The sun., 1905-12-05
CASUALTIES IN CYCLE WHIRL.
FOUR TEAMS QUIT BEFORE END
OF FIRST DAY.
UnlucAy GOuS0ltZ Forced Out Of Race
by q Broken Rlb-IIls Partner, Vanoni.
Combines with Castro, Then RetireS
Some Attempts at lap Gaining.



Hopper and Holllster.n..,....... 100
calvin and Macdonald du,u.,,..,..,.,. tOD
Achon and Wilcox NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400
Downing and Bower".....,...,,,,,,. iC9
Trousselicr and Dccaup, p,,.,.,,,,..,, 100
Record $50 miles
The first night of the thirteenth six day
team cycle race In Madison Square Garden
showed but twelve teams left of the sixteen
that started yesterday morning. Four teams
dropped out early yesterday, but there was
new team formed through the combining
Of Vanoni and Castro. Castro's team was
even with the leaders when Nanonl took
ARraz's place but they were compelled by
the rules to sacrifice one lap. They quit
few minutes after II O'Clock, however. as
both were sick
The feature Of the day was the repeated
Efforts OF Vanoni to lap tho field so as 10 place
his team on an equality with the others Time
after time the Italian sprnted away from
the field and at three different times was
half lap ahead, He was not fast enough.
however. to make the disance he coveted so
much and was always oVerhauled, Root and
keegan leading the pursuers up to him.
He made himself very popular with the crowd
by his gritty though Unsuccessful attempts
at lap stealing. He was visited last night
by Emanuel Cedrino, who drove Fiat racer
In the automobile race last October on Long
u
formery a cycle racer and had competed
agens. Vanoni in Italy
.icsr Of the time the mon are content to
;hG ~ .Iong though there were occasional
s.T'r~J ThSn riders were relieved hy their
team mdtea. When Root or Downey are on
the track they are generally up in front and
seem TO take delight in occasionally stirring
things UP by short sprints. Roots bride of
less than year spends most all the time
sitting in the front row ,ot the royal box"
at the Fourth avenue end Of the building
Roots team mate Foglrr. generally makes
the pace when he is on the track or stays very
near the head of the line, Little Tommy
Hall. Downeys partner does not follow the
same tactics as the former amateur cham
plon out keeps about half way bn * in the
proc ession.
Bobby Walthour having made his peace
with the management for his part in tho
unsuccessful strike last vear. rode two miles
behind motor pace at IL O'Clock. He was
paced by Gussie Lawson. who wore a full
leather SUIT ana n football helmet and rode
a new tangled two cylinder French pacing
machine. Walthour's tim" for tho two
miles was 3'minrtes 2l-5 seconds. which is
the fastest two miles ever ridden in the build
ing.
Walthour received n great ovation from he
crowd after his ride. he American sprntlng
cham pion. Frank l.. Kramer, rode a half mile
unpaced in 81 seconds j. b. Cohey of Boston
won two heats out of three in his match with
Teddy Ellington. runner-up for the 1905
amateur championship. Ellington falling in
the deciding heat when Coflcy was ahead.
Castro had IA punctured tire just before
II O'Clock but made no effort to get another
machine and continue. He said that his
handlebars were loose and did not rcmOunt.
Vanoni went out after the II o'clock, score
HAN
quit the race. Both NanUnt and tustrO were
In rather bad condition. which Is not to he
wondered at in tastro's case. owing 10 his
youth and ineXperlence as professional
cyclist.
Teddy Ellington was taken to Bellevue
after falling in the third heat Of ms match race
with Coiqy He had been in tine building
since Sunday noon and had not bothered to
The shak kIg. up he received when he fsl
was too much for him and the physi, ian who
examined h him was in SO much Of hurry to
TO carry hin out without any clothes on;
The boys trainer prevented this. dressed
him and turned him over to the ambulance
BY the end of the afternoon of the first
day four teams had been eliminated. though
and Castro combined forces. The pairs
who were out were GougoltH and Nannnl,
Agraz and Castro, Krcbs and Peterson and
Dove and Scott. Inc latter pair were Jar
behind and lost ground every time there
was any sprinting INDUCED in uy the others.
The men rode at a far pace, though they
steadily fell behind the records lor the various
hours which were made by Elkes and Nc
Farland in 1900.
was the Gougoltz-N ' Nanonl team owing 10
injuries to hougol2. he plucky swiss
had one of the ribs on his left side broken IN
the spill on the backstretch as the first half
hour ended, Besides GougoIt2, Hoil,srer,
Hall. Wilcox. Deoaup and Dove wcrn thrown
He seemed very much shaken up. but 1t was
not thought at first that he had any broken
bones. He went out several times after his
AL f but his injuries m kSpt growing more PAM
His finish came few minutes after O'Clock
In the morning. he went on the track To
sony sna % SH in so mSSh
that ne could not bend down over his handle
bars. He shook his head in pain as he tried
TO keep up. with the OF hers and looked ready
to cry his face was so drawn up. John Bedell
quickly realized Gougoltz's condition and
started the field sprintinR GougoltI could
He did not stay on the track long, riding
only Ave or six laps altogether before his
The &c crowd SS Of four "i or vc thousand people
that were in the building at the ne did not
like the way the others took advantage OF
the enfeebled condition of Gougoltz. When
the sprint began, the crowd started to hoot,
gruelng Of Gqugolt2, Matt Downey. was
dropped back and John Bedel went up to
tie 'front.' He dd not seem r9 I. to care whether
until GouEota had lost two laps. When
John Bedell dlsmountcd 10 90 10 mis- quarters
the crowd stood up and abused him thor
oughly. many making threats of personal
violence
About fifteen or twenty minutes after
Gousoltz left the track Eanoni went on.
During the interval the pair hal lost four
miles eight laps by their absence AMI Nanoni
seemed determine to gain some of this back.
lie kept up an almost continual sprint and
did succeed in gaining back one of The many
laps his team had lost. The physician who
examined GougoltZ declared that he would
not allow the Swiss to go on the track again.
With Gougoltz out, II was useless for NanOnl
TO stay on the track and his trainer called
him of after he had ridden for about half an
hour. According to the physician. GougoltZ
might have been able to ride longer had he
been In better condition when he began the
race
The second pair to drop out was Agraz and
Castro on account of injuries received by
ARraz He was in two bad fails one III the
first hour and the other about o'clock in
the morning. The second fail ultimately
finished of both Agra and Peterson. It
occurred mt the Twenty-seycnth street aud
Fourth avenue corner of the track AgraZ
was struck by Peterson's handlebar and
sustained some internal injuries. Castro re-
lieved him at once after his mshap and they
lost no ground through It, Agra2 went out.
several times aiterward to let Castro rest,
but had trouble to keep going every time.
lie pluckil: opt on until Castro and Nanoni
we're formed into new team, though OF
course the Nanoni-Castro pair had TO lose
a lap by forming the new combination. AGraz
displayed remarkable pluck by keeping on
no unb bn I