The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-13
FAR BEHIND The RECORD
BICYCLE RIDERS SHOWING EFFECTS
OF THE LONG STRAIN.
Examined by Physicians, However,
and Pronounced in Good COndi-
tiOn-A Serious Accident.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-Fifteen thousand
persons watched the bicycle riders in the
six-day contest last night in Madison
square Garden. All the racers were ex-
amined by physicians in the evening and
were pronounced to be in good condition.
The physical condition of Babcock and
Turville is exceptionally good and that team
is looming up as a decided factor in the
race for first money. The doctors ad-
mitted that the terrible strain had affected
the nervous system of the men. Early in
the evening the trainers Of McEachern and
Walthour agreed to withdraw their pro-
test against the referees decision which
refused them a lap they declared they had
gained during the afternoon. 1t was be-
cause of this decision that McEachern
threatened to quit the race.
Along in the afternoon a collision be-
tween Mclean and Chevalier occurred
They fell from their wheels and Chevalier
was severely hurt. An instant later Fred
ericks who seemed to be very weak and
was wabbling along as best he could, try
ing to keep up with the leaders, struck
the rear wheel of the bicycle OF Fisher,
who had been hurried into his saddle by his
trainers 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 es-
capped injury though, and was soon riding
around the track again. For several min
utes Fisher 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, next
TO which Chevalier was carried. Later in
the afternoon IL was announced that Fisher
and Chevalier would be unable to continue
in the race Fisher sustained a fracture
of his shoulder. His partner sprained his
wrist.
Gougoltz of France and Owen S. Kimble.
OF Louisville, entered into a five-mile pur-
suit race last night. Gougoltz caught up
with Kimble in seven and three-quarter
laps in 1875 2-5.
Floyd Krebs, of Newark, and George
Leander. of Chicago. also engaged in a
five-mile pursuit race. the latter catching
up with Krebs in eleven and three-quarter
made mile on the motor cycle in 81 2-5
the half being made in :441z.
A one-mile match race best two in three
heats. was participated in by Howard Free
Schneider, the indoor champion, OF this
city. Freeman won the first heat In :33 As,
the riders jockeying all over the track.
The second heat went TO Schneider in
$40 2-5 Freeman won the third and de-
Gliding heat in 3:39 AS
Jimmy Michaels rode a two-mile paced
race, paced by Champion. The half mile
was made in 40 2-5. the mile in 1:37 As, the
mile and half in 2:4 As, and the two
miles in 3:12
The best sprinting of the race took place
between IL and Il o'clock last night. The
squirt was started by Hall. He made a
bulet-like dash and gained half a lap in
three rounds of the track, with King on
his rear wheel. McEachern was relieving
Walthour. but he fell back. and Walthour
who stood watching the sprint. Immediately
remounted. joined the bunch and let Nc
Eachern GO Hall gained a lap with King
and was then relieved by McLaren The
latter tried TO follow in the still squirting
bunch but was lost, and the sprint which
riders four laps beyond McLaren. Around
and around went the leaders at a 22-mile-
an-hour pace. tapping the lower men time
had gained a lap with Hall. was relieved
by Samuelson, who could not follow the
pace, and lost a lap. Lawson lost four
wind, and led the bunch every lap. The
crowd was kept till midnight cheering The
riders rode nineteen miles and five laps in
the ninety-sixth hour of the race. and
twelve miles in the last half hour.
The scores at o'clock this morning were:
Butler and Mclean. Isis miles. 4 laps;
Newkirk and Munro, 1884; McEachern
and Walthour. 1881; Maya and Wilson
]. S2S4: Babcock and Turville. 1881; King
and Samuelson. l.S2S.2: Hal! and McLaren.