The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-10
Root and FOg|,r of That Ci1 Take First HonOrs
BtDElL BROTHERS BEATEN
1t Was Tie at 10 O'Clock Last Night. In the Run-off Root, Against John BedelI, Easily
 Won.

New York, December 9.-Eddy Root and Joseph Fogler, the New York team, won the six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden after covering 226O miles and six laps, the finish shortly after 10 o'clock tonight being witnessed by a crowd of 25,000 persons. John and Andrus Bedell, the Long Island team, were awarded sec ond place, Maclean and Moran of Boston were third Vanderstuyft and Stol fourth, Hopper and Hollistor fifth Downing and Bowler sixth, Logan and Downey seventh, and Calvin and Mcdonald eighth. There were seven capital prizes, ranging from S1500 to the winners down to s20O for the seventh team. Special prizes distributed among the riders brought the aggregate of prizes considerably above 5000.
 A crack of the referees pistol at 10 o clock announced the close of the race. At that time Root and Fogler and the Bedell brothers were tied for first place. Maclean and Moran and Vanderstuyft and Stol were tied for third honors and Hopper and Hollister were tied with Downing and Bowler for fifth place.
 It had been arranged in advance that in 
 the decision would be given after an extra mile heat between representatives of the tied teams. Eddy Root and John Bedell were chosen to fight out for first honors. The riders were sent away within a few minutes after the other teams had left the track Root easily held his rival through out the distance, and finally won by four lengths.
 The Bedells were the favorites for the race until yesterday morning, when they lost to Root and Fogler the lead of one lap they had maintained for thirty-six hours Root won the six-day bicycle race last year when his riding partner was Oliver Dorton of Sheepshead Bay. The record for a six-day contest Is 2I33 miles and four laps The riders in this year s race therefore, fell about 473 miles below it.
 Moran of the Boston team and Stol of the Belgium II Holland team rode for the third honors, Moran winning in the final sprint by one length. Downing and Hol- lister. of the team tied in fifth place, furnished an exciting close to the contest. They rode slowly about the bowl-like track until near the finish, when both started to sprint. At the height of the rush Downings wheel slipped from be- meath him and he had bad fall. This en- abled Hollistor to win easily.
 Matt Downey of Boston, who hitherto has been an amateur, was awarded spe- cial prize of s350 for his clever riding, having lead most of the sprints, and having been in front during the greatest number of laps. The major prizes were as folows:
 First, sl5O0: second, s10O0; third, s7o0; fourth, $500; fifth. $500; sixth, s25O and seventh. s200.
 The average daily attendance during the race was 18,000 and 1t is said the man agement represented by P. l.. Powers. has cleared something like sGo,000
 Sixteen teams started in the race short ly after 12 o'clock last Monday morning, some of the riders dropping out in pairs. and some singly. the latter as a rule. forming new partnerships and continuing in the gruelling grind. Up to 5 o'clock these teams were riding. At that hour the management officially declared Doer- finger and Dussot out of the race. as they were hopelessly in the rear. It was announced that only one rider lost weight during the race. Several maintained the weight at which they en- tered. while the majority gained from