The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-10

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the race, was caused by the inability to
continue of Menus Bedell. The latter left
the track shortly before midnight, suffer-
ing from stomach trouble, having been In
poor physical condition even before the
start of the race. His brother John was
well spent last night, but pluckily con-
tinued for an hour and a half. Then he
dismounted, and, unable to hitch up with
another partner within the required four
hours, was declared out of the race.
AL noon today five teams were still tied
for first place, krebs and Vanderstuyft,
Rutt and Stol, Fogler and Moran, Georget
and Dupre and Logan and Bardgett. The
other six were trailing a lap behind. Logan
and Bardgett had been Tapped" on the
scoreboard, as a result of the sprint which
brought about The first serious shake-up
in the race, but the judges reversed their
decision last night. The team made a pro-
test, and, after making a general in
QUESTION, the officials concluded they had
erred, through a confusion OF colors. When
1t was announced that the lap was given
back to Logan and Bardgett the Garden
rang with cheers, for the team is a popu-
lar one, and close observers agreed that
the team had not been Tapped.
Furious ~sDrinting Last Night.
1t was a series of furious sprints, caus-
ing the thousands of spectators to leap to
their feet in cheers that resulted in the
breaking VI OF the French and French
italian teams. The men, determined to
break the tie which has deadlocked them,
put all their power, all their skill, into
the work. Urban Mcdonald started the
fray by a brilliant effort to lap the entire
field. He was going easily, when in a
second he leaned over his handle bars
with a loud grunt, and soon the whirr of
flying wheels filled the great amphi-
theatre. Inch by inch, with the crowds
laundering applause, Mcdonald gained
ground.
Foot by foot he forged ahead, until
finally he had placed twenty feet between
himself and the field. liver Lawson, his
partner, sprang on his wheel and scurried
INTO the fight, relieving the nerve-weary,
muscle-bound Mcdonald. But D~arragon,
taking a sharp turn in the pursuit, turned
his handle-bars, and went sprawling. This
ended the sensational squirt. Darragon
was not penalized as his fall was purely
accidental, and he was 'up with the
bunch as the riders express 1t.
At 1920 p. m. Jacquelin started the
second sensational sprint. He was pitted
against all the other riders, as was Nc
Donald previously. But during the snappy
squirt Stol ran into Bardgett, and the
two went down. DaTragon, Sherwood and
Fogler got into the mix-up. Jacquelin and
Darragon, leg weary, the former afflicted
with acute pain in the knees, dropped out
of the rae at 11:A. J%acquelin was teamed
with Vanoni, Darragon with Breton.
Vanoni and Breton were then tenmed.
They were teammates a year ago, and as
both are great riders they may overtake
the leaders before the end of the week.
In Defense of WaIthour.
p. T.. Powers, manager Of the race, last
night issued a public apology to Bobby
Walthour, the little Southern rider, for
accusing him Of quitting at $50 yester-
day morning, when Walthour left the track
without waiting for relief. Walthour an
nounced when he dropped off his wheel
that the pain from the torn lgaments In
his shoulder, the result of a spill IN a Eu-
ropean track, made it impossible for him to
continue.
1T was at first reported to me-" said
Powers, that there was nothing the mat
ter with WalthOur's shoulder and | was
very bitter over what seemed to me to be
had been selected for the race. Afterward
a physician examined him In my presence.
and | was assured that the rider must
have been suffering intense pain for hours
before he finally had to quit the track.
II I had known the condition of his arm
before the race / would not have permit
ted him to start.
Walthour explained that after his fall IN
Europe he had so far recovered that he
broke a short-distance record on a Paris
track. and he judged from that that he
would be able to go through the siz-day
grind without difficulty. After some hours
riding the steady strain began TO tell on
the weakened shoulder and he was soon in
terrible pain.
The Southerner's wife persuaded him TO
quit the race. His partner, Downey, picked
up a partner in Downing, the ~latter's team
mate. Butler, having been forced TO retro
on account Of Injuries received in several
spills.
Special Features.
There were a number Of interesting spe-
cial events put on to relieve the mon otOny
of the steady siX-daY grind. Charles Tus-
vile and Fred White met in a two-ini,e
motorcycle race, the former winning the
event. The time for the first mile was
1:46 AS. and for the two miles 1929. White
had the lead for seven laps, and then Tuf-
Vile forged to the front. only to be caught
Just before the bell tap. He let his ma
chine out, however, and won by a bare
length
Frank Kramer, the American champion.
rode Il half Elile. unpaeed. in So ecOnds. it
was announced that Kramer and ThOrwald
Elegaard, American ard European sprint-
Ing champions respectively, would meet in
d series OF sprint races during the week.
Tonight they will contest a hall mile as