Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-14
TWELVE TEAMS
STILL IN RACE
BAD ACCIDENT HAPPENS DUR
ING THE DAY
Thirteen Riders Go Down In a Bunch
on dead Mans Curve" and Sew
eral Are Injured--Strain
10 Terrific
RY Associated lress.


NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Twelve teams
remained in the siX-day bicycle race at
Madison Square garden at midnight to-
night. A bad accident occurred early
in the day in which eleven of the thir-
teen riders went down in heap on
what has come to be known as the
"hoodoo" curve. Vanoni of the French
team and G. F. Hollister of the Salt
Lake team were so seriously injured
that they were forced to withdraw,
their team mates doubling up and con-
tinuing with the loss of one lap. Gal
vim and Wiley lost three laps through
the accident, and Walthour and Bedell
are still one lap behind the leaders
The worst accident was when ten of
the thirteen riders went down in a
bunch at what is known as dead
mans curve" on the Twenty-siXth
street side of the saucer. Hollister, of
the Samuelson-H -Hollister team of Salt
Lake City, and Vanoni, one of the for
eign riders, were severely injured and
several of the other riders were badly
shaken up.
The board track was torn up for a
distance of nearly twenty-five yards
and it was found necessary to suspend
the race for an hour and half before
the racing surface could be put in con-
QlClOn TO resume Ine race. IL WAS
thought at the time of the accident
that Hollister might have been fatally
injured or at least so badly hurt that
he would be obliged to withdraw from
the race.
After an examination by physicians,
however, it was found that his injuries
were confined to a severe shaking up
number of scalp wounds and the
loss of several teeth and it was an
lnf In tNnh IN
able to relieve his partner Samuelsor
after few hours rest.
Vance received a fracture of the nose
and several minor hurts, but he Is
expected to continue later in the day
All the other riders who went down at
the time of the accident were able to
take their places OH the track when
the race was resumed at o'clock.
In order to maintain the position
with the leaders which their teams
hold, partners of Hollister and Van
noni must remain on the track con-
stantly until the injured men recover
sufficiently to relieve them.
Strain Is FrightfuI
An evidence of the effect upon the
riders of the frightful strain put upon
them by the constant vigilance of a
six-day contest was shown. at the time
IL.
lying in a heap on the track, Pye of
the Clark-Pye team, who had escaped
with slight injuries, leaped out of the
bunch and running wildly along the
track began to shout:
at win, 1 win the race, they are all
dead but me; 1 win" He was quieted
and taken to his quarters When the
race was resumed Pye again was III
the saddle reeling off the miles with
the others. The accident came when
Fogler of the Root-Fogler team
darted out from among the leaders IN
an attempt to steal a lap.
Matt Downey was the first man to
accept the challenge and after a few
circuits of the track he caught the
leaders just as they were sweeping
around dead mans curve and the two
men crushed each other and fell. In
an instant the other eleven riders were
upon them and eight cf them went down
with crash. Emil Georget of the
French team rode clear over the pros
trate riders and crashed head foremost
into a box. 1t was remarkable that his
skull was not crushed by the impact
but a moment later he was telling his
trainer that he was not at all hurt
Hollister was rendered unconscious
when he crashed into the railing around
the track with such force that several
of his teeth were knocked out. He was
revived few minutes later and de-
clared he would be all right in short
time.
Vanoni also received his injury by
colliding with the railing. Walthoul
was riding well back when the crash
came and fell upon several men, escap-
ing with scarcely a scratch.
The score at 10 O'Clock was 1441 miles
and laps for all but the WalthouI
team, which was one lap behind.
The record is 1867 miles and laps.