The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-13
RIDERS ARE PUNCHED
DAY OF COLLISIONS, KICKS AND
GENERAL EXCITEMENT IN
BICYCLE RACE.
GREAT sPRINTING IS DONE
Though Weary and Nervous Almost
to the Extreme, the Racers Are
Sticking to Their Work in
Game Fashion.

NEW YORK, Dec 12.-At the begin
ming ROW of the last half of the six-day
bicycle race, with its attendant spills,
and the nervous tension of the riders
strained to breaking point, the interest
of the public is greatly on the increase.
This was apparent from the presence OF
10000 people in Madison Square Garden At
o'clock tonight. The 17G0-mile mark in
the race was passed at 6:26 p. m. In the
ninety-second hour of the race the men
covered 10 miles and laps, while in the
same hour of the record score Miller and
Waller made 16 miles and laps. At
o'clock the men were 81 miles and laps
behind the record.
All the racers were examined by ply
scians in the evening and were pro-
ncunced to be in good condition. The
physical condition of Babcock and Tur-
vile is exceptionally good and that team
is looming up as a decided factor in the
race for first money. The doctors adj
mitted that the terrible strain had affect
ed the nervous systems of all the men.
Early in the evening the trainers Of
McEachern and Walthour agreed to with
draw their protest against the referees
decision which refused them the lap they
declared that they had gained during tie
afternoon. 1t was because of this de-
clSIOn that McEacnern threatened To quit
the race.
Disastrous Spills.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12-During the
bicycle team race this afternoon a col
lision between Mclean and Chevalier &C.
Cured. They fell from their wheels and
Chevalier was severely hurt. An instant
later Fredericks, who seemed to be very
weak and was wabbling along as best
he could. trying to keep up with the
leader struck the rear wheel of the BIZ
cycle of Fischer, who had been hurried
into his saddle by his trainer TO take the
place of his partner and was riding at
full speed about the track. Both men
were thrown to the track and Hall ran
into them as they lay there and was
thrown from his wheel. He escaped in
jury, though and was soon riding around
the track again.
For several minutes Fischer lay like one
dead. His trainers were about to carry
him to his quarters when he became as
one Wild and fought them, kicking one
of them in the stomach. 1t was hard to
get him to his room. Later in the after
noon it was announced that Fischer and
Chevalier would be unable to continue
in the race Fischer sustained a fracture
of his shoulder. His partner sprained
his wrist.
Riders Are Weak and Cross.
Four miles were added to the totals dur
ing the sprint in which the accident oc-
Cured, but the effects of the efforts of
the men upon them was clearly shown
by their faces. Several of them We're 50
weak that they seemed hardly able to re-
main upon their wheels. Their faces
were ashy gray and their eyes looked as
if they were about to burst.
Winisette manager of McEachern and
Walthour, was very angry because the
Judges refused to allow his team a lap
which he insisted they had made and he
threatened to withdraw the team rom
the track When McEachern retired to
his quarters he was badly used up. The
judges decided to return the losses sus-
tanned by Hall and the others in their
accidents. This placed the men back in
the relative positions occupied by them
during the early day.
About o'clock McEachern, dressed in
ordinary clothes, appeared on the track
and announced that he would not ride
any more unless the lap he claimed was
restored and allowed. He walked off the
track, with his partner, Walthour, who
was on his wheel shouting to him to
come back and not desert him. Maya
also said that he would quit the race
unless justice was done his team. While
the officials were trying to induce Nc
EiacHern 10 1eluIIl W lHC lIoShs HAelS ~
HeVed his team mate, Wilson. At last,
after much argument between McEachern
and the officials, he agreed to return to
the race and ride, but he asserted he
would do so only long enough to give
the Judges of the race time to get to-
gether and formulate a decisive decision
upon the lap under contention. He de-
clared that unless the matter was decided
in his favor he would then quit the race.
Side Attractions.
Before the night was far advanced Is, 600
people were III the garden. Gougoltz, of
France and Owen S. Kimble, of Louis
VILE, entered into a fivo-mile pursuit
race Gougoltz caught up with Kimble
in IA laps in 1:S5 20
Floyd Krebs, of Newark, and George
Leandcr, of Chicago, also engaged in a
five-Tnile pursuit race, the latter catching
up with Krebs in LIZ laps. Time, 1:50 3-5
Albert Champion made a mile on the
motor cycle in 1:27 20, the half being in
:44l%.
A mile match race, best two in three
heats, was participated in by Howard
Freeman, of Portland. Or, and George
Schreiber, the indoor champion of this
city. Freeman won the first heat in
1888 AS, the riders jockeying all over the
track. The second heat went to Schneider
in $40 2-5. Freeman won the third and
deciding heat in 339 90
Jimmy Michaels rode a two-mile paced
race, paced by Champion. The half-inile
was made in 40 2-5, the mile in 1:37 4-5
the mile and a half in 2:24 AS, and the
two miles in 3:12.
Great Work by Sprinters.
The best sprinting of the race took
race between ii and u O'clock The
squirt was started by Hail. He made a
bullet-like dash and gained half lap ir
three rounds of the track, with King Oh
his wheel McEachern was relieving
Walthour, but he fell back, and Walthour
who stood watching the sprint. immedi-
ately remounted. joined the bunch anG
let McEachern go. Hall gained laI
with King, and then was relieved by
McLaren. The latter tried to follow in