Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-09
FOUR TEAMS AFTER LEAD
SOME SMART BRUSHES EARLY
TODAY IN BICYCLE RACE.
Walthour Circles Madison Square
Garden Track at Tremendous
Pace for Five Minutes.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New
York. December 9.-The morning found
four teams contending for the lead in the
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden. One lap behind struggled two
other teams. Two laps behind came Col
Inns and Mitten, who until 2 O'Clock were
among the leaders. Calvin and Wiley
were plugging along three laps back. An
derson and Vanoni had lost four trips
around the track. while the Russian team.
composed Of Devonovitch and Drobach.
was one-half mile from the leaders.
Twenty miles in the rear trailed Faver
and Lafourcade.
The 1000 mark was passed at 20
o'clock in the morning Of the third day,
The men were we'll punched at the time
and going strong, with Hill setting the
pace.
An exhibition of as fast work as has
been seen In the garden since the race
started was witnessed by the spectators
at 2:3O in the morning, when Walthour,
in an effort to get back a lost lap, started
a terrific sprint.
Walthour circ1ed the track at a tre-
mendous pace for five minutes, and
then his partner, Root. dashed by to
relieve him, For twenty minutes the
walls. worked like Trojans. and finally
gained the lap. The team is now but
one-tenth of a mile behind the leaders
Feature Annoys Spectators.
When the riders settled down to
their normal pace it was found that
Collins and Mitten. Drobach and Devon
ovitch and Anderson and Vanoni had
each lost ground, and were a lap worse
off than formerly.
feature Of the racing not appre-
ciated by the majority of the spectators
occurred at o'clock this morning.
The management. deciding that it was
time to clean house. called in 100 special
policemen and plain-clothes men and
caused 1t to be announced that all those
who came into the building previous to
2 o'clock were at liberty to leave
Checks had been given to those Who
purchased tickets after O'Clock. There
were 5000 persons in the garden when
the policemen appeared, but the greater
part were gone by o'clock. The men
went among the spectators asking to see
their tickets Those who could not pro-
duce the right certificate were invited to
leave Immediately. There was much
grumbling, but no resistance was offered
Then the garden was cleaned and aired
Score at IL O'Clock.
Score at II o'clock, fifty-nintl hour:
Rutt-Stol, LII .; MacFarland- Moran.
LII .; Fogler-Lawson. LII 9; Hill
Demara, LII .; Walthour- Root, iii /;
Palmer-Walker, LIN i; Collins Mitten
LII: Galvin-Wiley. ITO .; Anderson
Vanon ITO 8; Devonovitch Drobach,
Ito I: Faber-Lafourcade. 1.15O 6.
Previous record for the fifty-ninth hour
is 1,167 miles. laps, made by Miller and
Waller in 1899.
Though at the end of the fty-third
hour. at o'clock this morning, the lead
ers were thirteen miles and one lap ahead
of the record. they slackened the pace
later, and at IL O'Clock they were but
three miles and five laps ahead. When
the trainers realized this, word went out
to the riders that they were in danger
of falling behind the record. change
was Immediately noticeable in the pace,
and several smart brushes took place,
though there were no shifts in the posi-
tons of the teams.
Score at Noon.
The score at the sixtieth hour, II noon
was: Rutt-Stol. 119O miles, 4 laps; Mac
Farland- Moran, 1.19O. 4: Hill-Demara
l. 100, 4: Walthour-Root, 1l90, 3; Palmer
Walker, 1.19O. 3; Collins-Mitten. 1.19O, .
Calvin Wiley, 1.19O, 1; Anderson-V anoni
119O: Devonovitch- Drocach, 1,1S9, 9; Fla
ber-Lafourcade. LILO.
Previous record, .ls4 miles laps, made
by Miller and Waller In 1899.
Four Teams After Lead.
Between II and O'Clock Faber picked
up several laps by hard. consistent riding.
which was the only feature of the fore
noon. AT ] o'clock he had reduced the
lead Of the first men 10 seventeen miles
and one lap. With a magnificent burst
of speed the plucky little rider led the
bunch for the last mile of the siXty-frs,
hour and gave way to his team mate
Lafourcade who attempted to pursue the
same tactics, but was unsuccessful
The 2 O'Clock Score.
Score at the end of sixty-second hour,
= pm:
Rutt-Stol, 1.o21 miles : laps: Mac
Farland- Moran, LIT miles :: laps; Hill
Demara ,227 miles 9 laps; Fogler-1l Jaw
son. LIT miles :: laps; Walthour Root.
2.I miles laps; PalmerWalner, o21
miles = laps: Collins Mitten. 1,":7 mnes
/ lap: GalvinWiey, 1,2.7 miles: Ander-
son-Vanoni LOS miles ? laps: Devono-
vitch-Drobach, 226 miles laps: Faber-
L.afourcade, 1,21O miles :, laps.
Previous record. 1.22l miles laps, made