The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-08
RIDERS IN A FURY
BREAK Up THE RACE
WaIthour and Five Others
Suspended.
RIOT AROUND THE RING
The Suspended Riders Claim that the
Race was Being Unfairly Con-
Quoted which the Manager
Denies. To Attach the
Gate Receipts.
(By the Associated Press.D

New York, Dec. Angry because
they believed the race was being un-
fairly conducted and because meth
DDS which they alleged to be wrong
allowed other riders to gain lap
upon them, five teams in the six day
bicycle race at Madison Square Gar
den quit the race early today.
The five teams which quit were Wal
thour and Monroe, Bedell Brothers,
Mayo and NeWkirk. Mclean and Bow
Ter, and Butler and Moran. All of
them were among the best in the con-
test and among those most heavily
backed to win the highest prize
The break was precipitated by the
most exciting period of riding which
the race had thus far given. when
Root and DOrlOn followed later by
Stol and Vanderstuyft, succeeded in
gaining a lap on their opponents. Wall
| thour. who acted as spokesman for
the five dissatisfied teams declared
that the members of those teams re-
| heved each other at intervals not al
| lowed by the rules, especially in the
| case of Stol and Vanderstuft.
How the Thing Was Done.
Walthour was on the track through
out the sprint, and riding a little
ahead Of the rest. When Root was
making his meteoric dash half a lap
ahead of the rest Little Stol, the Bel
/ gian rider who had Just relieved Van
derstuft stole up past Walthour and
! began q sprint to catch Root. In
twelve laps he had done what he tried
! for. and WalthOur had been too much
: taken by surprise to catch him.
Then the partners in the five teams
named who were not then on the
track made their complaint and de-
clared their intention of Withdrawing.
Their partners, then riding left the
| track, and all ten riders Immediately
surrounded the officials and demand
| ed that the lost distance be restored
to them. After trying in vain to
placate the angry riders the officials
gave UP the tangle and sent for p. r.
Powers promoter of the race.
When he joined in the discussion
and heard both sides of the dispute,
he told Walthour and the others that
they had no right TO leave the track as
they had done, either by the National
Cycling Association rules or the
special contracts which they made
with the management. He concluded:
You can go back upon the track
or not Take your choice.
Powers issued a statement i'm which
he claimed that the Nandersayft-Sto
and ROot-DorlOn teams won their lap
fairly and withdrawal Of the five other
teams was not justified.
The Riders Suspended.
After a conference between Presi-
dent A. G. Batchelder of the National
Cycling Association, and r. X Kelley,
chairman OF the Board of Control, Of
the association, Walthour and the nine
other riders who withdrew from the
race We're indefinitely suspended. The
cases VIII not be disposed of until the
regular annual meeting of the asso-
citation in February. Until that time
they cannot ride on any track in the
United States. Walthour has engage
ments to ride in Europe in the early
spring, but if the suspension is not
lifted he will not be allowed to ride
On any track in the world; nor will
any of the other suspended men.
Chairman Kelley in speaking Of the
men said
I'VE intend to make an example of
these fellows.'
When Manager Pollock ordered the
ten men who had uit the race to leave
the soarden lively argument ensued
and the police reserves were sum-
mOned. The excitement was over
when they arrived.
\ Battle OF Fists.
The garden Was thrown into an up
roar during the trouble in the dressing
rooms, and at one time there was q
series of fistiC encounters in progress
all around the oval. Joseph l.. Sulli-
Van of Boston. q handler for Kee-
gan, the Lowell, Mass. man who is
still in the race, was given d severe
beating. Afte? the lissa tished riders
had left the garden, Mr. Powers issued
orders to all the gate tenders that none
of the men or any of their trainers or
handlers We're TO be admitted to the
garden again during the week
Some time later Walthour and Nc
Lean returned and had d talk with
Powers. WalthouI afterwards said he
had sled Powers for 5000. which he
considered due MIN fer the motor
pced race on Saturday night and his
work so far this week, and that Pow
ers had referred him to an attorney.
Mclean said ne was in the same
boat" He added that he had engaged
lawyer whom he had instructed to
attach the gate receipts at once.
As Seen by Walthour.
Waithour, as the spokesman for the
suspended riders, gave out their yer-
sion Of the trouble resulting i'll their
withdrawal. He Said.
Root and Dorlon gained their lap
honestly. | have no ground Of COM
plant against them and none of us
have. lt is entirely against the un-
just scoring of Stol aud Nanderstuyft
that we are fighting AS q matter of
fact they should be lap behind us