New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-08

rho riders in the sx-day bicycle race in Madison
Square Garden were plodding systeTnaucaIiy an
snrinting spasmodically at late nour iast nsH''
WIN the long grind more than half over ana ten
teams still riding the ceaseless round interest co
tnues among those who crowd the Garoeh rum
early morning to early morning :.
The riders are dropping further ana lurtheI o0
tid the record but interest is maintained because
NJ the fact that at any minute the six teams 'le"
for second place may try to regain the zap "il ny,
the BedeH brothers succeeded In sleaihs II" ~
wild sprint on Tuesday night ,--,.
THE mana cement raised the price OF adnhsS4o"
70 q last night but this had no effect on the at
tendance The entrance to the Garden was laIiIy
besieged. and by 10 o'clock standing tooIh va"
hard to get. II, won
sensational sprint took place in the early even
inc IN which UoJlister and Hopper all but gained
a Ian on The other men. If it had been successlui
If would have put them on even terms win tli9
Bedell brothers. HOLSTER started the spEin' az
gained several yards. when Keegan' OK the lIis'
team, set after him. Holister increased ms leau -
eff ,or7s on all except KeegaD when his partner
Homer relieved him, ard, in what seemed the
twinkIing of an eye. Hopper gained fifty yaros
more when the chain of his wheel broke
John Bedeu was leading the trailers when thS
accident occurred and soon overlook heeedii
After he passed Hopper he continued to set Ter
ridc mace. and the judges, fearing that serious
accident might happen owing to the conditloh VI
Hopper's wheel waved flags for the men TO come u
n stop. 1,,,,+ra,,
Alfred G Vanderbilt and Harry Paine "hlthoS
again occupied boxes at the show last night
Franz kramer the short distance Champion gay e
a quarter mile exhibition. covering the olS
the fast time of % 20 seconds -
At 835 o'clock Menus BedelIs rear tire Dui -
while rounding the high bank on the
of the oval. He went crashing down car SI- -
Houister and Eddie Root with him. Ihe Ia'leE Lei,
heavily on his head, but plucky remounteo' ds uio
HolIfster amid applause. Beden was renewed DS
his brother. -
charles yanoni. of Italy, both OF them starters in
the six day race but compelled to withdraw for
different reasons engaged in a two mile pursuit
race vanoni caught Krebs on the seventeenth zap
going the nile and ten laps in 3:37 80
Bobby Walthcur gave an exhibition mile paced oy
a motor cycle driven by Gus Lawson. in 1;3l nat
The usual number of rumors about the riders
being kept in the race by the use Of strychnlne
and other drugs were current yesterday WIN
out such rumors interest in a six-day bicycle race g
would be considerably less 10 the most Zea!ouS IT,
lowers of this form of sport DT fTe 5dd' the the
rumors as absurd. He said the were riding
vigorously, and did not need drugs to keep them
on their wheels =. .,os.
with one or two exceptions the riders kept close
together during the afternoon Occasonay 1aee91
was sprint to break the monotony OF the usudl
speed of about fifteen miles an holf p p,t5 Sc
leaders. the BedeII brothers. from Lynbrook. Long
Island. Between Wednesday evening ana o CIoeA
yesterday morning Doerfnger and D9ss3L Is5 Il
lap being at that hour four laps behind the Beoelt
brothers. Dussot and Doerfinger lost more laps
later - cor
In the early hours of yesterday there were sen
eral spills but no was seriously hurt FNeeSSlI
and Hooper were in mix-up Their troubles
were due TO broken glass having been thrown r on
police hustled the boys out of the Garden. SLol,
Achorn and Dussot were the principals IN aholneF
miX-uD. ,.t.- .t,o,.
the morning the onIookers were seepleF A man t
awaken more interest from the spectators as 10
what they were doing. Root threw vet spooLhSe
Of one tired man leaning against the rail. and then
urged the other riders to sprint r.
IN +be hone of getting the riders to do faster
york at times when the crowds biggest. so Will
be given to each Of the leaders Of laps made IN
each hour between 2 and p m. and ?; m ana
a. m each day. This change In awarding cash
prizes for hourly lap leaders was made, IL Is salu
bbaraI1sa the uanagement thought that certain
teams had decided to divide between the Ems rs
SO offered after a lively tussle with Nc can -,
1t was learned yesterday that TTousoIter OF the
French team. which withdrew on Tuesday had a
broken rib. He is under doctors care