The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
SIX DAYS RACE
STARTS TONIGHT
New Works. Big Annual Cycling
Event Holds the Boards.
SAUCER RIDERS ENTERED
CHARLIE TURvILLE AND JOHN
ME FISHER STARTERS.

The annual six days bicycle race. at
Madison Square Garden starts tonight.
This event IS always interesting to
salt Lake because Of the many bicycle
fans In the city, and also on account OF
the familiar names that always helm
to make this race one OF the interest
Ing features Of the year in the SPORTING
world This season but two former
salt Lake riders win start. These are
charlie Turville and Johnnie Fisher.
They are on different teams. however
but their work win be watched with
interest just the same. This year riders
nave been secured from all over the
world, nearly all Of the foreign cham
pions have entered and great work IS
expected Of them by Powers & Ken
hedy the managers Of the race.
The foreign teams ana the countries
tney represent are. GOugOItz and 81
mar, the former champion OF Swftzer-
land and the latter middle-distance
champion Of France: Breton. champfon
OF Argentine Republic, and Contenet OF
France motor-paced champion rider Of
Europe; Samson, champion Of Belgium.
Rettich' champion of Germany, and
Beaugendre, long-distance champion OF
France.
Trained For a Month.
These men. have been in training in
New York for the past month on the
manhattan track. GOugOltz and Simar.
who finished third in the race three
years ago, and Breton and Contenet
are riding in great form, and as the
riders from over the sea are deter
mined 70 work together in the coming
race they viii surely make things fps
teresting for the boys over here.
Much rivalry exists among the Amer
lean riders. owing TO the localities irons
which many Of them hail. The north
and south and east and west are repre-
scented. The men are better paired thaa
In any previous race, and at least ten
teams are so evenly matched that It is
nard at this time to pick the winner.
The teams who stand out most prom
inently are Leander and Butler, Moran
and Mclean, WalthOur and 1Iunroe,
Kramer and Penn, Newkirk and Jacob
son, Bowler and Fisher, Keegan and
Iurviue, Root and Dorion, Calvin and
Bardgett and Bedeu brothers.
Last Years Winners to Start.
Leander. with Floyd Krebs. won the
race last year, WalthCuC, with the late
Archie McEachern, won the race two
years ago; Newlirk and Jacobson won
second place last year.
Moran and Mclean will have a big
following this year, as viii Fisher and
Bowler and Leander and Butter.
Following is the full list Of entries
for the six-day race: Gougoltz and ~
mar, Swiss-French team; Rettich and
Vanderstuyft, German team; Leander
and Butler, Chica COHESION Leams Kra-
mer and Fem. Jersey team. Fisher and
Bowler, Chicago team; Moran and Nc
Lean, Irish-American team; WalthOur
and Munroe, southern team; NeWkirS
and Jacobson, c. r. c. association; Be-
dell brothers, Long Island team; Root
and DorlOn, New York team; Keegan
and Turville, Philadelphia team; Floyd
Krebs and Peterson, Cerman-Swedishl
team; Frank Krebs and Barclay. c. r.
Q. of A; Mcdonald and Byerman, New
England team; Hedspeth and Dove,
negro team
The race viii be started shortly after
midnight tonight, and win continue for
40 consecutive hours. No one rider can
ride more than twelve hours a day, but
he can change with his partner when
ever it pleases him