New-York tribune., 1907-12-11
Locon ard Berdgett Lose LGp
after q W:!d Sprint.
THE SCORE AT 2 O'CLOCK.

AZ II o'clock last night eleven r-ams 1.-TWO of
them improvisedb Of the sixteen which hegan the
long grind early Monday morning were plodding
along in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden the usual crowded house. -Four teams
were tied the lead. with five others a lap be
hind. Lawson and Macdonald were -eIEd sIrees liiS
along two laps away. while Wilcox and Nillams-
who had been tapped repeatedly hung on I'r eA-
pense money. If nothing else
The Bedel brothers had been forced 10 reuTe
early yesterday morning because of the liness OF
Menus Bedel- and later Sherwood ana LlInneis
withdrew when Limberg found it impossible TO
continue. John Bedell and Sherwood could not niid
partners in the time limit ana cohseque,oS ~,
had 10 lock Logan and Bardgett VINO I'D"
been with the leaders for thrty-six hours. lost a
lap early in the afternoon after a wild sprlni,
Judging by the crowd in the big amphithed'fe
both afternoon and evening, interest IN the race
has not tagged because the lead mas hafIo"t'
down 10 four teams so early IN 'ne NeeA- r. .Ha,
seats were few and far between III @ tle a. az 49, 80
while in the evening standing room was at a pre- pre-
MUM and did ret look as f there was space @ ao'
the proveThial ''one more WINE bit luz
,Ioddinr along al the average rate of about egtl-
teen miles an hour most OF those present sdl pdIh
ouiplv and waited with surprising patience for me
wild sprints which all had come TO see W Ilen
the sprints oame-snd there were goodiy nuIlpe. ~
yesterday-the awakening was instant; ailo eSo,H '
man and boy jumps 10 his feet WIN sIou'
sbst threatened the rafters When the rldels SCI,
.ted 6oun agar to the usual grind back set'!ed
the onloolers wait for the next sprint "iii''
might mean the stealing OF "a zap
The sensational sprint which cost Logan an"
Bardgett a place with the leaders ana ana Pu' La Id ~ f
and Macdonald and Wilcox ana hllildhis pu' i
the race TO all intentS and purposes came SHORTY
after l o'clock in the afternoon Moran VINO H"u
heen sleeping ali the morning. came on the track
10 relieve Fogler and Rutt took Stois place at the
same time These riders were fresh ana suo"e.
and began terrific sprint. which lasteu eiei'
r.iuutes The riders whirled around the saucer
track if bent making new Worid iecoiu
for from one mile TO five, and those VINO Were
lucky enough 10 he in the garden at ue 'iiii'
cheered like mad and shouted encouragement
The riders were strung out all over the track anu
there was constant shifting and changing as 'tie
trainers rushed to quarters and brought out ne
six times lie seemed TO lose heart and could
begin &c keep up with the flying paceinahers
Lawson worked desperately 10 hold his place, tut
he was lapped once. and Bardgett, too. was sloWl!
buI surely losing ground when he fell trom VIVA
appeared be sheer exhaustion. This fall enoen
the excitement. the other riders slowed down.
bun il did not Logan and Bardgett the zap
and they continued the race among the raiers
Early in the evening another sprint ended in a
had spill tust when IL looked If Fogler and
Moran and Rutt and Stol would gain coveted
Ian Rutt started the trouble by jumping off, with
Moran and Downing in lot pursuit and the others
trailing Round and round the riders new ana
slowly nsIt surely the three pacemakers gained
or their opponents when il all came 10 nothing as
Samueson ran into Frank Calvin at the steep turn
at the Madison avenue end of the track The I'M
pact was SO hard when the machines came TO-
gether that it could be heard all over the building
and when Samuelson went rolling down the incline
/, booked as ii he seriously hurt He was
r;cked 9Ip unconscious and carried his quarters
but revived quickly. and although his injuries
were painful. they were not severe enough 10 Keep
him out Of the contest
Moran protested TO the officials in behalf of him
s.lf Rtl:f and Downing that they had gained q zap
hat the officials sai0 that Samueison had iaieh pc
fore the lap had been gained, and therefore could
not be allowed. under the rules Rutt 5 spfiits
d,,rinr the evening furnished no end OF excite-
,nent "a the crowd Moran and Matt Downey also
delighted the crowd by starting sprints
During the early hours yesterday morning l~o of
three efforts lap gaining and several spins
10 keep the ali night watchers awake Al 50.
o.clocl Fsutt suddenly burst and tried his best
20 leave the string behind, but he was unable 70
shake the others of The squirt was suddenly emo
ed the east turn by a collision between N|sliol anon
and Bardgett, which upset NlIlanls ne fiueis
quickly recovered themselves and got back into
their places. Tanom rode only couple Of laps
more and called for Breton TO relieve him, ana 1or
two hours the latter led in occasional spurts-
At 6 o'clock Wiley had fall on the north stretch
hut was not hurt. An hour later his partner, Gal
win, came TO gret in he same place. put escaped
with a shaking UP. laacdonaid and Breton fell
over him, but neither was injured.
When Menus Bedell retired story circulated
that he had been drugged get him out Of the
DR. Cramer the official physician the Garden
told Mr.. Powers that this not the case, and
that BedeIIs illness mad been caused by drinking
ale. beer and champagne too close together.
huge bunch of flowers presented TO Hardy
Downing of the Downing -Downey team, when hs
the track TO relieve his partner at 4:9l
o'clock in the afternoon. The other riders had
learned that il was Downings thirtieth birthday
and the flowers birthday present from
them. Downing carried them in his hand for a
time he sped around the track
The short distance races and exhibitions in ths
afternoon and evening were exciting. Thorwalc
m.ie unpaced in 81 S-5 seconds. Fred Hill. with
handicap OF 20 yards. won the one-rne event. Mar
Kessler. with 80 yards handicap, second
Frank Kramer gave quarter-mile exhibition II
% 1-5 seconds. and Hugh Mclean. paced by +. W
White. rode a two-mile exhibition in minute:
I54-5 seconds r W. White defeated Charlie Tur
willie in two-rnile motor cycle race in minute.
= is seconds.