The Saint Paul globe., 1900-12-16
WIS I'm EXCITING FINISH.
ELKES AND M,FARLAND TAKE
THE -SIX-DoAY BICYCLE
RACE
THEY COVERED a,ess MILES
Won by a Wheel Length Only,
Pierce and McEachern Second
and the French
Team Third.

10000 people, jammed into Madison
Square Garden tonight. Harry Elkes, OF
New York, and Floyd Mcfarland, of San
Jose, Cal, the American team, Won the
six days bicycle race by wheels
length from Burton Pierce of Boston,
and Alexander McEachern, of Toronto,
the Canadian team Caesar Simar, of
Paris and Jean Gougoftz, of Monte Car
10, the French team, were third, a lap
away. The distance covered by the
winners was 2, ,62S miles and laps, there
being 104 miles and Z laps behind the
record of Miller and Waller, made last
year.
Karl Kaser, of Berlin, and Fritz Ry-
ser, of Berlin. the German team, were
given fourth place, with 2,5SS miles and
4 laps to their credit, they having re-
tired from the tack about two hours be-
fore the close of the race. being satisfied
that they could not possibly cover the
AZ miles and laps that lay between
them and the leading team. Michael
Frederick, of Paris, and Jean Fischer, Of
Paris. took fifth place, with 1882 miles.
They drew out at Z O'Clock tonight. frank
Waller of Boston, and w. &. StinSon,
of Boston gave up Just before 3 O'Clock
this morning, content with sixth position
and their 2,30S miles ard lap. V.
-Babcock, of New York, and Lcuis Gimm,
of Pittsburg, who, after the accidents to
score, were required by the management
to withdraw from the track this after
noon. Babceck was then at 1,h56 miles
and 1 lap six miles ahead of Gimm.
GARDEN WAS CROWDED..
: From fourteen starters the race had
narrowed down to three contestants for
the final squirt at the close. All through
the day the garden was packed. At
o'clock in the morning there were but
five teams in the contests. They were:
Elkes and Mcfarland, Pierce and Nc
Eachern, Simar and Gougoltz, Karl and
Kyser and Fisher and Frederick. The
two leading teams and the Frenchnlen
were wary of the stock Kaiser, who had
done such brilliant work on Friday and
who had gained three laps on the lead
erse Fixes and Simar had TO resort to
trickery to keep him back many times
on. Friday and this morning. kaser
gathered himself at the top eff the bank
for spurt but the moment he started
out, either Elkes or Sinlar would cut off
his trail, forcing him to slacken speed.
v ith the withdrawal of Waller and Stin-
son early IN the morning, and Fisher and
Frederick early tonight there were only
four teams left on the track when the
crowds began to pack the garden. By
o'clock the main floor and galleries were
black with, people massed there. Away
up in the gallery under the roof row
track. There were nearly 10000 people in
the garden. Among the vast crowG of
people the riders had hosts of friends
who gave them encour2g cement. They
were howled at ir lingoes that no one
understood and they were Cheered on by
shouts from their countrymen. 1t was
American, Canadian, German and
Frenchmen, one against the other. Each
squirt brought the crowd to their fee5,
shouting themselves hoarse. The band
played urging the riders to their best eff
forts, tired and strained as they were.
It was often drowned by the uproariouS
roar of the spectators. Kaser and Ryser
hopelessly behind the leaders retired just
at O'Clock leaving the track for a great
final effort of the three teams, the
American, French and Canadian. Elkes
and Mcfarland were on equal terms with ;,
Pierce and McEachern for first place
with the Frenchmen, Sinlar and Cou-
goltz one lap behind and riding hard.
THE FINAL Squirt.
For the final squirt Mcfarland relieved
EllSes. Pierce relieved McEac&Krn and
Gougoltz took up the track from Sinlar
The men were chasing each other around
the boards seemingly as fresh as the
day they started the race, none daring to
try to squirt for fear of firing himself for
the final lap. Three minutes before the
hour of the close Of the race. the pistol
announced the time for the final effort
The three were riding closely punched.
GougoltZ was first to shoot out ahead.
He set terrific pace. Mcfarland was
but a wheel length behind the French
man, and almost scraping his rear wheel
was Pierce. In this position the three
kept a hurricane pace for the whole of |
the last mile. When the gong sounded
the end of the eighth lap the Pierce made !
a desperate effort to squirt ahead of Nc
Farland. He was unsuccessful, although
he closed up the gap slightly. Gougoltz
was gradually being overhauled, inch by
inch. On the. last lap Mcfarland crept
ahead, with Pierce after him, and the |
two of them passed over the tape in that
os a second behind in the sprint, but q
lap behind in the race.
There was no holding the great crowd,
and the people howied themselves hoarse /
during the final spirited spring, jump
ing to their feet, waving hats, coats i
anything the men could get their hands |
the women frantieally whirled
their handkerchiefs. The three men con-
tirued riding around the ring amidst the
greatest excitement.
The winners Of the race gets S1,50o in
cash and the chamionship of the world
for siX-day team racing.
WHAT THE RIDERS GET.
E1l1es and Mcfarland get $500 in cash
and the worlds championship; Pierce !
and McEachern get 81 900; Simar and Gou-
goltz, $SGe; Kaser and Ryser, $500: Fisher
and Aronson, $50, in all $4,50O. In ad-
dition to this a considerable sum will be |
distributed as bonus money to those who
made a serious contest in the race, but
were obliged to withdraw on account of
accident or other good causes.