The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
ROOT FOCLER TEAM
WON S|X-DAY RACE
Bedell Brothers Lost in Final
f.. Dash at Madison
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Square.
BY Publishers Press.


New York, Dec. 9.-After a hard
each other so that neither should be
on the track more than twelve hours
out of twenty-four, Eddie Root Of
Sheepshead Bay and JOS. Fogler of
Brooklyn won the six-day bicycle race
at Madison Square garden tonight in
the presence Of nearly $4,000 persons.
The Bedell brothers, John and Menus,
of Lynnbrook, L. l., were. second, Root
having beaten John Bedell in the final
mile by nearly three lengths, This was
Root s second winning bracket in this
big event as he won last years race
as he had Dorian as team mate. :
Jimmy Moran and Hugh Mclean of
Boston were the winners of third mon
ely and the foreign team, Johan Stol of
Holland and Arthur Vanderstuyft of
Belgium, finished fourth. There were
seven cash prizes altogether. =:
Minneapolis Rider Fifth. J..
C. L. Holster Of Springfeld- Mass,
and N. Hopper of Minneapolis were
fifth. Hardy Downing of San Jose, Cal,
and James B. Bowler Of Chicago were
sixth and Matt Downey and Patrick P,
Logan, both Of Boston, were seventh.
The cash prizes were as follows:
800, $1,000, $500, $500, $500, $3.50
and 5000. In addition to these awards
there were several incidental prizes for
fast work in sprints since last Wednes-
day, SO that the total amount Of cash
won by the riders during the week will
figure over $4,000. ~~.s .r@
| - 4olS
grind up to 6 o 'clock this evening, when
the management officially declared the
Swiss-French team, Dorhinger and Dus-
sot, out of the contest, as they were
hopelessly in the rear, These two were
granted the privilege of four hours rest
with the credit of having finished with
total of 2, 1853 miles and 8 laps, which
entities them to bonus for completing
the, race. - i~1. ,s.'~H
The racing during the last three hours
was by no means exciting except for d
couple Of fast .sprints, in which Sto]
tried to get .or@seven terms with the
leaders. The Bedels and Root and Fog
Ter were always on the alert for those
4 spurts and managed to stall off! all
attempts Of this kind :
i, Riders Gained in Weight. = =
! The attending physician who has
carefully watched the condition Of the
contestants all thru the weeks, issued 8
statement tonight, which showed thai
none of the men had lost weight during
|, the race, except Hardy Downing Of :Sa1
} Jose, CAL, whose weight. on entering the
race was $50 pounds and tonight he JUS
) tipped the scales at 148. All the othe1
| survivors in this grind showed improved
weight from one to five pounds.
While the speed in this contest wal
poorer than in any Of the previous race
since teams were introduced instead O:
: Individual competitors, the attendance
r for the week was larger than on an,
t occasion since the six-day cycling even
/ was inaugurated thirteen years ago
: Last year, when Root and Dorland won
: their record was 1856 miles and 6 laps
:, which was far behind the figures O.
=, 2,773 miles, laps, made by.5Miller AM
' Waller in 1899. 49,. ".s... i ST.
= In the series of special events, put o.
late in the evening, Bobby Walthour O
Atlanta, Ca, made a new record 70
! this track by riding one mile .behin'
his famous motor PAGER in 1.2S. Thi
r is two seconds better than his own hes
time made during the week. Frank
Kramer Of East Orange, N. j., rode al
exhibition quarter-mile, unpaced, i
Is rs seconds. =