The sun., 1908-12-10

OF. San jose, Cal, have surprised even their
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IN the amateur championship struggle t6ial
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quick TO get away and rode an unpaced
quarter mile in 2S lis seconds from a stand
utah, In the spring OF 1907. This record
still stands and is faster than the standing
start professional record for the distance.
" iysr Lawson was oiiiciaily declared out
OF tho race at s:5g o'clock last night, as
Team s $ats a The four hours that had elapsed
'9Se is ESsfE eddyP ddtdHPRSss the Russian
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team had Lost during the race. The Rus;
sian-American team Is now one lap ahead
9f yanoni and Anderson and fiye laps be-
Il was cleaning day at the Garden yes
terday morning and more than 2.ooo per-
sons. INCLUDING many who had peeh mere
% mdsiFht as were ordered to vscats the build
ing at $50 O'Clock. The order came. as .
saprss to for IN grISay rfSss bsfers y We sSs
Garden nv xas cleaned 4 squad of Pipkert9n
agents and private policemen went ever a tns
building from basement 70 gallery ana n
tered after O. clock were provided with re-
turn checks and were again admitted after
the building had been cleaned and the foul
Many Of those who we're elected from the
Garden at $50 o'clock. were satisfied 70 go.
Tor they had got their moneys worth OF
DnstoEa Ts1s oa E'ea v four hSRfs sbcat q t
Wslthour relieved his partner. Eddie Root.
who had been ssSrfed one of tSe
most furious sprints ever witnessed IN SIX
day race at the Garden. and after twenty.
seven minutes OF speedy ridiang g ne inns ana hEos
one Of the laps they had previously lost IN
''S when walthour relieved Root he was in
about sixth place In the file OF riders as they
circled thesaucer shaped track. As the llne
was turning into the Twenty,;sixth street
stretch from Madison avenue Nalthour snoe
any Of the riders we're aware Of Y he was
half q lap in front Of them. The sprint came
so sudden that even the crowd did not reanls
at the side OF the track in readiness for the
occasion. was picking up Walthour nearly
three quarters Of lap In the lead OF the
was again relieved BY Waithour, who few
around the boards, taking the turns at sueh
floor OF The Garden. Rider after rider 1s ths
flying Waithour passed until amid %iid
enthusiasm, he caught up to Moran. Rutt
Hfter Waithour had succeeded in regain
ing one Of his lost laps things became nor
NAL around the track. but the scorers were were
far from being settled and y was some one uhe the
sprint caused them. After they had done
some tall figuring 1t was discoveries that
the Wathour spsnt Tas n ,he tbs cause lssders and
laps. The East and West team, consisting
q Elmer Collins Of Boston and ss W. E. nittsn ten
place among the, leaders During the
sprint Collins and Mitten alternated In
riding, but they were lapped by the s.isod fsodt
Nofman Anderson and Carlo panoni, titled
the Danish Italian team, were only, zap
behind the leaders when the sprint began,
Teddy .pevonovitch, the bewhisksred
Russian. rider. who has Peter Drobach OF
Boston for q partner lacked the speed ne
cessary to stay in q sprint such as Wal.
thour led and was passed by Moran; Rutt
and the other front men four times during
element was the Messenger Boy and
Farmer combination. consisting Of George
New Milford. Conn. They were Tapped
once during the sprint. During the fast
riding Faber OF the Faber-L Lafourcade
saS oeock %tS seore ,SeI was posted the team was
twenty miles behind.
4 few minutes before 10 O'Clock, while
the riders were taking things as they came,
Lafourcade shot to the front and gained
three laps. As his team was many miles
In the rear Lafourcade met little opposi-
tion In recovering the three laps. McFar-
land. who was leading the string. couldn't
stand for the little Frenchman going too
far, so the lanky Californian set such fast
pace for the rest of theneld that II became
impossible for Lafourcade to do any moro
lap regaining. In the hour beginning 1901
o'clock Faber. Lafonrcade's teammate,
had quite a time to himself amusing the
crowd that was present by regaining thirty
six laps for his team. He had little trouble
doing this however, as none OF the other
riders attempted to interfere with him In
nv Wednesday led is generally the day when
the riders begin to feel the strain. Of the
long grind. When some Of the riders are
on on their wheels they look as Y they, were
Just about able to stay on their machines,
but to see them In their camps they present
a different appearance. Except for being a
little drawn about the face and having their
eyes infiamed they are physically as strong
as before they entered In the raoe. OF
course, some OF the riders suffer from
stomach trouble and other minor ailments,
but the severe training most OF them res
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