New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-10
ROOT Is CONFIDENT.
BETWEEN HIN AND SIOL.
Ten Teams Begin Last Dag at the
Gwden-Keegan focused.
THE SCORE AT ? A NJ.

Bo1aipF ~ = ag....---..-......-... 3 302s
Rsoord- 49, D.. "a miles and laps by
The six-dp,- bicycle race will close at 10
O'Clock toTisy' [. At early hour this morning two
wore ii lap in the lead They were Root
and DorIon. she American pair. and Vanderstuyft
and Stol the Holland pair 1t is expected that the
fnal sprint will be between Root and Stol, and from
the fast riding done by them this week the finish
should be exciting one. There are two teams
tied for third and places, and although 1t is
said that Breton and GoIgotz will try to gain the
lap that viii make them tie with the leaders, it Is
the general opinion that the feat Will be hardly pos
sbIe
Another team dropped Of the race yesterday.
II was composed of Sulkfns and Rockowitz. known
as the Ghetto team They were nearly one hundred
miles behind the others at a. m yesterday. and
they last became tired Of what seemed hopeless
task This reduces the number Of teams in the race
20 ten.
Root and Dorlon INDUCED in sprint- in the
night and throughout the day than any of the
other riders. and occasionally got far away from
the other riders that it looked they would per
form their feat Of Wednesday morning, when they
gained a lap. NandeistuYft and Stol. however kept
an ever watchfu eye and always ready TO
give chase The latter pair INDUCED frequent
spr:nts, bat all avail Although the leaders
than hundred miles behind the record.
il kept down the attendance any, and
crowd that I.ed every part OF the big building
hand again last evening. and whenever a sprint
took place yelled itself hoalse.
The first instance OF what is alleged 10 be foul
riding occurred yesterday afternoon and Patsy
Keegan Eas the accused Chief Scorer Spoon
has made a formal complaint the referee,
which viii be acted later.
At the tine Root was leading. with Stol in second
place. Keegan was third When the curve at
Fourth-ave was reached, keegan tried TO push
stOl away from Roots rear wheel, and make him
lose his pace. The action noticeable that
people in the seats Kissed Keegan.
Root responded by making sensational sprint
gaining half lap. Stol who had been thrown
out Of his position passed Keegan like flash, and
IN one lap of the track caught Root. showing one
Of the best sprtnts of the week. Root later made
this statement regarding his chances of winning
the race;
shall win this race, because I have the other
snvseIf are In good condition we are on an equal
footing with the most aggressive and s%1Itesf team
champions. and al this gives me confidence The
little concern from my partner. who will lead the
pace In the event OF sprints will be prepared TO
go on the track In two minutes notice. When
say that shall win The race mean OF course
physically unfit to stay longer in the race.
Roots partner. Dorlon, asked what he
thought his chances Were and ne merely responded:
Whatever Root says is So
In the last minutes of the Hath hour the
grind was interrupted by Williams. who started
to get z Jap. He was relieved by Samuelson who
caught Dussot Logan and Melting and trailed
them. Dorlon and Stol for their respective teams.
NanQerStuVft
Stol and started complete the lap gained on the
field. williams then got lack on the track reliev-
ing Samuelsor. and also left the field Keegar re-
heved Logan, and passing sanuelso4. out
after the field. Then Root took Dorlon's place and
finally caught NanceIstuyft and keegan. the four
Joining the field in which were Breton TurvilIe
Nmberg Palmer and Foger. Dussot. who was
also in this field. fell just the home
stretch The result OF the sprint placed Wander
stuyft and Stol and Root and Dorlon another lap
adx-
had one lap. gave SamUelson and Williams a gain
OF a Tap on al but Root and Dorlon and left Kee-
gan VINO TegaiIed the part Of a lap lost by Logan
Following this sprint IAmberg and Downing were
once ana Iuryiie and Netting once. Then Kreba
stoIe a zap on the bunch In the sprint kee-
~ .e.s @5ee sIli.ns down the incline the
charged that Keegan had been fouIing him an dar
5Heee an an InTeW Stoi Palmer and Limberg. Keegan
, a@ s PrG'estI were made in the evening
ALLEGED Manager Powers personally assured Tas
mend his manners or be fined. and he warned Keeo
t Downing hg Waffle ad a5Psared TO have LITTLE effect
o. the money between 10 and Il O'Clock In the
afternoon Lmberg was so badly shaken IN by w a
lad 70 DO PTaeea f an all Of Se w62 Se RGE3ag
Inberg Being able to feap on 1be ra O'clock
snort time each time he mounted his wheel At 10
O'clock i the Official scorer had this team, Downing
ana i alnberg' but six laps behind the leaders The
IL fxRasfed f 6 s eg dDG"ng h99%Seye complete
elIed GaElng his team without a on the track
on on cIe95cng laps to Downing-I-imberg and when
figures stood Downing " 2SOg gneh es out nd the
RPS leaving them in relatively the same position,
ms oespite tie fact that both were off the
The pace was hit uD between II and 70 o,,oo,
and Went to twenty miles an hour 1t reste CLOCK
again began 70 ride in fashion fell haSi, mo
they We're sixteen miles and four Ians beSn uI M
leaders and Palmer-Agraz were repeated I, me
n,huI Ihey were one mile and nine laps behind H.
leaders, having lost a mile and a Ian in ati I - me
Just after the midnight score was posted H.
started terrific sprint in which the three ieed
ing teams Tapped all the others. ~
The riders changed places several times be+,,a.,
Gougoltz- Breton lost lap; TurvilIe- NfettI,ng
Two laps: Krebs-FogIer one lap: Downine yG
berg, five miles, seven laps; Dussot-Maza5 four
as compared. with the leaders. '"o i1I'S' AL
Ihe 2 O'Clock score. announced at $50 a m
except in the cases Of Downing nberp nd i1 PI
Tner-Agraz, who remained the same on The cIaI
riding in an easy sort O: way around the a. =
but they were not credited with any distances
Between ] and z o'clock the riders rode fftee1
S. tlat = what the scorer thought the
49,. ana nc save the figures out on thai
Ire otner rtders would talk but it WAS
aggressive Frenchllan, is not al All worri1d 'i az
10 49,, tsa ms Lens lap ahead Of him Gougoltz ana
morning. -'~ 5'iii'''hs 'hlS
,oa .e %Eag &c q the ao YESTERDAY afternoon
Ead Hooked there all week and for one ad,o,sS,nO
dreh 90 90 ' Ss house OF the place. hun
e5leIa!y ulkempts among the evjctsd - -.
iAey usually sunInered 10 a coal ward In sar "s ~
agdnfcbfs s QUO De seen half Ioaves OF bread
a nicer who is making good shov,jny &c ca.,
soi,. Itis entry number Is I3. The Other rt5rs
iargh when Il vas handed out 10 him af tbd itt
,he IEce' Sha SAID that he would show tho otnHr
Although there have been many serious .tII
teseive4 ~ ,te sae Hiie many Of the riders have