The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-14
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In Madison Square Garden out of the sixteen
pairs that started in the contest last Monday
morning. or the dozen left ten were as they
originally started, while two Others repre-
scented reconstructed teams. which by the
rules lost a lap each for making new COM
binations.
Walthour and Bedell, one Of the recon-
structed teams. Joined forces on Monday
morning. while the other new team was made
UP of Petit Breton OF France and W. +. sam
uelson Of Salt Lake City, whose team mates
had been eliminated in a terrible fall which
occurred at 7;23 o'clock yesterday morning.
when all Of the riders on the track except
three were sent headlong from their bicycles.
Joe Fogler had jumped of the bank at the
Madison avenue end OF the track for a short
sprint, as he knew that his team mate. Eddie
Root. had come out to relieve him. He caught
up with Root on the bank at the Fourth avenue
end OF the track and Root was on like a shot.
Matt Downey had started in pursuit Of Fogler
when the latter began his sprint and rode
high up the track 40 as to jump OIL the top OF
the bank at the Fourth avenue turn in pur-
suit of Root. Fogler back pedalled after
making his pickup with Root, and Downey
crashed into him, striking his rear wheel ana
sending Fogler tumbling also. Downey
banged into one of the posts at the outer edse
Of the bank and caromed down onto the
track, knocking H~ollister from his machine,
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way that he lay in the path Of those coming
from behind Carlo Vanoni, the Italian.
| struck HOLSTER first and was thrown over
his handle bars into one of the posts along
side the upper edge of the track and then fell
into an arena box occupied by six men,
walthour was the next one. Hollister and
he fell toward the boxes. but did not fall into
any OF them, sliding down TO the bottom OF
| the banked track surface. Six other riders
then crashed into Hollister's PROSTATE body
so fast that no track could be kept OF the ro-
tation. but they were Leon Georget' SIol.
Walter Rutt. Wiley. Logan and Con y
Root had, OF course, escaped injury. because
the accident happened behind him Harding
Downing, who was one OF those on the Track
at the time, escaped injury by a marvellous
exhibition Of lmpromptu trick riding He
managed to clear those who we're piled up IN
front OF Hollister, and IN some wohusraJ' Wy
HOLSTERS body and continue WITHOUT tnni-
bling, ,L.
one as he had been quite a distance behind
when his opponents began tumblng. ana
being warned in tune rode Slowly alons AZ
the top OF the bank and thus escaped a luh-
Poor Hollister was in a sorry plight wnen
picked up, as IL seemed that all OF those VINO
had run into him had struck his head. His
body was a mass Of bruises. anu II was a
| forpgone conclusion that this member or the
Mormon team would ride no more IN TINS
Vsnoni had been wrenched and twisted
after his spectacular nlght thro9Sn me ar
J Inc men in the box in which he fetl aud hts
| left arm was wrenched so badly that ne
could not straighten IL out. lie was a very
: badly shaken up bicycle racer. and though
he had been doing a great deal OF hard, fast
grinding, that had marked me contest up
! c~lInation to keep on, which would have been
a physical impossibility. anyway
There had been at least 5000 persons IN
the building when the accident occurred
and il seemed as II all Of them tried to get 10
the tangled mp mass OF rlders ana DlGycles;
warmed to the scene Of the accident;
1t took the efforts of half a dozen policemen
with night sticks ten minutes to clear the
trndk MANY of the men and boys who had
left their seats invaded some OF, the training
camps and were only persuaded 10 leave
Inv the adoption OF vigorous measures by the
trainers, After things quieted down a couple
OF men in an. arena box on the Twenty-siXth
street side Of the building engaged IN a INST
Arht and were elected from the building.
For many minutes thereafter there were
no riders on the track. but Nanderstuyit
Iaps and stopped at 75s O'Clock. Emil
Cieorget appeared at 7:54 O'Clock and Joe
Togier went out on the track al two minutes
ayter The crowd seemed TO think that
The big fall had been Eogler's fault, and he
was Kissed and abused in language that was
EoGler dismounted at his trackside camp
and cried like an injured child for 2 few,
moments. Then his emotions CHANGED and
ing back to them hat he had not caused
the Others to tumble. a. few minutes later
Walthour walked ont and took on mis- bath
robe. but did not mount his bicycle. he was
cheered wildly nv the boys IN the galleries
and very vOCiferously assured that he WAS
Melting, Eddie Root, CoTey. John Bedell.
Pye, Calvin. Nsnderstuyft. Downing, Walter
nIcycles. The red flag had been out since
the spill at 7:2S o'clock and the riders rode
slowly around on the floor AZ the traGT edge,
had been pui out of the race by their injuries,
The red flag was finally taken IN again al
one minute after . O'Clock and the contest
ii was learned that HOLSTER was in no
condition to continue in the race and the
HollisT er team was declared
ofrcially out of the contest AZ Oi3 O'Clock.
Samuelson wished 10 continue. and when
he was told thar Nanoni would not be able
70 ride any more he made Overtures to Petit
Breton, with the result that they formed d
new team. being penallhed one zap by tn'
rules, which made the score OF The new com
binat ion the same as that of Walthour ano
The Bret on Vanoni pair were declared on
OFFICIALLY at II rs O'Clock and the new team
was announced al the same time. Just eight
minutes inside the time limit of four hours II
which remnants Of teams may form new
ht Ave minutes to 10 o'clock in the morninG
The Malthour-BedPll team tried aga in TO wiz
the one lap they needed to put them on ever
terms with the leaders. John Bedell jumped
from the top Of the bank al the Madison ave
nue. turn OF the track and got a quarter Of q
lap away by his Jump and then increased
this TO half a lap in four laps Of hard riding
Netting was leading the field, which did no
mike much Roadway at catching Bedell.
Walthour relieved Bedell on the Twenty
seventh street stretch and rode his hardes
for eight laps. lie Ovprhauled the tailenderi
in less than four laps, the field having split VI
into two divisions in chasing Bedell. Ih'
ones he first overlook were Calvin, Mac
Donald, Emil Georg't and NapdeTstuyft. Tn
:, blond Georgian stuck to his task, anc as HI
ended the eighth lap cf his sprint had Iasse'
every man then on the track, among whom
was Eddie Root.
Just as WalthOur finished passing the felt
Calvin tumbled from his bicycle on tn
TWeDty-seVpnth street stretch. WalthOu
/, and Bedell did not get the lap they had wOI
because the referee ruled that the field wa
INCOMPLETE, neither Downing nor Hoppe
having been on the track, at the time RedeI
, and Walthour were sprinting, and also tina
the pickup Of Bedell by Walthour was no
made i'm accordance with the rules.
When the next hours score was posted
and the crowd realized that their ~favorite
, Wathour. would not have his hard earneC
J Ian scored there was a great uproar, Wal
thOur started another hard sprint al Two
minutes after II O'Clock, and after three laps
Of hard spTinting his place was taken b!
Fogler had gone after Walthour when tn
r Inter began to sprint, and when Bedeli re-
lieved the Atlanta boy Fogler swung In benin,
Bedell. The latte ct tried hard to shake Fogle
, on. but could not. Walthour went out aRail
y in a few minutes to relieve Bedell, but II too
. him three LAPS of hard riding before he sue
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