The Washington times., 1904-12-07
FIVE TEAMS QUIT
BIG SIX-DAY RACE
Claimed They We're Rob-
bed OF a Lap.
TRIP CAUSED TROUBLE
Root and Dorlon Pulled Of Smart
Scheme, and Riders Got
Excited.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NEW
YORK, Dec. Only twelve teams rc-
main n the big international siN-day
bicycle race al Madison Square Garden.
Eighteen teams started shortly after
midnight on Monday morning, and three
hours later the hobo Italian team. King
and Rossini, dropped out. During the
early morning hours. between 2.s0 and
b o'clock this morning, there was in
tense excitement in the Garden among
The riders as Well as The oulookers.
and pandemonium broke loose for
while.
Best Teams Quit.
The upshot of the whole thing was
that five teams. Walthour and Munroe.
Mclean and Bowler the Bedel Broth
ers. Butler ard Moran. and Maya and
NeWkirk having objected 10 tho ruling
OF Referee Al Reeves, quit riding and
dropped out OF tue contest
About 2.l5 o'clock Root and D0rlOn.
the Shcepshead Bay boys. sprung a sur
prise on their fellow riders aaG by
clever manipulation made "a Ian. IL was
one of the prettiesu biJs OF work seen
in the Garden since the team contests
were originated. but some of the other
contestants claimed that the gain was
made unfairly. Dorlon was ON the
track when Root came out TO relieve
him, and as soon as Doron saw his
mate he jumped the bunch Root fol-
lowed him and picked him up after
terrific sprint. The others Were caught
mapping, and Root maintained his lap
after fierce ride which lasted nearly
urteen minutes Ten minutes later
there was another sprint
Excitement Intense.
Vanderstuyft and Stol got ou even
terms with Root and Dorlou Then
these two pairs had a lap ON their
eleven nearest competitors ana the eX-
element was SO intense that the spec
tators stood cheering wildly. A con-
servative estimate of the crowd al this
hour was about 5.O00 The riders who
had been OutWiuted so cleverly became
almost crazy with VeXatiOn, ana they
started out to cut down the lead of
The two teams.
Wild sprinlnE ensued. during which
there We're several spills. Butler and
Moran, the Bedeu brothers, ANalth0ur
and Munroe. and Mclean and Bowler
claimed that they had made mp one lap
eachs but as there We're SO many falls i'm
the interim, the referee ana judges
deemed ~ better not 70 allow tGe gains
made al this time. hence the row and
subsequent withdrawal OF the teams
Officials Sustained.
Managers Powers and Pollok heard
the protests OF the disgruntled teams
and decided that the officials were NOR,
capable OF judging the merits of The
case correctly than the riders. who We're
partly dazed from their exertiOu and
unusual strain. They told the disputing
competitors that they should resume the
contest at once, bat the riders de-
INJURED and finally decided 10 quit.
As soon as the spectators became
aware OF the withdrawal OF the five
teams there We're howls of disappr0yal
from all parts OF the house, but The
managers We're adamdut Then some 0I
The onlookers began 10 tease the men
who had continued prdalug during the
dispute, and % Few tried 90 coax them
10 stop but these attempts DO bring IGt
race 90 sudden termination were moi
successful.
Suspended and Eyicted.
Early today there was a meeting of
The officers of the National Cyclug AS
socIation. a. q. BatcheIdvr presiding. r.
Il. Kelsey. of Boston. chairman or tho
board or control of the N. a. A.. ALSO
was present. and ir va decided 10 lu-
definitely suspend - Ten riders who
had Withdrawn from the race. This sus-
pension viii stand until the annual
meeting OF tho n. e.. a. next February.
Before lle ruling oI tar officials was
made known 90 ILe uaEeIueut 8f Jlr
sl&-tal race. Ar--Ts. Powers and Pol
lJk had ordered tle dissatisfied men Ga
remove their wheels and training quar-
tiers from tho Garden. ana JIe work of
eviction was speedily carried out