New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
CYCLE RACES POPULAR.
ROBBY WALTHOUR LOSEO.
Kramer Defeats French Champion an
iSDrInts at tie Garden.

Ten thousand persons emen women and boys.
occupying every seat in Madison Square Gardeh'
standing so thickly that their heads bumped the
rafters and squeezed in between the joints of the
iron orders saw the bicycle last night when
were preliminary to the opening OF the SIN o"S
grind which begins at l O'CLOCK tonight.
The enthusiasm of these thousands showed una.
bicycle racing, paced or unpaced, has lost noiie oL
its popularity. They shook the rafters with tnelr
applause and dmmed the electric lights with their
cigar smoke. They cheered and Kissed and almost
Jumped from the baIconiea and boxes in their ex-
citement. The evenings sport was not marred py
accident, the racing clean and fair and the hh-
ishes close and Thrilling.
The garden had another attraction IL was an
advertising show You were Informed tLat :. 81. an
bottled beers 20c': that chewing gum aids dlSes-
ton; that "alI whiskeys 2oc; that there are such
commodities mineral water and cigarettes.
The ten-ne motor paced race between LOUIS LOUIS
DarTagon. of France, winner of the 1906 ana i'o'
international 100-kilometre worlds paced cham
pionship, and Bobby Wathour winner OF the
1904 and 1905 international 100-kilometre world
championship, had all the attributes OF an auto
race, including the smell The motors Ildde
much noise that the cheers OF the crowo 10,
Walttour, probably the most popular bicycle ldoi
alive, could hardly be heard Both Walthour ana
his competitor, whom the audience INSISTED on cal-
ing "Harrigan" the football-like helmets IN
troduced to the Garden by Jacquen- Maithour o3
and his motor led for the nrst SIX miles, 1Heh 'io
Frenchman gained Httle-
They maintained the same position until wal
thour's motor out of commission Inen
''Harrigan'' took the lead WaItnour Kept OIL Du'
the chase hopeless.
The most exciting race of the night was tne m
ternationai ten-mile open, professional MANY OF
the six-day riders entered In this event Ut
ban Mcdonald of New York; James r Moran OF
Boston: Floyd Krebs OF Newark, N ~ csrosnW.
Arthur vanderstuyft of Belgium James l. Haleih.
of Newark. N j.; Walter A Bardge; OF s 1;
Matt E. Downey, of Boston; s. H. WILCOX, OF SaiI
Lake City; Edward Rupprecht, OF Ne"ark, "; o.;
and George wiley. OF Syracuse all look tne tedu
bv turns but always Folger and Rutt were oenlnd
the mace setter In the last laps OF the last mile
Fogler went to TIE front. With two laps 20 20
Rnft spurted Downey and Fogler put after him.
CT +ba turn on
ont his arm and Tended Fogler off, DoWney was
unable 10 beat Rutt for the line and although ne
finished second he was disqualified tne place 60
Ing To Bardgett OF Buffalo, who finished third
The spectators hissed both Fogler and DoVney I'M,
partially. Moran. of Boston. got tne pllSe ,a od -
for th leader of the most laps, ne having ieo ioI
twenty-three. $500
The handicap event, at one mile for amateurs l
furnished some of the best racing OF the night
The two Van den Dries, Maurice ana Wfiiain "eEe
scratch men in two of the heats, ana eacn roGe a
sterling race. Maurice finished first In MS neat
other scratch man. finished third IN MS neat. in
spurts of the scratch men as tey cdus' ~ 80 60
assed the leaders aroused the spectators 10 FEVER
heat 4 gale Of whistles and a thunderous roar Oh
brIrrahs greeted Leon Van der Stuyft OF Belgium:
the pluckiest cutdown rides ever seen on an moor
track Van der Stuyft rode as an amateur last
night for the last time Beginning WIN MohoaE
he will ride professional
There were ten heats in the first event, the quar-
ter mile national amateur championship. the prizes
beinr gold and bronze medals. The result OF the
arious heats brought together IN the final Kessler
and Cameron. OF the Irisf-American Atnetlc tl1o;
Van den Dries. Of the New York Athletic Cluo ana
Deyiue They were punched on the first lap AT
the beginning of the second Van den Dries TOOK
the lead and held it, although Cameron pressed
hun hard. The time of the final heat was S2 10
seconds. The best time of this event was mace oy
Van den Dries in the second sem-nnal heat-Sl 90
The winner received points on the natonai anna,
championship score second points, 'hI'o
points and fourth point.
An outburst of cheers that shook the electric
light bulbs greeted Frank Kramer when he ap-
aradf fnr Ia frSt a
Edward Jacquelin. the French champion JGcque-
lin looked If he were driving car in the van,
a cap made OF steel. covered with leather ana
heavily padded. Several OF the riders In the six
day race are 10 wear these TO protect their heads
IN spills. Jacquelin at one time had the reputa-
tion of having the best Jump OF any rider IN the
game. Kramer. who had the inside OF the track.
took the lead and waited for the Frenchnlsns
jump. When it came he saw IL. and went II one
better. It was pretty race. but kramers lead
was not 10 pc wrested from him. From the time
JacqueIn jumped until the line was crossed the
spectators gave forth one continuous roar.
Kramer and Jacquelin rode their second race ace. IN IN
and mouse fashion Jacquelin had the inside
the track. but rode the top Of the track hung
back, and forced Kramer 10 set the pace. which
that OF Il snail They dawdled and watched
each other for four laps. while Kisses sounded like
rain on n penthouse roof. Then the Frenchuan
him, and for a lap they were wheel and wheel each
pumping for all there was in their legs The
Frenchnan couldn't hold the pace. and quit before
he had finished half OF the last lap. He WAS
hissed while Kramer was cheered.
Hugh Mclean, OF Boston, rode exhibition
motor paced mile in "A is, and Thorwald Ellie
gard champion of Denmark rode quarter mile.
unpaced. in 0 20 As.
The summaries follow:
National amateur National Cycling Association cham
ponship. quarter mile-Won by ". Van Dries. New
York Athletic Club: Geoge Cameron, IrshAmerican Ath
letc Club, second Martin kessler. IrishAmerican Ath
letic Club third owen j. Deyine National Athletic Club.
fourth. Time, o:32i5.
International match race between Frank Kramer and
Edward Jacqueiin distances half mile. mile and
for choice OF third disance)Iialf mile by Kramer
Time Loss One mile won by Kramer; Time, 2:4s-s
International ten-mie. OPEN professional drst prize.
$50: second $40 third. SIS fourth Sl5,Won Walter
Rutt, Germany; Walter A Bardget Buffalo. second:
Fogler. Boston. third: W. E Mten. Davenport.
Iowa. fourth Time. 23:4o7s
mile handicap (amateur1Won by Emil o. Drew
itz. Williahsbridgc U6O yards): r B. Smith. Brook
lyn n35 yaris). second William kaus. New York Q35
yards). third
Ten-mile motor-paced race. Louis Darrason France:
Robert Walthour. America-Won by DarrasoD. Time,
1T:17a-
Exhibition mile. unpaced-ThorwaId Eegaard,
champion OF Denmark Time 02S>s-
Exhibition mile motor paced-Hush MacIean OF
Boston Time 144S.