The sun., 1908-12-10
THREE TEAMS NOW TIED IN
CYCLE RACE.
FogIer Quits After Losing Another Lap
In Afternoon Sprint. Leaving Ten
Teams in the g1ss;sst-C.ss1.nS nsy
Comes Early and Lodgers Are Ousted.
THE SCORE AT 1 O'CLOCK

Previous record l,434 miles and laps, made
by Miller and Waller In 1900.
There we're only shree teams tied for the
leadership last night In the six day team
cycle race in Madison Square Garden.
Ten pairs of riders we're left IN the contest
when II was half way through at midnight.
as the intercity team made up OF Joe Fog
Ter, Brooklyn. and Iver Lawson. Salt Lake
City, had abandoned the struggle In the
afternoon.
Cycle racing enthusiasts had feared that
Ivor Lawson would not be able TO last
through the race. especially when it was
announced that an attempt would be made
10 lower the former record for the race
made by Miller and Waller In 1890.
Fosler on the other hand was thought to
be sure Of being able to keep his end up
duIing the race, as he and Eddie Root won
the races in 1905 and 1906 and he and Walter
Rutt fought out the last mile in the 1907 race.
in which Rutt outsprinted Fogler. But 1t
was Fogler and not Lawson wpo gave out
Yesterday afternoon. Fogler had been
racing steadily for practically year before
starting in the present contest and one OF
the old trainers remarked on Monday
morning that the Brooklyn rider locke to
be trained too fine for such hard race as
this one promised to be. .,,,
FoRler was under his usual riding weight
and the constant ri ias, rI pace HnS S0up.Sed rn Wrn
1rIeiling than he could stand. He de-
veioped bad case Of saddle soreness On
Tuesdsy and TINS became s bisgcI gni
his stifrness was mostly responsible for his
losing a lap during the hard sprint lust
before clock yesterday slse stserno9n; Aisef nd
coasted around for q couple Of laps; He
stopped in front of the scorers stand and
declared he could not continue IN the race.
The official announcement OF Fogler's with
drawal said he, had lost four more laps
while slowing down, so he was FIVE laps
behind the Leaders when when he he's stopped riding;
of Fogler and Lawson and which forced
another team out Of the first division was
started by james James 4; Nc Moran fiotn and waiter
sprinting lasted for ten minutes and the
scorers had a hard task keeping, track Of
the men, as there were times when all OF
the twenty-five riders we're on the track
Lawson held his own as long as he was
on the track. but Fogler was unable to keep
behisd untiI the leaders OF the sprint over
hauled him for the loss OF a lap.
The Danish h-italian team. N9rman Ander- der
son and Carlo Vanoni. were y me me, worst sui SUI.
laps, which with the one lap, they had lost
on Tuesday and the three laps they lost
early yesterday morning put them six
Devonovitch and Drobaoh also lost lap,
which put them on even terms with Ander;,
son and vanoni until the Russian regained
Collins and Mitten. who had lost two laps
during Waltbour 8 successful effort TO re-
gain a lap. stayed with the bunch during
the late afternoon sprint
After things Quieted down it was found
that Rutt and Stol. Mcfarland and Moran
and Hill and De Mara we're tied for the lead.
In the second division, one lap behind. were
Walthour and Root and Palmer and Walker,
Collins and Nitten were two laps behind
laps behind and six laps separated Anderson
and Vanoni and Devonovitch and Drobach
from the leaders. Faber and Lafourcade
Fred Hill Of Boston and Walter De Mara