Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-10
Close Of the Six Day Bicycle
Contest
IN GOTHAM LAST NIGHT
COVERED 1880 MILES AND LAPS
AT THE FINISH.
End Of Big Race Witnessed by 25, 900
Persons-Special Prizes for
Riders.

NEW YORK, December 9-Eddie Root
and Joseph Fogler. the New York team,
Won the six-day bicycle race In Madison
square Garden after covering 2.260 miles
and q laps, the finish, shortly after 10
o'clock tonight, being witnessed by a
crowd Of 25,o00 persons. John and Menus
Bedell, the Long Island team, were
awarded second place; MacLean and Mo-
ran OF Boston were third; yanderstuyft
and Stol. fourth; Hopper and Hi1lister,
fifth; Downing and Bowler, sixth; Logan
and Downey, seventh, and Calvin and
Mcdonald, eighth. There were seven
capital prizes. ranging from 81 800 to the
winners down to $500 for the seventh
team. Special prizes distributed among
the riders brought the aggregate Of prize
money 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 we're tied for third honors and
Hopper and HOLSTER and Downing and
Bowler were tied for fifth place. It had
been arranged in advance that in case Of
tied score in miles and laps the decision
would be given after an extra mile heat
between representatives OF the tied
teams
couSnC TOT First HonOrB.
Eddie Root and John BedeIl were chosen
to fight 1t out for first honors. The riders
were sent away within few minutes after
the other team had left the track Root
easily held his rival safe throughout the
distance and finally won by four lengths
The Bedells were favorites for the race
until early yesterday morning, when they
lost to Root and FoIger the lead Of one
lap they had maintained for thirty-six
hours previously. Root won the six-day
bicycle race last year when his riding
partner was Oliver Dorlon of Sheepshead
Bay. The record for a six-day contest is
2,733 miles and laps. The riders In this
years race therefore fell about All miles
below 1t.
Belgium-Holland team rode for third hon.
ors, Moran winning In the final sprint by
one length. Downing and HOLSTER of the
teams tied in fifth place furnished an ex-
slowly about the bowl-like track until
near the finish. when both started to
sprint. At the height of the rush Down
ings wheel slipped from beneath him and
he had a bad fall. This enabled HOLSTER
to win easily.
Special Prize for Clever Riding.
Matt Downey Of Boston, who hitherto
has been an amateur, was awarded spe-
cial prize of $3.50 for his clever riding,
having leo IN HOSl Oh the SprluLS ana nav
ing been In front during the greatest num-
Der of laps.
The major prizes were as follows:
First, 81 800; second, 81 900; third. 800;
fourth. $500: fifth, $500: sixth. $3.50; sew
enth. 500.
The average daily attendance during the
race was 1900, and 1t is said the manage
ment, headed by P. T. Powers, has cleared
something like $4,000.
s. Sixteen teams started in the race shortly
after u O. clock last Monday morning Some
OF the riders dropped out in pairs and some
.singfy, the latter as a rule forming new
partners and continuing in the grind. Up
to o'clock this afternoon ten teams were
riding. At that hour the management Of
ficially declared Dorehtnger and Dussot out
of the race, as they were hopelessly In the
rear.
1t was announced that only one rider lost
weight during the race. Several maintained
the weight at which they entered, while the
majority gained from two to five pounds.
Root, the winner. making the maximum
gain.
The final score IN the six-day bike race
at Madison Square Garden was as follows: