The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-15

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= them active. Pye is in a state Dor =
y dering on collapse In mix-up this
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y cut on his head. which required sew
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= fresh as any rider. and he sprinted y
y necessarily at midnight TO gain a
= lap The field. however. watched y
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y every instance. FOgler and Hopper y
y are rather tired. the burden of the y
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New York. Dec. H-Though thousands
were still present, there was a noticeable
falling off today and tonight in the at
tendance on the six-day bicycle race>at
Madison Square Garden.
Riders feu SO often at times when some
team bid fair 20 gain a lap that reports
were current of a probable revolt on me
part of some OF the contestants. during
most of the day the race was slow, the
riders creeping around the track az
snail pace Some of them, including
Breton. Bobby Walthour. Samuelson and
Bedell who had 10 submit to the penalty
Of lap by teaming anew after accidents
lad deprived them of their partners, were
much dissatisfied.
There was a ripple of excitement when
tate tonight a fast sprint was started by
Root. closely followed by Mcfarland.
The result was the loss of a lap by VAN
1erstuyft and Stol and Calvin and Wi
-
Grinding Out Laps.
The contestants were grinding out laps
i'm a mechanical manner this morning.
after an uneventful night The positions
were unchanged, according TO the scOr-
erS although many of the spectators be-
leved Stol and Georget had been Tapped
after a sensational sprint at a. m This
squirt. as have been so many during the
race, was started by the WalthOur Bedell
team. 1t was the longest of any that has
vet occurred. lasting IL minutes. Wal
thOuT and Bedell. Smarting under a de-
cision rendered an hour earlier, when
spill robbed them OF a lap that they had
nearly won. started out at pace that
caused all of the riders to do their best
and kept the spectators in a continual
roar OF cheers and excitement. Relieving
each other at every few laps, Walthour
and Bedell kept going at their best pace
and forced the other riders to cali on
their partners for help and relief. Leon
GeOrget and Stol, whose partners had
been hurt in the spill az a. m, were the
only riders who could not get relief, and
they had to bear the brunt of the fight
for their teams It was killing work and
they finally Jagged TO such an extent that
il wa thought they had lost a lap when
the sprint. after continuing for 16 min
Utes. was suspended The score. however.
when hung out at t o'clock, showed no
change.
Teams Are in Good Shape.
BedeH and Walthour are in good shape
and they have promised to make the race
interesting for the others today. The
protested earnestly this morning when,
Just as they seemed to be about to gain
a lap. Fogler fell. making d spill and
causing the red flag to be hung out.
which indicated that the WalthOur- Bedeil
gain would not count The riders claimed
that the fall was designed in order to
block their gain and for time they re-
FUSED to ride again until something was
done. They We're eventually appeased.
and the race. which had been delayed an
hour. was resumed.
The score of the nine leading teams at
a. m. was ], 40 miles pS; that of Wal
thour and Bedei and Breton and Sam
nelson one lap less. and that of Calvin
and Wiley l,723 miles 5 laps. they having
lost three laps. This was 273 miles below
the record for the same number of hours.
Riders Go on Strike.
An organized movement which nearly
ali the riders joined as a protest against
the rulings of the judges in refusing to
mark up the laps which some of the rid
ers declare We're fairly won, was begun
today. The men declare that they have
been unfairly treated and that they will
do no more real work until the manage
ment makes some arrangements by which
gains will be recorded.
Soon after this agreement was reached
among the men the pace dropped to the
minimum and the race developed into
slow and embarrassing procession. Arm
IN arm, members of rival teams pedalled
slowly along the level floor at the base
# the bowl" reading the morning pa
pers and joking with one another
Score at Hundredth Hour.
The score at the one hundredth hour
showed: Root and Fogler, 16S6 miles, 3
APPS.
Downey and Moran, ,6S6 miles. laps
Vanderstuyft and Stol. 1855 miles. laps
: Mcdonald and Coffey, 1856 miles, 3 laps.
Netting and Logan, Loss miles. laps.
Hopper and Downing, 1855 miles, 8 laps.
Rutt and Mcfarland. 1856 miles. laps.
Pye and Clark. $50 miles laps.
Leon and Emil Georget, 1855 miles, 3
APPS.
Breton and SamuelsOn. 1855 miles, 2
Calvin and Wiley. 1855 miles. laps.
The record. made by Miller and Waller
in 1889 is 1,94S miles.
The score of the nine leading teams at
10 a. m was / 751 miles and laps Wal
thOur and Bedell and Breton and Sam
nelson were still = lap behind the lead
RS and Calvin and Wiley had covered
$50 miles and laps.
At ? o clock the nine leading teams had
covered 1.S05 miles and laps; Walthour
md Bedell and Breton and Samuelson.
800 miles and laps. CALVIN and wiley,
sos miles and laps.
The leaders are about $50 miles behind
the record made by Miller and Waller.
The score of the nine leaders at 3
o'clock was 1.S21 miles and laps, with the
other three teams trailing in the same
relative positions as before.
Midnight score: Eight leaders 1943
miles and laps with order of others un-
changed.
Replying to criticisms which have been
directed at the management of the race,
anc some of the contestants. all of the
riders late last night issued a signed
statement declaring that they were striv-
ing honestly to win the race, and express
ing confidence in the fairness of the Of
ficials and the management of the con-
test.
At 12:30 o'clock the Holland Belgium
team composed of Nanderstuyft and
Stol left the track. They were evidently
discouraged over the loss OF a lap in the
mad sprint that took place shortly after
10 o'clock, and decided to give up the
contest They were allowed four hours
rest under the rules. If they do not re-
turn within the time limit they will be
officially declared out of the race. This
would leave only eleven teams in the
ACE. which began with sixteen teams.
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