The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-06
CYCLISTS
WILL PAIR IN
BIG RACE
Sixteen Teams Will Face
Starter Sunday Special
Races Tomorrow Night.

Sixteen teams of the best bicycle racers
gathered from all over the world will
start i'm the international six-day con
test at the Madison Square Garden track,
New York, Sunday one minute after mid
night. Eddie Root, who won the race Tor
the last three years, once with Oliver
Dorlon and twice with Joe Bogler, will
not compete this year. He will scarcely
be missed, however, for Root had few
friends in the Garden after last years
affair. Floyd Krebs, of this city, hitched
up yesterday with Arthur Vanderstuyft
the Belgian rider, who rode as Stops team
mate in the last two races.
AS a preliminary to the big race, a
championship meet will be held tomorrow
night on the huge saucer track. in the
same arena, that will bring together the
short distance champions of Europe and
America. The program is bound to be pro-
ductive of some good racing. Bobby"
Walthour, the American middle distance
champion, will meet Louis Darragon, a
European title holder, for the interna-
tional honors in a ten-mile event behind
motor pace. Frank Kramer, the speed
marvel of this country, will meet Ed
mund Jacquelin in a heat event, best TWO
out of three, for the short distance title
of America and France. Thorwald Ellie
gard, who has the reputation abroad Of
being the fastest bicycle rider in the world
in short distance racing, will give a
sprinting exhibition. Next week E~llegaard
will race Kramer in a series of sprinting
events for the worlds championship.
Another feature OF tomorrow nights
races will be II ten-mile international
championship, open to all professionals, In
which most of the six-day riders will
participate. A quarter-fnile national anna
teur championship win be run, as well
as Il couple of other amateur events.
The complete list of teams for the six
day race follows:
Yankee-Dixie Tenm-Matt e. Dow
ney and Bobby Walthour, of Atlanta.
Utah-Ncw York Team-Iver Lawson,
of Salt Lake City, and Urban Nc
Donald, of New York
Newark Teanl-John Bedell and
Menus Bedell, of Newark, N. j.
western Teah-Hardy Downing, of
San Jose, Cal, and Norman C. Hopper,
of Minneapolis.
The Farmer and Messenger Roy
Frank Calvin. of New Milford, Conn,
and George Wiley. of Syracuse. n. Y.
Utah-Iowa Tenm-W. L. Samuelson,
of Salt Lake City. and w. u. Mitten. OF
Davenport, Ia.
AtIantic-Pncifc Team-Charles A,
Sherwood, of New York. and Car a.
Limberg, OF San Jose. Cal,
IntercIty Team-Joseph Fogler, of
Brooklyn, and James Moran, of Boston.
Germnn-Americnn and Belgium Team
Floyd Krebs, of Newark, N. j., and
Arthur Vanderstuyft, of Belgium.
Mormon Teams. II. Wilcox and
Saxon Williams, of Salt Lake city.
Irish-American T-eam-Patrick Lo-
gan, of Ireland, and Walter c. Bargett,
of Buffalo.
I~rish-EngIish Tcan-TIarry Reyn-
olds. of Balbriggan, Ireland. and
James Benyon, of London, England.
German-Holland Team-Walter Rutt.
of Germany, and johann Stol, of Hol-
land.
French Tcam--Leon Georget and
Victor Dupre, of France.
French Team-Louis D%arragon and
Petit Breton. of France.
French-ItaIian Team-Edmund Jac-
quelin, of France, and Carl Vanoni, of
Italy.