New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-06
Three Hurt in Sir-Doy Race
at the Garden.
SCORE FOR FIRST HOUR OF
SIX DAY RACE.

Rising and falling mechanically before
the sound OF the starting pistol in the
hands of big Tim" Sullivan had died
away, seventeen pairs of legs began TO pro-
pei bicycles, as soon after midnight TINS
morning as the law allowed. In the six-day
race that has come to he a feature, In
way, OF a New York winter. one partner
OF the other i'm seventeen teams was on the
track. beginning TO do his part In the
gruelling struggle. Fighting for laps, the
riders will plod along all the week, the
ceaseless grind varied now and again by
wild dash TO steal a lap or regain one al
ready lost, and on Saturday night, in all
probability, two or three teams Will have
ridden AZ hours and covered an equal
distance. So the fastest rider of each team
will be put on the track and the prize Will
be decided by sprint of a mile, as eli
max in the six-day race.
Before the start of the race the riders or
each team were announced 10 the crowd
and then sent around the track. That each
team had its many admirers was apparent
from the generous and noisy enthusiasm
shown. Eddie Root and Joe Fogler, en-
tered as the little old New York team"
easily seemed the favorites. while Walter
Rutt and Julian Stol. of the German-Hol-
the foreigners. The latter are veterans of
previous races of the kind at the Garden
and have always shown up strongly.
At the crack Of the pistol Achille Ger
main, who. with Reginald Shirley. is ON
the British-French team, shot TO the front
and was first over the line at the mile
mark. which he covered i'm 2:2s 10
German continued 10 set the pace until
the second mile, when Shirley came on the
track. He also proved that he was pos
sessed of much speed. for he went around
the oval at a gait that made il difficult for
the other men TO keep up with him, and
was first over the line at the third mile
stage.
In one of Germans sprints Walter Rutt,
while rounding the Fourth avenue turn at
a good pace, became entsngled with two or
three riders and his wheel slipped on the
track. He fell and the gong calling time
was rung. Rutt got TO his wheel quickly
as he could to prevent the spTinters from
resting and the race started again. Pye
led at the fourth mile. At the end of five
miles. which we're covered in Isl 20. An
derson. of the Danish-Italian team, was
leading The ten miles were ridden in
$3.50.
Rutt drew the riders out three times
work called forth loud applause. Leon
Georget. OF the French team. was the sec
ond man TO fall. at almost the same spot
where Rutt went down. in the twelfth mile.
but he lost no time in Temounting his hey
Gle
Changing OF partners vas frequent in the
first hours
At $3.50 o'clock, when the pace was hot,
German went UP the track TO the top OF
the incline and shot down toward the
saucer base. AS he was half way down
the track his machine caught the pedal
os Pat Logan's wheel Logan was thrown
and Calvin. of the Irish-American team;
Wiley, of the messenger boy team, and
German all fell on top OF Logan. The
gong was sounded and the mix-up was
Strengthened out. II was found that Cor
main had struck his head on the surface
of the saucer track and had been knocked
unconscious; Logan suffered several lacera-
lions of the left shoulder caused by a
pedal. bruises of both arms and bruises
of the left leg. Logan and German We're
removed from the track and their partners
called. Wiley attempted 10 mount his
bicycle, but could not. owing 10 severe
pains in his shoulder. which an examina-
ton proved 10 be dislocated. Wiley was
also taken from the track
IL was great and motley crowd that
waited around last night for the contest TO
begin. There were those who never miss
such affairs. and there were others present
out OF curiosity. and To whom II was all
obviously new. Certainly. the contest was
magnet In its attractiveness. and thou