The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-14
SPILL SET RIDERS
BEHIND RECORDS

Twelve teams, three OF which have been
recons tructed, still remain In the six-day
bicycle race at Madison Square garden up
to midnight last night. A bad accident oc-
CURED early In the day. in which IL OF
the l3 riders went down In a heap'on what
has come to be known as headers curve.
Carle Vanonl OF the French team and
c. H. HollisteT of the Salt Lake team were
so seriously injured they were forced 10
withdraw from the race, Breton and Sam
uelson. their respective team mates, dou-
bling up and continuing as team, with
the loss OF one lap Galvine and Wiley
lost three laps through tho accident, and
Walthour and Bedell are still recorded
one lap behind the leaders.
Desperate efforts were repeatedly made
by Walthour and Bedell TO make up the
distance separating them from the nine
leading teams Several times the distance
was almost made up. when someone of the
leaders would fall and the rule against
counting lap gained by reason OF an ac-
cident was enforced. Falls also occurred
when other riders had almost gained lap,
until the crowd shouted its suspicious that
the accidents were Intentionally timed to
prevent any rider gaining an advantage
over the others.
The. score at l o'clock showed the nine
leaders TO have gone 1904 miles and laps.
Walthour and Bedell, and Breton and
Samuelson having 1864 miles laps to
their credit, and Calvin and Wiley 1854
miles ! lap.
The record is 1852 miles laps, made by
Miller and Waller in 1899.
The contestants in the six-day bicycle
race were grinding out laps in mechan-
teal manner at I a. m. today 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 a
SO sensational sprint at 3 a. m. This spurt
as have been 40 many during the race
was started by the Walthour- -Bedell team.
II was the longest of any that has yet
occurred, lasting l6 minutes.
IL was killing work and they all finally
! Jagged TO such an extent that II was
thought that they had lost a lap when
the sprint, after continuing for is min
! utes. was suspended. The score, however,
when IL was hung out at 4 a. m. showed
no change.
Beden and Walthour are In good shape
and they have promised to make the race
Interesting for the others before the day
IL out. They protested earnestly early
today when just as they seeped TO he
about TO gain a lap, Folger fell. causing
q spill and causing the red flag TO be
hung out. which indicated that the WAL
thour- Bedell gain would not count. The
riders claimed that the fall occurred pur-
rosely in order TO block their gain and
for time they refused 20 ride again un-
I'll something was done. They were even.
tually appeased and the race. which had
been delayed an hour, was resumed
Score at a. m:
Root-Folger. 1928 6: Downey- Moran,
1928 6; Vanderstuyft-Stol. 1923 6; MacDon-
ald-Coffey 1923 6: Netting Logan, 1723 g.;
Hopper Downing. 1923 s; Rutt-MacFar.
land. 172S 8; Pye-Clark. 1923 8; Georget-
Georget, 1923 6; Walthour- -Bedell. 1723 g.;
Breton-samuelson, 1725 8; Calvin Wiley,
1929 g.
The record for tho 1o3d hour is 1906 miles
and 6 laps. made by Miller and Waller in
1909