the body as well a. a shock. The doc
tor brought him back 10 Consciousness az
ter a time and said that Turville might
BE- able 10 so on after a rest.
Aaronson had a badly cut eye and face
ana bruises on the back. Fisher was hat
tered and shocked. The two Frenchmen
escaped with only a shaking up Fisher
had lost "A legitimate lap and he imagined
some one had tempered with his wheel
tire ~ he wrapped u up in blankets when
he went on the track. put tho wheel un-
der his COZ ana went 20 sleep About two
hours later he came back and relieved
Frederick.
The O'Clock score.
Elkes and Mcfarland. .ia0b: Pierce and
MoEachern. ii205. Waller and stinson.
i.f2o.e; Fisher and Frederick. !. 500. Kaiser
ami Ryser i.ii99.
New York. Dec 17-Aaronson was ae-
clared out OF the race az O'Clock this
morning. thus removing the team OF o.
v Babcock. New York. and Oscar Aaron.