Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-11
SIX DAY ''PEDS. Z
Team After Team is Dropping
 From the Race.


 So fast a pace has been set by the six day walkers in Madison Square Garden that up to 12 o'clock last night ten teams had dropped out of the race through sheer exhaustion. At that hour the leaders-Hegelman and Cayanagh-were little more than fifteen miles ahead of the record and going along at a steady gait.
 Out of the big bunch who started there were some early Quitters. As early as 2 o'clock yesterday morning Peters and Brennels left when they had finished only Il miles and 5 laps. The next to go was the Gordon and Lyons team at GAO o'clock, when they had tailed 35 miles and 1 lap. Soon after, at TAO o'clock, Morando and Cuneo showed signs of distress and quit with a score of 39 miles laps. Between the hours of o'clock and , o'clock three more teams bid adieu to the chance of the money. Son. mers and Grahn's score was Al miles 6 laps: Mcclellan and Coughlin, 42 miles laps, and Hart and Goldsmith 90 miles 6 laps. A few minutes af- ter noon Smith and Davis considered they had enough and retired, their figures being 75 miles 2 laps. Allen and Jolley were the next to go at 2 o'clock with 70 miles laps At 5:45 o'clock Kreitzner and Beck gave up after having clicked off S4 miles k laps
 The early crowds last night wit nessed rough and tumble fight be- tween two of the racers. Tom Fin erty of the Williamsburg team was sprlnting and gaining rapidly. Gus Guerrero, the Cuban, who was fol- lowing him closely, pressed Finertv nara and seemed to attempt to shove him from his position. Suddenly Flnerty turned and, it is said. strucI Guerrero a stunning blow in the face Telling him, but Guerrero got to bis feet quickly and the fight com menced
 flnerty landed heavy swings. iolts ana uppercuts on the Cuban. who came back each time and mixed if nm W'th his antagonist. The men had been hghting several minutes whan policemen jumped out on the track and separated them.
 The Garden was in an unroar while the men were. fighting, and even the racers halted and joined in the crowd lhat surrounded the contaston+s " hen the men again started out Fin- erty got a lead of about POO feat mn Guerrero. The Cuban took q snurt however, and passed Finerty. hnt oS ne did so he struck the Irishman in tne face. This started another fiobt but the policemen were on the aIo,t this time and separated the strng- gilng pair after they had fought only a few minutes.
 III me early evening hours the men loafed about the track. The naca had told and several contestants ra- manned in the race only througb tha encouragement of their friends lack hlernan Of the Harlem team is Tn poor condition. Guerrero has 2 had Knee and limps about the track T,aw- son, also, seems to be in distress Ha- gelman and Cayanagh look in pood condition, and Jay Eaton. althonob Tar behind, is in excellent sba,,a Hughes, the old veteran, cannot walk To Keep him going he has to oet s+ort. ca ln slow trot, and can managa his gait for a time.
 Al 5 o'clock the band str1Icl, m +o,,. lcal a1rs and this seemed to f,.,Sbe,, up the crowd a bit. Cayanaob tool- a sprint and gained lap on inc fail enders He was relieved hv Haoa1. man, Who kept up the weary plodding pace Graham and Jones. inc Rroo1s lyn team, quit the race at o,cIocr The Hurst brothers make no affor+ +o keep up in the sprinting. They main taln their pace and declare they can keep IL up to the end and win tbo race With It. At o'clock the man were miles and 2 laps ahead of tha individual six day record.
 Apout $50 o'clock Len Hurst an peared on the track, after relieving his brother, and showed signs of goiro Dack. His left leg bothered him He said that 1t was only slight soreness and would work off in a sprint DiabI ana Horst. who are down as the Ans trahan team, really are two days o,t rom the school ship St Mary's. They are now styled the "Hobon team and are managed by Johnny Mack tbn loop the loop" rider who broke his leg nor long ago in an attemnt at Whlriing round the loop on a bicycle
 ooiuen and his partner, the veteran tracy, are plugging away. the latter walker appearing to be one of, ina pest men in the race. Len Hurst said that Golden and Tracy wara tho oniy men he feared. At o,cIocLr about 4,000 persons were in inc Car1 nen' and they called to the men to nit It up," but the tired walkers were unable to respond At that bonr the leaders were eight miles ahead of the record. oi
 At lo:50 o'clock the men were vvorl.- ing ln three divisions, one being head ca py Davis, Hegelman and SbaI+on. another by Dineen, Abbott and Heai. ana the third by Hyde. Desmond ana SulilVan- The Indians, Davis and Carroll, were being carried hv +bair trainers to and from the track if ba- ing the desire of their handlers to nrs- vent them from expending any energv except while on the track. S'
 The Hurst brothers had bean off +ho track for an hour and at their ouor- fers it was said that, while they wore suffering pains in the knees. if had not been decided whether thev wo,,Id quit the race. The Hughes, father and son, were waiting for each other to quit, one saying that he would keen at it as long as the other did.
 About 10 o'clock, Albert Pavson | Weston, the hero of many walking matches. and who has a record of | having walked 62OOO miles in match- es walked an exhibition 1nile which !