The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-04
WILL WATCH
FALLS" in
6=DAY RACE
New Rules Back Of Riders
Who Succeed In Gain.
ing Laps.

The new rulcs for the six-day bicycle
race have been issued by the National cy-
cling Association. They have been formed
10 prevent a repetition Of last years trou-
BILE, when it was claimed by several con-
testants and their supporters that falls
were ~purposely made TO prevent the legitt-
mate gaining OF a lap. Whether these
charges were true or not. there will be no
danger of such an occurrence being al
lowed to slip by the attention of the ref
erees this year. If a rider drops behind
his field and falls. or is outridden by the
other contestants and seeing he cannot
keep up with the other riders takes a tum-
BILE. he will have TO suffer the conse-s
d~uences. This rule will be risidly en-
forced, and the board of referees of the N.
c. A. have appointed patrol judges, such
as they have at the race track, so that tue
entire track viii be under constant close
supervision.
Another new rule and a good one which
will be put into effect regards the wearing
Of coiors. Each team in the race will
have distinctive colors. which they will be
forced to wear at all times. This Will pre-
vent the confusion of riders so often caused
by their changing their colors when they
retire for a rest.
For the first time since the arrival Of the
foreign riders. all of them wire ont on
the road yesterday. The riders went out
twice yesterday, once in the morning and
again in the afternoon, and covered a dis
lance of about seventy-five miles in the
two rides.
Thorwald Ellegaard, the worlds cham
pion sprinter, who is to ride a nunbe
Of exhibition races with Frank Kramer.
the national champion, during the six
day race, Joined the foreign riders in this
city yesterday and went ont for a
spin on the road. 1ver Lawson got
! his wheel from New York yesterday morn
ing. and trailed the riders around on their
first ride of the day. His partner. Urban
Mcdonald, the Brooklyn boy. has estaD-
lished his headquarters with the foreign
| riders in this city. and led the bunch a
merry pace over the roads in the after
noon. Reynolds and Kenyon, the irish
team, did their first bit Of road work since
their arrival in this country, yesterday,
and made a strong impression on those
who saw them ride.
While out riding yesterday afternoon.
Johann Stol, who is to team with Waiter
Rutt in the six-day race. with the aid OF
Tommy" Morgan, the amateur from salt
Lake City, managed to give the bunch
the "slip," and picked out Orange PARK
to do some training, The Orange Park
is a small place and as there is a nice
circular road in there, Stol and Morgan
thought it would be a good place to icy
| out a few links. While the men were
hitting it up for all they were worth, =
park bicycle cop" put In an appearance
and ordered them to stop. Morgan slowed
down, but Stol instead of slowing down
put on more speed and when he was finally
stopped by Morgan the cop was going
to take him in. When the cop asked
StoI IL he had a permit to ride in the park
the foxy little Belgian pretended that he
did not speak or understand the English
language. The man in blue then called on
Morgan to make his plans known TO Stol
| and the Salt Lake City rider bad no
trouble in telling Stol what the officer
wanted to know. After being allowed TO
oo Sfol cfnnnad "a minnie and fold the
officer it was n fine place to train for
| s%printing purposes. Before the cop
answered Stol and Morgan were on their
way down Central avenue to the training
quarters.