The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-09
TEAM RACERS GOING.
UNDER WAY AT MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN
GOOD MONEY FOR WINNERS
De Roeck Is Thrown in the Second
Lap, but His Team Mate Quickly
Takes Up the Race-Teams
Well Matched.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-The annual in
ternational six-day bicycle team race
began in Madison Square Garden at mid
night Sunday. William c. Rothwell,
Known in the pugilistic world as Young
Corbett,1 started the men. When the
starting shot was fired about 5000 persons
were in the Garden. Sixteen teams that
will fight for fame and prize money
around the saucer shaped track for the
six days are composed of the following
men: Goulotz and Steiner, France; Hall
and McLaren, England; Fisher ana
Chevalier France: LIE Poutie and Null
Ter, Italy; Fredericks and Jack, Switzer-
land; kerff and Deroeck, Belgium; Karin
stadt and Franks, Germany; Lawson and
julius, Sweden; Butler and Mclean,
Scotland; Newkirk and Munro. Southern;
McEachern and Waithour, Pan-Anrer-
lea; Mcfarland and Freeman, California;
KING and Samuelson, Utah; Maya ana
Wilson, Pennsylvania; Babcock and FUR
vile, Metropolitan; Nofcott and Jones,
Cleveland.
The prize money Will be divided as fol-
lows: First, $1,000; second, $1,000; third,
$50. fourth, $50; fifth, $3.50, and sixth,
$3.50.
Each man of team will ride twelve
hours day. Bobby Walthour and
Archie McEachern, the Pan-American
team, and the French pair, Gougoltz and
Steiner, are out to lower the record made
in Madison Square Garden in 1883 by
Mile, and Waller when that team coy
cred 2753 miles and 4 laps. Last year
Ealkes and Mcfarland won the six-day
race after riding 1928 miles and laps.
Teams on Exhibition.
Shortly before midnight the different
mer. in the teams were called off by the
announcer. They circled the track and
We're introduced to the public The team
representatives who started the race were,
Gougoltz, Hall. Chevalier. Muller. Fred
ericks, Deroeck, Armistad, Lawson, Nc
Lean, Munro, Walthour, Mcfarland.
King, Maya, Babcock and Jones. The
Swedish team, Furtos and Peterson,
failed to qualify and withdrew from the
race.
The start was delayed until after mid
night, when Jimmy Michael rode an
exhibition mile to motor pace in LAT. AT
12:11 a. m. the starting shot was fired.
Hall, Gouglotz and Freeman led across
the tape by fraction Of an inch, and
finished the first lap in the same order.
Hall fell back during the first mile. Free
man came to the front. Walthour also
came in and Hall fell back. The first
mile was made in 2:27, with Freeman
leading, closely followed by Walthour,
who was trailed by Gouglotz.
In the second lap of the second mile De
Rock, who was riding high up on the
steep bank, was thrown and injured
slightly. His team mate Kerff immedi-
ately took up the race.
Freeman held the lead at the end of
the fifth mile. Both Walthour and Cou-
goltz had fell back; Hall had come up
again, and followed Freeman closely
Munro was in third place.
At the end of the ninth mile Norcotte
and Jones, of Cleveland, withdrew
At o'clock the fifteen teams each had
a score of "a miles 81 laps. They were
riding closely punched.
At 2 o'clock all the teams except two
had made As miles and laps. Walthour
was slightly in the lead.