The sun., 1903-12-07


IranduT and Butlcr,...- u
Krcbs I'd Peterson. SDn...,,,............,.
Ncyirk and jacobson .......,.....,..' ~
Redcll and NJ Bcdcll .,.......,..... ~
krrbs and Ia relay. ,,,,..........,'' "a d
Root and Doron .,,........,,'.'' ~
Calvin and Rardgeu"...............,.. "a
krcgau and Turvillc" "a
Fowler and fisher"............,....... -
Dove and edspeth."...............,.. "a
Walthour and Munroe. e."..............,o ~
Kramer and Fem "a .
Moran and Mctcan....
The score at o clock was 40 miles, laps.
James j. Corbett fired the shot that
started the long mill that grinds not slowly,
but with exceeding pains crowd OF
fully twelve thousand spectators stood up,
using seats for pedestals when possible,
and yelled franti icaly az the race began.
II was the wild, tumultuous crowd that only
the six day race brings to town.
The men lined up for the start four
abreast on the track at the scratch on the
Twent y-seventh street side OF the Garden,
each with man to push him OH.
Owing to the necessity oi "A struggling
start. due 20 the big field and the width OF
the rack, the management announced the
ruling that the entire bunch would be
allowed one mile in which to settle into their
places and that no laps gained in the first
mile would count to the credit of any rider
and that no falls during the first mile would
count.
A second pistol shot was fired after
mile had been ridden and then the race
was on in earnest. The, score Of the race
and the men will ride until 1904 o'clock
next Saturday night to make II con-
tinuous race for i+2 hours.
The representatives of the four European
teams got away in front The start was
without mshap and at the end OF the first
lap the riders were we'll strung out. At
the end of the second lap they were all in
single file.
The first accident of the race occurred
TO the wearer OF No. 13, Jed Newirk,
fell in the eighth lap and was replaced by
jacobson. Kramer got to the front early
md was leading at the end Of OF the first
nile The time for the first mile was
minutes 20 AS seconds.
A hot pace began as soon as this miie
was ended. It seemed as II the crack
eprinters, who are likelyto quit early. were
out to wear the men down. The partners
Of the men who started the race were all
kept at the trackside during the first hour
to replace their mates in case OF emergency.
Kramer led at the second mile also me
time was 4 minutes 43 is seconds, Floyd
Iu,ebs led at the third mile, His time was
minutes l-5 seconds. Root led at the
fourth mile in minutes 80 3-5 seconds.
Newkirk, who returned to the track
right after his fall, led at the fifth mile
His time was ~ minutes 2 seconds. At ten
miles Simar led. The time was "a minutes
At ten minutes before midnight an in
cipient riot took place in the lobby OF the
Garden. A fne Of persons waiting TO ony
tickets extended around into twenty,
sixth street. A crowd of roughs attempted
to force their way through the me 70 the
box office. The police tried to closed the
doors. There was rough house tor
few minutes, and the glass panes OF the
vestihule doors were smashed before the
police queled the disturbance.
The names OF the riders VINO starred
the race are simar, Retlich, Breton,
Vanderstuyft. Butler, Floyd krehs, Jacob
son. John Bedeli, Franz kreds. Koos'
Bardgett., keegan, Fisher. Hedspeth'
kramer. Mclean. Walthour; 'lhe sevelli
q team mate, the official list OF teams VIII
the numbers allotted to and worn by the
individual riders being as follows;
q Jean Goqgolts and ,sS,s S2 Cesar s'mar'
IS IS Son,Snet S and 20 Breton:
g, Gsorgs LsandeI I snd a., sig p.,SI,sN NSs Bu'eF'
ds jsd Ssxki5k and 90 shm. John JssGSfon RStsSI
R s fqsn Fam fsHsB kasbs saa and u.s. e ehut
10, Z. F. Root and 2o, Oliver norlqn,
- psssss ks:s.n spd s1 ~ SSs!fs TaTv'lle
20 Robby Walthour and 1901 Bcnnc Munroe.
my Tnn SSr.n .nd and s s HUH MT Mchean
or these teams the first four are Eu-
ropeans. The others are all Americans
either by birth or adoption. Dove and
Hedspeth are negroes. Adam Beyerman
and A. w Mcdonald were the only ones
entered who did not start Beyerman.
it was said, concluded to withdraw because
he did not think the team could finish in
What the inducement is for these men
to race continuously until next Saturday
moneys
f nr1e slscS second s;n p5zs n" @ tnI,e
prize $40 seventh prize, 500
These prizes represent the amounts at
stake for the first seven places. Several
of the teams receive bonuses because of
being attract ions, and there are various
little side sources from which their gains
are augrnen,e ed. In all the mana cement
pays about $4,000 TO the riders. including
expense money and guarantees. II is not
as il was in the old days. however. when
the men all received handsome sums from
the makers Of the bicycles they rode, from
the makers of the tires on their wheels,
from he saddle ma kers and even he handle
har makers. Nowadays the money de-
rived from such sources ia slight, but the
winners Of the race still get a prestige as
six day champions that is Of direct pecu-
MARY value to them throughout the ensuing
season
Fe!ore the start Of the race there was
the customary theat rical introduction OF
each team, the announcer calling their
names and the two contestants riding one
lap around the track. carrying flags en-
blematic Of the country, or section, or
club they were representing,
The Century Road Club Association
riders, Newkirk and jacobson, carried
huge yellow chrysant henums. About Two
hundred members of the {. X. {. A. We're
present Some wearing their yellow sweate
and all arnG yellow chrysan,hemums
There was tremendous cheering and yelling
by the vast crowd as each pair of riders
circled the big platter of yellow pine,
The crowd'was Of complex and motley
character and imhued with the noisy en-
thusasm hat is known to the Garden only
at six day cycle races. That the craze is
Of the same YJd brand was evidenced by
tie fact that although the race was not to