The Washington times., 1906-12-16
ROOT AND FOGLER
WIN SIX-DAY RACE
Little Old New York "
Team Finishes First in
Killing Pace.
MILES BEHIND THE RECORD
For First Time Since the Start the
Crowd Is LaIge-NO Serious
Accident

KEW YORK, Dec. 15.-At Madison
Square Garden at 10 o'clock tonight
what proved TO be the most unsati3fac-
tory six-day bicycle race ever run here
was finished. The teams that were tied
for first place At that time were Root
and Fogler Downey and Moran. Mac
Donald and Coffey, Melting and Logan.
Hopper and Downing, Rutt and Mac
Farland. Pye and Clark. Georget and
GeoTget, Walthour and Beden, and
Breton and Samuelson.
The ten teams, however, were POT
represented In the final mile clash ~
decide who should gain the first prize
OF $500. for two Of the teams. Walthour
and Bedeii and Breton and Samuelson
were lap behind, having been penal
ized that distance because OF their or
iginal ,eam mates having withdrawn
from the race. AS a climax to the race
one man from each of the eight teams
tied were selected TO make the final one
mile sprint TO decide the winner These
were FogleT, DoWney. Macdonald Met
uing, Downing, Rutt. Clark, and J..
Georget.
That WaithouF was not to be a COM
petitor in the finish displeased the crowd
or l2.OOO persons, and they voiced their
feeling OF sympathy for the Southern
boy in tremendous applause as he left
the track. Seen In his training quar-
ters after the race. Walthour had only
words or praise for his treatment at -
hands OF the management. but ex-
pressed himself as disgusted at the
rules governing the race.
Crowd Finally Arrives.
As soon as the doors were opened to
admit spectators for the last squirt OF
the week the great crowd began TO
surge into the garden. More than 1000
were turned away when officials of the
police and fire departments ordered the
doors closed anu refused to permit any
one else TO enter. A great crowd of
enthusiasts stood about the doors and
blocked Madison avenue 10 hear the re-
ports as they were passed out.
After the elimination for the finish the
following riders We're left on the sau-
Ger track;
FOgler, Downing, Macdonald, Met
Ting, DOwney, Rutt. Clark. and Z.
Georget.
The Order of the Finish.
Following Is the order of the finish:
Fogler, Downing, Rutt, Macdonald
Downey, Netting. Clark. and Georget
The final score was 2292 miles and
laps.
Beginning with the displeasure at the
ruling adverse to Walthour, the popular
favorite, the crowd gradually began "a
find fault with the race ard the judges
During the last three DAYS the feeline
had been growing, and it reached its cuI.
mination tonight. when the last enervat-
Ing squirt started with the favorite ou
Of the going.
Eight times Walthour had made III
the lap he lost early in the race wher
ms partner withdrew. Eight times he
had been the victim of other riders VIII
fell on while he was making the lap
Bravely and with a grim determination
the elimination and until the very last
his friends hoped against hope that n,
would get a chance for the prize.
Spectators Show Disapproval.
duh growl of disapprovaI went owe
the Garden as the final began. Cheer
went up from time to time as the spec,
OF the riders increased and as one afte
another of the game contenders showed
new speed after his long drive. tn,
crowd howled its approval. On and OF
they went IN the dizzy whirI around tn,
dishpan track until in the turns tn.
men seemed 10 be horizontal with IN
ground and many women went for faa,
they woulc actually topple over.
Ihe crowd present was boisterous, bu