The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10
Score az O'clock.


Stol -Vanderstuyft ................ ~
Logan Melting. ................,,. 20
Bedell- Bedell. ........"......... 20
Breton -Nanoni. ................s... ~
GeOrget GcOrRet ..s..,....s...,. 20
Samuelson HOLSTER -. ...........,.. vi /
krebs Rupprecht .......,.....,.... "a
Beginning at IL o'clock last night. the
arena of Madison Square Garden will at all
times be the centre OF interest for thousands
Of persons all over the world until next Satur-
day night at 10 O'Clock. when the fourteenth
international six day team cycle race will be
ended.
Among the 1900 or so spectators who
filled the building last night to watch the
start of this years race were Charles W.
Miller and Frank Dutch Waller. who won
the first of the team six day contests in this
city in 1899. Waller is now in the automobile
business In this city but always puts in a lot
of time In the Garden while a six day contest
il in progress and is frequently retained
as a sort OF advising trainer by one OF the
teams.
The riders selecte ed to begin the race for
their teams were announced Just before mid
night. They were as follows:
Vanderstuyft for Vsnderstuyft -Stol. Nanoni
! for Breton-Vanoni. Leon Georget for the
I Georget brothers. Clark for Pye-Clark. Mo
Farland for Rutt-McFarland MacLean for
Walthour- MacLean. Root for Root-Fogler.
Moran for Downey-Moran, Mcdonald for
McDonald-Cofey. SamuelsoG for Samuelson-
Hollister. Downing for Hopper-DownIng.
Menus Bedell for the Bedell brothers. Krebs
for s-Rupprecht. Schlee for Schlee-
Mcdonald, Calvin for Galvin-Wiley and
Melting for Mettling-Logan.
The riders began drifting ont 10 the track
side from their quarters soon after half past
IL, Leon Georget of the Georget brothers
team from France riding around for a few
laps at Ii.4O O'Clock.
Tax Commissioner Thomas l.. Hamilton
started the bunch of at just twelve minutes
after IL after a number of hashlight pictures
had been taken OF the riders selected to begin
the race. All got away all right except Frank
Calvin. who fell and then waited until the
bunch came around again, but this made no
difference as all were scored on even terms at
the end OF the first mile.
Mcfarland led the first time around and
Moran was in front at the end Of the first lap
after the real racing began. Moran was
stIl in the lead al the end of the first mile.
for which his time Was ? minutes 81 seconds.
. Arthur Nanderstuyf. the little Belgian.
started the first sprint OF the contest Just be-
Butt, the blond German, whose pictures are
generally taken for Frank kramer's, chased
after the ambitious Belgian and quickly over
Soon after UNDERGRADUATES sprint one of his
tires was punctured and he Vas relio,e ed by
his team mate. Johann Stol. mcfarland,
Vanoni, Moran and Stol took turns az lead,
ing the procession and keeping the pace a
lively one. Louis Melting of Canada led at
the end of the nth mile, his time being II
minutes 81 seconds.
A. ". Macdonald of Somerville. Mass. had
the very doubtful honor of THE first TO tumble,
falling a. the entrance of the homestretch
Just as he left the Fourth avenue turn Of the
track, He lost some skin and Was badly
shaken M but not otherwise injured. MCFar-
land had to stop riding on account Of a pune
tured tire at half past u, Rutt taking his place
Al a quarter Of | I'VE riders tumblei on
the Twenty-siNth street stretch Of the track,
the victims being Edward Rupprncht, Emil
Urban Macdonald. Macdonald and CoNcy
changed shirts and, mounted upon spare
wheels. were out again in a few minutes,
The doors were not opened until : O'Clock.
AZ which time there was an impatient mob
OF 1000 or 5000 Clamoring 10 b" let into the
bnlldlng ana making !qsl as much trouble
for the patient cops as they dared. In a Few
Obstreperous that night sticks had 10 be
called into use. and several Of the unruly ones
were taken away from their places near the
doors as punishment for their trouble max
ing. The high iron picket fence along the
Twenty-sixth and T~wenty-seventh streets
sides Of the building we're lined with i'm
pecunious small boys who climbed up a. far
as they could in an effort 10 see something
Of what was going on behind the dusty win
dows. The policemen on duty said that
many OF those who waited for the doors to De
opened had been standing. in line near the
entrance since the late afternoon. and he
thought IL was a blessing that the weather
had moderated or lots of them must have
contracted pneumonia or some OtheT OF the
troubles that follow upon exposure TO the
cold.
There do not seem to be quite so many
advertising banners hung along the edges
OF the galleries As at some former races. but
still there IL quite a brave showing OF signs
advertising the merits Of Whiskrys. tailOrs,
bicycles and mineral waters. Down in the
basement are the familiar long bars where
hot dogs or schoonerI of beer may be pnr-
Of what might be termed county fair side
show attractions.
building and settled in the seats which some
of them hope to keep until next saturday night,
1 Dnns M1i eEt b BayHe q!%iE siEiy 70 ny Re HE,emf
band played popular airs ana a few classical
pieces to quiet the demands for action. on
the part OF the unreRenerare, who had for
gotten the prohibition regarding Sunday
sport IN New York city and did not realize
had begun. To be sure, there we're a few
struggling riders, mostly amateurs, who
came out and rode around by themselves for
n time. but practically all the six day riders
were trying to get some sleep against the or
deal that was to come so soon.
shortly after II O'Clock the ceremony of
introducing the teams, without which no
six day race grind would ever he considered
complete, was started; and those who had
yelled for action but a few moments ago now
raised their voices to tell their f~avoritcs how
good they thought they were. The tiny
team. 4" as they might be called on account Of
their dual lack Of inches, Vanderstuyft and
StOl. were the inst pair to he sent riding
around the ten laps to q milo board track,
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a Holland banner. Each pair as they were
sent around carried the rag Of their country
or countries. as the case might be, and not a
few Of them were also burdened with floral
tributes from enthusiastic friends and we'll
wiahers.
The teams were started out in the order in
which they were numbered, Vanderstuyft
and Stol being I and ? respectively. Mum
bers 2 and = were worn by Petit Breton of
France and Carlo Vanoni Of Italy, and they
were greeted most VOCiferously by their
cOuntrymen. The GeorGet brothers, Emil
and Leon. from France, wore ; and s. The
Australian pair. f. A. Pye and 4. j. Clark,
were numbered J and 3. Walter Rutt Of Ger
many bore q on his back. while his lengthy
team mate from CALIFORNIA;, Floyd McFar-
land, was No. 10. The Nankee-Dixie pair,
Bobby Walthour from Atlanta and Hugh
MacLean from Chelsea. were numbered n and
~. To Eddie Root. twice a winner of a six
day race, the hoodoO number 10 was am Xed.
his team mate. Joe FoEler, wearing 10.
Matt Downey and James +. Moran, num-
bered - and rs, were cheered wildly as they
made their circuit of the track, for they have
entered as the Irish team and carried Irish
flags. A.. W. Macdonald Of SomerVillP,
Mass, and John V. Cofey Of Boston. were
the next pair to parade around, wearing II
and rs. Some facetious one in the top gallery
asked SamuelsOn and HOllister. the Mormon
team, II their numbers. ~ and 20, represented
the number Of their wives or Of their children.
Hopper Of Minneapolis and Downing Of San
JnsS the Wild West nair who sSsmad quite
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