The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-16
FOGLER AND ROOT
WON LONG GRIND
This Team Won Six-Day Race
Last Year ON a Reported
FIuEe.
WINNERS DEMONSTRATED
CHAMPIONSHIP ABILITY
Mcfarland Was Locked Upon,
as Sure Winner: Downing
Took Second Place.

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-Fogler and
Root won the six.day bicycle race at
Madison Square Garden, the finish Of
which came Saturday night al 10
clock. This team won the race last
year, and proved the stronger team
this year
After q night of some of the fastest
dawn broke with eight teams tied for
the lead and two lap behind. The
riders settled down 10 a ploddIng gait
at & clock, and except for q group of
women who came to the Garden and
gave American Gags to each rider that
passed, nothing but treadmill monot-
ony prevailed for an hour
of patrolmen from the West Thirtieth
street station cleared the building of
everybody but the riders and en-
ployees.
Many of the CIRCULARS" resorted 10
every conceivable trick 60 stay and see
the finish tonight They hid in the
boxes under the arena seats and
climbed from one place 10 another that
had already been cleared, 1t took
more than an hour 10 round them ALL
up.
a clean sweep followed, and the big
amphitheater changed in appearance as
if by magic; the litter of papers
and refuse was carted away and finally
the lofty skylights were opened to allow
the clouds Of smoke and foul air to
escape. The score of the eight leading
teams at 9 Il. m. was 20S4 miles 9 laps.
Walthour and Bedell and Breton and
Samuelson were one lap behind the
leaders.
There was no change during the night
in the position Of the riders. The
men did their work mechanically, SEEM
ing for the most part 10 be content with
holding their places in the race. a few
sprints were attempted, but they did
not last long, and were without results.
The sixth and last day of bicycle races
heretofore held have seen little or
no change in position, and the spirit
less grind that was going on today
seemed to indicate that precedent would
be followed in this race. The men were
averaging about fifteen miles an hour
early today, and all seemed content 10
follow this pace. The lack of main
tanned speed in the race and the up-
usual delays that have occurred are in
dlcated by the fact that the riders were
nearly 400 miles behind the record early
today, Ten teams remain in the race,
and will probably finish Vanderstuyft
and Stol and Calvin and Wiley
dropped out of the contest late last
night. Both teams had lost several
laps TO the other riders, and as there
was no hope OF making this up again.,
the men decided TO quit. Much SYM
pathy was expressed for Vanderstuyft
and Stol, the Belgian Holland team.
They had made a game struggle during
the week and Stol had been the in
stIgator of some brilliant sprints but
the accident wore out Vanderstuyft,
and the brunt of the work falling on
Stol, il Was inevitable that the team
should drop behind. Rutt and McFar-
land have shown fast work the last
day or so, and many of the spectators
pick them as the probable winners when
the final sprint comes tonight.
The score At IL M: Root-Foger,
Downey- Moran. Mcdonald Cohey. Het-
Ting Logan, Hoppcr-Downing, Rutt-Mc-
Farland, Pye-Clark and Georget- Geor-
get. 2052 miles S laps each: Walthour-
Bedell and Breton .Samuelson, 2052 miles
Z laps Record. 244l miles 6 laps, made
in 1899 by Miller and Waller,
Walthour and Bedell made several un-
successful attempts during the forenoon
to regain the single lap that separates
them from the leaders. Once only few
Yards OF the distance remained to be
covered when the red flag went up as
a result of spill. and Walthour and
Bedell were set back TO their position
in the rear. Walthour protested tho
Boston team, Downey and Moran, TO tho
declaring they had caused
the morning spill by forcing the other
teams up to the high bank. The man.
ngemcnt warned Downcy and Moran
not to repeat this performance.
AT | p. m. the eight leading teams
retained their advantage of one lap
over tho Walthour- Bcdell and the Bre-
teams Up to that hour
he leaders had covered 2l46 miles 3
ans The riders are now more than