Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-06
FIERCE BICYCLE FINISH.
The Riders and Trainers Indulge in a
 Scrap.

The Riders and Trainers Indulge in a
 Scrap.
 Boston. Jan 6.-No more disgraceful scene has ever been witnessed on q bicycle track in this section of the country than was seen at the close of the six-day race at Park Square Gar den Saturday night. The race might well be said to have ended in q free fight.
 The trouble was started by the lanky Californian, Floyd Mcfarland, and was given additional impetus by Howard B. Freeman, the Oregon champion McFarland's friend and. sta- ble mate. It all came about because George Leander, the Chicago rider, did his utmost to win the contest and to break well known combination of the so-called big six. Leander broke the combination and gave the 6,00O persons present a pretty finish.
 But the beauty of the sport from a spectacular standpoint was utterly ob- liberated by the antics of the two riders named. These two have often threatened to start rival to the N. c.
 
 Saturday evening it is more than like ly that they will be given all the op- portunity they want to start such ai, organization.
 When the men resumed. the race Sat urday they were all more or less fret ful. especially the members of the Me Farland-Maya and Freeman-Munroe combinations. They started ill to look for trouble at the very start of the race, and they found it. but not in the way they desired. Early in the after noon Leander started a fight on the track which all but resulted disas- trously to the Freeman Mcfarland combination, and when these men went into training quarters after this sprint Mcfarland is said to have threatened to attack Leander.
 This hard feeling was not mitigated by the doingS of the men in the last mile of the contest. Three minutes before the start of this mile the three tailenders were withdrawn from the track, leaving the six teams tied fol first place to. fight the battle out among themselves.
 The men selected to ride this fate ful mile were Freeman, Mcfarland GougoltZ, Leander MacLean and King They had all been resting the greater portion of the evening, and when they came out they were stripped for ac tion. each wearing q new racing cos tune, with limbs free from supertiuouS clothing.
 The positions of the, men were as above until the opening of the sixth lap, when Leander came up iron fourth place and with that tremendous sprint of his went sailing by the bis three and into the lead. MacLean wa. right behind him. forcing his way along, and as Leander got the pol, MacLean and Gougoltz came together on the bank rounding into the bacl stretch on the sixth lap. Both wen down and lost fully lap Gougolt, was the first to get remounted ant away he went, MacLean right afte him.
 The leaders were fighting for dea life and the Chicago man put up : beautiful battle At the opening O the last lap Mcfarland made the sy, preme effort that carried him acros the tape the winner of the race anc the prize of S1 1.000. LeanCer got sec ond, and Freeman trird, Then Kin. rode across the tape, and, lap later Gougoltz finished in fifth place, wit MacLean fighting him hard.
 Hardly had the latter pair finished than the first three men reached tn tape again. Mcfarland jumped iron his wheel and made pass at Leande as he case across. Macs friend caught him and tried to pull hin away. Then Freeman jumped at Le ander, landing him a stiff blow in tn face.
 This was the signal for a genera mixup. Both camps, the racers. tn trainers, and. many spectators got int the scrimmage, and for about ten min utes it looked like q trough house. The crowd, however, soon got so thic that the fight was necessarily termin ated and friends separated the me and a truce was declared So far. a could be learned Leander was entireI blameless for his part in the proceed ings.
 Later Freeman protested Leande for second place in the race, but it i hard to see how Leander can be dis qualified for any action except ridin to win. He did not cause the fall, d he was in the lead and three length ahead of the men that fell
 Referee Kelsey, New England mem Der of the board of control of the \ c. A., was asked if the x. c. A. wa likely to take any cognizance of the ac tions of the men i'll this fight, and Il said that most certainly it would. bu beyond this he vould make no com ment on the matter. He was hande bunch of protests, one each from Nc Farland, Freeman and Gougoltz, al claiming that Leander ran them wid and committed foul. and another pro test from MacLean, who claimed tha Gougoltz and Mcfarland ran him wide MT Kelsey reserved his decision in al instances.
 The order of the finish and position of the teams, with their total score follows:
 Team. Miles. Laps Mcfarland and Maya .... 1193 5 Leander and Rutz ....... 1193 5 IT..-