New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
Fogler and Moran Second m ''''
Day Bicycle Race.
THE FINAL SIohc

thousand stentors. like the booming 'ui'''
Snsu % ~ +t FIRST time in the history OF the spa
,ha- foreign team has captured nIs' -1ode . 80
The struggle The TWO lesas MS stopped and the
mus .les ,5+bdravn for the final mile sprint 0i 'N
Two leaders ,,x xo- the Arst time
The race this year cost one lie. tol u Than Mac
=. az bietcrv News of the cealh OF q - g. With
n 80 Ne1- york who started In tne - to,It
Iver Lawson. of Chicago reacleo .sza5 - in a spill
8 orcIock Macdonald. who was IlJu, I.pt n he on
.r,,- on Thursday morning, was tnoush' ~
the roao ~ ~ tin9e Rutt and Fogler started on '
,la ,-t,c7 was TO decide the tie and the VII Win 80
+ba first prize the ten Thousand So sp 80 every
wild with excitement EverSpouS - 1,-ngs Every
,os,, sbo,ted AT the top Of his or heI IN ~
@ 49, ,-v muscle was atngle with the .Ii W s., -
+ha ,7,on,ent The goal set at the enc " .oohe6
OF unoeashs 80 +be thing The rider that mao
- 1.,,r1orr' and used il first was 1he Ntiii .he
the riders waited for each other 10 !f 5 o,nd the
snectators for both to jump houno az az che other
80 they r,edalled each waiting lor lie ..,,,r"
Zach waiting the inner voice 70 +-ioa he
PINT MAS the 10 act FIRST AZ +I,o how
.-...5 20 the speed of arrow leaving tie k+
I9a-i.r vas ready for il and In a secono lle -. =
wheel was tapping Rutt's toulu ulta, ronresented
<oo+ he overcome? It was p foot 'nat ielr -. 80
81 ssn almost a real estate investment SIX i. ~
of striving were now conceh'lstsu ,.nb+ or 1yere
days of striving were 10 s0 A04
TO win the prize -. .o-,a ,La.
lead though he cut il down to SIX lncnes- .r :.
mile was finished. heart breaking for poIh "liiie -
lasted; only for one afterward- ;+
For
ing as pure and simple than ina that Di Ioi - -
calvin SET the pace. and Dupre and DOWNING
trailed The three loafad for three-quarters OF
mile Then Dupre shot to the front 10 tne pore, pore
Toa-,;rg made a good squirt and caught the
F-rencfnlau but could not pass him at 1he 'uIIs-
Had il been q straight track Downing would haHe
won but al every turn Dupre forced MIN 10 ILus
M the hank and he lost ground twice IouiIu !.
the track Downing lost this distance ana nlaoe II
NJ but he could not gain enough 10 WIN
Krebs got the laugh those who had been guy
ng him for hts ainless sprn1s in the afternoon py
winning sixth money frcm Bardgett This race
too was a waiting game until one man spor1ea, ps
and as in the two previous ties, the man VINO
splrted first got the money ,. 49,,
All the victories were popular ones Desplte liie
fact that Rutt and Stol the first foreign team
10 win such contest since Teddy Hale's oay' the
crowd prejudiced against ogler lhat II IdIu
aside patrio.isn for prejudice. cheered the Ger
man and hissed the American The Rutt-Fogler
race was a repetition of the ten-rile professional
Of a week ago last night, and most OF those VINO
saw that lace predicted that Rutt would repeat
his victory if he met Fogler in the lists again
Fogier and Rutt shook hands as they were easing
up the finish, and Moran. ROGERS team
mate was of the first TO give him his hand
when the vanouished sat down 10 Ihlhh' "elb
anyway I'm 500 richer"
Last year there eight teams tied for first
place, and the spectators only one race Last
night were tied for first place, three for
third and two fifth. and the crowd that packed
the Garden than received its moneys worth
of thrills Georget and Dupre, the trenchrnen. .
Calvin and Wiley and Downing and DoWney were
tied for third place. and Logan and Bardgett and
Krebs and Vanderstuyft for fifth.
Dupre got third place for his team and Downey
fourth in racing of the tie. Calvin and Wiley were
fifth. Krebs and Vanderstuyft sixth. and Logan and
Bardgett seventh
The prize for the first $500; for the
second. $1,000; for the third $500: for the fourth
$500; for the fifth $500; for the SIXTH $780, and
for the seventh. $500
At O'clock in the morning the guards propelled
from their roosting places the a-nght and all-day
birds 5ho had made the Garden a lodging house
ssrns ehe beginning OF the race. This not done
until the Settler Bottle Battery and the Wet
Sponge Soppers haG an opportunity TO become busy
as anakeners. and then the dazed, bedraggied
uoozy derelicts were turned out into the snow and
siush.(
From II O'Clock Friday night when Krebs and
Tanderstuyft, the Belgian, and Logan and Bardgett
tapped by the bunch, the riders took things
easy and saved their strength and speed for the
supreme effort of the night They loafed along
easily all day, talking and joking among them
selves and whistling the the band played but
none the less watchfJl Of one another. Along tow
ard O'Clock they hit up the pace bit, but none
seemed anxious TO Try TO gain a lap The riders
were brought up from the basement and put
beside the track. so they could be ready for any
gain one of his lost laps early in the morning.
Even then he was five behind the leaders.
AT 5;SA Nanoni went out for another lap Nooooy
O'Clock when the 13sth hour had been completed,
all but Breton and Vanon had covered 2237 miles
The positions were unchanged Georget and Dupre,
Calvin and Wiley and Downing and Downey being
lap behind the leaders, Fogler and Moran and
Rutt and Stol Logan and Bardgett and Krebs
and yanderstuyft laps behind, and Breton
and Fanoni. having covered only 2.2S0 miles, were
No change in these positions was expected IL be
ing foregone conclusion that Fogler and Rutt
would be left to fight the final battle A story
went the rounds that stimulant in the form OF
dope had been given to Rutt an day to get him
in shape to shoot his last bolt successfully.
The leaders Were fifteen miles ahead of last years
record for the 137th hour and 400 behind that OF
Miller and Waller: made in 1893
o'clock ate their dinner there, SLOWING striking
disregard of recent reports the packing house
industry. Between bites they saw Floyd Krebs
.lo rjp@ that ias tod o,l-v ,1,o
track few moments afterward he tried another.
Kcebs's number IS o.
Shortly before s O'Clock Fogfer, who had been
picked 10 ride against Rutt, went of the track
for final rest. IL being the intention to have
Moran ride the remaining II there not too
many sprints. All the riders looked to be in good
condition Breton, the little Frenchman, who has
caugt: the favor OF the crowd and Moran going
On fresh. started the series OF sprints, which
came at intervals
BY 10 O'Clock the Garden like OF the
spectators-flled to its capacity The gates were
shut, the disappointment OF hundreds. who
camored In vain for adrnittance, and obtained only
the consolation given by policemen.
There was small amount OF betting, principally
of drinks and cigars. Rutt and Stol were slight
favorites, although FogIer gave it out that the
Dutchrnan couldn't beat him Moran was relied
to look out for any sprints that came along.
At the l40th hour the riders had made 2273 miles
and were twenty miles ahead OF the record for the
same hour in 1906. They were still taking matters
walters brought around listening TO boy choirs Of
one singing popular songs, submitting estimates Of
the physical and mental conditions Of the riders.
and freshening the atmosphere with assorted quail
ties of smoke
S.ol tunlbed from his wheel, but wasn't hurt,
and rode on amid the applause Of the onlookers A
bet OF N,00 to $500 Rutt, in which real money
put up. YVES made Just before 10 O'Clock and
several smaller bets, giving odds of 10 to on
Fogler, followed.
A minute and a half after 10 o'clock Stol led
tho riders over the mark for last year,
With an hour sti to ride this insured beating the
record for 1906.
At the of the last hour Of the race Breton