The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-13
MIX-UP AND SPILL
SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE UP
 AGAINST IT.
chevalier, the Swiss Rider, collides With McClean and Disastrous Spill Follows--Winsette
 Threatens.

New York. Dec 12.-At 8 o'clock there were five teams tied for first place in the six-day bicycle race at Madison square Garden. The leaders were then thlrty- six miles behind the record.
 The men are now working on two re- lays, except during an exciting sprint, when the changes occurred every rev moments. At , o'clock McLaren at tempted to steal, and succeeded Tn bring ing the bunch around the fagged-o9t Lawson. In the squirt McEacherns sad dle broke and he followed McLaren a shouting for Bobby" Walthour to re- few minutes and bounding over the track and on his machine in an instant ne picked up his unfortunate partner ana started on after lap, but failed to gam any material advantage.
 Tommy Hall, of the English team, stole a lap shortly before o'clock. The rid. CTS were taking things easily when haI shot out of fourth place and got @neSo had made the coveted lap and was only three laps behind the leaders. The crowd had hardly stopped cheering nall Wnen Chevalier, one of the Swiss team Which lost a lap last night, got ahead or the leaders. He made a wonderful squirt ana gained d half lap. when Fisher, his part ner. re ieved him and made up the other half. p,,t,or and McTean i,5S5. si Newkirk and Munroe. i,b25.9; McEachern and Walthour, l'oZ59 Maya and Wilson, 1,525.o; flschsr nS,,r,,i,Ie ana Chevalier, 1szS,S; Bane2cR elSan ahS 57: otts Law son and Julius, 1,S25. $: Hall ana Meaa- e5- ren. 1,525.6 Frederick and Jaaks, l'ozo.o'
 In the afternoon collision between Mclean and Chevalier occurred, L1.e ney feIl from their wheels and CheVe''Hr was severely hurt. An instant later Freder- icks, who seemed to be very weak ana
 was ~e,DulIhg aIong as pest ne cC~.-S. I- i ing to keep up with the leaoeFfsE E;snher
 who had been hurried into his saudle' Both pnen were thrown and Hall ran m to them and was thrown He escaped injury. For several minutes minutes Tisr era aba,;t 9nS to carry him to his quarters when ne
 became as one wild and fought them kicking one of them In the stomach. lt was hard to get him to his room next
 we which Cheyalier was carried. Later in inc afternoon 1t was announced that Fischer and Chevalier woul6 'be unapIe to continue in the race Fischer sustaln- ed a fracture of his shoulder' TIE pdi t- ner sprained his wrist. Four miles were added to tho totals during the sprint in which the acclaents a. occurred, but the effects or the eIorts of the men upon them was clearly snow ] bv their faces. Several of them were so weak that they seemed hardly able 10 remain upon their wheels Their faces
 were ashy grey and their eyes look"o as if they we've about to burst:
 Manager Winisette of McEachern and Wajthonr was very angry because the iudees refused to allow his team lap which Inc. insisted they had made and he threatened to withdraw the team from the track. W.len McEachern retired to bis ounrters he was badly used up. The judges decided to return the losses sus- tstnsd by Hall and the others in their
 accidents to them. This placed the m, men n hack in their relative positions occupied by them during the early day. About o'clock McEachern. dressed in ordinary clothes. app cared on the track and an nounced that he would not ride any more unless the lap he claimed, was restored and allowed He walked off the track
 his wheel was shouting to come back and not desert him. Maya also said that he would quit the race unless iustics was done his team. While the officials
 were trying to induce McEachern to re- turn to the track, Maya relieved his team mate Wilson. After much argument be-
 tween McEachern and the officials ht agreed to re urn to the race and ride, but he asserted he would do so only long
 enough to give the judges of the rac' time to decide upon the lap under conten- ton. He declared that unless the matter was decided in his favor he would quit the race