Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-14
CHARGE BAD SCORING
Cyclists Join in Protest Against
Rulings of Judges.
RACE BECOMES PROCESSION
Riders Reduce Pace to Minimum and
Read Papers.
AN EARLY MORNING SPILL
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Sensational Sprint by Walthour and
Bedell Longest of Contest-Accuse
Fog1er of Blocking Track.
N EARLY MORNING SPILL

NEW YORK. December 14.-An organized
movement in which nearly all of the riders
in the six-day bicycle race joined in a pro-
test against the rulings of the judges in re-
fusing to mark up the laps which some of
the riders declare were fairly won was be-
gun today. The men declare that they have
been unfairly treated. and they will do no
more real work until the management
makes some arrangement by which their
efforts will be properly recognized and their
gains recorded. Soon after this agreement
was reached among the men the pace de-
creased to the minimum and the race de-
veloped into slow and uninteresting pro-
cession. Arm in arm members of rival
teams pedaled slowly along the level floor
at the base of the bowl reading the
morning papers and joking with one an
other .
The contestants were grinding out laps
in a mechanical manner at am. after an
eventful night. The positions, however,
were unchanged, according to the scorers,
although many of the spectators believed
Stol and Georget had been Tapped after
sensational sprint at am. This squirt, as
have been SO many during the race, was
started by the Walthour-Bedell team. 1t
was the longest of any that has yet occur
red, lasting sixteen minutes.
A Sensational Sprint.
walthour and Bedell. smarting under
decision rendered an hour earlier. when
a spill robbed them of lap that they had
nearly won. started out at a pace that
caused all the riders to do their best and
kept the spectators in a cont inual roar of
cheers and excitement. Relieving each
other at every few laps, Walthour and
Bedell kept going at their best pace, and
forced the other riders to call on their
partners for help and relief.
Leon Georget and Stol, whose partners
had been hurt In a spill at o'clock am. were
the only riders who could not get relief.
and they had to bear the brunt of the
fight for their teams. 1t was killing work.
and they finally Jagged to such an extent
that it was thought they had lost a lap
when the sprint, after continuing for six
teen minutes, was suspended. The score,
however when it was hung out at 4
o'clock showed no change.
Bedell and Walthour are in good shape,
and they have promised to make the race
interesting for the others before the day is
out. They protested earnestly early today
when just they seemed about to gain a
lap Folger fell, making spill and causing
the red flag to be hung out, which indicated
that the Walthour-Bedell gain would not
count. The riders claimed that the fall
was designed in order to block their gain,
and for a time they refused to ride again
until something was done. They were
eventually appeased and the race, which
had been delayed an hour, was resumed.
The Early Score. Ia
The score of the nine leading teams at Z
am. was 1.723 miles and laps; that of
Walthour and Bedell and Brereton and
Samuelson was one lap less, and that of
Calvin and Wiley 1,723 miles and 8 laps
This was 2T3 miles below the record for
the same number of hours.
The score of the nine leading teams at 10
am. was 1,751 miles and laps.
Walthour and Bedell and Brereton and
Samuelson were still lap behind the lead
ers and Calvin and Wiley had covered 1,75O
miles and laps.