The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-07
Famous Rider Falls From
Wheel and Fractures His
Collar Bone.
WALTHOUR DESPERATE.
Makes Futile Effort to Regain
Lap Lost in Early Morn
ing Sprint.

Menus BedelI is out Of the six-day
race. He had hal fall on the Madi-
son avenue turn shortly before
O'Clock. and was picked up in a semi
conscious condition He had broken his
collar bone, Bedell is OF ri the famous
Bedell brothers, who have ridden to-
yether for years In s,x-day races He
was coupled with Rupprecht IN the
present race for the reason that only
last week his brother suffered broken
collar bone in A similar race at Boston
and was unable to ride at the Garden.
Hard luck seems 10 follow in the path
of the Bedells.
Only few hours previous Rupprecht
went down in heap. but suffered no III
effects. II Rupprecfrt can get another
partner within four hours he can con-
tinue in the race OTTER being penalized
lap.
Poor Bedell was "A pttlful sight as he
sat propped up AT the track side after
his fall. lie was in awful agony. His
: face twitched and he cried from pain as
his assistants tried to foroe drink
, down his throat. Or. Dreamer, the off,
cial physician, tried to lessen the pain
OF the luckless rider. but Bedell evi-
IDENTIFY could not be relieved. He was
finally taken in a carriage to the Poly
clinic Hospital.
Still Head Of Record.
The ten teams in the lead were still
ahead at four o'clock. but only by
little over mile, At one stage of the
race. before the noon hour, they were
miles ahead of the record. They
dropped back. however, after the
twelfth hour aud IT seemed as If they
would fall behind the old marks. The
arrival Of the band however, livened
the riders up, and they Went after the
record OF 1900.
The enthusiasm of the crowd was
remarkable 1t never tagged through
out the entire afternoon. Everything
bordering on sprint was cheered by
the crowd of 1000. many of whom had
been in the building since the start
OF the grind.
Just after the thirteenth hour or the
six day race this afternoon 1t was an
nounced that BrocSo and Labrousse the
talian-French team, had retired from
the race. This team had been setting I
heart-breaking pace throughout the
early hours, and IT was due to their
sprinting that all the old records had
been eclipsed.
JUST when the score keepers were re-
arranging their sheets for fifteen teams
instead OF the original sixteen La
hrousse, OF the retired team reappeared
on the track. He refused TO quit the
race and rcinstatod himself and his
team mate. although AT the time they
We're more than six miles behind
Mcfarland In Lead.
The 3ncth mile was passed at les +
NJ. with Mcfarland In the lead Rup-
precht, Bedelrs partner, slid off his
wheel on the Fourth avenue cmbank-
ment. but was picked up unhurt Gee"
he said as his feet We're united from
the pedals, Il hope ! didn't skin my
hands"
He had miraculously escaped being
case for the ambulance.
After riding like demons. smashing
all records, standing at one t,me
twenty three miles ahead of the old
hgures, the sixteen teams in the race
slowed up this afternoon, finishing
their first halliday of ceaseless grind
Ing but three miles ahead OF the best
previous mark made by MacFarland
and Elkes in 1900
The steadiness of the early sprint
evidently told on them, for from the
noon hour they began to reoede to-
ward the old igures. An idea OF this
may be had from the fact that while
the ten leading teams were three
miles ahead OF the record on the
twelfth hour the thirteenth hour
tound them but eight laps or three
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