Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
MAD PACE CONTINUES
No Weakness Displayed in In.
ternationaI Bicycle Race.
VAN0NI CAUSES SENSATION
Sets the Crowd Wild by His Spectacu-
lar Sprint.
AMERICANS CAREFUL GAME
Thirteen Teams Still in Contest
Walthour-Bedell Combination The
oretically Invincible.
MERICANs' CAREFUL GAME

oretica1ly Invincible.
NEW YORK December 1.-THE thirteen
teams in the six days bicycle race at Mad
ison Square Garden are still going at mad
pace, with no signs of weakening. The score
at o'clock this afternoon was:
Root-Fogler, 741.1; Downey-Moran, TAI l.;
Vanderstuyft-Stol TALL; MacDonald-C offey.
TALL; Breton-vanoni, 741.1; Samuelson-
HOLSTER, 741.1; Mettling-Logan, AL; Hop
per-Downing, TALL; Rutt-MacFa TAI. i;
Calvin Wiley. 7411; Pye-Clark. TALL;
Georget-Georget, 741.1; Walthour-Bedell,
741.O. Record, 1913. made by Elkes and
Mcfarland in 1900.
Knife on the Track.
An incident occurred in the garden shortly
after 10 o'clock, which came near doing
some damage to Rutt. AS the police were
showing the all-night contingent out for the
daily housekeeping. some one in the gallery
on the Goth street side, near the entrance,
threw a big bowie knife on the track. It
landed a few inches behind Rutt's rear
wheel and then bounded over into the
arena Rutt was the last man In the bunch,
which probably accounts for no one being
hurt.
The police were notified and search for
the thrower of the knife began. Some one
said he saw swarthy-looking man lean
over the gallery railing and throw some
thing on the track. So hunt for a swarthy-
looking man was at once begun.
All sorts Of rumOrs gained more or less
credence at the garden in explanation of the
incident. The word "black hand" was men,
toned frequently, but only to draw forth
laughs from most Of those who heard it.
Another guess was that some compatriot
had it in for Vanoni and took this way Of
trying to do him injury, either by discon-
the knife.
The One O'Clock Score.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New
York, December 11.-One o'clock score:
Root Folger, 724; Downey- Moran, 724; Van
derstuft-Stol, 724; Macdonald Coffey, 724;
Breton-Vanoni. 724: Samuelson- Hollister,
724; Mattling-Logan. 724: Downing,
724; Rutt- Mcfarland. 724; Galvin-wiley.
WalthourBedell. 1888. Record. 753-S
made by Elkes and Mcfarland in 1900.
There was little to mark the beginning Of
the second day Of the race. From midnight
until 10 o'clock this morning nothing I'M
usual outside of Vanoni's plucky sprint oc-
Cured. A few other sprints took place,
but nobody gained or lost anything in any
Of them, and the thirteen teams repre-
scented in the saucer-circle continued the
grind after each one as though nothing
had happened.
The feature of the race so far today has
been the growing strength Of the foreign
teams. Vanoni and Breton have alternately
led the bunch for hours. with one or the
other of the Georget brothers following
close. Root. Vanderstuyft and Walthour,
with their respective partners. are playing
a careful game, and have thus far brought
little glory to themselves.
Vanoni's Great Sprint.
vanonis sprint at o'clock was the fea-
ture Of the early morning hours. He had
just relieved Breton, who. in accordance
with his usual custom. had given his au
revoir to the bunch with a couple Of laps
of hard sprinting. when he observed signs
Of apparent fatigue on the part Of the lead
ers. Without seconds elaboration Va
noni jumped into the place of Breton and
started off at clip that astonished even
veteran watchers Of six-day races.
The crowd yelled itself hoarse and hardly
could find time to get its breath before IT
was yelling again with excitement. for Va
noni was off with only one man, Stol, the
famous Dutch Splinter, In his neighbor-
hood. A dozen times he circled the track
with the others padaling desperately after,
lenge.
Fortunately for them, Walthour was OF,
the track at the time and he gamely re-
sponded. Although he was in next to last
position when Vanoni made his bid for the
lap, he gave dozen long jumps and, con-
stantly increasing his speed till he was go
ing almost thirty miles an hour, at length
overhauled the runaways. Then there was
no further sprinting until shortly after
o'clock, when Vanoni replaced Breton
again. The efforts were all too short to be
considered seriously. however, and the
crowd only applauded because of the popu-
young Breton. This Italian-French team
has won much favorable comment on the
score of its pulchritude. AS a combinat ton
Of the handsome and the courageous they
are easily first on the track.
The Walthour- Bedell combination was
closely watched by the sharps who are
predicting great things of the versatile pair.
AS a theoretical combination they are in
vincible. despite their handicap of one lap,
imposed as the penalty for the new COM
bination.
Remarkable Attendance.
The attendance at the race continues to
be remarkable. With the exception of the
boxes, at either end of the great amphi-
theater, which were only partly occupied,
over two-thirds of the seats were filled this
morning.
night and o'clock. when Moran and
Fogler, at 2:35, took a tumble at the west
turn on the 9th street side OF the track.
They were back in the running Immediate
ly, however. without any signs Of injury.
40 new combination Of riders has been
formed since Krebs and Rupprecht and
Schlee and Mcdonald retired yesterday. In
both cases the teams dropped out because
of the falls sustained by one of each pair
The two victims of bruises and shaking up
were Rupprecht and Mcdonald respective
ly. The attempt to link up Schlee and
Krebs fell through. 1t Is said. because Of
Schlee's attempt to get a bonus from the
management.
Menus Bedell. who suffered broken COL
lar bone, Is as well as could be expected to-
day, although he will probably remain in
bed for day or two more.
With only three teams Of q field Of six
teen starters out and none Of the other
riders displaying any weakness, the contest
continues to be a very even thing.
Knotty Problem Solved.